Boyfriend for Christmas

Christmas is coming, and Aubrey Lynn faces the usual holiday dilemma: a family obsessed with her single status. Desperate to escape the annual 'crazy cat lady' jokes, she places a peculiar ad in the local newspaper: 'Wanted: Fake Boyfriend for Christmas. Needed only for a week. Will pay $2,000.' What could go wrong? As a string of bizarre and unsuitable candidates emerge, Aubrey's hope dwindles. Just when she's ready to give up, an email arrives from a 'Knox Mikelson,' vague yet promising. But her encounter with the dashing, green-eyed man claiming to be Knox turns out to be anything but simple, throwing her carefully laid plans into hilarious chaos. Will Aubrey find her perfect temporary partner, or is she destined for another Christmas of well-meaning but agonizing family interrogations?

Boyfriend for Christmas

Christmas is coming, and Aubrey Lynn faces the usual holiday dilemma: a family obsessed with her single status. Desperate to escape the annual 'crazy cat lady' jokes, she places a peculiar ad in the local newspaper: 'Wanted: Fake Boyfriend for Christmas. Needed only for a week. Will pay $2,000.' What could go wrong? As a string of bizarre and unsuitable candidates emerge, Aubrey's hope dwindles. Just when she's ready to give up, an email arrives from a 'Knox Mikelson,' vague yet promising. But her encounter with the dashing, green-eyed man claiming to be Knox turns out to be anything but simple, throwing her carefully laid plans into hilarious chaos. Will Aubrey find her perfect temporary partner, or is she destined for another Christmas of well-meaning but agonizing family interrogations?

The scent of freshly brewed coffee mingled with the crisp December air as Aubrey Lynn traced the bold letters of her newspaper advertisement. "Wanted: Fake Boyfriend for Christmas. Single male. Age 25-29. Must have a steady career/job. Not a creep or pervert. Okay with spending Christmas away from family. Needed only for a week. Will pay 2,000 dollars."

"Aubrey, please tell me you didn't," Leah Davis groaned, staring over her best friend's shoulder at the paper. Aubrey winced, biting her lip. "It's not that stupid... is it?"

Leah scoffed. "If you need me to answer that, then you know. And the paper, really? You couldn't have just put it on social media or something?"

"My family would have seen it if I did!" Aubrey retorted, pacing her living room. "This way, I'll make my mother happy, and I won't have to hear it all Christmas long. So it's a win-win." Her words hung in the air, a desperate plea to escape the annual holiday interrogation.