The New Year Boyfriend: A Holiday Romance

Zoey Gong

Nov 2018 · Red Empress Publishing

About this ebook

This holiday romance is the perfect winter read!

At 27, Winnie is on the verge of becoming an old maid. And she’s just fine with that. In medical school and studying for admission to an exclusive training program, Winnie just needs a few more years to get her life in order before she can even think about getting married.

But her mother has other plans.

Winnie’s mother orders her to return home for Chinese New Year to meet a young man she is sure Winnie will agree to marry if she only meets him. But Winnie won’t let anything—even her overbearing mother—stand in her way of her own goals and dreams. So she does the one thing she is sure will get her mother off her back—she hires a New Year boyfriend.

Kai’s life is a wreck. Working two jobs to help pay for his mother’s cancer treatments, Kai has no time for family, fun, or love. But when he sees a job advertisement for posing as a New Year boyfriend, he can’t pass up the opportunity for some quick and easy cash.

It was supposed to be strictly a business arrangement. But as Winnie and Kai’s worlds come crashing down around them, their fake relationship might be the only real thing they have left.

Keywords: holiday romance, Christmas romance, hallmark, hallmark romance, New Year romance, Chinese romance, Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year, Christmas romance books, Christmas romantic comedy,  sweet Christmas romance, romantic Christmas, Christmas romance novels

Ratings and reviews

A lovely way to pass an afternoon. Winnie, a medical intern in Australia, hires Kai, a computer programmer and taxi driver, to be her New Year's Boyfriend to stop her mother from arranging her marriage. As the story progresses lies get out of control, feelings are hurt and finding you way in the world becomes difficult without telling the truth. This is a sweet story about being true to yourself while not forgetting about your culture and history. I received a free copy of the book from the author via Booksprout. I had the opportunity to review or not.

Such a great book!!

About the author

ZOEY GONG was born and raised in rural Hunan Province, China. She has been studying English and working as a translator since she was sixteen years old. Now in her early twenties, Zoey loves traveling and eating noodles for every meal. She lives in Shenzhen with her cat, Jello, and dreams of one day disappointing her parents by being a Leftover Woman (剩女).