I Really Can't Stay

<p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>From author A.R. Rose comes a STANDALONE feel good holiday romance with fake dating found family and a cat named Potato...</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A wise woman once told me no one should have to spend the holidays alone and with my first Christmas after losing my family quickly approaching I decide to take her advice to heart.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>My plan is impulsive but simple: create a dating profile and attend a few Christmas parties throughout the month to combat the loneliness.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Never in my wildest dreams did I expect an avalanche of messages full of men eager for me to be their holidate. From office parties to family gatherings there's no shortage of festivities to fill my calendar.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And with my no strings rule it should be simple right?</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>That's what I thought too. Until I meet someone who piques my interest in ways I never imagined and I single-handedly redefine what it means to 'make an entrance'.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Now I can't help but wonder if the term </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>falling</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> in love is more literal than it seems.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><u>Tropes:</u></strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Holiday</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Found Family</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Fake Dating</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Big City Girl / Small Town Guy</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He Falls First</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Cat Bestie Named Potato*</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>*Not a trope but you're going to love him. </em></strong></p>