Christmas in the City Collection

There's no place like home for the holidays, right? Not for Juliana, a doctoral student who's dreading the endless chatter about her golden child younger sister's wedding that awaits her there. In a last minute effort to ditch her family's celebration, she tells a little white lie about spending the holiday with her non-existent boyfriend, and heads back to her empty apartment.... Except it's not so empty, thanks to her roommate promising the place to a childhood friend. Chris hates Christmas and wants nothing more than to spend it forgetting the fact that he's got no one to share it with. But that plan seems destined for failure when Juliana shows up, no idea Chris would be there, and with every intention of showing him the door.When Juliana's mom calls with the 'good news' that the family has decided to come visit her in Boston for the holiday, Juliana needs to manufacture a boyfriend, and fast. Luckily, Chris is right there in the next room, and Juliana has a proposition for him. She'll let him stay 'til Christmas... as long as he agrees to be her fake boyfriend in front of her family. A guarded and grieving Chris is initially reluctant to say yes, but something about Juliana has him agreeing to this absolutely ridiculous arrangement.Thrown together by fate and faking it, these two just might discover that what they really want for Christmas is each other. "A White Lie Christmas delivers the perfect blend of humor, heart, and holiday magic as a stressed-out grad student and a lonely Christmas cynic are thrown into a fake-dating arrangement that turns surprisingly real, making this festive romance a must-read for anyone who believes love can show up when you least expect it." -NewInBooks Suzy Langevin loves love, even though she forgot how to say it in Latin when she was a contestant on Jeopardy! Her career as a clinical social worker, along with her own experience living with autoimmune disease and ADHD, allow her characters to embrace the tough stuff without it becoming a cliché, incorporating themes related to mental health and addiction with authenticity, heart, and humor. An experienced trainer and consultant, she has been a featured presenter at regional and national conferences on a variety of topics related to mental health, substance use, trauma and recovery. Suzy lives and writes in central Massachusetts.