Operation Fake Relationship By Jay Northcote
Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM, Christmas
Released: November 28, 2020
Publisher: Jay Bird Press
Length: 163 Pages
Cover Design: Garrett Leigh @Black Jazz Design
Can a fake relationship between best friends turn into the real thing?
After years of estrangement from his parents, Nick is finally going home for Christmas, but not without backup. He wants moral support, so his best friend and flatmate, Jackson, agrees to pretend to be his partner so he can go with him.
It’s easy for Jackson to be convincing when his feelings for Nick are as genuine as ever. He put his crush on the back burner long ago, but acting out a role he’d love to play for real is harder than he imagined. Holding hands, kissing under the mistletoe, even sharing a bed for the sake of the charade… He can’t help wondering what he’s let himself in for, and whether his heart can take it.
Emotions run high as Nick grapples with family issues, and the sexual tension between him and his best friend becomes difficult to ignore. But if he and Jackson give into the temptation to be fake boyfriends with benefits over the holiday, what will it mean for their future as friends once Christmas is over?
Contains: best friends to lovers, pretend boyfriends, daddy issues, mistletoe, and a happy ending—of course.
Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003
Another great Christmas story!
The Christmas books this year just keep getting better and better. Operation Fake Relationship really touched me and (of course) made the tears come. What can I say? When a book makes me cry it’s a sure sign of how much I loved it.
Friends-to-lovers is one of my all-time favorite romance trope and Jay hit it out of the park with this one. Nick has to deal with the anger he feels towards his father and Jackson offered to serve as his backup by posing as his fake boyfriend when they go to Nick’s home for Christmas.
The picture that Jay painted in my mind with his words made me feel like I was there with the characters. (OK that could be weird in some spots in the story. LOL) After Nick resolves his issue with his father it will be time for him to confront his feelings for Jackson.
I loved the epilogue, too; it was perfect!
♥♥♥♥♥
O Factor: Scorcher
Available to borrow with Kindle Unlimited.
Jay lives just outside Bristol in the West of England. He comes from a family of writers, but always used to believe that the gene for fiction writing had passed him by. He spent years only ever writing emails, articles, or website content.
One day, Jay decided to try and write a short story—just to see if he could—and found it rather addictive. He hasn’t stopped writing since.
Jay writes contemporary romance about men who fall in love with other men. He self-publishes under the imprint Jaybird Press.
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