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💃 Holiday Romance Recommendations
Last Christmas Crush
A romantic forbidden romance where a woman connects with her ex’s best friend. Chiara explores her post-breakup feelings and improves her family’s brand during Napa’s Christmas food and wine festival. But when she runs into her ex’s best friend, she’s amazed by the sweet man who she should have chosen before.
Good Duke Gone Wild
This is a cute wintery historical romance where the Duke hires a bookseller to liquidate his personal library. Caroline is holding her bookstore and her family together while she secretly writes erotic romance. This isn’t a holiday book, but the soft and cozy wintery vibes makes it a perfect read for your holidays.
Make the Season Bright
Two exes find themselves together for Christmas at the holidays. If you watched Happiest Season on Hulu and wanted Aubrey Plaza and Kristen Stewart to get together, you’d like this.
A Christmas Gone Perfectly Wrong
Andrew has Christmas under control. He has no reason to drive a woman to a house party before heading home. But when a carriage mishap and a snowstorm strand the two together, the journey becomes a scandal.
How the Dukes Stole Christmas
Four books from Tessa Dare, Sarah MacLean, Sophie Jordan, and Joanna Shupe. Snatch this up on Amazon right now and use it to finish out your year-end reading goals!
A Holiday by Gaslight
Sophie must marry outside of her social class to ensure her family’s survival. But Ned is grim and silent, and she’s ready to end their courtship after only two months. When she invites him for Christmas, he has one last chance to win her back.
Map of a Lady’s Heart
As a duke’s secretary, Viola is practical and knows how to handle trouble. But when the Earl of Winterton arrives with his rebellious nephew right before a blizzard strikes, she’s faced with more more than she ever expected.
🎉 Romance Releases
Contemporary | ||
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Boys Who Hunt by Clarissa Wild | Never Bargain with the Boss by Lauren Landish | Heart of Thorns by S.J. Sylvis and S. Massery |
Fantasy | ||
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The Wild Wolf’s Rejected Mate by Cate C. Wells | A Sky of Emerald Stars by A.K. Mulford | Goddess of Light by Karina Halle |
Historical | ||
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A Tempest of Desire by Lorraine Heath | The Earl’s Absolutely Merry Match by Eva Devon | The Secret Daughter by Anne Gracie |
💌 Romancelandia News
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🥰 Free Books
Bragg’s Christmas by D.E. Haggerty
Only One Bed by Keira Andrews
Happy Christmas Eve by Jackie Ladbury
The Cowboy’s Christmas Miracle by Anne McAllister
Milked for the Holidays by Vivian Murdoch
Unwrapping His Naughty Secret by Chloe Maine
Stolen Vows by Cassia Quinn
Fat & Fine by Mary E Thompson
Accidentally in Bloom by Elise Kennedy
Royal Player by Katie McCoy
Once Upon a Christmas by Margaret Watson
Billionaire for Christmas by Laurie Baxter
My Christmas Alien Mate by Bella Blair
Dear Santa, with Love by Elodie Nowadazkij
Star-Crossed Holiday by Sarah Deeham
Mr. Big by Nana Malone
Forget Me Twice by Carina Taylor
Santa’s Coming by Serena Pier
💫 The Classifieds
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