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The Mistletoe Kisser by Lucy Score
Ryan Sosa, grumpy former corporate accountant, has had it up to here with surprises. He didn’t see getting fired coming. And he certainly didn’t anticipate flying across the country to the world’s hippie-est, happiest, most annoying town to save his great-uncle from some mysterious emergency...Categorized as:
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The Sleight Before Christmas by Kate Stewart
From the author of The Plight Before Christmas and The Ravenhood trilogy comes a heartwarming, spicy, holiday-themed romantic dramedy with ALL OF THE FEELS.My kids are a**holes.Yeah, I said it. I said the thing no father is supposed to say about their children, and I’ll say it again because I miss my wife...Categorized as:
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On Circus Lane by Lily Morton
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe first time Bee Bannister met Tom Wright, he couldn’t stand him.Everything about the man aggravated him—his perfect hair and body, his confident arrogance, and the way he looked straight through Bee.Which is why it’s such an unpleasant shock to find that he’ll be sharing space with him while on a Christmas holiday with friends in Scotland... -
Scrooge and the Girls Next Door by Melanie Jacobson
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsWhen the sunniest woman in Creekville buys the house next to the grumpiest man on the street, sparks fly . . . and not just because she keep blowing his fuses...Paige Redmond has done everything the hard way, from her wild child past to being a single mother raising her own delightful wild child now. But since landing in Creekville, she's turned it all around...Categorized as:
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Crossing the Brooklyn Briggs by Dana LeCheminant
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHigh school teacher Brooklyn Briggs has always been great with chemistry but terrible with relationships. When a guy drops into her life—literally—and offers to coach her into getting a date with her longtime crush, she's willing to accept any help she can get.Even if her new flirting coach is her brother Houston's best friend, the guy who drove her crazy all throughout high school... -
Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin
From the author of Ayesha at Last comes a sparkling new rom-com for fans of "You've Got Mail," set in two competing halal restaurants. Sales are slow at Three Sisters Biryani Poutine, the only halal restaurant in the close-knit Golden Crescent neighborhood. Hana waitresses there part time, but what she really wants is to tell stories on the radio...Categorized as:
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One Enchanted Moment by Sarah Morgan
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsUSA TODAY bestselling author Sarah Morgan will sweep you away with her Puffin Island series! Life has just thrown Skylar Tempest a serious curveball. So she’s returned home to Puffin Island to regroup among friends. Unfortunately, that means seeing Alec Hunter, who’s become a big-deal TV historian. Sky’s never liked the cynical Alec, and the feeling was mutual. But maybe that was then... -
The Wishing Season by Denise Hunter
She daydreams of whipping up sauces and souffles in her own restaurant. His heart is set on helping foster children. Both dreams are at stake. So are their hearts. With grand plans to open her own bed & breakfast in Chapel Springs, PJ McKinley can't afford the most crucial part: the brick and mortar...Categorized as:
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Almost Christmas in Paradise by Evelyn Sola
The holiday season is the time for forgiveness, love and family. That’s why Drake has decided it’s time to finally deal with the left over baggage from his past. He thought he was ready. Two years should have been long enough to get over the hurt and wreckage his deceased father left behind. But Drake quickly realizes that’s not really the case...Categorized as:
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Welcome To Winterville by Carrie Elks
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHe's the kind of man who always gets what he wants. But this time she's going to make him work for it...When a ruthless company buys Holly Winter’s small home town, she’s determined to stop them.But then she comes face to face with the CEO. Josh Gerber is handsome, smooth, and disgustingly successful. He’s also the man that Holly spent a night with eight years ago...Categorized as:
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The Gutshot: A Small Town Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Gutshot is the final book in the series A Good Run Of Bad Luck and should be read in order. It was just another day in the life of being a small town cop.I’m a protector at heart, and always have been.Which is why I stepped up immediately after finding out I had a kid.Well…to be honest, I didn’t believe it at first... -
Love on Display by Dana LeCheminant
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThey’re sworn enemies. They also happen to be incredibly attracted to one another.After bonding at a half-marathon, rival gym owners Cam and Kailani discover the person they thought could be their soulmate turns out to be the reason their respective businesses are failing...Categorized as:
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Holiday Ever After by Amy Andrews, Kate Canterbary
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEleven sweet and sexy holiday stories from New York Times and USA Today best-selling authors! Grab a cup of cocoa and curl up with this collection that will warm your heart and curl your toes. Each story is a new standalone contemporary romance set within popular series, with no spoilers, no cliffhangers, never-before-featured couples, and hot happy endings...Categorized as:
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Another Christmas from Hell by R.L. Mathewson
Bryce has been avoiding his brother’s best friend since they were children, but now that she was living across the hall from him, staying away from her was the last thing that he wanted to do in this holiday romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author R.L. Mathewson.He wasn’t in love with her...Categorized as:
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Christmas at Rainbow Falls by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Sweet Small Town Romance Christmas at Rainbow Falls is a sweet small town romance written in the style of your favorite holiday movies, so grab a cup of cocoa and snuggle in for some yuletide cheer!When a disastrous mistake at work puts her career in jeopardy, Natalie Dunbar retreats to the small Vermont town of Rainbow Falls to settle the estate of an aunt she hardly knew... -
Another Day With Jory by Mary Calmes
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJory holiday ficlet from Mary Calmes...Categorized as:
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Accidental Vegas Daddy: An Enemies to Lovers Best Friend's Brother Romance by Ruby Emhart
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI accidentally married my best friend’s brother in Vegas.Now I’m pregnant.“Three million dollars. Going once, twice.SOLD!”“To the tall gentleman in the back.”A bachelorette auction, a blurry night in the city of Sin. Wickedly hot stranger in my bed and,A huge rock on my finger. WTF! I’m married?Shocked, I fled the city with my dirty little secret.A week later.. -
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.Katherine, an ambitious NYC attorney, gets diagnosed with a concussion and must be monitored for 48 hours to make sure it doesn't get worse... -
Prince of Sin by Ivy Wild
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s the reluctant mafia prince,my unlikely savior,and my wildest temptation. Ten years ago,I committed the ultimate sin,and he helped me cover it up. We spent one night together and then I ranI sought absolutionBut he? He found me. I saw something I shouldn’t have.My life should be forfeit,but he won’t let anyone touch me...Categorized as:
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This Is It by Tess Summers
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAre dads even allowed to be that hot? Paige When I woke up Christmas morning, I didn’t know if I’d been on Santa’s nice list this year—or his naughty one. Thinking back to the prior evening’s events, I decided it was definitely the naughty one. There had to be a mistake—I was always on the nice list... -
12 Days of Mistletoe: An Enemies to Lovers, Fake Dating, Holiday RomCom by Jen Atkinson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHow to end up in Christmas kissing lessons with your downstairs enemy… Break apartment rules? Guilty.Send holiday cards to the downstairs neighbor's grandma? Done. Accidentally become said neighbor's fake girlfriend for a family Christmas photo? Wait, what?I, Bonnie Miller, am no troublemaker. I’m just an anxious girl trying to keep my emotional support pup in a no-pets apartment building... -
A Very Bad Bet by Elana Johnson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes a wager only makes things more fun...She’s got seniority over the obnoxious grump next door, and she's determined to beat him out for the top job in their charming hometown. But a bold bet spins their rivalry into a flirty attraction that could change everything.Claudia:I was born to be the Cider Cove City Planner... -
Luca & Ivy and the Four Calling Birds by Ellie Hall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWould you rather be stranded in a snowstorm with Miss All-things Christmas or the Grinch?IvyIf you ever find yourself on the run, do not, I repeat, do not drive off the road and into an icy pond. Should you have such an accident, do not wander into the woods to a chalet with a blazing fire. But if you lose feeling in your toes and go inside to warm up, do not, I repeat, do not, doze off...Categorized as:
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Frosting Her Christmas Cookies : A Holiday Romantic Comedy by Alina Jacobs
Dear Santa, I do not want a Frost brother for Christmas. In fact I do not want anything for Christmas—no annoying Christmas carols, no holiday family drama, and no last-minute presents.And I certainly don’t want to be a bachelorette in The Great Christmas Bake-Off. Yes in the spirit of holiday commercialism, the bake-off is also a date-off and Jonathan Frost is the prize...Categorized as:
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Surprise Package by Donna Alam
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTechnically, I might be breaking and entering, I didn't come down the chimney. And I'm no Ho (Ho Ho) But I did get my hands on his . . . Surprise Package. When I arrive at my remote holiday cottage, I don't expect to find a hot Scotsman in my bed. I also don't plan on being snowed in with him. He says I have the wrong address—that the cottage is his, But I think there's another story... -
Dear Hattie by Cassie Mint
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsHattie’s Guide to Crushing on Your Workplace Arch Nemesis:Rule one: Do not engage. Do not give that doorway-leaning, sinful-smirking jerk the satisfaction.Rule two: No more late nights together in the office. No more sparks flying by the water cooler. And absolutely no tackling him into the corporate ball pit.Rule three: Never forget that you loathe each other. Never admit to any squishy feelings...Categorized as:
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A Manny for Christmas by Sara Madderson
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMOLLYSingle parenting is not what Nancy Meyers made it out to be. There isn’t a hydrangea or hot younger doctor in sight. Not even a charming widower with an improbably festive home.Instead, my life is all flaky ex-husband, messy kitchen, grimy (if gorgeous) kids, and an alarm call at the arse-crack of dawn each day. To top it off, I have no childcare. I’m desperate...Categorized as:
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His Christmas Gift by R.S. Elliot
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy high school enemy is my new boss. He’s also my fake fiancé and now…I’m having his baby.AutumnWhen my aunt sold her gym, I thought I was going to lose my job.Instead, I just got a new billionaire boss.The man I crushed on in high school even though he and his friends bullied me relentlessly.Dean is still gorgeous, confident, and totally not my type...Categorized as:
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Jingle Bell Games by Cat Wynn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLara Blunt is a grouch, but she’s a grouch who works at the merriest little Christmas shop in town, The Jingle Bell. Lara can’t wait for her Christmas Eve shift to end so she can sulk at home by herself with a bottle of rum. Her manager (and the owner’s son!) Leo Nicoli, on the other hand, is full of holiday cheer, and he’s had his eyes on Lara since the day she stomped into his store...Categorized as:
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Mistletoe Hearts by Nana Malone
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWhat’s a girl supposed to do when she’s secretly in love with her best friend? I’ll give you a hint. It’s not accompany him home for the holidays and pretend to be his girlfriend. How did I even end up here? I’ll tell you how. I got lost in Justin Morrison’s baby blues, that’s how. Ever since Justin rescued me from my no good cheating ex - I’ve had a thing for him... -
How the Grinch Stole My Heart by Annabelle Costa
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSingle mom Noelle can’t stand her crotchety next-door neighbor. She’s never met the man in person, but Mr. Grieder, a.k.a. Mr. Grinch, leaves her nasty notes whenever her son plays in the hallway. He complained until their doorman got rid of the beautiful Christmas tree in the lobby. He even slammed his door on the Girl Scout Carolers... -
The Single Mother's Christmas With A Billionaire (Christmas Novellas) by Shay Violet
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was supposed to be a Christmas vacation.No cell phone. No computer. No work.No men.Just time for me to relax with my best friends and my kids.And then, I threw a snowball and it hit him.Oh no. This retreat was supposed to be a way to cool my head...but this billionaire is bringing on the heat.I'm not used to this.I've spent years focusing on my work and raising my kids...Categorized as:
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Miles Apart by Tanvier Peart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTest-driving the best friend of my best friend's husband between the sheets is off-limits. I know it, and so does Miles.We're not friends and only tolerate each other in small doses whenever our paths cross. Miles Walker is a pain in my side who challenges me to no end. But he's also my mirror who sees all of me, even the parts I try to hide. Fate seems hell-bent on bringing Miles and me together...Categorized as:
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Mad About Yule: A Rivals to Lovers Small Town Romantic Comedy by Genny Carrick
Santa came early this year, and he brought me a big lump of coalWhen I asked for volunteers to help with our small town Christmas festival, I should have been more specific.Griffin McBride—the arrogant blast from my past who barges in like he’s taking over the project—isn’t who I had in mind.I want my gossip-fueled town to whisper about my successes instead of my failures for a change...Categorized as:
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Roadside Attractions by Mara Quinn
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsStella and Roman were supposed to be forever.However, that was before Roman left Stella with nothing but a note detailing vague plans to "find himself" and see new places. Now, it's just Stella, her broken heart, and an extra half of the rent to pay.Enter Wyatt Song--free-spirited, infuriatingly attractive, and a notorious player. Roman's best friend, and the bane of Stella's existence... -
Mistletoe Face Off: A Christmas Hockey Romcom by Kate O'Keeffe
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNote to Next time I need a big story, maybe don't pick a fight with a hot hockey player dressed as Santa. Especially if he's hiding something...HollyMy assignment to cover the Chicago Blizzard's Christmas charity events turns unexpectedly into a viral feud with star defenseman Harrison Clarke—in a Santa suit.It gets weirder... -
The Reindeer Falls Collection: Volume 1 by Jana Aston
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsListening length: 6 hours, 41 minutesIt’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!Welcome to Reindeer Falls.Grab a mug of hot cocoa and a comfortable chair and enjoy all three novellas in the Reindeer Falls Collection in one volume...Categorized as:
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Christmas Carol by Jordan Marie
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCrude. Surly. Mean.That was the reputation Cyrus Martinez had—especially this time of year.Cyrus hated everything about Christmas.Every. Single. Thing.He didn’t believe in the joy of the season.Life had dealt him blow after blow and now he lived for himself and no one else.The one good thing in his life, was baseball and fate had been trying to mess that up too... -
Christmas at the Borrow a Bookshop by Kiley Dunbar
'Tis the season for finding love… and the perfect bookWith just two weeks until Christmas, everything in Clove Lore should be perfect. But the latest holidaymaker to the Borrow a Bookshop is feeling far from festive…Icelandic ex-bookseller Magnús Sturluson might be surrounded by love stories in the Bookshop, but he’s nursing a sadness that not even fiction can fix...Categorized as:
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Hate, Rinse, Repeat by Whitney Dineen, Melanie Summers
Christmas is a time for hate... Maisy Moore is not looking forward to the holiday season. As owner of the only hair salon in Gamble, Alaska, she’ll be run off her feet helping her clients get dolled up for Christmas and New Years Eve parties. Parties she’ll never be invited to.But that’s not the worst of it...Categorized as:
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Done and Done by Leonor Soliz
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAlex is insufferable, ridiculously hot, and my colleague. I can barely stand him… yet I can’t resist him. A one-night stand with my grumpy co-manager was no big deal when he planned to quit and leave town. Except he’s back, and not even my mom’s famous ropa vieja can make things better... -
Leaning Into a Wish by Lane Hayes
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRyan Haskell loves everything about the wine business. He's fortunate to work at one of the most prestigious wineries in Napa Valley doing something he enjoys with the people who are like family to him. But he could do without the good-natured intern slash former jock with the wicked grin who always seems to be in the way... -
The Wicked Prince by Vivian Wood
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI was born to a crown that I don’t want.My name is His Royal Highness Prince Stellan Augustus Løve. I’m big, brawny, and brainy. More importantly, I know that duty and honor come before what I want... but it’s so hard to be perfect. When I meet pretty, pink haired, punk-rock Margot, I make myself a deal. I can have her… but only for one earth shattering night... -
My Grumpy Christmas Campanion : A Fun, Feel-Good Holiday RomCom by Kimberly Krey
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt was dislike at first sight.Now they’re snowed-in at a campsite.*** Get it before the price changes!***When Pyper shows up to a winter festival half-a-day early to beat the storm, she learns the event has been put on hold. Now she’s stuck alone in a campsite with a blizzard that’s getting worse with each furious flake... -
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My Grumpy Christmas Camp-anion : A Fun, Feel-Good Holiday RomCom by Kimberly Krey
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt was dislike at first sight.Now they’re snowed-in at a campsite.*** Get it before the price changes!***When Pyper shows up to a winter festival half-a-day early to beat the storm, she learns the event has been put on hold. Now she’s stuck alone in a campsite with a blizzard that’s getting worse with each furious flake...Categorized as:
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Summer at the Santorini Bookshop by Rebecca Raisin
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDon’t miss the new novel from the bestselling author of The Little Venice Bookshop!A Greek island holiday. A fake-dating pact. A chance at true love?After losing her job as a book scout, hopeless romantic Evie needs a fresh start. So when she hears that her eccentric grandmother has just taken on a small bookshop in Santorini, Evie jumps at the chance to visit her...Categorized as:
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Flirting with the Scrooge by Gia Stevens
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA spicy holiday grumpy sunshine standalone novel by romantic comedy author Gia Stevens… ‘Twas a month before Christmas, and all through the town,Everyone was ready to celebrate, except my hot and grumpy new neighbor.Christmas is my favorite time of year with the festive parties and holiday cheer...Categorized as:
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Merry Little Mishap by Vivian Mae
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNick Stafford isn’t just my older, sexy neighbor, he’s the charming handyman who has seen my panties stuck to my dress on more than one occasion.Yup. Super embarrassing... -
Hard To Love by Mayra Statham
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsTurner Hayden is hard to love.I like being as tough as the concrete I pour for a living. I’m not a people person. Or at least that was the case until I moved into my new place and met my sweet neighbor.One look at her, and I lost my mind. Some might think I’m a little obsessed, a borderline stalker, when it comes to her, but I have my reasons... -
Christmas at the Highland Flower Shop by Lucy Coleman
Four months. One impossible task. It's time to save Christmas.Bella Reed has worked at The Highland Flower Shop ever since she left college and now her Aunt Jane has handed the keys and the lease over to her. With the business under her reign, Bella is ready to hit the ground running - until she's dealt a massive blow. They're being evicted...
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