The Holiday Exchange
Riley Hart and Christina Lee
Riley Hart and Christina Lee
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November 3, 2025
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐧'𝐬 𝐞𝐱 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠?
November 3, 2025
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐧'𝐬 𝐞𝐱 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠?
Dawson
I have the most ridiculous crush on Briar, the customer who frequents my café. We never run out of things to talk about, and I find myself looking forward to each of his visits.
Just when I’m going to ask him on a date… he shows up at the Sip and Savor, with none other than my twin, who beats me to the punch. Definitely not how I hoped things would go.
Except my brother isn’t the settling down type, so three months into dating Briar he chooses the worst time to dump him—right before Christmas and straight after Briar asks Nathan to accompany him home for the holidays.
I try to console Briar who I care about and consider a friend. What I don’t expect is for him to cook up a fake boyfriend plot—straight out of the movies—where I go home to Maine with him, pretending to be his boyfriend.
It’s supposed to be a friendly favor, I get a trip to the perfect Christmas town, and Briar can save face with his family and childhood ex. Only just like back in Boston, we have fun together, get each other, and I swear the spark I always felt between us grows.
But how does a guy tell his twin’s ex, that he’s had feelings for him all along? And can what starts out as a holiday exchange, turn into the perfect happily ever after?
A Hallmark worthy holiday story with twins and fake dating. Sign me up!
This was a delightful bit of holiday sweetness and swoon.
A Hallmark worthy holiday story with twins and fake dating. Sign me up!
This was a delightful bit of holiday sweetness and swoon.
Briar started coming into Dawson's smoothie shop, and they had great conversations. And just when Dawson had decided to ask Briar out, his twin brother got to him first. So Dawson had to suck it up and watch it go right and wrong.
When Briar is stuck without a date for his family holiday trip, Dawson offers to go home with him and be his fake boyfriend to save face. But their natural chemistry and rapport, forced proximity, and heartwarming family traditions make them realize how much they actually like being around each other.
But things are a bit complicated with their fibs and secrets. And it is hard to tell what is fake or real.
Will they be brave enough to face their own feelings and insecurities, be honest, and trust that they are right where they need to be?
Will they be brave enough to face their own feelings and insecurities, be honest, and trust that they are right where they need to be?
This is an engaging and heartfelt story with wonderful characters, and it just feels like being wrapped up in a hug. I loved the small town vibe and thought Dawson and Briar were just adorable.
Riley Hart's love of all things romance shines brightly in everything she writes. Her primary focus is Male/Male romance but under various pen names, her prose has touched practically every part of the spectrum of love and relationships. The common theme that ties them all together is stories told from the heart.
A hopeless romantic herself, Riley is a lover of character-driven plots, many with flawed and relatable characters. She strives to create stories that readers can not only fall in love with, but also see themselves in. Real characters and real love blended together equal the ultimate Riley Hart experience.
When Riley isn't creating her next story, you can find her reading, traveling, or dreaming about reading or traveling, spending time with her two snarky kids, and swoony husband.
Riley Hart is represented by Jane Dystel at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret Literary Management. She's a 2019 Lambda Literary Award Finalist for Of Sunlight and Stardust.
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Mother, wife, reader, dreamer. Christina lives in the Midwest with her husband and son–her two favorite guys. She’s addicted to lip balm, coffee, and kissing. Because everything is better with kissing.
She writes mostly MM Contemporary as well as Adult and New Adult Romance. She believes in happily-ever-afters for all, so reading and writing romance for everybody under the rainbow helps quench her soul.
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