The BookTok Effect: A Spicy Small-Town Fake Dating Christmas Romance by Rivers, L. V.

Sometimes fake love feels a little too real

When spoiled city girl Vanessa Laurent maxes out her dad's business card on a night out, she expects a lecture- not a sentence. Her punishment? Spend December in a postcard-perfect small town "fixing" a failing bookstore her father's company owns.

She's got one goal: survive until Christmas and get her life (and credit limit) back. But Andrew White, the flannel-wearing, infuriatingly grounded bookstore manager, has other ideas.

Their constant arguing turns into accidental chemistry when a BookTok live stream catches a kiss that wasn't exactly in the marketing plan. Now the internet ships them, sales are booming, and pretending to be in love might be the best business move she's ever made.

Only... the longer they fake it, the less it feels like a lie.

* Grumpy x sunshine
* Fake dating (thanks, BookTok)
* Big city girl x small-town man in flannel
* Cozy bookstore + Christmas market magic
* Slow burn with open-door spice
* A love story worth going viral for

Author: L. V. Rivers
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 11/09/2025
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.52d
ISBN: 9798273755949