Here is the first of the (mostly gay) Christmas romance novels I am reading this December!!
This is a classic setup - we have one sad desperate lonely grumpy not-out queer dude who is in need of a place where he and his stepson can live, since he's out of work after he was injured on the job, and another out-but-single gay dude who got abandoned by his former boyfriend and is estranged by his entire family but has a giant beautiful home, and a boss who inexplicably will only promote people who have stable family lives (since employment laws don't exist in this version of upstate New York). Grumpy guy, whose name is Logan, meets abandoned guy, whose name is Seth, through his sister, who is Seth's coworker.
The whole story progresses about as you expect a Christmas romance novel to, and I largely enjoyed it, except it was a bit heavier on the angst than I really wanted. Just an endless stream of homophobic family stuff and personal loss and a difficult stepson and by the end I wanted a much less heavy story than it was. But it certainly delivers on the trope, so if "fake boyfriends" is a surefire winner for you, I recommend this.
Grade: C
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