The Holiday Exchange by Riley Hart and Christina Lee

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐧’𝐬 𝐞𝐱 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠?

The Holiday Exchange by Riley Hart and Christina Lee
MM Holiday Romance
Cover Designer: Sarah Jo Chreene
November 3, 2025

❄️ Fake Relationship
❄️ Small Town
❄️ Twin’s Ex-Boyfriend
❄️ Friends to Lovers
❄️ Secret Crush
❄️ Low Angst

Dawson

I have the most ridiculous crush on Briar, a customer who frequents my café. We never run out of things to talk about, and I find myself looking forward to his visits.

Just when I’m about to ask him on a date, he shows up at Sip and Savor with none other than my twin, who beat me to the punch. Definitely not how I hoped things would go.

Except my brother isn’t the settling-down type, so three months into dating Briar, he chooses the worst time to dump him—right before Christmas and straight after Briar asks Nathan to accompany him home for the holidays.

As I try to console Briar, he surprises me by cooking up a plot straight out of the movies, where I go home to Maine with him, pretending to be his boyfriend.

It’s supposed to be a friendly favor, I get a trip to the perfect Christmas town, and Briar can save face with his family and childhood ex. Only just like back in Boston, we have fun together, get each other, and I swear the spark I always felt between us grows.

But how does a guy tell his twin’s ex that he’s had feelings for him all along? And can what starts out as a holiday exchange turn into the perfect happily ever after?

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The Holiday Exchange by Riley Hart
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Briar and Dawson pretending to be boyfriends after Briar was dumped by Dawsons twin brother. Pretending to be happy together for the benefit of Briar’s parents. Pretending the holiday in a small town is a sappy, magical Hallmark movie. Pretending can easily become reality.

I liked the story. Simple, with heartfelt sentiment. I did wish it was a little bit longer when it came to the time jump. Although I guess they had already expressed the love feelings. No drama, just two men finding their way to each other.

Just a short, little bit of goodness.

Review Copy requested and reviewed on behalf of OMGReads.
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