Publication Date ... 28th September 2023
Publisher ... Canelo
Standalone Novel
Estimated Page Count ... 277
Order Link ... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C3XBZKKM
One month to pretend... or one month to fall in love?
How do I turn down an overly keen colleague I have zero interest in dating? Should I:
1. Stammer and bluster my way through every excuse in the book
2. Accept and then immediately turn in my resignation letter, change my number and leave the country
3. Allow my hot, new, doctor neighbour to step in and pretend to be my boyfriend
The answer: there are no right answers.
But option 3 is happening and I’m fake dating Lucas just to survive my work Christmas party without any further unwanted advances.
That I didn't necessarily connect with either of the main characters {and especially not with the 'fake date', dishy American doctor, Lucas whose Americanisms, well, to my mind just didn't come off as American}, in the tradition of pantomime I hurrahed the characters there to be liked and booed those there not to be liked ... with the exception of my favourite character, the interfering, nosy neighbour Mrs Kelsey who, {in a nod to the novel's 4 legged character, Fred} seemingly with a bark worse than the dog's, is one of those characters who 'grows on you' as you get to know her.
All in all, pretty much what I have come to expect of this genre; Only For Christmas proved to be a light hearted, one might say fluffy, festive rom com that is just what the doctor {American or otherwise} ordered for those cold, wintry months.
