Christmas in the Cotswolds

Diana Northcote had everything. The name. The estate. The perfectly curated life. She had nothing that mattered. When Diana agreed to be Jake Carmichael‘s fake girlfriend, she expected a business transaction-her presence at his ex‘s Christmas gala in exchange for a donation to her charity. Clean. Simple. Controlled. She didn‘t expect his mother to hug her like she meant it. His nieces to claim her for cookie decorating and hair braiding. His brother to tease her like a sister. She didn‘t expect to laugh until her stomach hurt. To feel flour in her hair and not care. To open a gift and find a hand-knitted scarf because someone noticed she was cold. She definitely didn‘t expect to fall so completely in love with all of it that walking away might break her. A Cotswolds Christmas is a fake dating romance about the difference between the life you‘re supposed to want and the one that makes you feel alive.