Last Christmas, I gave her my heart, but the very next day… Well, you know how it goes. Merritt Perkins has spent an entire year thinking maybe it was too cliche to be real. Dylan Camber: the cute private chef, and her: the nanny—connecting over being tucked away in the Rockies while working through the holidays. She thought they had something special, but immediately after parting, Dylan seemed to fall off the face of the earth. Not a single call, text, or even a DM for a year. Ghosted at Christmas, a fate worse than even Dickens could have imagined. So maybe Merritt is a little extra icy this year when Dylan shows up to the holiday house again. And maybe she throws an outright tantrum when they have to share a bedroom. And maybe her entire head explodes when Dylan thinks they deserve a second chance at all the fun that they had last year. It’s going to be a long two weeks of resisting a truly irresistible woman.

Will the Christmas magic help these two friends take a shot at love? Morgan Bergman doesn’t want to go home for Christmas. She loves her family, but since her parents retired and her sister moved back to their hometown of Apfelville to take over the family business, she’s been avoiding them, feeling guilty about choosing her rising career in New York over her family. Angie Gutiérrez would love to spend the holidays with her family, but she doesn’t have a choice. Moving to New York from Colombia to follow her dream of becoming a filmmaker means sacrifices need to be made, like spending the holidays alone. Spending the holidays together in Apfelville seems the perfect solution. Morgan can use her best friend’s support and Angie doesn’t have to be on her own. There’s only one complication. All their friends and family think they should be together. Hiding romantic feelings for your best friend is already hard enough without everyone meddling. Maybe all it takes is for one of them to take a chance.

After getting married right out of college, Jordan and Spencer Barlowe were sure their love would last a lifetime. Unfortunately, life didn't work out that way and they've spent the last ten years apart. The only connection they have left is their teenage daughter. When Jordan travels from her current home in Florida back to Pennsylvania so her daughter, Penny, can stay with her mom and Jordan can attend the first indoor track and field meet hosted by her alma mater, she ends up spending a lot more time with her ex-wife than she originally planned. Is Christmas magic (and some intervening from their teenage daughter) enough to bring Jordan and Spencer back together or is it too late?

Piper Fairway is Castle Hollow’s last hope, which means they’re kind of screwed. With property developer Michael Landgrave trying to buy out the small-town center and pave it over, the town’s best hope is their Christmas Committee revitalizing the old Christmas festival the town used to be famous for. Unfortunately, Piper is the only member of the committee. But when aloof legal writer Lyra Simmons visits town to spend the holidays away after a breakup, and Piper invites herself as her welcoming committee, a new friendship—and an accidental fake relationship—might just save Castle Hollow. If Piper can get herself together. Frankly, it doesn’t seem likely. The Christmas Committee is a 50,000-word small-town toaster-oven romance featuring fake dating, finding a sense of home, and Piper’s family, which is kind of all that needs to be said about that. Content warnings for on-page sex, a cartoonishly obnoxious villain, and holiday tacos.

Can one look change a life forever? They say magic happens at Christmas. Eve Lux was about to find this out when she accepts a much needed ride from Carly Campbell to help fulfill her mother’s last wishes. Come along on this holiday adventure complete with music, a road trip through a snowstorm, a very wise Grandma, and a Christmas miracle that comes in the form of an adorable little dog named Fletcher.

Charlie Monroe loves everything about Baxter Tree Farm. From the smell of the pine trees to the shimmer of Christmas lights, Charlie is at home on the farm. Having managed the farm since graduating high school, Charlie considers herself an expert on all things Christmas trees. Her dream is to continue to grow the place she loves so much and make it a must visit place in Maine. But when the owner dies just before Christmas and leaves half the farm to Charlie, the last thing she expects is the other new owner to be her high school rival. And for her to still look so damn beautiful. Delaney Baxter doesn’t know the first thing about owning a Christmas tree farm. After living in Florida since college, it has been years since Delaney has seen snow or even bothered to put up a tree for the holidays. She’s reluctant to go back to her hometown to settle her aunt’s affairs. And when she finds out Charlie also inherited half of the farm, Delaney is ready to leave town as soon as possible. After calling a truce for the holidays, Delaney slowly begins to realize that Charlie isn’t the villain she’d remembered her to be. As for Charlie, she’s wondering why Delaney looks so perfectly at home sitting in the kitchen. Can these two former rivals learn to work together in life and love? Or will their Christmas inheritance tear them further apart?

Nothing says “Merry Christmas” more than arriving at the adorable inn your mom has booked for your family and seeing your former babysitter, and first crush, sitting behind the desk. Turns out Madelyn Hawthorne is the owner, and after a massive snowstorm traps us, we’re all going to be getting pretty cozy for the next week. Both of us are all grown up, and she’s looking even more beautiful than she did all those years ago. Sparks fly over endless cups of peppermint hot chocolate in front of the fire, and I know I’m dangerously close to falling harder than the snow outside.

Lowen Hayes is overworked, overtired, and over it. After her boss gives her yet another task she can’t refuse, Lowen finally decides to do something for herself—forgoing the family Christmas time in favour of a solo trip to London. Amidst Christmas markets, hot drinks, and catching up with friends, she meets Ellis—the intriguing nonbinary toyshop employee Lowen was not expecting. And xe just happens to be everywhere Lowen is. A series of mixups tosses the two into a fake relationship that might just be the Christmas magic Lowen needs to get through the holidays. A Little Christmas Magic is a 40k fake-dating holiday romance featuring only one bed, found family, and Christmas in London.