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Christmas Confidential
‘Tis the season for secrets
Hana Choi’s best friend is about to marry her soulmate—the famous K-pop idol Jihoon who also happens to be Hana’s cousin—and Hana will need all her patience to deal with her family, the media, and most of all, the best man and K-pop royalty, Park Kitae. A.K.A. Hana’s secret forever crush and a major pain in her butt.
When the media frenzy around the wedding gets to be too much, Hana and Kit team up to plan a surprise Christmas Eve ceremony for their friends. With just twenty-five days on the clock and plenty of late nights, sparks begin to fly... especially after Kit confesses his feelings for Hana.
Worried about losing their friendship, Hana proposes a trial romance—sweet, secret, and perfectly timed while Kit’s in Toronto preparing to film his first TV role. But things heat up (and not in a good way) when Kit's on-screen chemistry with his co-star leads to a fake tabloid romance that Hana’s supposed to ignore.
With a surprise wedding on the horizon and emotions running high, will Hana and Kit’s love story get its own fairytale ending?
Hana Choi’s best friend is about to marry her soulmate—the famous K-pop idol Jihoon who also happens to be Hana’s cousin—and Hana will need all her patience to deal with her family, the media, and most of all, the best man and K-pop royalty, Park Kitae. A.K.A. Hana’s secret forever crush and a major pain in her butt.
When the media frenzy around the wedding gets to be too much, Hana and Kit team up to plan a surprise Christmas Eve ceremony for their friends. With just twenty-five days on the clock and plenty of late nights, sparks begin to fly... especially after Kit confesses his feelings for Hana.
Worried about losing their friendship, Hana proposes a trial romance—sweet, secret, and perfectly timed while Kit’s in Toronto preparing to film his first TV role. But things heat up (and not in a good way) when Kit's on-screen chemistry with his co-star leads to a fake tabloid romance that Hana’s supposed to ignore.
With a surprise wedding on the horizon and emotions running high, will Hana and Kit’s love story get its own fairytale ending?
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Published October 15, 2026
About the author
Lily Chu
10 books1,983 followersLily Chu loves ordering the second-cheapest wine, wearing perfume all the time, and staying up far too late with a good book.
The Stand-In, The Comeback, and The Takedown are released in audio as Audible Originals, and are performed by Phillipa Soo. Lily’s critically acclaimed books have spent multiple weeks at number one in Audible Top Plus Listens in the All and the Romance categories, and have been named in Audible’s Best of the year lists.
In print, The Stand-In was named Target’s Book Club Pick for May as well as an Amazon Book of the Month and Apple Best Books of May.
Translation rights have been sold for seven languages.
The Stand-In, The Comeback, and The Takedown are released in audio as Audible Originals, and are performed by Phillipa Soo. Lily’s critically acclaimed books have spent multiple weeks at number one in Audible Top Plus Listens in the All and the Romance categories, and have been named in Audible’s Best of the year lists.
In print, The Stand-In was named Target’s Book Club Pick for May as well as an Amazon Book of the Month and Apple Best Books of May.
Translation rights have been sold for seven languages.
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October 16, 2026
I love visiting this corner of Toronto that Lily Chu has carved out. It's my happy place
October 20, 2026
Fluffy and Christmas-y and it made me sad it's only October and still very hot where I live. Short and sweet with a bit of character growth and family dynamics. Lily Chu is an automatic read author for me as a Philippa Su brings these characters to life beautifully.
October 19, 2026
Getting to visit Canada in the books Lily Chu writes is always amazing and it’s always amazing when Phillipa Soo narrates!! She always does a fantastic job
October 21, 2026
Not spicy. Good, clean romance.
October 22, 2026
I really enjoyed to meet characters from previous Lily Chu’s books all over again
October 23, 2026
i love Lily Chu, i love a quick read revisiting old characters, i am neutral on christmas stories hahaha
October 23, 2026
I usually love Lily Chu books & Christmas books so this was going to be a great read, but this didn’t do it for me. It was more tell than show and boring 😭
October 24, 2026
Loved this!!! Nice to call back to the previous book, but also to have people with their own stories.
October 24, 2026
I always liked Lily Chu’s books, but this one lacked depth (and the romance plot was pretty far-fetched)
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