I curled up with Faking Christmas by Kerry Winfrey and lost myself in this warm & fuzzy Christmas in Connecticut retelling. A farm, goats, mishaps and the magic of the holidays await you in this delightful tale. Grab some hot cocoa and check out this enemies-to-lovers, fake marriage, forced proximity romance.
I am a sucker for fake-marriage romances and an enemies-to-lovers romance comes in at a close second. Toss in a snowed-in, forced proximity romance and I am all in! Faking Christmas is a retelling/reimagined tale of A Christmas in Connecticut and it had all the magic of Christmas, from family traditions surrounding the holiday to lots of food, children, family and merriment.
Laurel Grant handles the social media management for her firm and never corrected her boss, who assumes she lived on a farm, loves to cook and sell soap. Said farm lives includes a husband, two adorable children and a pack of goats. That's actually her twin sister's life. Laurel lives in a one-bedroom apartment and cannot cook, let along milk a goat. She loves her job, but when her boss's wife leaves him before the holidays and he practically invites himself to the farm for Christmas Eve, Eve dinner... Laurel finds herself in a pickle. Her sister insists she can pretend for one night. Her kids will get a kick out of it and she'll help with the cooking.
Laurel arrives at Meadow Rise Farm assuming her sister's husband will pretend to be hers and is shocked to discover her nemesis, Max Beckett, will play the part of her husband. The annoyingly attractive scrooge unnerves her, but it's only for one night. Right? Wrong.... a snowstorm moves in, trapping them throughout the holiday.
This was a fun, quirky tale filled with holiday traditions, barbs, mishaps and laughter. Laurel is like a ball of chaos and Max is this quiet calm. She loves all things Christmas, and he doesn't. I loved the back and forth, as Laurel tries to fool her boss, Gilbert. The anger she feels for Max stems from the wedding of her twin, and we slowly learn the story, but as Max opens up, Laurel will have to rethink her opinions of him.
Toss in some kids, holiday cookies, and some sexy cooking scenes and I was all in. If you are looking for a fun, sweet, romantic, Hallmark Christmas tale... this one is for you!
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