Whether it’s Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Year’s, this list of closed door romances is sure to give you the cozy, heartwarming cheer you need this holiday season.
THANKSGIVING
No-Kiss November by G.G. Andrew
Ever since Murray Carver cursed Riley’s great-grandmother at Oak Bend’s annual Thanksgiving festival seven decades ago, the women in her family have been unlucky in love. Infidelity. Divorce. Death by parade float. After her own series of heartbreaks, Riley lives by firm rules: Only date unsuitable men. Never fall in love. And absolutely never kiss a man in November.
But when her great-aunt needs assistance organizing Oak Bend’s upcoming Thanksgiving festival, Riley flies to New England to help. Oak Bend is unimaginably cute, but unfortunately so is the town mayor: Stone Carver, a single dad… and the great-grandson of the man who cursed her family.
The sparks that fly between Riley and Stone are brighter than the leaves falling from the autumn trees. But Stone can’t seem to convince Riley that the curse is all in her head — especially when she knows the dangers of falling in love during decorative gourd season.
Can Riley and Stone find a way to kiss her curse goodbye by Thanksgiving?
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CHRISTMAS
The Christmas Wish by Lindsey Kelk
Newly single lawyer Gwen Baker is hoping that a family Christmas—countryside, a mountain of food and festive films—will salve the sting of her career hanging by a thread and her heart being trampled on. Because everyone else has their life sorted: even Dev, her boy-next-door crush, is now a tall, dark and handsome stranger with a fiancée. She can’t help wishing her future was clearer.
Then Gwen wakes up to discover it’s Christmas day all over again. Like Groundhog Day but with eggnog. And family arguments. On repeat.
As she figures out how to escape her own particular Christmas hell, Dev is the one bright spot. He might be all grown-up but underneath he’s just as kind and funny as she remembers.
Maybe, just maybe, her heart can be mended after all.
But how do you fall in love with someone who can’t remember you from one day to the next?
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NEW YEAR’S
The Do Over by Sharon M. Peterson
“Look, you’re a nice girl but I don’t think we should see each other anymore.” The voicemail ends and I freeze in the dentist’s chair as I realize… I’ve just been dumped on live radio.
It took the most humiliating break-up for me to see that my life is in serious need of a do-over. Cue my anti New Year’s resolutions that even I can’t fail at:
1. Stop dating. (Men are the worst.)
2. Stop trying to lose weight. (I’m never giving up chocolate.)
3. Stop working so hard. (Selling mortgages is not my dream career.)
4. Stop trying to live up to unrealistic expectations. (Start living my best life.)
5. Stop trying to please my mother. (It’s not possible.)
But it turns out number five is harder than I thought, as she begins her campaign to get me back with my ex. So, what’s the perfect solution to keep her out of my love life? An imaginary boyfriend—at least he was supposed to be imaginary until I blurted out my neighbor’s name…
Nate, the bad boy next door with gorgeous hazel eyes, a razor-sharp jawline and a mysterious scar, might be hot, but he’s definitely not my boyfriend. Now all I need to do is stick to my resolutions while also keeping my interfering family away from my non-existent lover who has no idea that we’re fake dating. What could possibly go wrong?
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