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The Holiday Trap by Roan Parrish
4.0

A woman who has been stuck in her tight knit family in a tiny hometown is finally making a change after her family crosses too many boundaries and a man who has had his heart crushed by a recent boyfriend in a horrific way decides it’s time to recover, both of them share one thing in common, or rather one friend in common, and said friend has offered them the solution to their problems: trade homes for a month! Greta Russakoff loves her family and her small Maine hometown, but they don’t understand what its like to be a lesbian living in such a small community, and they really don’t understand space. So when her family puts her into a auction for a date without her consent its the last straw. Greta needs a break away from it all and when she tells her friend Ramona, she tells her to do it, finally take the leap and leave...but Greta needs someone to look after her houseplants, they’re the only thing she truly loves. Truman Belvedere has just found out that his boyfriend of almost a year has a secret, the fact that he already has a husband and child. Reeling from this Truman needs to get far far away from New Orleans, so when he confesses to his friend Ramona, she offers a solution, Truman and Greta house swap for a month, both of them will get to experience a new place and change. Over the winter holidays each of them will get a chance to meet new people. fall in love, and discover new things about themselves and the places they are staying at. Greta finds herself falling for a tour guide of haunted places named Carys and really falling in love with New Orleans as she finally has breathing space away from her family. Truman finds himself falling and befriending a florist who also happens to be Greta’s friend named Ash. Both of them will have to decide if this new place is the perfect place for them and if they’ve finally made a home for themselves. This was a super cute LGBTQ read with a touch of holiday magic and romance!

*Thanks Netgalley and SOURCEBOOKS Casablanca, Sourcebooks Casablanca for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*