Review: The Holiday Fakers (Hideaway Harbor #2) by Evie Alexander

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Tropes
Fake dating
One bed
Brother’s best friend
Found family
Celebrity
Return to hometown

Blurb
One fake boyfriend. One bed. One very complicated Christmas …

Piper

I promised my mom I’d bring a boyfriend home for the holidays.

I did not mean Brody King—Hollywood heartthrob, tabloid trainwreck, and the reason I have a folder of fantasy fan art I’ll take to the grave.

He’s also my brother’s best friend and the man who ghosted our small town (and me) twelve years ago.

Now we’re sharing one bed, faking a relationship, and pretending he’s changed.

The problem? I’m starting to believe it.

But Brody doesn’t do forever.

And I don’t do heartbreak twice.

Brody

The plan was simple: come home, look reformed, and don’t fall for Piper Locke. Again.

Instead, I’m stuck in a snow-globe town with the girl I never stopped wanting.

Piper’s smart, hilarious, way too sexy—and still completely off-limits.

She thinks I’ll leave like last time.

And she’s right. My next job’s a world away from Hideaway Harbor.

But this fake relationship feels dangerously real, and Piper isn’t just a PR fix.

She’s the reason I want to stay.

Too bad I’m the last person who deserves her… and the one person who can’t seem to walk away.

The Holiday Fakers is a laugh-out-loud, one-bed, fake-dating romcom with festive flair and serious steam. If you love small-town chaos, slow-burn tension, and a guaranteed happily ever after, this book is your perfect cozy escape.

The Holiday Fakers is part of the Christmas at Hideaway Harbor series of six spicy romantic comedies. The books are interconnected standalones and can be read in any order.

Piper cannot believe her eyes when she sees a picture of her brother's former best friend, a Hollywood star, and HER! She sure as hell knows she's not his mysterious girlfriend, so why is there a picture of them together? But his agent's proposal that she pose as his fake girlfriend for the holidays came at the right time, because she needs to bring home the boyfriend she lied to her parents about. A short time of pretending to be in love to save face for both them shouldn't be a problem, right?

Back when Brody left town, he never intended to come back. But he knows his agent is right - he needs to face his demons, needs closure, and he has to come back here to get it. Coming back with Piper, though, complicates things, a lot. She doesn't know it, but he's had feelings for her for a very long time, feelings he shouldn't have had for his best friend's sister. All this close proximity, being back with her family who've all welcomed him back, is making it really difficult to keep those feelings hidden. Maybe this holiday season his Christmas wish will come true for once.

Piper and Brody stood absolutely no chance of not getting out of this without feelings coming to the surface, in the face of the close proximity, the warmth of her family surrounding them, and the magic of the season finding its way into their hearts. I love family as much as I love Brody and Piper - their meddling certainly helped these two find their second chance, and Marvin and Cara too! Sweet, heartfelt, and deliciously spicy - everything a holiday love story should be.