REVIEW: Flake It Til You Make It by Beth Bolden (Christmas Falls Season 2)

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FLAKE IT TIL YOU MAKE IT

Christmas Falls Season 2

by Beth Bolden

Release Date: November 15, 2024

Review

This has full-on Christmas, fake dating, and a jerk getting his cumupenance.  Highly recommend.


Rocco has my heart. This man moved to Christmas Falls to open a coffee shop/cafe to carve out a little space of his own in a family that is uber-competent and successful. But when he angers the pumpkin spice latte crowd his success seems questionable, and boy that breaks my heart.


One bright idea later. He’s fake-dating Deputy Mayor Taylor. It’s a mutual need. Taylor needs to woo the hiring committee for a job he’s perfect for. Family values and stability, and all that…blah.


As they ‘date’ throughout the town's holiday events something quite lovely happens. Our boys find looooove!

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Synopsis

It's beginning to taste a lot like Christmas . . .


When Rocco Moretti gets the chance to buy a coffee shop in a small Illinois town, it feels like a miracle. And in true Christmas Falls tradition, Jolly Java is a holiday-flavored one.


He sets up shop and starts experimenting with recipes. The only problem? His changes go over like a piece of coal on Christmas morning. Instead of serving up cups of holiday cheer, he's getting a solid "bah humbug" vibe from the town.


He needs another miracle, stat.


Enter Deputy Mayor Taylor Hall.


With the town’s city manager retiring, Taylor is looking to make a leadership move, but his dream is melting because the city council still sees him as an outsider. He needs to prove he's in Christmas Falls to stay, and what better way than by getting a boyfriend?


Even a fake one.


Rocco needs the town's acceptance, so why not date the deputy mayor? Faking it till they make it will be a means to an end. That's all.


But sharing the holiday season wins over more than the town's hearts. With each date, each mistletoe kiss, and every steamy night in front of the fire, it wins over theirs as well.


Come Christmas morning, there's really only one miracle Rocco wants under his tree.


For the love they've been faking to become real.


Christmas Falls: Season 2 revisits a small town that thrives on enough holiday charm to rival any Hallmark movie. It's a multi-author M/M romance series.


About Beth Bolden


A lifelong Pacific Northwester, Beth Bolden has just recently moved to North Carolina with her supportive husband. She still believes in Keeping Portland Weird, and intends to start a chapter of Keeping Durham Weird.


Beth has been writing practically since she learned the alphabet. Unfortunately, her first foray into novel writing, titled Big Bear with Sparkly Earrings, wasn’t a bestseller, but hope springs eternal. She’s published thirteen novels and five short stories.


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