The third of my gay Christmas romance novels! Another fake boyfriends one, although this one is much less bonkers than "my boss needs to believe I'm happily engaged or I won't get promoted." This one is much more classic, in terms of "my relationship ended suddenly and rather than tell my family I'm single again, what if I just pretend that the hot gay neighbor I've been checking out since I moved in is my boyfriend, instead?" (It does get a BIT into "I will deceive my boss in order to get a raise through my family situation," but it's not nearly as front and center.)
Both Russ and Estaban are charming and likeable, although Estaban's cultural background feels painted on at times, and the book does the whole "Spanish in italics" thing. But the book falls apart a bit when the "conflict" between the two of them is over Russ not wanting to rebound and so forth, and while it's closer to a novella than a novel already, I found it a bit tedious by the end.
Grade: C
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