Having a big project to work on means I'm listening to a lot of holiday cheer and I am here for all of it.

Julie is the disappointing daughter of the family - she isn't a doctor, isn't dating or married to a doctor and seems can never catch a break with her parents. When her match-maker friend sets her up on yet another blind date, she goes in grumpy and unimpressed. Tom is the complete opposite of her-a pharmacist who likes to read and wears a tie on a first date. Ugh. They agree they have nothing in common and part ways until Julie, desperate to have a Christmas with her family that doesn't revolve around her failures, tells them she has a boyfriend. To her utter surprise, Tom agrees to play along and goes home with her for three days.

Julie's attitude on the first date was so incredibly rude that this was almost a dnf for me but if you are here looking for guidance on if you should finish-I can say, hold on. It works. The fake dating, opposites attract tropes are fun; Julie's family throws in some unexpected shenanigans; and the chemistry is a little spicy. This one was pretty cute and my introduction to Jackie Lau's writing.