Every year a new list of holiday books comes dashing to our shelves and you won’t want to miss this season’s best snowy reads. From a queen of Christmas fiction to a cowboy holiday romance, this list will have you feeling merry and bright.
A Ferry Merry Christmas by Debbie Macomber
Avery gets stuck on a ferry in the Puget Sound on the way to visit her brother, Reed, for the holidays. The delay becomes serendipitous, however, when Avery meets a handsome sailor and witnesses a Christmas miracle. Meanwhile, relentless match-maker, Reed, sparks a startling, new connection with a coworker. This delightful story proves that the unexpected moments are perhaps the best ones.
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Christmas At The Nantucket Restaurant by Pamela Kelley
We get to follow a variety of characters amidst the holiday festivities on Nantucket hosted by the restaurant, Mimi’s Place. A couple’s first Christmas, a freshly divorced single mother looking for love, a power couple from Manhattan balancing remote work and spending time with family, a woman adjusting to coastal life after moving from Boston, and her huge work crush who also recently moved to Nantucket all intertwine in this holiday novel.
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Snow Kissed by RaeAnne Thayne
Single mother Holly loves Christmas, but this year she’s filled with dread because of the wedding in her ex’s family. Meanwhile, Ryan is stuck with his niece for Christmas when all he wants is to be free doing whatever he wants. To solve both of their holiday problems, the two make a deal to tell a white lie. Ryan will be Holly’s plus-one so she can save face in front of her ex, and in return she will give his niece a magical Christmas until Ryan’s sister returns.
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A Merry Little Lie by Sarah Morgan
This holiday season is full of secrets. When Becky catches a ride with her brother’s best friend, Will, but this year she dreads going home for a secret reason only Will knows. Becky’s twin sister, Rosie, just got married after a whirlwind romance, but now the relationship is starting to crack and the couple is desperately trying to hide it from the family. Lastly, Hayley has a secret she and Jamie have been keeping and she worries it will threaten her place within the Balfour family holiday traditions.
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The Silver Hills Boarding House by Linda Lael Miller
Lizbet escapes with her two siblings from a predatory proposal to a boarding house thanks to the intervention of a kind man named Gabe. Lizbet finds a home there and Gabe can’t help but see hope in Lizbet’s strength and in her family, especially after he lost his wife and child. Readers will find out if Lizbet can trust her heart in this chance encounter with a broken man.
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The Holiday Hookup List by Alexis Daria
When Valencia runs into her high school arch nemesis Gideon at a Christmas party one thing leads to another and they end up spending the night together. They then create a naughty list for the twelve days of Christmas and vow to end the casual hook ups after it’s completed. However, Gideon refuses to waste this second chance because he wants more than just twelve days, he wants forever.
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Grace & Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon by Matt Norman
Grace and Henry start a tentative friendship after they both lose their spouses. Neither is ready to date again (despite their mothers’ insistence) and both understand what the other is going through. After Henry suggests a holiday movie marathon, the two gradually begin to ease their grief after each film, and perhaps spark the possibility for a second chance at love.
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While it Was Snowing by Julia London
Amy escapes to a lakehouse for the holidays to finish up her paintings for a gallery. However, the house was overbooked because Harrison, a pro golfer, also shows up. The two decide to live together for the time being, and after a snow storm become more than just roommates. However, when the getaway comes to a close, Amy and Harrison must decide whether they can each fit into each other’s very different lives.
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Cowboy, It’s Cold Outside by Maisey Yates
A holiday book in the Four Corners Ranch series, Sheena Patrick is finally on her own so she decides to ask Denver King to make good on a favor he owes her. With his help, she plans to get her axe-throwing bar up and running by Christmas. The two are outsiders from the rest of their small town, but perhaps after reluctantly working together they’ll realize they’re actually perfect for one another.
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Yours for the Season by Uzma Jalaluddin
Sameera Malik, an overworked lawyer, and Tom Cooke, an aspiring social media chef, meet at a boring Christmas office party. However, when Tom’s post from the party goes viral and everyone thinks they are a couple, the two agree to fake a relationship in order to hopefully improve their jobs. Matters get messy, however, when the families meet for Chrstimas and the very Muslim Maliks quickly clash with the not-so Muslim Cookes. Not to mention that both Sameera and Tom are realizing their feelings for one another might not be so pretend after all.
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The Mating Game by Lana Ferguson
Newly realized omega wolf shifter, Tess, must control her abilities while her renovation TV series contract is on the line. However, when she realizes she has to work with the alpha wolf, Hunter, things get even messier. It turns out Hunter is just as unhappy about the situation, since another omega recently broke his heart. Both are determined not to go into heat, but they cannot avoid each other much longer.
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The Christmas Ring by Karen Kingsbury
While widowed Vanessa is looking for her long lost family heirloom, a Christmas ring, she meets Ben, an antique dealer. Romance blossoms between them, but Vanessa is struggling to tell her daughter that she found someone new. Meanwhile, Ben may have discovered the missing ring and in the process uncovers a life-changing secret. Suddenly, both the treasure and the relationship are at risk.
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Yours for the Season by Emily Stone
Mel is missing her friend, hating her job, and now she just got dumped. Even worse, her ex, Pete, has the gall to ask her to pretend that they’re still together for Christmas with his family in the Scottish Highlands. Mel agrees only for the sake of his mother, but during the week on holiday, she is having a hard time discerning what feelings are real and which are pretend.
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Good Spirits by BK Borison
The ridiculously sweet, people pleaser, Harriet, is getting haunted this holiday season by the ghost of Christmas past. The grumpy ghost, Nolan, only wants to do his job, but when the two visit Harriet’s memories and begin to understand all of the threads that bind them, he realizes he wants to stay on this assignment forever. With Christmas Eve fast approaching, Nolan and Harriet must decide how to make a future for themselves without getting stuck in the past.
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The Gingerbread Bakery by Laurie Gilmore
Annie is the owner of a bakery and wants to find a relationship as sugary sweet as her holiday cookies. Instead, she spends all of her time arguing with the bar owner next door, Mac. Mac only argues with Annie because it’s better than yearning after the girl he really wants, but he realizes they will have to get along eventually once Jeanie and Logan get married. Another installment of the small town Dream Harbor romances, this holiday enemies-to-lovers is sure to delight.
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