#christmas romance novel

[sweetarethediscords]

A holiday romance that will warm you up in all the right ways!

Big city businesswoman Renee is far too focused on her professional career to find a partner, so when the holidays come around she likes to treat herself to a night filled with her wildest fantasies, delivered by one of the many handsome male escorts for hire from the Feelgood Fantasies agency.

However, when a one-night cabin rendevous with an eager lumberjack turns into six days snowed in with a stranger, Renee must figure out how to balance work and want, especially when it seems her lumberjack wants to be more than just a holiday lay.

Himbo for The Holidays is available now on Kindle for ONLY $5 or for FREE with Kindle Unlimited!

[teahmugs01]

A job well done ~ ^^

By the Peach Tree is now available on Webtoon!

[dianaleaghmatthews]

Christmas in Northern Hearts by Laurie Wood

Christmas in Northern Hearts by Laurie Wood

Northern Hearts (Heroes of the Tundra Book 2) is my Christmas novella set in the real-life town of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. It’s called the Polar Bear Capitol of the World. I set my entire series there, and my husband and I flew up in 2019 so that I could do proper research on the town and its polar bear research facilities. I set this story during the Christmas in between Northern Deception…

[seraphinitegames]

Christmas in Wayhaven.

It’s magical.

…Quite literally.

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Christmas has come to Wayhaven, and you and Unit Bravo have been thrown into another mystery with a little more sparkle than usual!

Upside-down Christmas trees, toys springing to life, and an army of waddling plastic Santas are just some of the magical festive pranks being cast on townsfolk and places alike.

To find whoever is casting these supernatural antics, you and the team of vampires are sent chasing around town in search of the merry Christmas culprit before magic is revealed to everyone in Wayhaven.

But the festive spirit brings with it a dreamy air that makes all too easy to get distracted by just how romantic Christmas can be with a vampire at your side…

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Grab it on Itch.io, or join our Patreon Community for exclusive epilogues* and goodies and enjoy this short, novella-style interactive side-story set within the world of Wayhaven, where you are the main character! It’s a Christmas tale filled with cozy festive fun and plenty of fluffy romantic moments.

(This game can be played as a Stand-Alone story away from the main series of The Wayhaven Chronicles. But it should be noted that it does involve characters and relationships that have developed already during the main games, but extra explanation is provided throughout where needed to help you enjoy it to the fullest!)

*Holiday Magic will be part of the Crow Quill tier and up and the Epilogues are available on the Swan Quill tier and up. Stock media provided by ikoliks / Pond5 Stock media provided by Canva

[thebisexualwreckoning]

Slowly collecting every single Marissa Meyer book as if I’m a dragon and they are my horde

[the-pardon-my-french]

How good? Really good. I laughed. I cried.

[what-is-my-aesthetic]

Next big song of the christmas time!

[measuredandslow]

Having way too much fun making Trope Tree Ornaments! Up next is enemies to lovers ☺️

[mermaidsirennikita]

🎄Romance Advent🎄 Day 24: Glory and the Master of Shadows by Grace Callaway

One-sentence summary: A duke's daughter determined to succeed in a society of secret vigilantes begs for mentorship from a master warrior--while he resists, knowing that too much time spent with her will snap his control.

Why read it: This book is so different among historicals, for so many reasons. It concerns itself with the Opium Wars! The hero and heroine are both of Chinese descent (although Glory does pass for white, on paper at least--Callaway's backstory for Glory's heritage is a little complex, but also places her in an intriguing position opposite Wei, who is fully recognized as a Chinese man living in England). Callaway discussed basing this on wuxia movies she grew up watching, and it shows--there is intense fighting, a young pupil mentored by a master (in every sense of the word), and star-crossed love. Grace just... also writes explicit sex, and very well.

Lives in my brain rent-free: Wei spends a lot of time trying to keep himself from going after Glory. He's into revenge, she's too young for him (his angst over this is great, and for the record the age gap is like... 10-12 years, with Glory being around 21), the world will never accept their love, etc. But this one time..... he does eat her out in like. A hallway. Within earshot of her parents' bedroom. He couldn't help it!

[sarahsupastar]

*Gasp!* A romance novel acknowledged the existence of aro people!

In classic cliché fashion, the protagonist begins by saying he doesn't ever really get feelings for anybody - essentially describing an aro experience, though he's presumably allo. BUT! Instead of following the cliché by then having him meet "the right person" and finally fall in love, this author had someone immediately clock the aro vibes of that statement and directly ask the protagonist if he's aromantic! And then, instead of just perfunctorily checking the box for acknowledging aro people exist and having him say no and move on, the author has him explain that what he means by "I don't get feelings" is: "I had my heart broken and have since actively avoided developing romantic feelings at all costs" - Not: "I've never experienced romantic attraction before this one special person"

[taelonsamada]

👀 So I Wrote Another Book…

😅 yeah… one of several reasons why I’ve been slow to update fanfics is… I wrote another book! Kind of. It’s a novella. Barely 35k words 😅 I wrote a Christmas novella followup to my mafia rom-com story!! Just a cute little holiday romance following Carter and Evelyn as they celebrate Christmas 😅….while dealing with a hit squad that’s stalking them, looking for any chance they can get to take out Carter 👀 😉 and Carter refuses to let Evelyn’s joy over the holidays be ruined by something as foolish as a bunch of trained mercenaries trying to kill them 😈 😏 😆

If you want to read it, “Mobster Under the Mistletoe” is available in ebook and paperback on Amazon!!

😆 now that that’s out of my system, back to the fanfics! ♥️

[thiswaycomessomethingwicked]

Napoleon repeatedly asking Arthur if he's going to wear a kilt. Arthur grumps he won't until the very end when he of course he caves.

Oh my god yes

Napoleon first asks as a joke, then he becomes serious about it because Arthur becomes so huffy

Arthur is just like, This damn Frenchman thinks I as a (anachronisticly*) Scottish Duke wear a kilt all the time—I dinnae want this

Napoleon: kilt! Kilt! Kilt! Also my money from my schlocky romance novels will save your castle from ruin

Arthur:

Arthur: FINE. I guess.

*he was so very much not scottish. W/e that’s where the movie takes place

[nothwell]

concept: a holiday romance anthology featuring holidays from any tradition or religion except Christianity. this idea brought to you by the bazillion "holiday" romances that are all Christmas. stay tuned for my Lupercalia romance novella.

[seraphinitegames]

The Wayhaven Chronicles - Update 8/Dec/2023

Wow, I can’t remember the last time things have been so intense and hectic, hehe!

Holiday Magic is really steaming ahead ready for the release date, which be revealed along with the amazing teaser trailer Nai has put together next week! I’m SO excited for it, I’m having to be really careful not to spoil anything, lol! :D

One thing I was really happy with though this week was figuring out how to manage and do the coding for which vampire ending you get in the love triangle route. I didn’t want to just pick for the reader and only pick one of the vampire’s endings no matter what, but I couldn’t think of how to make it work.

Then the most obvious answer came to me: Have it based on the reader’s choices! I mean, yeah, it’s obvious, especially as it’s a choice-based game, lol!

So, I have a stat that tracks which vampire the reader is choosing throughout the game during the love triangle choice moments: Adam/Ava or Nate/Nat, then the ending is based on their choices. Then if those points somehow manage to be balanced (which they shouldn’t be but just in case, lol) it will be a random one!

Phew! That was the last thing that was hanging over me, so it’s a major relief to get that in and finalized.

But playing through the whole thing, with the music and everything, is giving me the exact light, fluffy, and fun vibes I was so desperate for in this game! Romance and festive fun is definitely the outcome! Hopefully it will be the perfect short side story to help fill the gap between Book Three and Four!

It’s been a very different process of writing from the main series (and much more condensed than usual, lol!), yet I’ve enjoyed it SO much! But…I’m already itching to get back to the Book Four and throw the vampires and the MC into some intensity and melodrama once again, mwahahaha! ;D

Hope you all have the most magical weekend! We’ll be offline as usual., so I’ll update you all again next Friday! Can’t wait for the teaser trailer to come out, which will be happening on Tuesday! <3

[thesurielsteacorner]

Merry bookmas 🎄🧣❄️🎅🏻☕️

[qkayoostudio]

hope you all have a wonderful couple of festive days ahead, and a beautiful new year in the making🥰🫶 thanks so much for sticking around this past year.

very happy holidays from all of the summit librarians, too! looks like even Aias got you something, hoho🤭