Description
A divorce attorney in a small Indiana river town loses a Thanksgiving euchre bet and owes twelve blind dates by midnight on Christmas Eve, picked and booked by her brother’s best friend. Every date cancels, he is somehow at every restaurant, and the best twelve nights of her year turn out to be the ones he paid for, which means the most honest man she knows has been lying to her all month.
Genre: Contemporary romance / small-town holiday romantic comedy
Tropes: Brother’s best friend, grumpy/sunshine, forced proximity, the bet, small town, Christmas deadline, secret pining
Target length: 75,000–85,000 words (about 320–360 pages)
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