Stuck Faking Christmas

A Sweet Best Friends to Lovers Romance

I fake-dated my childhood best friend to save our festival—then confessed I love him on live radio.

Carter's been my person since high school, the guy who fixes things before I ask.

Coming home after my career imploded was temporary. Co-chairing the Christmas market was my redemption.

One viral photo later, we're Evergreen Falls' favorite couple. The market gets donations, sponsorships, a radio segment. All we have to do is keep pretending.
Which gets harder every day.

Carter guides my hands carving ornaments, his body against mine, and I forget to breathe.
He wraps his arms around me when cameras aren’t rolling.
He kisses me under mistletoe for a photo op, and I forget we're pretending.

When he walks out in his gala suit, he takes my breath away.

Then he says he loves me. Choosing him means staying in Evergreen Falls, but I spent eight years proving I could make it somewhere bigger.

I have to decide. The career I fought for or the man I realize I've loved my whole life.

This is a Sweet Kisses-only romance with all of the sizzle but none of the steam.