TY  - BOOK
AU  - Holiday,Jenny
TI  - Canadian boyfriend
SN  - 9781538724927
PY  - 2024///
CY  - New York
PB  - Forever
KW  - Dance teachers
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Hockey players
KW  - Widowers
KW  - Canadians
KW  - United States
KW  - Man-woman relationships
KW  - Ballet
KW  - Self-confidence
KW  - Eating disorders
KW  - Minnesota
KW  - Romance fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Humorous fiction
KW  - Novels
N1  - Includes Reading group guide with note from author and questions for discussion (pages 363-372)
N2  - "Once upon a time teenage Aurora Evans met a hockey player at the Mall of America. He was from Canada. And soon, he was the perfect fake boyfriend, a get-out-of-jail-free card for all kinds of sticky situations. I can't go to prom. I'm going to be visiting my boyfriend in Canada. He was just what she needed to cover her social awkwardness. He never had to know. It wasn't like she was ever going to see him again... Years later, Aurora is teaching kids' dance classes and battling panic and eating disorders--souvenirs from her failed ballet career--when pro hockey player Mike Martin walks in with his daughter. Mike's honesty about his struggles with widowhood helps Aurora confront some of her own demons, and the two forge an unlikely friendship. There's just one problem: Mike is the boy she spent years pretending was her "Canadian boyfriend." The longer she keeps her secret, the more she knows it will shatter the trust between them. But to have the life she wants, she needs to tackle the most important thing of all-believing in herself"--; "This book contains references to disordered eating and to the death of a spouse that occurred prior to the events of the story."--
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