'Tis the Season for Love: New Holiday Romances to Warm Up With

by Falon Ballard

Romance writer Jessica, stuck at a remote inn with her ex and writing rival Nick just before Christmas, turns their friction into inspiration, leading her to question if he might be her true happily ever after. 

by Jayne Allen

Ramona, lying to her family about her broken engagement, and Chelsea, desperate to sell one of her paintings to save her family's beachside cottage, swap home for the holidays—unlocking romantic possibilities for both. 

by Jenny Bayliss

When she takes the fall for some students who break into the town’s old Winter Theater, Harriet Smith, to get the students off the hook, must direct the washed-out stage’s final Christmas performance with the owner’s lawyer, who turns out to be her wine-soaked one-night stand.

by Miri White

Andie thought she'd be spending her first Chanukah alone after her father's death. But her neighbor Leo, who's never had the courage to approach her, takes a chance outside his comfort zone and offers to share his dinner with her. As Andie and Leo fall for each other one night at a time, and the clock ticks down on Andie’s move, will this season of miracles light their way forward?

by Julia McKay

Lookalike besties Holly Beech and Ivy Casey trade one's cabin Christmas vacation for the other's Hawaiian honeymoon after being left at the altar. Against all odds, this Christmas might prove the most magical—and romantic—yet.

by Noelle Douglas

Visiting New Hope, Pennsylvania to smooth the way for her corporate employer, Sparkle Cookie's arrival in town, Elena Voss didn't expect to get into a public—and embarrassing—argument with local, beloved baker Lawrence Higgins. When a cookie competition makes them join forces, sparks fly, and they find first impressions are often wrong. Can their blossoming connection survive the ensuing cookie war?

by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone

Sunny Palmer, an adult film actress, is visiting Christmas Notch, Vermont to find the inspiration to complete a screenplay she sold to a much more wholesome network. Widower and former boy band heartthrob Isaac Kelly is there trying to record his first holiday album. When they discover they’re both creatively blocked, they make a handshake deal to help each other. And with these two opposites under one roof, there’s no way this jingle bell mingle could go off script…right?

by J. Jahquel

Faith, a divorced, single parent, finds herself back in Sageport for the holidays when she runs into Rome, her teenage love until a prom night that ruined everything. The memories and pain are still fresh, as if everything happened yesterday. 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?

by Ashley Herring Blake

Charlotte Donovan is persuaded to leave Manhattan for the holidays to spend time practicing with her strings ensemble in Colorado before their upcoming tour. The holidays turn less jolly after being thrown into a series of Christmas dating events with her ex, Brighton, who she has no intention of speaking to. After a few days, however, things start to slip through. Memories. Music. The way they used to play together—Brighton on guitar, Charlotte on her violin—and it all feels painfully familiar. But it’s all in the past and nothing can melt the ice in their hearts...right?

by Timothy Janovsky

Patrick Hargrave and Quinn Muller have been married for less than a year, but their passionate romance is cracking under the pressures of domestic life and a cumbersome mortgage. Mistaking Santa Claus for a burglar and knocking him out, Patrick and Quinn must work together to save Christmas...and their marriage.

by Amanda Elliot

Charged with planning her Vermont town's fledgling Hanukkah festival, Abby Cohen puts out a call for help online. The only person to answer is Seth Cohen, the most annoying customer at her cafe. He's willing to help make the festival a success if she's willing to pose as his Nice Jewish Girlfriend to his parents. Over latkes, doughnuts, and winter adventures, Abby begins to realize that her fake boyfriend and his family might just be igniting a flame in her own guarded heart.

by Georgia Clark

The Belvedere siblings are a mess. Seeking direction and holiday cheer, all three head to their mother's house in the Catskills, determined to swear off love and focus on themselves and their work. But the spirit of the season seems to have different plans for them, and their best intentions are quickly derailed in the most delightful and festive of ways.

by Adele Buck

Librarian and social media coordinator Simon Osman is shocked to learn his new responsibilities include showing Thea Martinelli—his high school crush—the ins and outs of digital engagement. And the fact that she doesn’t even remember him? Not helpful. But as the chaos of the holiday season unfolds, Thea and Simon find that the closer they work together, the hotter their attraction burns.

by Eliza Evans

To muster up the holiday spirit for her twin boys who have questioned the point of Christmas at all after the death of their father, Melody Monroe decides to take over the school's cookie committee, even if it means dealing with the infuriating school principal, Jonathan Braxton. Soon, a small argument turns into a town-wide bake-off between her and Jonathan, and before she knows it Melody finds that her competitive spirits have turned romantic. With a little holiday magic, she and Jonathan might just bake up something special.

by K.C. Mills

Renting out her apartment for the holidays while she visits family, Noel Anderson didn't plan on getting sick and having to cancel the trip. Her renter, Kanton Joseph, keen to stay in the same apartment complex as the potential client he's trying to close a business deal with, is dismayed when she tries to cancel. Reluctantly, Noel and Kanton agree to cohabitate for one week. They immediately clash on everything, most notably their views on the holidays. Eventually, the two begin to soften toward each other—will the holiday magic fizzle, or will these two spark a connection they didn’t realize they needed?

by Holly Cassidy

To help her get over a bad breakup, Callie's sister stages a Christmas intervention with a homemade Advent calendar challenge—cheerful tasks to push Callie out of her comfort zone and into the holiday spirit. Callie reluctantly plays along, but when she comes face-to-face with a charming baker who just might be the spoonful of sugar she needs, her strict rules on love and the holidays are tested.

by Erin Sterling

Bown Penhallow and Tamsyn Bligh are both attending the Witchy Wedding of the Century deep in the Welsh countryside. The mix of a very strong spell and a wedding mishap transports them into the past to the Yuletide Celebration of 1958. As they work together to get back to the present they must face the fact that somewhere between the mistletoe and the bonfire, they might be falling in love. 

by Helena Greer

Seriously single (and wanting to keep it that way) Tara Chadwick panics at the thought of showing up alone to her ex's holiday wedding. Waitress and wild child Holly Delaney has also sworn off relationships even though she lusts over Tara. So when Tara needs a fake girlfriend to attend the wedding, Holly’s eager to propose a no-strings, temporary fling. Can these two opposites trust their feelings enough to try for forever—or will their relationship go down in flames? 

by Emily Stone

Lexie is confused after discovering that her estranged, dead father has left her half of his holiday travel company. The other half has been left to her father's handsome, but bad-tempered young executive, Theo. And the will stipulates that the two of them must find a way to run the company together for a year before they decide its fate. Will her father's wish drive them apart or bring them together?

by Jillian Meadows

After losing her job, Lena surprises her family for Christmas by returning to Juniper for the week. She's not the only unexpected guest—her brother's best friend, Gavin, is back after disappearing three years ago. They've always been drawn to each other, but giving into their feelings could upend all their plans.

by Ginny Baird

Scrambling to fix the window displays she created at the New York City department store where she works after they were upended by rambunctious kids on Christmas Eve, Annie Jones is grateful for the help of Braden Tate, the store's friendly security guard. When she wakes the next morning she's bewildered to find that it's Christmas Eve all over again. Trapped in a time loop, Annie's everyday choices bring her closer to Braden and to Christmas Day.

by Sarah Morgenthaler

Sienna Naples's family has taken care of their wild Idaho land for generations and Sienna can't imagine any other life. But at Christmastime, with her parents gone and her painful marriage finally over, it's full of memories...and incredibly lonely. Until a tall, handsome stranger and a little girl walk into her life and suddenly the holidays are alive again.

by Georgia K. Boone

Needing a break from their present realities, Bee Tyler and Clover Mills arrange to swap houses for the holidays. Soon enough, Bee is living in Clover’s cozy Salem, Ohio cottage, and Clover is living in Bee’s sleek San Francisco apartment. As Clover can’t seem to stop running into Bee’s frustratingly gorgeous sister, Beth, and Bee finds herself spending more and more time with Clover’s ultra charming ex-fiancé, Knox, the two women realize that this Christmas they may find just what they were looking for and more…

by Sheila Roberts

Widow Frankie Lane is set on setting up her divorced friend Mitch—the fittest, finest man she knows. He’s easygoing, wise and kindhearted. Mitch needs someone. And she’s determined to help him find that someone—whether he likes it or not.

by Martha Waters

Charlotte, a former child actress with a deeply held grudge against Christmas, comes to embrace the magic of the holiday season when she falls for the owner of an infamous, historical holiday house in England. Charlotte may not love a Christmas romance…but what if she has one of her own?

by Jaqueline Snowe

Charlotte Calhoun has avoided Hayden Porter, her older brother’s sexy best friend, ever since that mortifying night when he flat-out rejected her. Except this Christmas season, they’re thrown together at a snowy ski resort for her brother’s bachelor party, complete with mistletoe, cozy fireplaces, and adjoining rooms. With two long weeks until the wedding, hiding their growing feelings is going to take a Christmas miracle.

by Ally Carter

Maggie Chase is the new Queen of the Cozy Mystery. Ethan Wyatt is Mr. Big-time Thriller Guy. When they both accept a cryptic invitation to attend a Christmas house party at the English estate of a reclusive fan, neither is expecting their host to be the most powerful author in the world: Eleanor Ashley, the Duchess of Death herself who vanishes from a locked room that night. As the snow gets deeper and the stakes get higher, every clue will bring Maggie and Ethan closer to the truth—and each other.