"Say the lines as written or I swear I will write your character as a dickless mute monk."
This book has a pet alligator called Bubbles, so honestly, I was already in! Add Ethan with his awesome, loving Floridian family and Chase, who’s all attitude with some very real confidence issues underneath, and I was hooked.
Fake It ’Til You Sleigh It is hot, spicy, and funny, with a fake dating set-up that works really well. I will say, Christmas in the sun just doesn’t feel right to me — I want to be wrapped in a million layers on Christmas Day, not wearing a bikini on the beach — but I still had a great time with this one.
I really enjoyed watching Chase and Ethan take on their challenge to gain new subscribers for the TV channel they both work for, especially the clever (and sometimes ridiculous) ideas they come up with. It was a great listen overall, and the narrators did an excellent job bringing both characters to life.
Thank you to MeLisa Ryun and Literary Media Tours for the opportunity to listen to and review Fake It 'Til You Sleigh It.
About the Book
Rule #1 of Never fall for your lead actor.
Rule #2: See rule #1.
I’m Chase, director of Christmas movies and master of self-control… until now. My latest film is about to flop hard. With my career hanging by a thread, I’m forced to fake-date my lead actor Ethan “Walking Temptation” Barrett.
Cue a Florida holiday “vacation” with his oddball family — complete with a pet alligator. Between Ethan’s perpetual shirtlessness and us sharing one bed, my ice-queen reputation is melting faster than a frozen margarita on the beach.
His touch sets me on fire and suddenly, I'm forgetting all my rules.
I'm Ethan, rom-com heartthrob with a reputation. Fake-dating my uptight director? Not exactly on my Christmas list. But if this doesn’t work, my holiday acting career is over. If we fail, I lose everything. If we succeed… I might lose even more.
About MeLisa by MeLisa
MéLisa Ryun is our pen name, and we’re a husband-wife duo who’ve been finishing each other’s sentences (and steamy scenes) for nearly 30 years. We left the glitz of Hollywood for the glitter of Vegas. Despite calling Sin City home, we say what happens in Vegas should definitely not stay in Vegas—not when it comes to our scorching hot romcoms.
We spend our days in a death match of yoga and joke-writing. It’s like we’re competing in a bizarre reality show where the winner gets to avoid stepping outside into Satan’s armpit. We used to write for Hollywood and YouTube. Now we write books and social media posts. It’s basically the same thing, except now our audience can read 😂 Maybe we’ll trauma dump about our life in LA in a book someday. Or maybe we’ll just keep writing about fictional people with better lives than ours.
We write steamy open-door romcoms that’ll make your grandma blush and your girlfriends wink knowingly. Our characters? So real you’ll swear they’ve been eavesdropping on your life, with banter as finely honed as a cover model’s abs and sparks that’ll melt your e-reader. Our mission? To write sizzling chemistry, door-kicking-open steam, and enough beloved tropes to complete a Pinterest board. And the best part? Guaranteed satisfying happily ever after, every time.
