Contents (59)
- ADVANCE PRAISE FOR THE HOLIDAY SWAP
- Also by Maggie Knox
- Titles by Karma Brown
- Titles by Marissa Stapley
- CONTENTS
- 1
- Charlie
- 2
- Cass
- 3
- Cass
- 4
- Charlie
- 5
- Cass
- 6
- Charlie
- 7
- Cass
- 8
- Charlie
- 9
- Cass
- 10
- Charlie
- 11
- Cass
- 12
- Charlie
- 13
- Cass
- 14
- Charlie
- 15
- Cass
- 16
- Charlie
- 17
- Cass
- 18
- Charlie
- 19
- Cass
- 20
- Charlie
- 21
- Cass
- 22
- Charlie
- 23
- Charlie
- 24
- Cass
- 25
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- A Conversation with Maggie Knox
- Discussion Guide
- visit maggie knox online
- What’s next on your reading list?
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Knox, Maggie, author.
Title: The holiday swap / Maggie Knox.
Description: New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, [2021] | Summary: “A feel-good, holiday-themed romantic comedy about identical twins who switch lives in the days leading up to Christmas—perfect for fans of Christina Lauren’s In a Holidaze and Josie Silver’s One Day in December” —Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021026644 (print) | LCCN 2021026645 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593330739 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9780593330746 (ebook)
Subjects: LCGFT: Romance fiction.
Classification: LCC PR9199.4.K5847 H65 2021 (print) | LCC PR9199.4.K5847 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021026644
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021026645
Cover design and illustration: Sandra Chiu
Book design by Elke Sigal, adapted for ebook by Maggie Hunt
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the authors’ imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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For Adam and Joe, our happily ever afters
CONTENTS
Cover
Advance Praise for The Holiday Swap
Also by Maggie Knox
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Acknowledgments
Readers Guide
About the Author
1
Charlie
Monday: 12 Days to Christmas . . .
Los Angeles
Charlie Goodwin drew a shaky breath and tapped furiously on her phone, the screen illuminating her face in the otherwise dark storeroom. She opened an app and searched for the emergency two-minute stress-release meditation. Once the soothing voice began, she closed her eyes and took another deep breath, trying to slow her frantic heartbeat. But all that did was bring the sharp scent of peppermint extract further up her nose and into her throat. Normally she loved the smell of peppermint and all Christmas-related things. But this had been sabotage. She smelled like a giant candy cane—and she wasn’t feeling very festive about it.
Her phone buzzed in her hand and she cracked an eye, glancing at the screen. Priya Basu, her friend and on-set makeup artist.
Don’t let him get to you.
He’s a jerk and you’re YOU.