Christmas Reads
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Romance
A Merry Little Meet Cute
Julie Murphy, Sierra Simone · 2022
Lovelight Farms
B.K. Borison · 2023
In a Holidaze
Christina Lauren · 2020
Good Spirits
B. K. Borison · 2025
"Good Spirits is an absolute knockout. A new Borison book feels like coming home in the best way. She's truly in a league of her own." -- Hannah Grace, New York Times bestselling author of Icebreaker The USA Today bestselling author of Business Casual, B.K. Borison is back with a whimsical new holiday romance--this time with a magical twist--that will have everyone falling in love with the Ghost of Christmas Past. He's the Ghost of Christmas Past. She's not exactly Scrooge. Ghost of Christmas Past Nolan Callahan intends to spend this holiday haunting like every other--get in, get out, return to his otherwise aimless existence as a ghost awaiting the afterlife. But when he's faced with Harriet York, the sweetest assignment he's ever had, he suddenly finds himself wishing for a future. Harriet York has no idea why she's being haunted. She's a good person--or, at least, she tries to be. A people pleaser to her core, she always does what's expected of her. But as she and Nolan begin to examine her past, they discover there are threads that bind them together-- and realize there might be more to moving on than expected. With the deadline of Christmas Eve fast approaching, will they find the key to their futures in each other's pasts? Or will they stay firmly in the present, indulging in their unexpected, spirited connection? Filled with magic, mayhem, and cozy holiday charm, this swoony romance is B.K. Borison's best yet!
My December Darling
Lauren Asher · 2024
A small-town Christmas novella by the New York Times bestselling author of LAKEFRONT BILLIONAIRES series that will make you want to pack your bags and spend the holiday in Lake Wisteria.<br/><br/>Catalina<br/>Playing the part of my sister's maid of honor is easy even if she's marrying my ex.<br/>But playing nice with the best man? An impossible task given our history.<br/>Sure, Luke Darling may be suspiciously kind, incredibly handsome, and stubborn to a fault, but regardless of how hard he tries to make me see otherwise, I'm not interested.<br/>It's on me to remind him that he's my ex-boyfriend's best friend.<br/>And the one I'm secretly starting to wish I met first.<br/><br/>Luke<br/>My job as the best man is a simple one, except for one minor issue.<br/>I've spent so much time avoiding my best friend's ex that I didn't consider what could happen if I started craving Catalina Martinez's company instead.<br/>She is only in Lake Wisteria for the winter wedding, but her January departure date won't stop me from pursuing her.<br/>Getting her to date me would be nothing short of a Christmas miracle, but I'm determined to make her mine.<br/>'Tis the season to fall in love...even if I'm the only one taking the risk.<br/><br/>My December Darling is a 50,000 word, Christmas-themed romance between a grumpy maid of honor and an outgoing best man who chases after what he wants.
Christmas in Chestnut Springs
Fantasy
A Court of Sugar and Spice: A Nutcracker Romance Retelling (Wicked Darlings)
Rebecca F. Kenney · 2022
In the hardcover edition, there are 8 chapters of bonus content from Lir's and Fin's points-of-view.<br/>With their inheritance restricted until their marriage, sisters Clara and Louisa, both in their twenties, must live with their godfather Drosselmeyer. One night, an accident brings to life one of the strange wooden dolls in Drosselmeyer's mansion. The Nutcracker doll is a cursed Fae prince, and he pleads for the sisters' help. During the ensuing journey into the Fae realm, Clara encounters the handsome Sugarplum Faerie, and he promises her the chance to enact all the forbidden. fantasies she has dreamed of. Meanwhile Louisa and the Nutcracker Prince battle and bicker over everything, despite the growing attraction between them. And to make matters worse, the entire Seelie kingdom is under threat of conquest by the Rat King, ruler of the Dread Court.<br/>This is a spicy, adult, fantasy romance retelling of "The Nutcracker" fairytale.<br/><br/>Trigger and content warnings are available on the author's website and in the front matter of the book.
Novel
One Day in December: A Novel
Josie Silver · 2018
<b><b>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER • <b><b>“Get ready to be swept up in a whirlwind romance. It absolutely charmed me.”—Reese Witherspoon (A Reese’s Book Club Pick)</b></b> <br><br>“The perfect book to get lost in . . . Josie Silver’s characters sneak their way into your heart and stay.”—Jill Santopolo, author of <i>The Light We Lost</i></b> <br><br>Two people. Ten chances. One unforgettable love story.</b><br><br>Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn’t exist anywhere but the movies. But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man who she knows instantly is the one. Their eyes meet, there’s a moment of pure magic . . . and then her bus drives away.<br><br> Certain they’re fated to find each other again, Laurie spends a year scanning every bus stop and cafe in London for him. But she doesn’t find him, not when it matters anyway. Instead they “reunite” at a Christmas party, when her best friend, Sarah, giddily introduces her new boyfriend to Laurie. It’s Jack, the man from the bus. It would be.<br><br> What follows for Laurie, Sarah, and Jack is ten years of friendship, heartbreak, missed opportunities, roads not taken, and destinies reconsidered. <i>One Day in December</i> is a joyous, heartwarming, and immensely moving love story to escape into and a reminder that fate takes inexplicable turns along the route to happiness.
Winter Garden
Kristin Hannah · 2014
