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"Highly recommend if you love heartfelt longing, fake dating with real feelings, and a hero who’s been in love for years. Perfection."
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Romance with a heartbeat
Romance with a heartbeat
A cozy small-town Christmas romance series
A cozy Christmas romance series filled with snowy streets, holiday magic, and love stories waiting to unfold in the heart of a charming small town.
perfect if you love
billionaire romance
boss and employee
fake dating
one bed
small-town Christmas
Book One
perfect if you love
billionaire romance
boss and employee
fake dating
one bed
small-town Christmas
the story
Holiday rule #1: Never get drunk and agree to fake-date your boss.
Olivia Hartley’s Christmas falls apart the moment she learns her cheating ex is getting engaged to her cousin over the holidays. Shocked, humiliated, and two airport whiskeys past her limit, she does the one thing she’d never do sober: confide in her hot-as-sin billionaire boss, Alexander Castellano.
Alexander is desperate to escape his own family’s holiday chaos, so he proposes an unbelievable solution: he’ll travel with Olivia to Silverbell Hollow as her boyfriend. Drunk and out of options, Olivia says yes before she can talk herself out of it.
But Olivia didn’t expect him to fit into her family’s Christmas so perfectly. She didn’t expect the warmth beneath his icy exterior. And she definitely didn’t expect the way he touches her when no one is watching.
She keeps telling herself it’s pretend.
But do fake boyfriends kiss you till your toes curl?
Do they make you forget your name when they’ve got their hands all over you?
And do they leave you wondering if you’re the only one faking it?
Because if this is pretend… Alexander clearly didn’t get the memo.
A cozy, spicy, small-town Christmas romance for readers who love fake dating, forced proximity, and a billionaire who melts only for her.
What readers have to say
"Highly recommend if you love heartfelt longing, fake dating with real feelings, and a hero who’s been in love for years. Perfection."
Read full review"This is my first book by KJ Raffat and I am obsessed! This is a Christmas that you'll want to add to your winter tbr"
Read full review"Their chemistry, banter, and flirting were everything. I was giggling and kicking my feet the entire time."
Read full review"KJ Raffat has me hooked forever a reader. Thank you so much to the author for writing this book and giving us hope. Loved every minute. A definite MUST READ!! "
Read full review"KJ is added to my ‘will read anything they put out author list’"
Read full review"Alexander Castellano has become one of my favorite mmc, a man that will do anything even take revenge for the women he’s fallen for."
Read full review"KJ has the ability to create stories that are so easy to envision. They are cozy and warm, but also funny and emotional. It's like a perfect holiday romantic comedy in book form."
Read full review"This book is seriously amazing! I was laughing out loud at a coffee shop and people probably thought I was insane."
Read full review"I have really loved The Wilder Brothers Series by KJ Raffat but this?? This book is my absolute favorite so far!!"
Read full review"Boy, did this book made me laugh, swoon, and enjoy every Christmas-y vibe that this book had to offer!"
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perfect if you love
grumpy sunshine
forced proximity
secret identity
small-town Christmas
slow burn
Book two
perfect if you love
grumpy sunshine
forced proximity
secret identity
small-town Christmas
slow burn
the story
Holiday rule #2: Never offer your spare room to the man searching for your secret identity.
Avery Bloom is very good at disappearing in plain sight.
To Silverbell Hollow, she is the owner of the town’s cozy bookshop, The Winter Quill. To millions of readers, she is A. J. Blackwood, the reclusive mystery author no one has ever found.
And Avery intends to keep it that way.
Then workaholic film producer Julian Mercer arrives with his nephew, Benji, determined to secure the screen rights to Blackwood’s novels. Avery plans to mislead him until he leaves.
But when a snowstorm closes the mountain road and every room in town is taken, she makes one mistake: offering them her spare room.
Now the man hunting her secret is sleeping one wall away.
Between Christmas lights and holiday magic, Avery finds herself falling for the one man she needs to stay away from. It doesn’t help that the quick-tempered producer seems to save all his gentleness for her, or that every time he touches her, she forgets why she is supposed to keep her distance.
But he is still searching for A. J. Blackwood.
If Julian discovers her lie, Avery could lose him. If her identity gets out, she could lose the quiet life she has protected.
Avery never wanted the world to know her name.
She just never expected to want him to know.
A Merry Secret is a standalone small-town Christmas romance filled with secret identities, snowed-in forced proximity, a shy heroine, a hero who falls first, and plenty of cozy holiday charm. Expect a guaranteed happily ever after, and an open bedroom door.
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What readers have to say
"Highly recommend if you love heartfelt longing, fake dating with real feelings, and a hero who’s been in love for years. Perfection."
Read full review"This is my first book by KJ Raffat and I am obsessed! This is a Christmas that you'll want to add to your winter tbr"
Read full review"Their chemistry, banter, and flirting were everything. I was giggling and kicking my feet the entire time."
Read full review"KJ Raffat has me hooked forever a reader. Thank you so much to the author for writing this book and giving us hope. Loved every minute. A definite MUST READ!! "
Read full review"KJ is added to my ‘will read anything they put out author list’"
Read full review"Alexander Castellano has become one of my favorite mmc, a man that will do anything even take revenge for the women he’s fallen for."
Read full review"KJ has the ability to create stories that are so easy to envision. They are cozy and warm, but also funny and emotional. It's like a perfect holiday romantic comedy in book form."
Read full review"This book is seriously amazing! I was laughing out loud at a coffee shop and people probably thought I was insane."
Read full review"I have really loved The Wilder Brothers Series by KJ Raffat but this?? This book is my absolute favorite so far!!"
Read full review"Boy, did this book made me laugh, swoon, and enjoy every Christmas-y vibe that this book had to offer!"
Read full reviewWhere to buy
Book Two
Returning to Silverbell Hollow for the next holiday season — December 2026. Different characters, same magic. Pre-order announcements coming soon.
Book Three
A third Silverbell Hollow book is on the way for 2027. Title and details still under wraps. It’s going to be a winter one.