Wreck the Halls by Tessa Bailey

#1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey delivers a sexy, hilarious standalone holiday rom-com about the adult children of two former rock stars who team up to convince their estranged mothers to play a Christmas Eve concert…

Of note: Spicy🌶️, Friends-to-Lovers💗, Opposites Attract🧲, Celebrity MCs🎸, Forced Proximity/One Bed🛏️, Miscommunication🗣️
Publication date: October 3
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Snowed In by Catherine Walsh

A swoonworthy and utterly gorgeous romantic comedy that will make you laugh out loud and fall completely in love. Fans of Emily Henry, Sophie Kinsella and Abby Jimenez won’t be able to put this down!

Megan is dreading going home for the holidays. She’s the village pariah, the she-devil who left local golden boy Isaac at the altar four years ago and ran away to the big city. She could really do without the drama. Particularly as he’s engaged again, and she’s just been dumped for the fourth time this year. Christian’s fed up of being on his own every Christmas. He doesn’t mind being alone, but he hates his family’s sad eyes and soft tones as they sit around coupled up. Because he’s actually, totally, fine. So when Megan literally bumps into Christian in a Dublin pub, they come up with a pact to see them through the holiday season. They’re going to be the very best fake dates for each other, ever.

Of note: Mild Spicy🌶️, Friends-to-lovers💗, Fake Dating⚠️, Small Town🏡, Forced Proximity/Snowed In☃️, Ireland🇬🇧, Second in Series2️⃣
Publication date: November 1
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The Christmas Café by Eliza Evans

Clumsy, earnest baker Sylvie West has worked at the Christmas Café in Silver Bells, Wyoming, ever since her boozy eggnog fruitcake won the town’s annual holiday bake-off. So, when Sylvie learns the café might be sold, she’s determined to save it the only way she can: by getting the Holiday Channel crew to set a scene at the café. She’s even met the film’s charming lead actor, Royce, thanks to her pug’s meddling. Between an unexpected acting gig, a booth at the Christmas festival, an appearance at the Christmas parade, and a budding romance with Royce, Sylvie has a lot on her plate. Good thing her old friend, gruff yet reliable Abe, has just come home to manage his parents’ goat farm—until she catches herself feeling a little too merry and bright in his presence. 

Of note: Friends-to-Lovers💗, Celebrity MC🤩, Baker MC👩‍🍳, Features dogs🐶, Small Town🏡
Publication date: October 3
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Christmas at the Lake by Anita Hughes

On Christmas Eve, just hours before their wedding, Rebecca Huntley is left at the altar by Ben Cole, her college sweetheart and fellow cofounder of the hugely successful dating app Dealbreakers. Rebecca is shocked, but a small part of her isn’t surprised. Rebecca decides to go on their honeymoon in the charming small town of Christmas Cove on the shores of Lake Tahoe. There, she runs into an old college friend, Zach Mason, who always had a crush on her. Through a misunderstanding, Zach believes Rebecca is married to Ben, and Rebecca believes Zach is in a relationship with a sophisticated older woman, when really he is a waiter at the local inn.

Of note: Friends-to-Lovers💗, Left at altar💒, Miscommunication🗣️
Publication date: September 26
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Along Came Holly by Codi Hall

Holly Winters owns the jolliest holiday shop on Main Street and this season is shaping up to be the best yet. The only pit in her figgy pudding? Declan Gallagher, the owner of the hardware store next door. He’s the scroogiest man in all of Mistletoe, Idaho. Then Holly’s revenge prank escalates into an all-out war with her Grinchy neighbor, and the situation turns sticky when she realizes she needs his help.

Of note: Grumpy/Sunshine🌤️, Enemies-to-Lovers💖, Small Town🏡, Third in a series3️⃣
Publication date: September 26
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Faking Christmas by Kerry Winfrey

A misunderstanding with her boss leads Laurel Grant to play house for the holidays—complete with a fake husband and kids—in this delightful, charming rom-com by Kerry Winfrey. After Laurel mistakenly leads her boss to believe she owns a Christmas tree farm, Laurel and Holly come up with the perfect plan—all Laurel has to do is pretend to own the farm for one dinner. But Laurel shows up at the farm to find an unwelcome guest is waiting: Max Beckett, her nemesis since Holly’s wedding. The annoyingly attractive man she hates will be posing as Laurel’s husband just for the evening, but when a snowstorm traps them all for the entire weekend, Laurel is going to have to figure out how to survive with her job and dignity intact. Whatever the case, this promises to be the most eventful Christmas in ages. . . .

Of note: Grumpy/Sunshine🌤️, Enemies-to-Lovers💖, Fake Marriage💍, Twins👯, Forced Proximity/Snowed In☃️, Farm Setting🚜
Publication date: September 26
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It Happened One Christmas by Chantel Guertin

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 and The Hating Game by Sally Thorne.

Of note: Enemies-to-Lovers💖, Grumpy/Sunshine🌤️, Celebrity MC🎞️, Small Town🏡, Forced Proximity/Snowed In☃️, Canada🇨🇦
Publication date: October 31
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The Wake-Up Call by Beth O’Leary

Two hotel receptionists—and arch-rivals—find a collection of old wedding rings and compete to return them to their owners, discovering their own love story along the way.

Of note: Enemies-to-Lovers💖, Grumpy/Sunshine🌤️, Workplace Romance💼, Competition🥇, Hotel Setting🏨, Funny😆, England🇬🇧
Publication date: September 26
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The Christmas Wager by Holly Cassidy

A delightful enemies-to-lovers holiday rom com set in the quaint mountain town of Maple Falls, Colorado, about a city girl and a small-town boy who compete in the town’s annual holiday games in order to win the right price for a charming, local Christmas shop, perfect for fans of The Hating Game and The Twelve Dates of Christmas.

Of note: Enemies-to-lovers💖, Small town🏡, Competition🥇, Closed Door🚪
Publication date: September 16
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Unleashed Holiday by Victoria Schade

When an old rival reappears right before the holidays, a professional dog trainer must decide if the melting frost between them can make up for their ruff past, from the USA Today bestselling author of Dog Friendly.

Chelsea Higgins is doing just fine. She’s heading into the holidays at the helm of a thriving dog training business, and she’s got a mellow senior dog at home to keep her warm at the end of the day. What more could she need? Enter certified gym bro Andrew Gibson: Chelsea’s former nemesis, and now the newest neighbor in her business complex, who also wants to expand into the vacant space Chelsea’s been eyeing for months. Who cares if it’s the season of joy? Let the turf war begin.

Of note: Mild Spice🌶️, Enemies-to-Lovers💖, Second Chance💞, Small Town🏡, Features dogs🐶
Publication date: September 26
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Christmas at Corgi Cove by Annie England Noblin

If you’re looking for the perfect feel-good Christmas novel, then look no further than Annie England Noblin’s newest novel. This book will absolutely delight any reader looking for a sweet and sassy read—and not to mention enchant the fans of Annie’s signature canine characters. Perfect for fans of Jill Shalvis, Sarah Morgan, Lori Wilde, and Susan Mallery.

Of note: Enemies-to-Lovers💖, Small Town🏡, Features dogs🐶
Publication date: October 17
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The Christmas Swap by Talia Samuels

Perfect for fans of Alison Cochrun and Helena Greer, Talia Samuels’ debut sapphic romcom is about one woman who fake dates her friend… only to fall for his sister.

Margot Murray is a newly single, successful businesswoman with no interest in a cutesy seasonal romance. Ben Gibson is an unlucky-in-love sweetheart in need of a woman to bring home for the holidays. Together, they make a pact: Margot gets two blissful weeks away from London in a picture-perfect manor, and Ben gets a fake girlfriend for his holiday at home with his family. As Ellie and Margot grow closer, will Ben and Margot be able to keep the charade up, or will Margot and Ellie risk the chance at something real?

Of note: Sapphic Romance👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩, LGBTQ+🏳️‍🌈, Fake Dating⚠️, London💂🏙️, Features dogs🐶
Publication date: October 10
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It’s a Fabulous Life by Kelly Farmer

Perfect for fans of Alison Cochrun and Ashley Herring Blake, this sapphic retelling of It’s a Wonderful Life will make the yuletide gay.

After years of putting aside her dreams of travel and adventure, Bailey George is ready to leave Lanford Falls and her responsibilities behind on a long-awaited vacation to New York City. But when the volunteer who took over her leadership position for the town’s Winter Wonderfest has a medical emergency, Bailey finds herself stuck in Lanford Falls. However, one disaster after another snowball on the day of the festival. Bailey’s frustration boils over, and she ends up on the town’s old wooden bridge. There, she meets fabulous drag queen Clara Angel. Bailey declares that she wishes she hadn’t been born in this Christmas-obsessed, suffocating small town. With a little of the magic Clara possesses, she shows Bailey how wrong she is about Lanford Falls and her place in it. And that with a little hope and some true holiday spirit, there is a way to attain all her dreams.

Of note: Sapphic Romance👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩, LGBTQ+🏳️‍🌈, Closed Door🚪, Grumpy/Sunshine🌤️, Small Town🏡, Holiday Magic🔮, Retelling🎬
Publication date: October 17
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Second Chances in New Port Stephen by TJ Alexander

A trans man returns to his Florida hometown for Christmas after his career goes up in flames, only to cross paths with his high school ex in this charming rom-com about family and second chances from the author of the delectable Chef’s Kiss.

Of note: Spicy🌶️, MM Romance👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨, Second Chance💞, LGBTQ+🏳️‍🌈, Single Dad MC👨‍👧, Warm Locale🏖️, Miscommunication🗣️, Diverse MC👬🏻
Publication date: December 5
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Time to Shine by Rachel Reid

From the USA TODAY bestselling author of the Game Changers series comes a merry and bright hockey romance about finding your place, finding your people and finding your way back to the one you love the most.

Of note: MM Romance👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨, Friends-to-Lovers💗, Hockey MCs🏒, Opposites Attract🧲, LGBTQ+🏳️‍🌈, Canada🇨🇦
Publication date: September 26
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The Holiday Mix-Up by Ginny Baird

While You Were Sleeping meets The Wedding Date with a fun Puerto Rican holiday twist in NYT and USA Today bestselling author Ginny Baird’s latest romance, in which a diner waitress agrees to be her patron’s fake date…only for him to land in a coma and her to be stuck playing his sweetheart with his family all week long.

Of note: Fake Dating⚠️, Health Scare💉, Diverse MCs👫🏽, Retelling🎬
Publication date: October 10
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Wrapped with a Beau by Lillie Vale

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.

Of note: Spicy🌶️, Fake Dating⚠️, Opposites attract🧲, Grumpy/Sunshine🌤️, Small Town🏡, Features cats🐱, Funny😆
Publication date: September 26
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A Winter in New York by Josie Silver

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.

When Iris decides to move to New York to restart her life, she realizes she underestimated how big the Big Apple really is—all the nostalgic movies set in New York she’d watched with her mom while eating their special secret-recipe gelato didn’t quite do it justice. When her best friend drags her to a famous autumn street fair, she spots a little family-run gelateria—could it be the same shop that’s in an old photo of her mother’s? Iris ends up offering her services as a chef to help save the gelataria and finds herself falling for the young proprietor and his family. 

Of note: Workplace Romance💼, Chef MC👩‍🍳, Single Dad MC👨‍👧, LGBTQ+🏳️‍🌈, Health Scare💉, NYC🗽, Features a cat🐱
Publication date: October 3
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A Holly Jolly Ever After (A Christmas Notch Novel) by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone

An actress and a perpetually single former boy-band member are reunited as costars on a steamy holiday film in this all new spicy rom-com by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone, bestselling coauthors of A Merry Little Meet Cute.

Of note: Spicy🌶️, Workplace Romance💼, Opposites Attract🧲, Celebrity MCs🎞️🎸, Sexual Awakening🍆💦, Disability Rep♿, Forced Proximity☃️, Small Town🏡, LGBTQ+🏳️‍🌈, Jewish Rep🔯, Second in series2️⃣
Publication date: October 10
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With Love, from Cold World by Alicia Thompson

Lauren Fox is the bookkeeper for Cold World, a tourist destination that’s always a winter wonderland despite being located in humid Orlando, Florida. Sure, it’s ranked way below any of the trademarked amusement parks, but it’s a fun place to work, even if “fun” isn’t exactly Lauren’s middle name. Her coworker Asa Williamson, on the other hand, is all about finding ways to enliven his days at Cold World—whether that means organizing the Secret Santa or teasing Lauren. When the owner asks Lauren and Asa to propose something (anything, really) to raise more revenue, their rivalry heats up as they compete to come up with the best idea. But the situation is more dire than they thought, and it might take these polar opposites working together to save the day.

Of note: Mild Spice🌶️, Workplace Romance💼, Enemies-to-Lovers💖, Opposites Attract🧲, Competition🥇, LGBTQ+🏳️‍🌈, Forced Proximity/Locked In☃️, Found Family🫂, Warm Locale🏖️
Publication date: August 1
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All’s Fair in Love & Christmas by Sarah Monzon

Every December two things are guaranteed for graphic designer Mackenzie Graham–Christmas celebrations and the annual promotion at her workplace. Those two things are by no means mutually exclusive. In fact, the better an employee is at harnessing the Christmas spirit, the more likely they’ll win the new job. With her social anxiety, Mackenzie never thought she’d be a contender in her company’s holiday competition, so how exactly has she found herself dueling her workplace crush with wrapping paper tubes and using tinsel as her weapon of choice for a much-needed raise?

Of note: Workplace Romance💼, Competition🥇, Single Dad MC👨‍👧‍👦, Mental Health Rep🧠, Closed Door🚪, Christian✝️
Publication date: September 5
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You Make It Feel like Christmas by Toni Shiloh

Starr Lewis reluctantly returns home for the holidays jobless, single, and not at all prepared to be dragged into her sister’s wedding activities–or to witness her sister’s marriage to Starr’s ex-boyfriend on Christmas Eve. But when her brother’s charming best friend, Waylon Emmerson, attends their family Thanksgiving, Starr begins to believe that maybe coming home isn’t so bad. As the spark between them grows, Starr must decide what she wants out of life–to go back to New York City or to stay and pursue a new dream.

Of note: Brother’s Best Friend🤷🏾‍♀️, Diverse MCs👫🏿, Closed Door🚪, Christian✝️
Publication date: September 5
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Christmas at the Shelter Inn by RaeAnne Thayne

Growing up at the Shelter Inn hotel, Natalie Shepherd envied guests who could come and go as they pleased. So when it was time to finally leave for college and put the lush green mountains around Shelter Springs—along with the cloud of loss that seemed to follow her family—behind her, she swore she’d never come back. But now her sister McKenna needs a favor. On pregnancy bed rest at doctor’s orders, McKenna needs a helping hand with her two young daughters and someone to take over the inn during the hectic holiday season, and Nat can’t refuse. And just when things can’t get worse, she runs into her late brother’s best friend, Griffin Taylor… 

Of note: Brother’s Best Friend🤷‍♀️, Doctor MC👨‍⚕️, Small Town🏡, Tearjerker😭
Publication date: October 10
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The Takedown by Carlie Walker

An undercover CIA agent is sent home for Christmas to investigate her sister’s criminal fiancé but the last thing she expects is to fall in love with his bodyguard along the way in this sexy romantic comedy.

Of note: Mild Spice🌶️, Forbidden Love💓, Law Enforcement MC🕵️‍♀️, Forced Proximity🤯, Mystery🔎
Publication date: October 3
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The Christmas Orphans Club by Becca Freeman

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

Of note: Multiple Romances💕, Found Family🫂, LGBTQ+🏳️‍🌈, NYC🗽
Publication date: September 26
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A December to Remember by Jenny Bayliss

Wildly different half sisters Maggie, Simone, and Star have hardly seen one another since their sprightly summers at Rowan Thorp, their eccentric father Augustus’s home. Now, years later, the three estranged women are called upon for the reading of Augustus’s will and quickly realize he’s orchestrated a series of hoops through which they must jump to unlock their inheritance—the last thing any of them want to do. But Maggie and Star desperately need the money. And who would Simone be to resist? Through hilarious goose chases, small-town mishaps, and one heart-warming winter solstice celebration, love is in the air, if only the three sisters can let themselves grasp it.

Of note: Multiple Romances💕, Small Town🏡, England🇬🇧
Publication date: September 26
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Three Holidays and A Wedding by Uzma Jamaluddin & Marissa Stapley

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. As Maryam finds the courage to open her heart to Saif, and Anna feels the magic of being snowbound with an unexpected new love—both women soon realize there’s no place they’d rather be for the holidays.

Of note: Multiple Romances💕, Second Chance💞, Small Town🏡, Diverse MCs👫🏾
Publication date: September 26
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Paradise for Christmas by Carolyn Brown

The oldest of seven sisters, Ursula Simmons has followed in her mother’s footsteps as a novelist. With a bad case of writer’s block, she brings her notebooks and computer home to the old brothel called Paradise where they all grew up, in the hope that being home for the holidays will inspire her—and since it’s Christmas, all her sisters will be there too. As all pitch in to make the spirits bright, younger sister Endora is dismayed to find some of the handsome men who’ve come to help doing more flirting than anything else. She’s determined to show her sisters that no relationship is worth the heartbreak. But it might be Ursula who reminds the family that Christmas is a magical time, and finding new love is always a gift.

Of note: Multiple Romances💕, Cowboy MC🤠, Twins👯, First book in series1️⃣
Publication date: October 10
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A Christmas to Remember by Beverly Jenkins

Every December two things are guaranteed for graphic designer Mackenzie Graham–Christmas celebrations and the annual promotion at her workplace. Those two things are by no means mutually exclusive. In fact, the better an employee is at harnessing the Christmas spirit, the more likely they’ll win the new job. With her social anxiety, Mackenzie never thought she’d be a contender in her company’s holiday competition, so how exactly has she found herself dueling her workplace crush with wrapping paper tubes and using tinsel as her weapon of choice for a much-needed raise?

Of note: Multiple Romances💕, Second Chance💞, Rocky Relationship💔, Mental Health Rep🧠, Small Town🏡, Diverse MCs👫🏿, Eleventh in series️⃣, Christian✝️
Publication date: October 24
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The Ex-Mas Holidays by Zoe Allison

Maya Bashir is dreading her drive home for Christmas and having to explain that she’s just left her high-paying job and a long-term relationship, so a brief detour to her friend’s festive party doesn’t seem like such a bad idea. Until Maya walks in to find the last person she wants to see. Sam, the boy who broke her heart eight years ago. 

It’s hard to escape your ex when you’re working together over Christmas in the Scottish Highlands, but being stuck together might be the best possible present in this sparkling new contemporary romance.

Of note: Second Chance💞, Funny😆, Scottish Highlands⛰️🇬🇧, Miscommunication🗣️
Publication date: September 26
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Love, Holly by Emily Stone

A young woman tries to heal a rift in her elderly pen pal’s family in time for Christmas, all while falling in love—and maybe even reuniting with her own family—in this dazzling romance from the author of Always, in December and One Last Gift.

Of note: Second Chance💞, Miscommunication🗣️, Tear-jerker😭, Health Scare💉
Publication date: September 26
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Snowed In for Christmas by Jaqueline Snowe

Fans of Christina Lauren and Maggie Knox will adore this fun and festive romcom featuring a grumpy/sunshine duo who find themselves stuck together over the holidays, where the weather outside is frightful—but inside, things are heating up in this sexy holiday story.

Of note: Spicy🌶️, Second Chance💞, Neighbors🏘️, Grumpy/Sunshine🌤️, Forced Proximity/Snowed In☃️, Miscommunication🗣️
Publication date: October 3
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The Trouble with Tinsel by Juliet Giglio & Keith Giglio

When their Hollywood script is finally greenlit for production in LA just before Christmas, two ex-writing partners with a rocky romantic past must put aside their grievances—and enter into a fake engagement—to save their movie and their dreams. This fun and festive holiday romantic comedy is perfect for readers of Jenny Bayliss, Maggie Knox, and Codi Hall.

Of note: Second Chance💞, Celebrity MCs🎞️, Fake Engagement💍, One Bed/Forced Proximity🛏️, LA🌴, Funny😆
Publication date: October 3
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Emergency Contact by Lauren Layne & Anthony LeDonne

From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Layne–and her real life husband and high school sweetheart, Anthony LeDonne–comes a new holiday romcom that is sure to warm even the coldest heart. A delightful meet-cute between The Proposal and Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, Emergency Contact is perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Sally Thorne.

Of note: Second Chance💞, Opposites Attract🧲, Forced Proximity/Snowed In☃️, Closed Door🚪
Publication date: October 24
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One Christmas Morning by Rachel Greenlaw

For fans of The Midnight Library and One Day in December who love a dash of Dickensian magic, One Christmas Morning is a heartwarming debut novel about a woman’s self-discovery, the strength found in friendship, and the promise of second chances.

Of note: Second Chance💞, Holiday Magic🔮, Tear-Jerker😭, Retelling🎬
Publication date: October 17
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Through the Snow Globe by Annie Rains

Perfect for readers of One Day in December by Josie Silver, this enchanting new novel with touches of It’s a Wonderful Life and Groundhog Day follows a woman dangerously close to losing it all as she receives an unexpected Christmas gift that prompts a surprising journey of self-discovery…and another chance at happiness.

Of note: Second Chance💞, Small Town🏡, Health Scare💉, Christmas Magic🔮, Tear-jerker😭
Publication date: August 22
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Clued in Christmas by Mia Heintzelman

Nadia Sikes usually loves the holidays—cozy game nights, snowy mountain girls’ trips, hours decking the halls at Love & Games. But when her two best friends and co-owners find love, all she wants is to tuck away her heart and make it through the season. Between turkey dinners, tree decorating, and mistletoe kisses, mysterious notes begin showing up at the game store.  As Nadia strings together clues, motives, and suspects for this twisty whodunit, she and her ex-boyfriend are blindsided by the return of their desire.

Of note: Mild Spice🌶️, Second Chance💞, Single Dad MC👨🏾‍👧🏾, Diverse MC👩🏻‍🤝‍👨🏾, Third in series3️⃣
Publication date: October 12
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Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colman

Your most delightful holiday read: the sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller The Christmas Bookshop, from beloved Scottish author Jenny Colgan. Christmas comes early—far too early—to McCredie’s little Old Town bookshop in Edinburgh. It’s summer, but an American production company has decided that McCredie’s is the perfect location to film a very cheesy Christmas movie. After all, who can resist the charmingly narrow historic street with its Victorian grey stone buildings and warmly lit shop windows?

Of note: Second Chance💞, Miscommunication🗣️, Scotland🇬🇧, Second book in series2️⃣
Publication date: October 10
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A Wish for Christmas by Courtney Cole

In this heartwarming story from New York Times bestselling author Courtney Cole, an unhappily married couple makes a wish on an enchanted snow globe that they had never met, but when they wake up the next day in separate lives, the magic of Christmas helps them to realize that some love is just meant to be. 

Of note: Second Chance💞, Holiday Magic🔮, Features a dog🐶, NYC🗽, Small Town🏡
Publication date: November 14
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The Twelve Dogs of Christmas by Susan Wiggs

New York Times bestselling author Lori Wilde’s delightful Twilight, Texas, series continues with this sparkling Christmas novel. A reality TV show producer returns to her hometown of Twilight in this lovers reunited story filled with holiday spirit and perfect for readers of Susan Mallery and Jill Shalvis.

Of note: Second Chance💞, Single Dad MC👨‍👦, First Responder MC🚑, Forced Proximity/Snowed In☃️, Small Town🏡, Features dogs🐶, Divorce/Cheating💔
Publication date: October 17
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The Christmas Brides of Twilight by Lori Wilde

New York Times bestselling author Lori Wilde’s delightful Twilight, Texas, series continues with this sparkling Christmas novel. A reality TV show producer returns to her hometown of Twilight in this lovers reunited story filled with holiday spirit and perfect for readers of Susan Mallery and Jill Shalvis.

Of note: Second Chance💞, Cowboy MC🤠, Single Dad MC👨‍👧, Small Town🏡, Fourteenth in series️⃣
Publication date: October 24
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The Sound of Sleighbells by Janet Dailey

After her divorce, Ruth McCoy is eager to trade her children’s painful memories for new holiday traditions. But Ruth has a whole new set of distractions when fate brings the man she once loved together with the son he never knew he had… A cozy ranch setting, small-town neighbors, the uplifting magic of the holidays, and a Texas-sized love story make this brand new Christmas Tree Ranch novel.

Of note: Second Chance💞, Cowboy MC🤠, Small Town🏡, Sixth in series6️⃣
Publication date: September 26
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Snow Place Like Home by Lacey Baker

Ella Wilson has avoided home and the holidays for nearly a decade. For her, the season is plagued by a jinx that’s brought nothing but painful memories: her mother’s death nearly two decades ago, her fiancé’s abandonment last year, and now the loss of her job as an art curator. But without work to occupy her, home is exactly where Ella has ended up. And somehow, she’s also been roped into planning the town’s Christmas tree auction—side by side with her first love.

Of note: Second Chance💞, Small Town🏡, Closed Door🚪, Christian✝️
Publication date: October 10
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Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews

From Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author of The Homewreckers and The Santa Suit, comes a novella celebrating love and the warm, glittering charm of the holiday season.

Of note: Novella⏱️, City Setting🏙️, Single Dad MC👨‍👦
Publication date: September 26
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Jack Frost by Debbie Macomber

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber comes a heartwarming new novella about the power of Christmas to melt even the coldest hearts. Jack Frost is a celebration of the romantic magic of Christmastime, when something as simple as a gingerbread cookie can offer a new beginning, and when love can surprise us when we least expect it.

Of note: Novella⏱️, Grumpy/Sunshine🌤️, Forced Proximity/Snowed In☃️
Publication date: November 1
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Eight Dates and Nights by Betsy Aldredge

Two teens with two very different ideas of how to spend Hanukkah learn to work together to save the last Jewish remnant in small town Texas in this cozy holiday romance!

Of note: Grumpy/Sunshine🌤️, Jewish Rep✡️, Forced Proximity/Snowed In☃️, Small Town🏡, Hanukkah🕎
Publication date: October 3
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Finding My Elf by David Valdes

Single All the Way meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this festive romcom about Cam, who’s trying to find the “the one” and also trying to find himself—while spending winter break working at a hectic Santa’s Village. 

Escaping to NYU for college didn’t turn out the way Cameron planned—he’s flunking his theater classes, about to lose his scholarship, and he still hasn’t found anyone he can call his “people.” When he gets home for winter break, he’s so desperate to avoid a Conversation with his dad that he takes the first acting job he can get—as a mall elf. Despite how Scroogey he feels, the plus side is that there’s a cash prize for the most festive of Santa’s helpers. But the competition is fierce—especially from fellow elf Marco. 

Of note: MM Romance👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨, Workplace Romance💼, Grumpy/Sunshine🌤️, LGBTQ+🏳️‍🌈, Competition🥇, Small Town🏡, Closed Door🚪
Publication date: November 7
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Love in Winter Wonderland by Abiola Bello

The Sun Is Also a Star meets You’ve Got Mail in this YA Christmas love story set in a London Black-owned bookshop. 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.

Of note: Workplace Romance💼, Fat MC, London💂🇬🇧, Diverse MCs👫🏿
Publication date: October 3
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Sleepless in Dubai by Sajni Patel

In this hate-to-love teen rom-com, Nikki, an aspiring photographer, accompanies her family on a trip to Dubai to celebrate the five days of Diwali in style. It would be the trip of a lifetime, if Yash, the boy next door—with whom Nikki has a rocky history—wasn’t also on the flight. Oblivious to the tension, Nikki’s matchmaking family encourages Nikki to get better acquainted with Yash. It turns out a lot can change on a 12-hour flight beyond just continents. But can betrayals and conflicting ambitions be set aside long enough for the two teens to discover the true meaning of the Festival of Lights?

Of note: Friends-to-Lovers💗, Girl/Boy Next Door🏘️, Diwali🪔, Travel✈️, United Arab Emirates🇦🇪, Diverse MCs👫🏽
Publication date: October 24
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‘Tis the Damn Season by Kimi Freeman

A Hollywood starlet caught in a scandal. The boy she never got over. A Christmas season they’ll never forget… Told in a dual timeline and inspired by the Taylor Swift song of the same title, ‘Tis The Damn Season is a charming new contemporary romance destined to break your heart and put it right back together.

Of note: Second Chance💞, Celebrity MC🎤, Small Town🏡, Forced Proximity/One Bed🛏️, Closed Door🚪
Publication date: October 24
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