Trading places and vacations might just be the Christmas miracle these two best friends need "
The Holiday meets
The Unhoneymooners in this friends-swapping-places romance that has it all: mistletoe and make-outs, plus sun, sand, and swoon!"--Chantel Guertin, author of
It Happened One Christmas Holly Beech and Ivy Casey are bury-the-body besties. They're so in sync, they even look alike. When Holly's fianc? jilts her, leaving her in shock and with a nonrefundable honeymoon, Holly convinces Ivy to switch places. Ivy will go on the Hawaiian honeymoon her best friend can't bear to take alone, while Holly escapes to Ivy's rented Hudson Valley cabin to binge-watch holiday movies and heal.
But Holly's wallowing is interrupted when her rugged Airbnb host turns out to be her high school academic rival who's had a major glow-up. Meanwhile, Ivy's (now Hawaiian) annual solo art retreat is upended when Holly's ex-fianc? checks into the honeymoon suite--with a new woman. Raging and bed-less, the last thing Ivy expects is for the hot hotel bartender to come to her rescue. Against all odds, this Christmas might prove the most magical yet.
About the AuthorJulia McKay is the pen name of Marissa Stapley, 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. She is also one half of the writing duo behind
The Holiday Swap and
All I Want for Christmas by Maggie Knox, and co-author of
Three Holidays and a Wedding. 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.