Her perfect plan? A fake fiancé who felt too real.
Eliza Carter had a plan for everything, including her future. As Snowball Falls’s resident event planner, she had the Twelve Nights of Cheer running on a tight schedule. The twinkle lights were hung. The cocoa bar toppings were alphabetized. And the investor she needed to take her career global was on the way.
Enter Charlie Rivera, local brewery owner, flannel-wrapped trouble, and the man who would, given the chance, rearrange her bookshelf by color instead of author. When a chance encounter and a panicked lie make Eliza blurt out that they are engaged, Charlie plays along like it’s the best joke he’s heard all year.
Now they are the town’s favorite holiday couple, and they have to keep up the act until after Christmas. But as staged kisses start sparking for real and late-night festival fixes turn into something softer, Eliza is beginning to wonder if her best plan was the one she never made.
Clipboards meet craft beer in this feel-good Christmas romantic comedy with fake-engagement trouble, cocoa-fueled banter, meddling small-town neighbors, and a clean, swoony happily-ever-after.
Perfect for fans of sweet, cozy romance, small towns, opposites who spark, and fake relationships that turn real under the mistletoe.
