ISBN: 9780593328668
Editorial: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Autor: Knox, Maggie
Año de edición: 2022
N° Paginas: 352
Tipo de pasta: Pasta blanda
Descripción: A pitch-perfect holiday rom com about two oil-and-water reality-star country singers who must fake a relationship in order to win the opportunity of a lifetime, perfect for fans of Sally Thorne's The Hating Game and Christina Lauren's In a Holidaze.Will they hit the right notes this holiday season?When Sadie and Max are selected as contestants on the famed reality singing show Starmaker, each thinks they’ve finally gotten their big Nashville break. But then they’re paired up for duet week and stun the world with their romantic onstage chemistry. With fans going wild for #Saxie the network demands that they remain a duo on and offstage, or exit the competition. Faking a relationship until their final performance in the Starmaker holiday special shouldn't be too hard, except for one small problem—Sadie and Max can’t stand each other.But with their dreams just within reach, they agree to the ruse. Will their fake relationship be exposed before they can win? Or might their phony connection turn real by the Christmas finale?ReviewOne of Country Living’s 22 Best Christmas Romance Books this Holiday Season"Unbelievably fun. All I Want for Christmas left me singing, and swooning, with holiday feels." –Jean Meltzer, author of The Matzah BallAbout the AuthorMaggie Knox is the pen name for bestselling Canadian writing duo Karma Brown and Marissa Stapley. Brown is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author of five novels, including the #1 national bestseller Recipe for a Perfect Wife, as well as the non-fiction bestseller The 4% Fix: How one hour can change your life. Her writing has appeared in publications such as Self, Redbook, Today’s Parent, and Chatelaine. She lives just outside Toronto with her family and a labradoodle named Fred. Stapley is a former magazine editor and New York Times bestselling author of Reese’s Book Club Pick Lucky, as well as international bestsellers Mating for Life, Things to Do When It’s Raining, and The Last Resort. Many of her novels have been optioned for television and her journalism has appeared in The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Elle, Today’s Parent, and Reader’s Digest. She lives in Toronto with her family and a precocious black cat named Oscar. The Holiday Swap was their first novel writing together as Maggie Knox and is a Canadian bestseller.Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.1MaxNashville, TennesseeDecember 1What am I doing?The question had been nagging at Max Brody all day. Actually, ever since he'd agreed to join Starmaker's country music reality show, making him one of twenty contestants vying for that coveted first place.Most people would think Max didn't need any of what a Starmaker win could mean-not the money, nor the fame. He had grown up in the Nashville celebrity spotlight, thanks to his father, Holden Brody, who was an iconic country music singer. And yet, here Max was: on a soundstage, trying to decide between a rock-hard blueberry muffin or a days-old custard pastry from the craft-services table. He chose neither and turned back to watch the other contestants warming up on the stage.The room was decked out in preparation for the upcoming holiday-themed shows, and it did look festive. But everything was fake-from the plastic evergreen boughs, to the cotton swaths of "snow"-which left Max feeling less than merry.He didn't want to be here but Starmaker was Max's last kick at the can to make music on his own terms, in his own way-something he had so far been unable to do. Sure, he had released an album (who hadn't, in his music-royalty boots?), but the record hadn't done well. There had been no real splash, low sales... certainly nothing to warrant a second album.Since then, he had been knocking around Nashville, being featured in entertainment magazines ("Who Is Max Brody, Son of the Great Holden Brody, Dating Now?" and "How Does Max Brody Keep That Stunning Six-Pack Looking So Fine?") and waiting for
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