Kon Tikki by Michèle Laframboise

Rob Sundance, trapped inside a broom closet after a sound beating, victim of his too-sharp wits, awakes in the arms of his dream warrior. Except he has sworn off love.

Josh Tallgate had fled his burnt New-York restaurant and a dead mobster lover. In Safe Harbor, he starts on a clean slate with the Kon Tikki, his modest seafood joint. When he rescues a half-conscious elf from a store closet, one look into those manga-blue eyes sears his heart. But can he trust fate not to ravish his love again?

A witty gay romance of hope and danger, told by multiple award-winning author Michèle Laframboise.