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50 Best Christmas Romance Books for the Holidays
Reading a Christmas romance novel with a nice cup of mulled wine over holidays is a great way to get into the festive spirit. Or maybe a hot cup of cocoa with marshmallows if that’s more your thing.
This is a list of the Best Christmas Romance Books to Read for the Holiday Season. It covers books published at any time, but with a slight preference for more recently released books. There were so many great titles to choose from, it was really hard to cull the list into something manageable.
Is there anything you’d add? Drop a comment below if so!
P.S. For more holiday fun, see the list of the 50 Best Christmas Mysteries.
Christmas Shopaholic (Shopaholic #9)
Sophie Kinsella
What It’s About: ’Tis the season for change and Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood) 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. Life is good, especially now that Becky takes time every day for mindfulness—even if that only means listening to a meditation tape while hunting down online bargains… Publication Date: October 15, 2019
3.98 out of 5 on Goodreads
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In a Holidaze
Christina Lauren
What It’s About: One Christmas wish, two brothers, and a lifetime of hope are on the line for hapless Maelyn Jones in In a Holidaze, the quintessential holiday romantic novel by Christina Lauren, the New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners..
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…but not for Maelyn Jones… Publication Date: October 6, 2020
3.77 out of 5 on Goodreads
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One Day in December
Josie Silver
What It’s About: Two people. Ten chances. One unforgettable love story.
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… Publication Date: October 18, 2018
3.93 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Last Christmas in Paris: A Novel of World War I
Hazel Gaynor
What It’s About: New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor has joined with Heather Webb to create this unforgettably romantic novel of the Great War.
August 1914. England is at war. As Evie Elliott watches her brother, Will, and his best friend, Thomas Harding, depart for the front, she believes—as everyone does—that it will be over by Christmas, when the trio plan to celebrate the holiday among the romantic cafes of Paris… Publication Date: October 3, 2017
4.15 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Gift
Cecelia Ahern
What It’s About: Step into the magical world of Cecelia Ahern.
If you could wish for one gift this Christmas, what would it be?
Everyday Lou Suffern battled with the clock. He always had two places to be at the same time. He always had two things to do at once. When asleep he dreamed. In between dreams, he ran through the events of the day while making plans for the next…Publication Date: May 26, 2021
3.70 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones #1)
Helen Fielding
What It’s About: Meet Bridget Jones—a 30-something Singleton who is certain she would have all the answers if she could:
a. lose 7 pounds
b. stop smoking
c. develop Inner Poise
“123 lbs. (how is it possible to put on 4 pounds in the middle of the night? Could flesh have somehow solidified becoming denser and heavier? Repulsive, horrifying notion), alcohol units 4 (excellent), cigarettes 21 (poor but will give up totally tomorrow), number of correct lottery numbers 2 (better, but nevertheless useless)… Publication Date: June 1, 1999
3.78 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Royal Holiday (The Wedding Date #4)
Jasmine Guillory
What It’s About: New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory makes her hardcover debut with a heartwarming Christmas romance.
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… Publication Date: October 1, 2019
3.53 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Winter’s Tale
Mark Helprin
What It’s About: New York City is subsumed in arctic winds, dark nights, and white lights, its life unfolds, for it is an extraordinary hive of the imagination, the greatest house ever built, and nothing exists that can check its vitality. One night in winter, Peter Lake, orphan and master-mechanic, attempts to rob a fortress-like mansion on the Upper West Side… Publication Date: June 1, 2005
3.50 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Let It Snow
Nancy Thayer
What It’s About: A Nantucket shopkeeper discovers that Christmas is the perfect occasion to make unexpected friendships . . . to warm the coldest of hearts–and maybe even find love.
Christina Antonioni is preparing for the holidays at her Nantucket toy shop, unpacking last-minute shipments and decorating for her loyal Christmas shoppers…Publication Date: October 15, 2019
3.71 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living
Louise Miller
What It’s About: A full-hearted novel about a big-city baker who discovers the true meaning of home—and that sometimes the best things are found when you didn’t even know you were looking
When Olivia Rawlings—pastry chef extraordinaire for an exclusive Boston dinner club—sets not just her flambéed dessert but the entire building alight, she escapes to the most comforting place she can think of—the idyllic town of Guthrie, Vermont, home of Bag Balm, the country’s longest-running contra dance, and her best friend Hannah… Publication Date: August 9, 2016
3.82 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Gift: Home for Christmas / All I Want for Christmas
Nora Roberts
What It’s About: FROM THE INCOMPARABLE MASTER OF ROMANCE NORA ROBERTS COMES TWO TALES OF HOLIDAY LOVE, AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER A DECADE …
HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
After years of world travel, prizewinning reporter Jason Law returned home to New Hampshire. He had carried the memories of Faith Kirkpatrick, the girl he left behind, for ten years — now he was determined to win back her love… Publication Date: October 1, 2004
3.96 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Winter Street (Winter #1)
Elin Hilderbrand
What It’s About: In bestseller Elin Hilderbrand’s first Christmas novel, a family gathers on Nantucket for a holiday filled with surprises.
Kelley Quinn is the owner of Nantucket’s Winter Street Inn and the proud father of four, all of them grown and living in varying states of disarray. Patrick, the eldest, is a hedge fund manager with a guilty conscience… Publication Date: October 14, 2014
3.78 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Winter in Paradise (Paradise #1)
Elin Hilderbrand
What It’s About: A husband’s secret life, a wife’s new beginning: escape to the Caribbean with #1 New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand.
Irene Steele shares her idyllic life in a beautiful Iowa City Victorian house with a husband who loves her to sky-writing, sentimental extremes. But as she rings in the new year one cold and snowy night, everything she thought she knew falls to pieces with a shocking phone call: her beloved husband, away on business, has been killed in a helicopter crash… Publication Date: October 9, 2018
4.07 out of 5 on Goodreads
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One Day in Winter (Winter Day #1)
Shari Low
What It’s About: One morning in December, Caro set off on a quest to find out if her relationship with her father had been based on a lifetime of lies. Lila decided to tell her lover’s wife of their secret affair. Cammy was on the way to pick up the ring for the surprise proposal to the woman he loved. And Bernadette vowed to walk away from her controlling husband of 30 years and never look back… Publication Date: September 1, 2017
4.05 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Christmas Train
David Baldacci
What It’s About: A journalist on a cross-country Christmas train scales the rugged terrain of his own heart in this New York Times bestselling holiday tale that inspired the Hallmark Hall of Fame original movie!
Disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon must get from Washington to Los Angeles in time for Christmas… Publication Date: November 4, 2001
3.60 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Blue
Danielle Steel
What It’s About: Ginny Carter was once a rising star in TV news, married to a top anchorman, with a three-year-old son and a full and happy life in Beverly Hills—until her whole world dissolved in a single instant on the freeway two days before Christmas. In the aftermath, she pieces her life back together and tries to find meaning in her existence as a human rights worker in the worst areas around the globe…Publication Date: February 23, 2016
4.15 out of 5 on Goodreads
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A Redbird Christmas
Fannie Flagg
What It’s About: With the same incomparable style and warm, inviting voice that have made her beloved by millions of readers far and wide, New York Times bestselling author Fannie Flagg has written an enchanting Christmas story of faith and hope for all ages that is sure to become a classic.
Deep in the southernmost part of Alabama, along the banks of a lazy winding river, lies the sleepy little community known as Lost River, a place that time itself seems to have forgotten… Publication Date: January 1, 2004
3.91 out of 5 on Goodreads
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A Wedding in December
Sarah Morgan
What It’s About: In the snowy perfection of Aspen, the White family gathers for youngest daughter Rosie’s whirlwind Christmas wedding.
First to arrive are the bride’s parents, Maggie and Nick. Their daughter’s marriage is a milestone they are determined to celebrate wholeheartedly, but they are hiding a huge secret about their own: they are on the brink of divorce… Publication Date: October 31, 2019
4.10 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Christmas Sisters
Sarah Morgan
What It’s About: In the snowy Highlands of Scotland, Suzanne McBride is dreaming of the perfect cozy Christmas. Her three adopted daughters are coming home for the holidays and she can’t wait to see them. But tensions are running high…
Workaholic Hannah knows she can’t avoid spending the holidays with her family two years in a row…Publication Date: October 1, 2018
4.09 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Simply Irresistible (Lucky Harbor #1)
Jill Shalvis
What It’s About: Maddie Moore’s whole life needs a makeover.
In one fell swoop, Maddie loses her boyfriend (her decision) and her job (so not her decision). But rather than drowning her sorrows in bags of potato chips, Maddie leaves L.A. to claim the inheritance left by her free-spirited mother—a ramshackle inn nestled in the little coastal town of Lucky Harbor, Washington…Publication Date: October 1, 2010
3.92 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Christmas Camp (Christmas Camp #1)
Karen Schaler
What It’s About: From the screenwriter of the Netflix Original viral hit, A Christmas Prince, comes another heartwarming holiday story about a beautiful Grinch who’s determined to get her dream job even if it means spending a week at a Christmas Camp where she discovers an unexpected love.
Haley Hanson’s idea of the perfect Christmas is escaping to the Caribbean to work so she can avoid all the traditional Christmas distractions…Publication Date: October 16, 2018
3.83 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Christmas at Tiffany’s (At Tiffany’s #1)
Karen Swan
What It’s About: Three cities. Three seasons. One chance to find the life that fits.
Cassie settled down too young, marrying her first serious boyfriend. Now, ten years later, she is betrayed and broken. With her marriage in tatters and no career or home of her own, she needs to work out where she belongs in the world and who she really is…Publication Date: November 18, 2011
4.06 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Mother of All Christmases
Milly Johnson
What It’s About: THE MOST PERFECT CHRISTMAS FEEL-GOOD READ!
Eve Glace – co-owner of Winterworld – is pregnant. This sends the whole of the theme park into baby mania, especially as the baby’s due date is 25th December. But their joy is soured by the fact it appears someone is trying to sabotage the Christmas celebrations…Publication Date: Not Available
4.37 out of 5 on Goodreads
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A Winter Flame
Milly Johnson
What It’s About: ‘Tis the season to be jolly… But can Eve find happiness through the frost…?
Eve has never liked Christmas, not since her beloved fiancé was killed in action in Afghanistan on Christmas Day. So when her adored elderly aunt dies, the last thing she is expecting is to be left a theme park in her will…Publication Date: May 27, 2021
4.13 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Most Wonderful Time of The Year
Joanna Bolouri
What It’s About: A hilarious and heartwarming Christmas comedy. Perfect for fans of Mhairi McFarlane, Tracy Bloom & Chrissie Manby. Thirty-eight year old Emily has a satisfying job, fab friends, an amazing car and, most importantly, a wonderful flat, exactly 411 miles away from the judgemental, batshit crazy, interfering family she reluctantly sees twice a year…Publication Date: October 26, 2016
4.16 out of 5 on Goodreads
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It Started With A Kiss
Miranda Dickinson
What It’s About: From the author that gave you the Sunday Times top 10 selling title, Fairytale of New York, join our heroine Romilly as she discovers how far she will go to find the man of her dreams. What would you do to find the one that got away? As the singer in a wedding band, Romily Parker has seen her fair share of happy endings, even though her own love life isn’t quite as simple… Publication Date: November 3, 2011
3.85 out of 5 on Goodreads
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With Love at Christmas
Carole Matthews
What It’s About: Can the imperfect family really have the perfect Christmas?
Juliet Joyce adores Christmas. She loves the presents, the tree, the turkey, the tinsel, everything. Already the festive spirit is upon her, which is just as well as this Christmas things are starting to get out of hand.
Her son Tom is out of work and bringing home a slew of unsuitable partners; pregnant daughter Chloe and her little boy have moved back in; Juliet’s father, Frank, is getting over a heartbreak of his own and Rita, her eccentric mother, is behaving more erratically each day…Publication Date: December 4, 2012
4.15 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Wrapped Up in You
Carole Matthews
What It’s About: A Christmas fling, or has Janie found the real thing?
Thirty-something hairdresser Janie Johnson’s single status is a constant source of gossip for her friends and clients. So after too many nights in with her cat, a blind date disaster and news that her ex is getting married, Janie realises it’s time to do something dramatic with her life…Publication Date: January 1, 2011
3.90 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Twelve Days of Christmas
Trisha Ashley
What It’s About: Christmas has always been a sad time for young widow Holly Brown, so when she’s asked to look after a remote house on the Lancashire moors, the opportunity to hide herself away is irresistible — the perfect excuse to forget about the festivities.
Sculptor Jude Martland is determined that this year there will be no Christmas after his brother runs off with his fiancee and he is keen to avoid the family home…Publication Date: October 1, 2010
4.03 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Christmas Invitation
Trisha Ashley
What It’s About: A brilliant new Christmas novel from the Sunday Times bestselling Trisha Ashley will more than satisfy romantic comedy fans looking for the perfect festive read.
Recovering after an illness Meg is far from in the Christmas mood, in fact she’s hardly aware it’s approaching at all. They didn’t celebrate it where she grew up and she’s never gone in for the tinsel, baubles and mistletoe of it all…Publication Date: October 1, 2019
4.08 out of 5 on Goodreads
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A Winter’s Tale
Trisha Ashley
What It’s About: One of the best writers around!’ KATIE FFORDE Full of down-to-earth humour, ‘ SOPHIE KINSELLA
Publication Date: January 1, 2008
3.98 out of 5 on Goodreads
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AmazonMutts and Mistletoe
Natalie Cox
What It’s About: Now in mass market paperback, the “ideal read for anyone who’s a fan of Christmas or dogs–or both!”–Sophie Kinsella.
When a surprise break-up and a gas leak in her apartment leave Charlie single and homeless for the holidays, there’s only one place to go–Cozy Canine Cottages, where she’ll spend the season looking after her cousin’s doggy day care center…Publication Date: October 9, 2018
3.64 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The White Christmas Inn
Colleen Wright
What It’s About: In this heartwarming, feel-good novel, a snowstorm brings a cast of very different characters together at a sleepy New England inn, just in time for Christmas—and maybe even in time for a Christmas miracle.
A New England inn seems like the picture-perfect place to spend the holidays. But when a snowstorm shuts the roads and keeps them all inside, the guests find themselves worrying that this Christmas may not be exactly what they dreamed of…Publication Date: October 23, 2018
4.02 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Clause in Christmas (Poppy Creek #1)
Rachael Bloome
What It’s About: Sometimes home is where you least expect it…
Cassie Hayward hates Christmas. Especially this year.
No job. Flat broke. And an ex most definitely on the naughty list.
But the unexpected inheritance of a Victorian cottage in the idyllic town of Poppy Creek may be the miracle Cassie needs…Publication Date: December 17, 2019
4.47 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Christmas at the Cupcake Café (At the Cupcake Café #2)
Jenny Colgan
What It’s About: Issy Randall, proud owner of the Cupcake Cafe, is in love and couldn’t be happier. Her new business is thriving and she is surrounded by close friends, even if her cupcake colleagues Pearl and Caroline aren’t quite as upbeat about the upcoming season of snow and merriment. But when her boyfriend Austin is scouted for a possible move to New York, Issy is forced to face up to the prospect of a long-distance romance…Publication Date: October 25, 2012
3.84 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Christmas on the Island (Mure #3)
Jenny Colgan
What It’s About: Christmas on the remote Scottish island of Mure is bleak, stark — and incredibly beautiful.It’s a time for hunkering down, getting cosy in front of whisky barrel wood fires, and enjoying a dram with the people you love — unless, of course, you’re accidentally pregnant to your ex-boss, and don’t know how to tell him…Publication Date: October 1, 2018
3.84 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Christmas at the Island Hotel (Mure #4)
Jenny Colgan
What It’s About: Another heartfelt and delightful Christmas tale from the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Bookshop on the Corner and Christmas on the Island.
New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan returns to the setting of Christmas on the Island and Endless Beach for a heartwarming new novel celebrating the season, and Scotland…Publication Date: October 13, 2020
3.85 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Blue Christmas (Weezie and Bebe Mysteries #3)
Mary Kay Andrews
What It’s About: The popular Mary Kay Andrews delivers a tasty holiday treat as she brings back the winning characters from Savannah Blues and Savannah Breeze for a little Southern cheer.
It’s the week before Christmas, and antiques dealer Weezie Foley is in a frenzy to do up her shop for the Savannah historical district window decorating contest-which she intends to win…Publication Date: October 24, 2006
3.83 out of 5 on Goodreads
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A Virgin River Christmas (Virgin River #4)
Robyn Carr
What It’s About: Welcome back to Virgin River with the books that started it all…
Last Christmas Marcie Sullivan said a final goodbye to her husband, Bobby. This Christmas she wants to find the man who saved his life and gave her three more years to love him.
Fellow marine Ian Buchanan dragged Bobby’s shattered body onto a medical transport four years ago, then disappeared once their unit arrived stateside…Publication Date: October 28, 2008
4.09 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor (Friday Harbor #1)
Lisa Kleypas
What It’s About: New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas’s new series begins during the most magical time of year
ONE LITTLE GIRL NEEDS A FAMILY
One rain-slicked night, six-year-old Holly lost the only parent she knew, her beloved mother Victoria. And since that night, she has never again spoken a word…Publication Date: April 11, 2010
3.76 out of 5 on Goodreads
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A Wallflower Christmas (Wallflowers #4.5)
Lisa Kleypas
What It’s About: It’s Christmas time in London and Rafe Bowman has arrived from America for his arranged meeting with Natalie Blandford, the very proper and beautiful daughter of Lady and Lord Blandford. His chiseled good looks and imposing physique are sure to impress the lady-in-waiting, and if it weren’t for his shocking American ways and wild reputation, her hand would already be guaranteed…Publication Date: October 14, 2008
3.88 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Christmas Wish List (Wynbridge #7)
Heidi Swain
What It’s About: ‘The queen of feel-good’ Woman & Home
***The sparkling new Christmas novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author Heidi Swain!***
After being let go from her job in a swanky hotel just weeks before Christmas, Hattie is feeling lost. Even more so when her high-flying boyfriend announces he’s landed his dream job in Abu Dhabi and asks her to move with him…Publication Date: October 3, 2019
4.28 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Christmas at the Beach Hut (The Beach Hut #3)
Veronica Henry
What It’s About: Everyone adores Christmas . . . Especially Lizzy Kingham. But this year, she is feeling unloved and underappreciated by her family. The present-buying, decorating and food shopping have all been left to her. So she wonders . . . what would happen if she ran away and left them to it?
Lizzy heads to her favourite place: a beach hut on the golden sands of Everdene…Publication Date: May 26, 2021
4.30 out of 5 on Goodreads
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A Cosy Christmas in Cornwall
Jane Linfoot
What It’s About:
St Aidan: a cosy Cornish village where friendships are made for life and it’s always cocktail hour somewhere…
The perfect cosy read for fans of Phillipa Ashley, Trisha Ashley and Holly Martin!
A December to remember…
Christmas in a Cornish castle? Sign Ivy Starforth up! Hired to kit out the holiday rental as the world’s most Instagramable festive dreamland, there’s only one thing standing in the way of her hefty paycheque – the lord of the manor…Publication Date: October 6, 2020
4.02 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Great Christmas Knit Off
Alexandra Brown
What It’s About: The perfect seasonal tale of how laughter, friends and wacky Christmas jumpers can mend a broken heart. For fans of Trisha Ashley and Jenny Colgan.
Heartbroken after being jilted at the altar, Sybil has been saved from despair by her knitting obsession and now her home is filled to bursting with tea cosies, bobble hats, and jumpers…Publication Date: November 6, 2014
4.02 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Christmas at the Beach Café (The Beach Café #2)
Lucy Diamond
What It’s About: A Christmas short story from bestselling author Lucy Diamond, revisiting her Beach Café characters.
After a hectic summer running her beach café in Cornwall, Evie Flynn is looking forward to her first Christmas with new boyfriend Ed – she’s determined that it’s going to be the most perfectly romantic one ever…Publication Date: November 7, 2013
3.94 out of 5 on Goodreads
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A Fool’s Gold Christmas (Fool’s Gold #9.5)
Susan Mallery
What It’s About: The unrelenting cheer in Fool’s Gold, California, is bringing out the humbug in dancer Evie Stryker. She learned early on that Christmas miracles don’t happen, at least not for her. And this year seems like no exception. An injury has forced her to return to the family fold, no matter that they’re estranged…Publication Date: September 18, 2012
4.09 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Someone to Trust (Westcott #5)
Mary Balogh
What It’s About:Publication Date: November 27, 2018
3.84 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Present (Malory-Anderson Families #6)
Johanna Lindsey
What It’s About: As the entire Malory family gathers at Haverston to celebrate the season, a mysterious present arrives anonymously. The gift is an old journal — a tender and tempestuous account of the love affair between the second Marquis, Christopher Malory, and a dark gypsy beauty named Anastasia, who seeks a love match with a non-gypsy in order to save herself from a prearranged marriage to a brute…Publication Date: October 30, 2001
3.92 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Santa, Baby
Jennifer Crusie
What It’s About: Get ready for a holiday season you’ll never forget with three of today’s most sensational writers who know what every woman wants for the holidays. You’ll believe in Santa all over again with these seductive stories from:
JENNIFER CRUSIE
Mayhem ensues under the mistletoe as a determined shopper grabs the very last hot toy action figure off the shelf, only to find herself plunged into the middle of a real-life spy game–in the arms of a sexy secret agent…Publication Date: October 31, 2006
3.61 out of 5 on Goodreads
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All I Want for Christmas
Sherrilyn Kenyon
What It’s About: ‘Tis the season – for passion…The holidays have never been hotter, as four of todays’ finest romance authors hang up the mistletoe and bring unwitting couples together in the most deliciously sinful ways! So sit back and unwrap four fabulously sexy stories – each guaranteed to give you all you want for Christmas…Publication Date: November 15, 2000
3.96 out of 5 on Goodreads
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All I Want for Christmas is a Vampire (Love at Stake #5)
Kerrelyn Sparks
What It’s About: Toni Davis’s Christmas wish list
1. Springing my best friend from the psych ward.
2. Living somewhere that doesn’t have coffins in the basement. Occupied coffins.
3. Finding Mr. Right. Please make him tall, dark, handsome, and alive.
This Christmas isn’t so merry for Toni…Publication Date: October 28, 2008
4.22 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Wicked and the Wondrous (Drake Sisters #includes #2)
Christine Feehan
What It’s About: Two holiday novellas in one volume:
The Twilight Before Christmas (Drake Sisters #2)
Bestselling novelist Kate Drake, one of seven sisters with amazing powers of witchcraft, wants to open a bookstore in a charming but run-down mill in her California hometown. Decorated former U.S…Publication Date: September 28, 2004
4.29 out of 5 on Goodreads
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My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
Stephanie Perkins
What It’s About: If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holiday anthologies, you’re going to fall in love with My True Love Gave To Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by twelve bestselling young adult writers, edited by international bestselling author Stephanie Perkins…Publication Date: October 9, 2014
3.68 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances
John Green
What It’s About: Alternate cover edition for B006MOW98E
Sparkling white snowdrifts, beautiful presents wrapped in ribbons, and multicolored lights glittering in the night through the falling snow. A Christmas Eve snowstorm transforms one small town into a romantic haven, the kind you see only in movies. Well, kinda…Publication Date: October 2, 2008
3.74 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares (Dash & Lily #1)
Rachel Cohn
What It’s About: “I’ve left some clues for you.
If you want them, turn the page.
If you don’t, put the book back on the shelf, please.”
So begins the latest whirlwind romance from the bestselling authors of Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist. Lily has left a red notebook full of challenges on a favorite bookstore shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept its dares…Publication Date: October 26, 2010
3.77 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Christmas Shoes (Christmas Hope #1)
Donna VanLiere
What It’s About: Sometimes, the things that can change your life will cross your path in one instant-and then, in a fleeting moment, they’re gone. But if you open your eyes, and watch carefully, you will believe….
Robert is a successful attorney who has everything in life-and nothing at all. Focused on professional achievement and material rewards, Robert is on the brink of losing his marriage…Publication Date: November 9, 2001
4.24 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Christmas Box (The Christmas Box Trilogy #1)
Richard Paul Evans
What It’s About: This inspiring holiday tale tells the touching story of a widow and the young family who moves in with her, and the ways in which they discover together the first gift of Christmas and what the holiday is really all about. Written by the author as a token of affection for his daughters, The Christmas Box has captured the hearts and minds of over a million readers.Publication Date: November 2, 1995
3.96 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Mistletoe Secret
Richard Paul Evans
What It’s About: Unabridged, 1 audiobook sound file, 5 hours 21 minutes
_______________
Dear Universe,
Is anyone out there?
Thinking no one is reading, a blogger who calls herself LBH writes about her most personal feelings, especially her overwhelming loneliness. She goes from day to day showing a brave face to the world while inside she longs to know how it would feel if one person cared about her…Publication Date: November 15, 2016
3.91 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Twelve Days of Christmas
Debbie Macomber
What It’s About: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – Continuing in a festive annual tradition, Debbie Macomber returns with a new original holiday novel full of romance and cheer–and the magical prospect of finding love in the most unexpected places.
Friendly and bubbly, Julia Padden likes nearly everyone, but her standoffish neighbor, Cain Maddox, presents a particular challenge…Publication Date: October 4, 2016
3.89 out of 5 on Goodreads
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A Season of Angels (Angels Everywhere #1)
Debbie Macomber
What It’s About: “Debbie Macomber’s name on a book is a guarantee of warm-hearted, endearing romance that will captivate and charm her legions of readers.”
—Jayne Ann Krentz
“Move over It’s a Wonderful Life….Warm, funny, romantic….Sit back, kick off your shoes, and enjoy!”
—Linda Lael Miller
“Shirley, Mercy, and Goodness will touch the lives of every reader…Publication Date: June 28, 2011
3.96 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Christmas at Harrington’s
Melody Carlson
What It’s About: Christmas is approaching, and Lena Markham finds herself penniless, friendless, and nearly hopeless. She is trying to restart her life after false accusations landed her in prison, but job opportunities are practically nonexistent. When a secondhand red coat unexpectedly lands her a job as Mrs. Santa at a department store, Lena finally thinks her luck is changing…Publication Date: October 1, 2010
4.02 out of 5 on Goodreds
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An Ivy Hill Christmas
Julie Klassen
What It’s About: Publication Date: September 1, 2020
4.08 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Reading a Christmas romance novel with a nice cup of mulled wine over holidays is a great way to get into the festive spirit. Or maybe a hot cup of cocoa with marshmallows if that’s more your thing.
This is a list of the Best Christmas Romance Books to Read for the Holiday Season. It covers books published at any time, but with a slight preference for more recently released books. There were so many great titles to choose from, it was really hard to cull the list into something manageable.
Is there anything you’d add? Drop a comment below if so!
P.S. For more holiday fun, see the list of the 50 Best Christmas Mysteries.
Christmas Shopaholic (Shopaholic #9)
Sophie Kinsella
What It’s About: ’Tis the season for change and Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood) 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. Life is good, especially now that Becky takes time every day for mindfulness—even if that only means listening to a meditation tape while hunting down online bargains… Publication Date: October 15, 2019
3.98 out of 5 on Goodreads
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In a Holidaze
Christina Lauren
What It’s About: One Christmas wish, two brothers, and a lifetime of hope are on the line for hapless Maelyn Jones in In a Holidaze, the quintessential holiday romantic novel by Christina Lauren, the New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners..
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…but not for Maelyn Jones… Publication Date: October 6, 2020
3.77 out of 5 on Goodreads
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One Day in December
Josie Silver
What It’s About: Two people. Ten chances. One unforgettable love story.
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… Publication Date: October 18, 2018
3.93 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Last Christmas in Paris: A Novel of World War I
Hazel Gaynor
What It’s About: New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor has joined with Heather Webb to create this unforgettably romantic novel of the Great War.
August 1914. England is at war. As Evie Elliott watches her brother, Will, and his best friend, Thomas Harding, depart for the front, she believes—as everyone does—that it will be over by Christmas, when the trio plan to celebrate the holiday among the romantic cafes of Paris… Publication Date: October 3, 2017
4.15 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Gift
Cecelia Ahern
What It’s About: Step into the magical world of Cecelia Ahern.
If you could wish for one gift this Christmas, what would it be?
Everyday Lou Suffern battled with the clock. He always had two places to be at the same time. He always had two things to do at once. When asleep he dreamed. In between dreams, he ran through the events of the day while making plans for the next…Publication Date: May 26, 2021
3.70 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones #1)
Helen Fielding
What It’s About: Meet Bridget Jones—a 30-something Singleton who is certain she would have all the answers if she could:
a. lose 7 pounds
b. stop smoking
c. develop Inner Poise
“123 lbs. (how is it possible to put on 4 pounds in the middle of the night? Could flesh have somehow solidified becoming denser and heavier? Repulsive, horrifying notion), alcohol units 4 (excellent), cigarettes 21 (poor but will give up totally tomorrow), number of correct lottery numbers 2 (better, but nevertheless useless)… Publication Date: June 1, 1999
3.78 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Royal Holiday (The Wedding Date #4)
Jasmine Guillory
What It’s About: New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory makes her hardcover debut with a heartwarming Christmas romance.
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… Publication Date: October 1, 2019
3.53 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Winter’s Tale
Mark Helprin
What It’s About: New York City is subsumed in arctic winds, dark nights, and white lights, its life unfolds, for it is an extraordinary hive of the imagination, the greatest house ever built, and nothing exists that can check its vitality. One night in winter, Peter Lake, orphan and master-mechanic, attempts to rob a fortress-like mansion on the Upper West Side… Publication Date: June 1, 2005
3.50 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Let It Snow
Nancy Thayer
What It’s About: A Nantucket shopkeeper discovers that Christmas is the perfect occasion to make unexpected friendships . . . to warm the coldest of hearts–and maybe even find love.
Christina Antonioni is preparing for the holidays at her Nantucket toy shop, unpacking last-minute shipments and decorating for her loyal Christmas shoppers…Publication Date: October 15, 2019
3.71 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living
Louise Miller
What It’s About: A full-hearted novel about a big-city baker who discovers the true meaning of home—and that sometimes the best things are found when you didn’t even know you were looking
When Olivia Rawlings—pastry chef extraordinaire for an exclusive Boston dinner club—sets not just her flambéed dessert but the entire building alight, she escapes to the most comforting place she can think of—the idyllic town of Guthrie, Vermont, home of Bag Balm, the country’s longest-running contra dance, and her best friend Hannah… Publication Date: August 9, 2016
3.82 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Gift: Home for Christmas / All I Want for Christmas
Nora Roberts
What It’s About: FROM THE INCOMPARABLE MASTER OF ROMANCE NORA ROBERTS COMES TWO TALES OF HOLIDAY LOVE, AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER A DECADE …
HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
After years of world travel, prizewinning reporter Jason Law returned home to New Hampshire. He had carried the memories of Faith Kirkpatrick, the girl he left behind, for ten years — now he was determined to win back her love… Publication Date: October 1, 2004
3.96 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Winter Street (Winter #1)
Elin Hilderbrand
What It’s About: In bestseller Elin Hilderbrand’s first Christmas novel, a family gathers on Nantucket for a holiday filled with surprises.
Kelley Quinn is the owner of Nantucket’s Winter Street Inn and the proud father of four, all of them grown and living in varying states of disarray. Patrick, the eldest, is a hedge fund manager with a guilty conscience… Publication Date: October 14, 2014
3.78 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Winter in Paradise (Paradise #1)
Elin Hilderbrand
What It’s About: A husband’s secret life, a wife’s new beginning: escape to the Caribbean with #1 New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand.
Irene Steele shares her idyllic life in a beautiful Iowa City Victorian house with a husband who loves her to sky-writing, sentimental extremes. But as she rings in the new year one cold and snowy night, everything she thought she knew falls to pieces with a shocking phone call: her beloved husband, away on business, has been killed in a helicopter crash… Publication Date: October 9, 2018
4.07 out of 5 on Goodreads
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One Day in Winter (Winter Day #1)
Shari Low
What It’s About: One morning in December, Caro set off on a quest to find out if her relationship with her father had been based on a lifetime of lies. Lila decided to tell her lover’s wife of their secret affair. Cammy was on the way to pick up the ring for the surprise proposal to the woman he loved. And Bernadette vowed to walk away from her controlling husband of 30 years and never look back… Publication Date: September 1, 2017
4.05 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Christmas Train
David Baldacci
What It’s About: A journalist on a cross-country Christmas train scales the rugged terrain of his own heart in this New York Times bestselling holiday tale that inspired the Hallmark Hall of Fame original movie!
Disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon must get from Washington to Los Angeles in time for Christmas… Publication Date: November 4, 2001
3.60 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Blue
Danielle Steel
What It’s About: Ginny Carter was once a rising star in TV news, married to a top anchorman, with a three-year-old son and a full and happy life in Beverly Hills—until her whole world dissolved in a single instant on the freeway two days before Christmas. In the aftermath, she pieces her life back together and tries to find meaning in her existence as a human rights worker in the worst areas around the globe…Publication Date: February 23, 2016
4.15 out of 5 on Goodreads
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A Redbird Christmas
Fannie Flagg
What It’s About: With the same incomparable style and warm, inviting voice that have made her beloved by millions of readers far and wide, New York Times bestselling author Fannie Flagg has written an enchanting Christmas story of faith and hope for all ages that is sure to become a classic.
Deep in the southernmost part of Alabama, along the banks of a lazy winding river, lies the sleepy little community known as Lost River, a place that time itself seems to have forgotten… Publication Date: January 1, 2004
3.91 out of 5 on Goodreads
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A Wedding in December
Sarah Morgan
What It’s About: In the snowy perfection of Aspen, the White family gathers for youngest daughter Rosie’s whirlwind Christmas wedding.
First to arrive are the bride’s parents, Maggie and Nick. Their daughter’s marriage is a milestone they are determined to celebrate wholeheartedly, but they are hiding a huge secret about their own: they are on the brink of divorce… Publication Date: October 31, 2019
4.10 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Christmas Sisters
Sarah Morgan
What It’s About: In the snowy Highlands of Scotland, Suzanne McBride is dreaming of the perfect cozy Christmas. Her three adopted daughters are coming home for the holidays and she can’t wait to see them. But tensions are running high…
Workaholic Hannah knows she can’t avoid spending the holidays with her family two years in a row…Publication Date: October 1, 2018
4.09 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Simply Irresistible (Lucky Harbor #1)
Jill Shalvis
What It’s About: Maddie Moore’s whole life needs a makeover.
In one fell swoop, Maddie loses her boyfriend (her decision) and her job (so not her decision). But rather than drowning her sorrows in bags of potato chips, Maddie leaves L.A. to claim the inheritance left by her free-spirited mother—a ramshackle inn nestled in the little coastal town of Lucky Harbor, Washington…Publication Date: October 1, 2010
3.92 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Christmas Camp (Christmas Camp #1)
Karen Schaler
What It’s About: From the screenwriter of the Netflix Original viral hit, A Christmas Prince, comes another heartwarming holiday story about a beautiful Grinch who’s determined to get her dream job even if it means spending a week at a Christmas Camp where she discovers an unexpected love.
Haley Hanson’s idea of the perfect Christmas is escaping to the Caribbean to work so she can avoid all the traditional Christmas distractions…Publication Date: October 16, 2018
3.83 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Christmas at Tiffany’s (At Tiffany’s #1)
Karen Swan
What It’s About: Three cities. Three seasons. One chance to find the life that fits.
Cassie settled down too young, marrying her first serious boyfriend. Now, ten years later, she is betrayed and broken. With her marriage in tatters and no career or home of her own, she needs to work out where she belongs in the world and who she really is…Publication Date: November 18, 2011
4.06 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Mother of All Christmases
Milly Johnson
What It’s About: THE MOST PERFECT CHRISTMAS FEEL-GOOD READ!
Eve Glace – co-owner of Winterworld – is pregnant. This sends the whole of the theme park into baby mania, especially as the baby’s due date is 25th December. But their joy is soured by the fact it appears someone is trying to sabotage the Christmas celebrations…Publication Date: Not Available
4.37 out of 5 on Goodreads
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A Winter Flame
Milly Johnson
What It’s About: ‘Tis the season to be jolly… But can Eve find happiness through the frost…?
Eve has never liked Christmas, not since her beloved fiancé was killed in action in Afghanistan on Christmas Day. So when her adored elderly aunt dies, the last thing she is expecting is to be left a theme park in her will…Publication Date: May 27, 2021
4.13 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Most Wonderful Time of The Year
Joanna Bolouri
What It’s About: A hilarious and heartwarming Christmas comedy. Perfect for fans of Mhairi McFarlane, Tracy Bloom & Chrissie Manby. Thirty-eight year old Emily has a satisfying job, fab friends, an amazing car and, most importantly, a wonderful flat, exactly 411 miles away from the judgemental, batshit crazy, interfering family she reluctantly sees twice a year…Publication Date: October 26, 2016
4.16 out of 5 on Goodreads
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It Started With A Kiss
Miranda Dickinson
What It’s About: From the author that gave you the Sunday Times top 10 selling title, Fairytale of New York, join our heroine Romilly as she discovers how far she will go to find the man of her dreams. What would you do to find the one that got away? As the singer in a wedding band, Romily Parker has seen her fair share of happy endings, even though her own love life isn’t quite as simple… Publication Date: November 3, 2011
3.85 out of 5 on Goodreads
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With Love at Christmas
Carole Matthews
What It’s About: Can the imperfect family really have the perfect Christmas?
Juliet Joyce adores Christmas. She loves the presents, the tree, the turkey, the tinsel, everything. Already the festive spirit is upon her, which is just as well as this Christmas things are starting to get out of hand.
Her son Tom is out of work and bringing home a slew of unsuitable partners; pregnant daughter Chloe and her little boy have moved back in; Juliet’s father, Frank, is getting over a heartbreak of his own and Rita, her eccentric mother, is behaving more erratically each day…Publication Date: December 4, 2012
4.15 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Wrapped Up in You
Carole Matthews
What It’s About: A Christmas fling, or has Janie found the real thing?
Thirty-something hairdresser Janie Johnson’s single status is a constant source of gossip for her friends and clients. So after too many nights in with her cat, a blind date disaster and news that her ex is getting married, Janie realises it’s time to do something dramatic with her life…Publication Date: January 1, 2011
3.90 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Twelve Days of Christmas
Trisha Ashley
What It’s About: Christmas has always been a sad time for young widow Holly Brown, so when she’s asked to look after a remote house on the Lancashire moors, the opportunity to hide herself away is irresistible — the perfect excuse to forget about the festivities.
Sculptor Jude Martland is determined that this year there will be no Christmas after his brother runs off with his fiancee and he is keen to avoid the family home…Publication Date: October 1, 2010
4.03 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Christmas Invitation
Trisha Ashley
What It’s About: A brilliant new Christmas novel from the Sunday Times bestselling Trisha Ashley will more than satisfy romantic comedy fans looking for the perfect festive read.
Recovering after an illness Meg is far from in the Christmas mood, in fact she’s hardly aware it’s approaching at all. They didn’t celebrate it where she grew up and she’s never gone in for the tinsel, baubles and mistletoe of it all…Publication Date: October 1, 2019
4.08 out of 5 on Goodreads
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A Winter’s Tale
Trisha Ashley
What It’s About: One of the best writers around!’ KATIE FFORDE Full of down-to-earth humour, ‘ SOPHIE KINSELLA
Publication Date: January 1, 2008
3.98 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Natalie Cox
What It’s About: Now in mass market paperback, the “ideal read for anyone who’s a fan of Christmas or dogs–or both!”–Sophie Kinsella.
When a surprise break-up and a gas leak in her apartment leave Charlie single and homeless for the holidays, there’s only one place to go–Cozy Canine Cottages, where she’ll spend the season looking after her cousin’s doggy day care center…Publication Date: October 9, 2018
3.64 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The White Christmas Inn
Colleen Wright
What It’s About: In this heartwarming, feel-good novel, a snowstorm brings a cast of very different characters together at a sleepy New England inn, just in time for Christmas—and maybe even in time for a Christmas miracle.
A New England inn seems like the picture-perfect place to spend the holidays. But when a snowstorm shuts the roads and keeps them all inside, the guests find themselves worrying that this Christmas may not be exactly what they dreamed of…Publication Date: October 23, 2018
4.02 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Clause in Christmas (Poppy Creek #1)
Rachael Bloome
What It’s About: Sometimes home is where you least expect it…
Cassie Hayward hates Christmas. Especially this year.
No job. Flat broke. And an ex most definitely on the naughty list.
But the unexpected inheritance of a Victorian cottage in the idyllic town of Poppy Creek may be the miracle Cassie needs…Publication Date: December 17, 2019
4.47 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Christmas at the Cupcake Café (At the Cupcake Café #2)
Jenny Colgan
What It’s About: Issy Randall, proud owner of the Cupcake Cafe, is in love and couldn’t be happier. Her new business is thriving and she is surrounded by close friends, even if her cupcake colleagues Pearl and Caroline aren’t quite as upbeat about the upcoming season of snow and merriment. But when her boyfriend Austin is scouted for a possible move to New York, Issy is forced to face up to the prospect of a long-distance romance…Publication Date: October 25, 2012
3.84 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Christmas on the Island (Mure #3)
Jenny Colgan
What It’s About: Christmas on the remote Scottish island of Mure is bleak, stark — and incredibly beautiful.It’s a time for hunkering down, getting cosy in front of whisky barrel wood fires, and enjoying a dram with the people you love — unless, of course, you’re accidentally pregnant to your ex-boss, and don’t know how to tell him…Publication Date: October 1, 2018
3.84 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Christmas at the Island Hotel (Mure #4)
Jenny Colgan
What It’s About: Another heartfelt and delightful Christmas tale from the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Bookshop on the Corner and Christmas on the Island.
New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan returns to the setting of Christmas on the Island and Endless Beach for a heartwarming new novel celebrating the season, and Scotland…Publication Date: October 13, 2020
3.85 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Blue Christmas (Weezie and Bebe Mysteries #3)
Mary Kay Andrews
What It’s About: The popular Mary Kay Andrews delivers a tasty holiday treat as she brings back the winning characters from Savannah Blues and Savannah Breeze for a little Southern cheer.
It’s the week before Christmas, and antiques dealer Weezie Foley is in a frenzy to do up her shop for the Savannah historical district window decorating contest-which she intends to win…Publication Date: October 24, 2006
3.83 out of 5 on Goodreads
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A Virgin River Christmas (Virgin River #4)
Robyn Carr
What It’s About: Welcome back to Virgin River with the books that started it all…
Last Christmas Marcie Sullivan said a final goodbye to her husband, Bobby. This Christmas she wants to find the man who saved his life and gave her three more years to love him.
Fellow marine Ian Buchanan dragged Bobby’s shattered body onto a medical transport four years ago, then disappeared once their unit arrived stateside…Publication Date: October 28, 2008
4.09 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor (Friday Harbor #1)
Lisa Kleypas
What It’s About: New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas’s new series begins during the most magical time of year
ONE LITTLE GIRL NEEDS A FAMILY
One rain-slicked night, six-year-old Holly lost the only parent she knew, her beloved mother Victoria. And since that night, she has never again spoken a word…Publication Date: April 11, 2010
3.76 out of 5 on Goodreads
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A Wallflower Christmas (Wallflowers #4.5)
Lisa Kleypas
What It’s About: It’s Christmas time in London and Rafe Bowman has arrived from America for his arranged meeting with Natalie Blandford, the very proper and beautiful daughter of Lady and Lord Blandford. His chiseled good looks and imposing physique are sure to impress the lady-in-waiting, and if it weren’t for his shocking American ways and wild reputation, her hand would already be guaranteed…Publication Date: October 14, 2008
3.88 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Christmas Wish List (Wynbridge #7)
Heidi Swain
What It’s About: ‘The queen of feel-good’ Woman & Home
***The sparkling new Christmas novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author Heidi Swain!***
After being let go from her job in a swanky hotel just weeks before Christmas, Hattie is feeling lost. Even more so when her high-flying boyfriend announces he’s landed his dream job in Abu Dhabi and asks her to move with him…Publication Date: October 3, 2019
4.28 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Christmas at the Beach Hut (The Beach Hut #3)
Veronica Henry
What It’s About: Everyone adores Christmas . . . Especially Lizzy Kingham. But this year, she is feeling unloved and underappreciated by her family. The present-buying, decorating and food shopping have all been left to her. So she wonders . . . what would happen if she ran away and left them to it?
Lizzy heads to her favourite place: a beach hut on the golden sands of Everdene…Publication Date: May 26, 2021
4.30 out of 5 on Goodreads
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A Cosy Christmas in Cornwall
Jane Linfoot
What It’s About:
St Aidan: a cosy Cornish village where friendships are made for life and it’s always cocktail hour somewhere…
The perfect cosy read for fans of Phillipa Ashley, Trisha Ashley and Holly Martin!
A December to remember…
Christmas in a Cornish castle? Sign Ivy Starforth up! Hired to kit out the holiday rental as the world’s most Instagramable festive dreamland, there’s only one thing standing in the way of her hefty paycheque – the lord of the manor…Publication Date: October 6, 2020
4.02 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Great Christmas Knit Off
Alexandra Brown
What It’s About: The perfect seasonal tale of how laughter, friends and wacky Christmas jumpers can mend a broken heart. For fans of Trisha Ashley and Jenny Colgan.
Heartbroken after being jilted at the altar, Sybil has been saved from despair by her knitting obsession and now her home is filled to bursting with tea cosies, bobble hats, and jumpers…Publication Date: November 6, 2014
4.02 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Christmas at the Beach Café (The Beach Café #2)
Lucy Diamond
What It’s About: A Christmas short story from bestselling author Lucy Diamond, revisiting her Beach Café characters.
After a hectic summer running her beach café in Cornwall, Evie Flynn is looking forward to her first Christmas with new boyfriend Ed – she’s determined that it’s going to be the most perfectly romantic one ever…Publication Date: November 7, 2013
3.94 out of 5 on Goodreads
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A Fool’s Gold Christmas (Fool’s Gold #9.5)
Susan Mallery
What It’s About: The unrelenting cheer in Fool’s Gold, California, is bringing out the humbug in dancer Evie Stryker. She learned early on that Christmas miracles don’t happen, at least not for her. And this year seems like no exception. An injury has forced her to return to the family fold, no matter that they’re estranged…Publication Date: September 18, 2012
4.09 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Someone to Trust (Westcott #5)
Mary Balogh
What It’s About:Publication Date: November 27, 2018
3.84 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Present (Malory-Anderson Families #6)
Johanna Lindsey
What It’s About: As the entire Malory family gathers at Haverston to celebrate the season, a mysterious present arrives anonymously. The gift is an old journal — a tender and tempestuous account of the love affair between the second Marquis, Christopher Malory, and a dark gypsy beauty named Anastasia, who seeks a love match with a non-gypsy in order to save herself from a prearranged marriage to a brute…Publication Date: October 30, 2001
3.92 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Santa, Baby
Jennifer Crusie
What It’s About: Get ready for a holiday season you’ll never forget with three of today’s most sensational writers who know what every woman wants for the holidays. You’ll believe in Santa all over again with these seductive stories from:
JENNIFER CRUSIE
Mayhem ensues under the mistletoe as a determined shopper grabs the very last hot toy action figure off the shelf, only to find herself plunged into the middle of a real-life spy game–in the arms of a sexy secret agent…Publication Date: October 31, 2006
3.61 out of 5 on Goodreads
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All I Want for Christmas
Sherrilyn Kenyon
What It’s About: ‘Tis the season – for passion…The holidays have never been hotter, as four of todays’ finest romance authors hang up the mistletoe and bring unwitting couples together in the most deliciously sinful ways! So sit back and unwrap four fabulously sexy stories – each guaranteed to give you all you want for Christmas…Publication Date: November 15, 2000
3.96 out of 5 on Goodreads
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All I Want for Christmas is a Vampire (Love at Stake #5)
Kerrelyn Sparks
What It’s About: Toni Davis’s Christmas wish list
1. Springing my best friend from the psych ward.
2. Living somewhere that doesn’t have coffins in the basement. Occupied coffins.
3. Finding Mr. Right. Please make him tall, dark, handsome, and alive.
This Christmas isn’t so merry for Toni…Publication Date: October 28, 2008
4.22 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Wicked and the Wondrous (Drake Sisters #includes #2)
Christine Feehan
What It’s About: Two holiday novellas in one volume:
The Twilight Before Christmas (Drake Sisters #2)
Bestselling novelist Kate Drake, one of seven sisters with amazing powers of witchcraft, wants to open a bookstore in a charming but run-down mill in her California hometown. Decorated former U.S…Publication Date: September 28, 2004
4.29 out of 5 on Goodreads
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My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
Stephanie Perkins
What It’s About: If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holiday anthologies, you’re going to fall in love with My True Love Gave To Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by twelve bestselling young adult writers, edited by international bestselling author Stephanie Perkins…Publication Date: October 9, 2014
3.68 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances
John Green
What It’s About: Alternate cover edition for B006MOW98E
Sparkling white snowdrifts, beautiful presents wrapped in ribbons, and multicolored lights glittering in the night through the falling snow. A Christmas Eve snowstorm transforms one small town into a romantic haven, the kind you see only in movies. Well, kinda…Publication Date: October 2, 2008
3.74 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares (Dash & Lily #1)
Rachel Cohn
What It’s About: “I’ve left some clues for you.
If you want them, turn the page.
If you don’t, put the book back on the shelf, please.”
So begins the latest whirlwind romance from the bestselling authors of Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist. Lily has left a red notebook full of challenges on a favorite bookstore shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept its dares…Publication Date: October 26, 2010
3.77 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Christmas Shoes (Christmas Hope #1)
Donna VanLiere
What It’s About: Sometimes, the things that can change your life will cross your path in one instant-and then, in a fleeting moment, they’re gone. But if you open your eyes, and watch carefully, you will believe….
Robert is a successful attorney who has everything in life-and nothing at all. Focused on professional achievement and material rewards, Robert is on the brink of losing his marriage…Publication Date: November 9, 2001
4.24 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Christmas Box (The Christmas Box Trilogy #1)
Richard Paul Evans
What It’s About: This inspiring holiday tale tells the touching story of a widow and the young family who moves in with her, and the ways in which they discover together the first gift of Christmas and what the holiday is really all about. Written by the author as a token of affection for his daughters, The Christmas Box has captured the hearts and minds of over a million readers.Publication Date: November 2, 1995
3.96 out of 5 on Goodreads
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The Mistletoe Secret
Richard Paul Evans
What It’s About: Unabridged, 1 audiobook sound file, 5 hours 21 minutes
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Dear Universe,
Is anyone out there?
Thinking no one is reading, a blogger who calls herself LBH writes about her most personal feelings, especially her overwhelming loneliness. She goes from day to day showing a brave face to the world while inside she longs to know how it would feel if one person cared about her…Publication Date: November 15, 2016
3.91 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Twelve Days of Christmas
Debbie Macomber
What It’s About: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – Continuing in a festive annual tradition, Debbie Macomber returns with a new original holiday novel full of romance and cheer–and the magical prospect of finding love in the most unexpected places.
Friendly and bubbly, Julia Padden likes nearly everyone, but her standoffish neighbor, Cain Maddox, presents a particular challenge…Publication Date: October 4, 2016
3.89 out of 5 on Goodreads
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A Season of Angels (Angels Everywhere #1)
Debbie Macomber
What It’s About: “Debbie Macomber’s name on a book is a guarantee of warm-hearted, endearing romance that will captivate and charm her legions of readers.”
—Jayne Ann Krentz
“Move over It’s a Wonderful Life….Warm, funny, romantic….Sit back, kick off your shoes, and enjoy!”
—Linda Lael Miller
“Shirley, Mercy, and Goodness will touch the lives of every reader…Publication Date: June 28, 2011
3.96 out of 5 on Goodreads
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Christmas at Harrington’s
Melody Carlson
What It’s About: Christmas is approaching, and Lena Markham finds herself penniless, friendless, and nearly hopeless. She is trying to restart her life after false accusations landed her in prison, but job opportunities are practically nonexistent. When a secondhand red coat unexpectedly lands her a job as Mrs. Santa at a department store, Lena finally thinks her luck is changing…Publication Date: October 1, 2010
4.02 out of 5 on Goodreds
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An Ivy Hill Christmas
Julie Klassen
What It’s About: Publication Date: September 1, 2020
4.08 out of 5 on Goodreads
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