Books for the Christmas Romance Fan

Fred Hallow-Hart isn’t in love with the idea of returning home to Pine Bluff. But after a bad breakup and a subsequent eviction, she’s fresh out of options. God knows she loves her mum and her eccentric aunts — and who could forget their Christmas Cracker family business? — but she’s always felt a little out of place in her small town. Then she reconnects with her old best friend Ryan, who is suddenly making her heart flutter in ways she’s never known; and unexpectedly finds a spark with Warren, a charming journalist covering the Pine Bluff Market for the Daily News. Can Fred let go of the past enough to recognize real love? And when she does, how far will she go to protect it?

A delayed ferryboat brings people together in the best of ways during the holiday season in this enchanting Christmas novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber.

Could a fake relationship with your ex over Christmas in Scotland be the perfect opportunity for revenge — or a second chance at love? One woman is about to find out in this charming holiday romance from the author of Always, in December and A Winter Wish.

A pitch-perfect holiday rom-com about two oil-and-water reality-star country singers who must fake a relationship in order to win the opportunity of a lifetime, perfect for fans of Sally Thorne’s The Hating Game and Christina Lauren’s In a Holidaze.

Local waitress Holly Dawson needs a better paying job to cover her sister’s college tuition. Given that it’s Christmas and she’s broke as a joke, she’s feeling pretty bah-humbug. When Holly’s offered a job at the Flat C Ranch to clean and cook for the cowboys, it seems like a dream come true … except for one thing. Her nemesis, the incredibly handsome (and annoyingly arrogant) Adam Calhoun works there. When the rest of the ranch hands go out of town for the holidays, Holly and Adam will be forced to work closely together. No sweat. Holly can deal with Adam. And if she doesn’t kill him first, she just might fall in love.

Melody Monroe will do anything to get her nine-year-old twin boys to muster up the holiday spirit. Especially since they lost their father, the boys have started questioning the point of Christmas at all. So, she decides to take over the school’s cookie committee, even if it means dealing with the infuriating school principal, Jonathan Braxton … Love isn’t supposed to be in the recipe for Melody. But with a little holiday magic, she and Jonathan might just bake up something special.

Charming, handsome Trey Anderson balances the pressures of school popularity with a job at his family’s beloved local bookshop, Wonderland. Quirky, creative Ariel Spencer needs tuition for the prestigious art program of her dreams, and an opening at Wonderland is the answer. When Trey and Ariel learn that Wonderland is on the brink of being shut down by a neighborhood gentrifier, they team up to stop the doors from closing before the Christmas Eve deadline — and embark on a hate-to-love journey that will change them forever.

As strangers and seatmates Maryam Aziz and Anna Gibson fly to Toronto over the holidays — Maryam to her sister’s impromptu wedding, and Anna to meet her boyfriend’s wealthy family for the first time — neither expect that severe turbulence will scare them into confessing their deepest hopes and fears to one another. At least they’ll never see each other again. And the love of Maryam’s life, Saif, wasn’t sitting two rows behind them hearing it all. Oops.  An emergency landing finds Anna, Saif, Maryam, and her sister’s entire bridal party snowbound at the quirky Snow Falls Inn in a picture-perfect town, where fate has Anna’s actor-crush filming a holiday romance.

From the author of The Christmas Wager comes a charming holiday rom-com about a young, recently heartbroken woman who is tasked by her sister to complete Advent calendar challenges in the lead up to Christmas to reignite her belief in herself, the holidays, and love again.

Two exes find themselves stuck at the same house for Christmas in this holiday romance by Ashley Herring Blake, USA Today bestselling author of Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date.

A solo holiday trip inspires one woman to rediscover her passion — and remember that, sometimes, duets are more fun — in this romantic Christmas novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber.

A charming home run of a queer holiday romance where two former classmates’ plan to fake-date their way to freedom goes immediately awry — but, perhaps, exactly the way they need it to.

Vivian Forest has been out of the country a grand total of one time, so when she gets the chance to tag along on her daughter Maddie’s work trip to England to style a royal family member, she can’t refuse. She’s excited to spend the holidays taking in the magnificent British sights, but what she doesn’t expect is to become instantly attracted to a certain private secretary, his charming accent, and unyielding formality.

The Yuletide season’s wonderful traditions are much loved by Nicole Somerset, new to Nantucket and recently married to a handsome former attorney. But the cheerful mood is soon tempered by Nicole’s chilly stepdaughter, Kennedy, who arrives without a hint of holiday spirit. Determined to keep her stepmother at arm’s length — or, better yet, out of the picture altogether — Kennedy schemes to sabotage Nicole’s first Christmas with her new husband. Yet, in the season of miracles, holiday joy has a way of coming to all, both naughty and nice.

The beloved author of the Mystic Creek series gifts readers with a novel of homespun holiday cheer, as two families find the joy of hope and redemption. And as the first snowflakes begin to fall, they’ll discover that an open heart is the biggest gift of all.

’Tis the season for change and Becky Brandon is embracing it, returning from the States to live in the charming village of Letherby and working with her best friend, Suze, in the gift shop of Suze’s stately home. Things are looking cheerier than ever, until Becky’s parents announce they’re moving to ultra-trendy Shoreditch, and ask Becky if she’ll host this year. Surely Becky can manage all this, including a surprise appearance of an old boyfriend-turned-rock star and his pushy new girlfriend, whose motives are far from clear …

Fifteen years later, Faith, a divorced, single parent, finds herself back in Sageport for the holidays. The memories and pain of the past are fresh, especially when she runs into Rome, her ex, who never left Sageport. Also fresh are the unexpected lingering feelings they still harbor for each other. Do old wounds run too deep, or can the joy of Christmas provide enough healing power for a second chance love reunion?

Two rival coworkers with two very big secrets … What could possibly go wrong? Cozy up with this charming holiday romance by bestselling author Tif Marcelo.

When an Old Order Amish woman takes a job at a small-town pharmacy struggling to survive in a world of “big box” stores, her motive is to help her Plain community. But the advent of the holiday season brings an unusual mystery to the surface — and possibly love.

In its heyday, Piney Peaks and its beloved Christmas house were made famous by Sleighbells under Starlight, a romantic holiday movie. Fifty years later, the small town is ready for a new love story.

In an effort to save the Christmas tree farm she’s loved since she was a kid, Stella Bloom enters a contest with Instagram-famous influencer Evelyn St. James. There’s just one problem. To make the farm seem like a romantic destination for the holidays, she lied on her application and said she owns Lovelight Farms with her boyfriend. Only … there is no boyfriend. Enter best friend Luka Peters. He just stopped by for some hot chocolate and somehow got a farm and a serious girlfriend in the process. But fake dating his best friend might be the best Christmas present he’s ever received.

In small-town England, two booksellers facing tough times decide to spread some Christmas cheer through the magic of anonymous book deliveries in this uplifting holiday tale for book lovers everywhere.

True love and holiday cheer combine for an unforgettable romance in this second Happily Ever After novel featuring a North Carolina bookstore from the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Ones.

When Finley Brown returned to her hometown of Christmas, Oklahoma, from boarding school, she expected to find it just as she left it. But instead she returns to find that her best friend is dating her ex, her parents have separated, and the boy she may or may not have tricked into believing that Christmas was an idyllic holiday paradise just arrived on her doorstep …

Bailey Briggs is counting down the days to Christmas. But all she really wants this year is the one thing she doesn’t have: Someone special to kiss under the mistletoe. And she’s 100 percent certain that that someone isn’t Jacob Marley – athlete, player, and of questionable taste in girlfriends – and that Charlie, the mysterious stranger with the British accent, is the romantic lead of her dreams. Is she right?

No one brings the sexy out in sports like Jaci Burton, the author of the New York Times bestselling Play-by-Play novels. Now, she puts together a holiday hat trick with three novellas featuring the hottest sports around: Baseball, hockey, and surfing — because hard bodies are always in season …

From bookfluencer and host of the Bad on Paper podcast, a riotous holiday rom-com about four friends in New York City who hold on to their unconventional Christmas tradition even when their paths diverge — but the changes they fear might be exactly what they need …

A young chef stumbles on a secret family recipe that might lead her to the love — and life — she’s been looking for in this stunning novel from the New York Times bestselling author of One Day in December.

A one-of-a-kind Christmas market offers holiday magic in this new romance from the author of The Kindred Spirits Supper Club. After a swoon-worthy series of dates, some Yuletide magic, and the unexpected glow of new love, these two must decide whether this relationship can weather all seasons, or if what they’re feeling is as ephemeral as marshmallows in a mug of hot cocoa.

A charming and rollicking holiday rom-com about a big-city film director who must convince the dreamy, yet grumpy, mayor of a small town to give her the permit to shoot her Christmas movie in his idyllic hometown. Perfect for fans of Hallmark holiday movies and readers of Maggie Knox’s All I Want for Christmas.