Merry Little Lies

She hired a fake boyfriend for the holidays. She never expected to fall for her own Christmas miracle.

By: W.G. Davis

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

She hired a fake boyfriend for the holidays. She never expected to fall for her own Christmas miracle.
Clara Hawthorne has a plan for everything. As a wildly successful CEO, she’s built an empire on logic, precision, and cold, hard facts. The one problem she can’t solve? Her mother’s relentless campaign to find her a husband, amplified to holiday-hectic levels during their annual family Christmas. Desperate to silence the "ticking clock" comments once and for all, Clara devises her most brilliant—and most insane—strategy yet.
She’s going to rent a boyfriend.
Enter Liam O’Connell, a charming and discreet professional from an elite companion service. For a hefty fee, he’s the perfect package: handsome, witty, and armed with a flawless, fabricated backstory. All he has to do is play the doting boyfriend for one week in her picturesque hometown. The grand finale? A fake, Christmas-morning proposal with a family heirloom ring, designed to deliver a decade of peace from her mother’s matchmaking.
But Clara’s meticulously scripted plan begins to unravel from the moment Liam pours her coffee exactly how she likes it. In the middle of chaotic tree-decorating, flour-dusted cookie baking, and stolen moments by the fire, their professional arrangement starts to feel alarmingly real. Liam isn't just playing a part; he’s seamlessly winning over her family and, worse, chipping away at the walls around Clara’s heart.
As snow falls and Christmas lights twinkle, the line between their holiday performance and real-life attraction blurs into nothing. But when the clock strikes Christmas morning and Liam gets down on one knee, he throws away their script and speaks from the heart, risking everything—their deal, the façade, and a chance at a real future—by telling the one truth that could ruin it all.
A delightful, heartwarming romantic comedy. Merry Little Lies is a story about the messy, unexpected, and utterly perfect ways we find love, proving that sometimes the best things in life aren’t planned—they’re hired by accident.
Don’t miss this enchanting fake-dating, forced-proximity holiday romance that will have you believing in the magic of Christmas long after the last page is turned!