Canadian Boyfriend

Mike Martin, whose 11-year-old daughter is taking Aurora Evans’s dance class, can’t possibly be the Mike Martin Aurora met as a teenager all those years ago while working at the Mall of America, right? But it sure is—Mike Martin, the professional hockey player whom Aurora told everyone was her Canadian boyfriend. Aurora’s (fake) Canadian boyfriend was the perfect excuse, protecting her from not getting asked to the prom or invited out, while her overbearing dance mom and overwhelming ballet school kept her lonely and alone. Years later, Aurora is no longer a professional ballerina and has left her fake Canadian boyfriend in the past, but now he’s here and wants her to help his young daughter while he’s on the road. What Aurora thought was a harmless fib might just become her happily-ever-after if she can muster the courage to tell the recent widower the truth. Joshua Jackson and Emily Ellet’s duet-style narration brings Holiday’s (So This Is Christmas) hockey romance to the next level. Listeners will want to hear more from Jackson, who holds his own with veteran narrator Ellet.