Single All the Way

I’m having just a tiny bit of burnout lately, so I thought it might be fun to dig into one of the MANY lonely books and audiobooks I’ve purchased that sit waiting on my shelves.  This time I chose new-to-me author Portia MacIntosh’s holiday rom-com Single All the Way.

Thirty-something Dani is a journalist that’s just been dumped by her boss/boyfriend Tom and demoted to a lesser position. When a job opportunity arises closer to her hometown she thinks it might be a nice way to cut ties and start over. The guy responsible for that decision is Rex - the serial-dating office flirt. When Rex needs Dani’s help to make a potential love interest jealous, she sees an opportunity. She helps him, he helps her and thus a fake dating relationship is born.

You know the rest. It’s cute, fluffy, play-by-the-book, holiday-themed romance with two charming leads who you can’t help but root for. The banter was fun and the spice level was ultra mild, so if you like your romance on the cleaner side, this is a good one. My favorite parts were an entertaining side plot about a holiday decorating war between Dani’s dad and neighbor and a fake Christmas party she has to scrabble together to cover one of her many fibs!  It doesn’t bring anything new to the table, but it was a fun listen narrated by Karen Cass, and now there’s one less lonely book on my TBR!

★★★ ½