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USA Today bestselling author Jenny Holiday follows A Princess for Christmas with another delightful contemporary Christmas romance, set in the heart of New York City, about a playboy baron and a woman who has said goodbye to love. "[A] master of witty banter."#8212;Entertainment Weekly There's a royal wedding on, and things are about to get interesting. Meet the man of honor Maximillian von Hansburg, Baron of Laudon and heir to the Duke of Aquilla, is not having a merry Christmas. He's been dumped by a princess, he's unemployed, and his domineering father has sent him to New York to meet a prospective bride he has no interest in. In the city, he meets Dani Martinez, a smart (and gorgeous) professor he's determined to befriend before their best friends marry in the Eldovian wedding of the century. Meet the best woman Newly single, no-nonsense New Yorker Dani is done with love#8212;she even has a list entitled "Things I Will Never Again Do for a Man"#8212;which is why she hits it off with notorious rake Max. He's the perfect partner for snow angels in Central Park and deep conversations about the futility of love. It's all fun and games until their friendship deepens into attraction and, oops... Falling in love was never part of the plan USA Today bestselling author Jenny Holiday follows A Princess for Christmas with another delightful contemporary Christmas romance between a playboy baron and a woman who has said goodbye to love. Maximillian von Hansburg, Baron of Laudon and heir to the Duke of Aquilla, is trapped. Under pressure from his domineering father, he must marry a suitable bride before he inherits a title that feels like a prison sentence. In New York to meet a prospective wife, he ditches his responsibilities and appears on Dani Martinezs doorstep. Hes been intrigued by the no-nonsense professor since he met her at the Eldovian royal wedding and is determined to befriend her. Newly single Dani is done with loveshe even has a list entitled Things I Will Never Again Do for a Manwhich is why she hits it off with notorious rake Max. Hes trying to escape relationships, and shes resolved to avoid them at all costs. All they want from each other is friendship and a distraction from their messy lives. As their bond begins to deepen, so does their attraction, until they end up in bed together. Falling in love was never part of the planMaxs family doesnt see Dani as a perfect match, even as his heart tells him shes the one, and Dani isnt sure she can make it in Maxs world. Can they find the courage to live they life they desire, even if it means risking everything? Maximillian von Hansburg, Baron of Laudon and heir to the Duke of Aquilla, has been sent by his father to New York to meet a prospective bride. Instead he befriends Dani Martinez. Dani is done with love, but they hit it off. As their friendship deepens into attraction, things begin to get interesting. -- adapted from back cover Under pressure by his family to marry, a playboy baron becomes determined to befriend a no-nonsense-but-single professor he met at a wedding, for friendship and distraction