Put These Holiday Romance Books on Your TBR List This Year

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Let's face it: We don't have to wait for December to get caught up in a new Christmas romance book. As soon as the weather turns crisp, you'll find us happily curled up on the sofa reading a new novel. There are plenty of fall books and spooky Halloween novels to read this year, but once you're finished with those, it's time to move on to the holiday reading. And for us, the holiday season means romance novels. There's just something about a cozy Christmas romance that seems perfect for the season. They're basically the book versions of Hallmark Christmas movies.

Lucky for us, there are plenty of Christmas romance books to choose from this year. Some of our favorite authors are back with romance novels for the season. We're more than ready to count down to the holiday with these new books.

Love, Holly

The holidays are a difficult time for Holly. Each year. she writes a letter to a stranger as a "lonely hearts club" letter writing exchange. This year, she gets a letter from an elderly woman desperate to reconnect with her estranged grandson. Holly sets out to help her and heal her own heart along the way.

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Just Like Magic

Bettie Hughes shows off her extravagant lifestyle on social media, but in real life, she's broke, and even her family doesn't know the truth. In an unexpected turn of events, Bettie plays a Christmas record backward and conjures Hall, the Holiday Spirit, who just happens to be handsome and charming. Hall helps Bettie embrace the Christmas spirit, but what will happen once his time in her life is up?

A Winter in New York: A Novel

A Holly Jolly Ever After: A Christmas Notch Novel (A Christmas Notch, 2)

Once Upon a December

This holiday romance has a magical twist. Jack Clausen is trapped in the Christmas market—every four weeks, he jumps to the next December, leaving everyone he's met behind. He loves this lifestyle until he meets newly divorced Astra Noel Snow and they go on a series of dates, leaving them wondering what the future could hold.

Kiss Her Once for Me

Cochrun follows up The Charm Offensive with this new holiday rom-com. Ellie Oliver finds herself alone and jobless before finding work at a coffee shop. Her landlord, Andrew, makes an unexpected proposal: A marriage of convenience to help him secure his inheritance. Ellie is on board with the plan until she meets (and falls for) Andrew's sister.

The Key to My Heart

Lia Louis follows up Eight Perfect Hours with this heartfelt romance. Natalie Fincher is lost more than two years after her husband's unexpected death. She plays the public piano at a local train station, only to find that a stranger has been leaving her sheet music of her husband's favorite songs. She investigates the mystery and finds herself feeling hopeful for the first time in a long while.

The Christmas Clash

Chloe and Peter are high school rivals whose parents own competing restaurants at the mall's food court. When the malls future is put at risk, Chloe and Peter must put their differences aside to try to save their family businesses.

Meet Me Under the Mistletoe

Author of The Twelve Dates of Christmas, Jenny Bayliss is back with another holiday romance. Bookshop owner Elinor Noel reunites with her private school friends for a wedding at a castle, where she meets gardener Isaac. Elinor must decide what she wants her future to look like as she gets close to Isaac.

The Naughty Or Nice Clause

Lyla's father retires as the CEO of a toy company, but instead of leaving his shares to her, he gives them to investor Mason Klaus. Lyla can't stand Mason, but they must learn to run the company together. When she throws the holiday party against Mason's wishes, the event ends in a fire. Mason agrees to forgive Lyla on one condition: She attend his family's Christmas festivities with him.

All I Want for Christmas

Maggie Knox (the pen name for authors Karma Brown and Marissa Stapley) follows up last year's The Holiday Swap with this new rom-com. Country singers Sadie and Max don't get along, but when their duet on the reality show Starmaker stuns the world, they are forced to team up on and off stage.

The Holiday Trap

Greta Russakoff lives close to her family in Maine and is need of a change of scenery. Truman Belvedere finds out his boyfriend has a secret family and needs to escape New Orleans. The two decide to swap houses for the holidays, and they both find more than they ever expected.

A Merry Little Meet Cute

Best-selling authors Julia Murphy (Dumplin') and Sierra Simone (American Queen) team up for this steamy holiday romance. Actress Bee Hobbes's career takes a turn when she is cast in a family-friendly Christmas movie. She discovers her costar is none other than ex-boy band member (and her childhood crush) Nolan Shaw.

A Very Merry Bromance

Fans of the Bromance Book Club books will be excited about Lyssa Kay Adams's latest installment, her fifth in the series. This novel centers on country star Colton Wheeler and his second chance at love with Gretchen Winthrop.

Wishing on a Star

Anna Heath is a single mom who has given up on looking for love. Football star Sam Jackman gave up his career and moved to London, where he encounters Anna and her daughter and finds himself at the start of something special.

Something from Tiffany's

Ethan takes his girlfriend Vanessa to New York for the holidays, where he plans to propose with the perfect ring from Tiffany's. Meanwhile, Gary and his girlfriend Rachel are on a trip of their own, but Gary has forgotten her gift, so he gets a charm bracelet from Tiffany's. Gary and Ethan's bags get switched, giving them holidays neither one expected. Read Melissa Hill's novel before the Prime Video movie debuts on December 9.

The Christmas Spirit

Best-selling author Debbie Macomber is the queen of holiday novels. This new book finds pastor Peter and his friend and bartender Hank swapping jobs until Christmas Eve. The challenge changes their lives forever.

Home Sweet Christmas

Camryn Neff is spending Christmas in Wishing Tree to take care of her sister. When she meets hotelier Jake Crane and has undeniable chemistry with him, she suggests they pair up, just for the holidays. Will she be able to return to her real life in Chicago, or will Wishing Tree become her new home?

Eight Nights of Flirting

Shira Barbanel is determined to find a boyfriend in time for Hanukkah. She even has the perfect candidate in mind, her uncle's assistant, Isaac. The only snag in her plan: She's a terrible flirt. When Shira gets snowed in with her nemesis, Tyler, he agrees to give her flirting lessons in exchange for career connections.

The Christmas Cupid

Zoey Beake works as a toy shop elf, but, after a breakup and a bad haircut, she's having a rough December. She gets the chance for a do-over when she's sent back to the beginning of the month on one condition: She must set up six couples in time for Christmas Eve.

Holiday Romance

Friends Molly and Andrew are traveling for the holidays when their plane is grounded by a snowstorm. The two have spent the past 10 years beside each other on the flight from Chicago to Ireland. When the weather threatens their plans, Molly vows to find a way to get Andrew home in time for Christmas dinner. The adventure has them wondering if their friendship could be something more.

Holidays in Virgin River: Romance Stories for the Holidays

This is a must-read for any fans of the Netflix hit Virgin River. It's the 22nd book in Robyn Carr's Virgin River series and includes recipes inspired by her characters.

Lovelight Farms (The Lovelight Series Book 1)

Stella Bloom’s Christmas tree farm is in trouble. She enters a contest with a social media influencer in hopes of winning a cash prize, but in her application, she lies to make her story seem more romantic and says she runs the farm with her boyfriend. Only, there is no boyfriend in the picture. Enter Luka Peters, Stella's longtime best friend who is up for the fake dating rouse. But what happens when feelings get involved?

You're a Mean One, Matthew Prince

Matthew Prince is young and rich, but after one public mistake his parents send him away to live with his grandparents in their charming small town. There he encounters local Hector Martinez. The two are forced to share a space and team up to attend a charity gala and discover that even a Grinch can find love. This is a follow-up to Janovsky's Never Been Kissed but stands alone.

A Wish for Winter

Grieving bookseller Susan Norcross is set up on a series of dates by her friends—all on major holidays—and finds herself facing one dating fail after another. Her mother and grandmother both fell in love with men dressed as Santa, and Susan wonders if she'll meet the same fate.

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