{"product_id":"happy-holidate-jared-roach-9798989461868","title":"Happy Holidate","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeja Johnson has opinions sharp enough to cut glass and marketing skills that could sell snow in a blizzard. She is always in control, until she becomes the last single woman in her book club and the final keeper of the magical journal that has already transformed her friends' lives. With bridesmaid duties approaching and a wedding full of glowing couples ahead, Deja refuses to face the event alone. Her solution is simple: hire a fake date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRashaad Clairfield is calm, polished, and uninterested in love. He prefers clean lines, clear goals, and absolutely no emotional chaos. Then Langston, his business partner, tells him he needs a date for this wedding. Suddenly, Rashaad and Deja find themselves agreeing to a tidy, temporary arrangement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir plan works perfectly. Until it doesn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChemistry sparks. Emotions slip through the cracks. Old insecurities rise exactly when they shouldn't. And soon, Deja and Rashaad must decide if their pretend partnership is worth risking for the real, messy, extraordinary love neither ever believed they could have, yet always hoped for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cozy, witty, heartwarming Christmas romance about vulnerability, found family, and falling for the person who sees the real you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you love Christmas romance novellas, Black love stories, fake dating setups, and couples who fall in love against their own rules, this story belongs on your holiday reading list.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerfect for fans of Jasmine Guillory, Talia Hibbert, and Kennedy Ryan's lighthearted romances, \u003cb\u003eHappy Holi-Date\u003c\/b\u003e delivers a fake dating holiday love story with sparkling banter, swoon-worthy chemistry, and two characters who must learn that vulnerability is the bravest love language of all.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jared Roach,Lauren W. Roach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798989461868\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sunflower Rose Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38d","brand":"Jared Roach","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49171899285759,"sku":"9798989461868","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/happy-holidate-jared-roach-9798989461868","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}