Author: Courtney Walsh
Series: Holidays with Hart
Publication: Sweethaven Press; 1st edition (February 8, 2023)
Description: A chance meeting. A hunky hockey player. A fake romance.
Hardly an ordinary day in the life of Poppy Hart.
My days usually consist of agonizing over my failing restaurant, worrying about my mountain of debt and nursing my broken heart.
Everything changes when I bump into a man in the coffee shop and claim him as my new boyfriend. To my absolute horror, he turns out to be hockey’s most renowned bad boy, Dallas Burke. To my absolute delight, he goes along with my story. />When his no-nonsense manager and meddling grandmother jump in the picture, they see a win-win solution for my failing restaurant and Dallas’s less-than-stellar reputation.
A full-fledged fake romance complete with contract negotiations, pretend dates and phony PDA.
But as I get to know the real Dallas Burke, who is not the man the press says he is, it becomes clear that if this isn’t real. . . someone better tell it to my heart.
My Thoughts: Middle sister Poppy Hart makes a rash decision while standing in line at a coffee shop. Tired of being bullied by local mean girl Margot who also happened to steal Poppy's sister Raya's boyfriend, she claims the guy standing in line in front of her is her boyfriend.
Dallas Burke, right wing for the Denver Comets hockey team and famous hockey bad boy, is quite willing to play along.
That simple event leads to a fake relationship to help Poppy build up business at her restaurant and Dallas to clean up his reputation. It comes with a contract, a rehabbing Gram - Dallas's, and Dallas's agent who also wants to rehabilitate Dallas's reputation.
And their fake relationship seems to be going great despite conflicting advice from her older sister Raya who keeps telling her to look before she leaps and her younger sister Eloise who is all for leaping - thinking optional.
It doesn't take long for both Dallas and Poppy to want to change fake dating to real dating but neither is quite ready to tell the other about their change of heart.
This was a sweet romance filled with engaging characters. I loved the small-town setting and its juxtaposition with the world of professional sports.
I bought this one February 12, 2024. You can buy your copy here.
I bought this one February 12, 2024. You can buy your copy here.
I enjoy the fake romance plots in rom coms.
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