Acting Merry by Martha Keyes

She brought him to save her pride. He showed up ready to steal her heart.
When Reese Cameron learns that her annual friend’s Christmas getaway will include her ex coming as her friend’s plus one, she considers a few options:

Stay home and nurse her pride
Break her leg skiing for a rock-solid excuse not to go
Ask someone to come as her fake boyfriend

Enter Cole Bradley. He may be a contractor rather than an actor, but he’s convincing enough at the boyfriend gig to make Reese question if it’s really all an act. But Cole has a strict two-date policy, and Reese’s heart isn’t built for casual. Which means she may leave this holiday getaway with her pride intact—and her heart broken.

Acting Merry is a closed-door holiday romcom novella filled with fake dating, festive banter, and all the swoony vibes—without the spice.