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A Mannequin for Christmas


A Romance Novel


Subgenres & Tropes:

  • Christmas Romance,
  • Paranormal Romance,
  • Holiday Romance,
  • Magical Realism,
  • Fake Dating
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Holiday romcoms with a literal wish-come-true twist
  • Fish out of water stories where someone learns to be human
  • Queer romance with a magical makeover and family holiday pressure
Publisher Description

A Christmas romance for Barbie fans who wished Ken and Allan got their own love story.

Henry Aster swears he is unlucky when it comes to love. He thought he'd finally found The One, but a sudden break-up has left him hopeless right before the holiday season. Facing another family Christmas alone, Henry makes a wish for "The Perfect Man."

The next morning, when he arrives at the Jersey Shore vintage shop he manages, he finds one of the male display mannequins has sprung to life and entirely wrecked the place. The magicked man is gorgeous, of course, but he comes with a Cinderella-style caveat: If he doesn't experience true, human love before the midnight chime on New Year's Eve, he will turn back into a mannequin for good.

Now Henry doesn't have to show up to family Christmas alone. The catch? This new man—self-named Aidan Smith—knows nothing about being a human. Henry has one month to teach Aidan how to be a functioning person in the modern world and the swoony boyfriend that will win over his family. It's an arduous task that draws them close together... but can human love ever really be true?

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