#queer christmas romance

[justme-victoria]

The Christmas Setup (2020)

[jrhartauthor]

This Christmas, there are plenty of LGBTQ+ couples finding their way under the mistletoe in books.

Find some to root for in these romances here (including in This Christmas, where there really is a mistletoe moment!)

[queerclarkkent]

Okay so my dad has dyslexia and he's trying to write my mum a love letter but he can't spell it

So he enlisted the help of my sister - who is ALSO dyslexic

So they came to me, weirdly, and asked me to help them write it

Two dyslexics and an aromantic write a love letter : a play in irony

[talons-and-teeth]

Your Taste, Forever on My Tongue

Pairing: Elain/Lucien

Rating: M

Summary: Elain's office is running a Secret Santa event that coincides with the launch of the new website which she's leading on. She happens to get allocated the last person she could ever think of getting a gift for.

Merry Christmas, @makememakesense ! It's me, your Secret Santa!

Thank you so much being so lovely and giving me so many ideas for this AU, I really hope I got it (somewhat) right!

Thank you also to the @acotargiftexchange organisers for giving me this opportunity. This is my first ever fic and I've been so nervous about it, but I'm so glad to have done it for such a joyful community. Special thanks goes to my wife @mmiscbutterflies for helping me brainstorm and bring my 'Love, Actually' vision to life, and generally talk me down from the proverbial ledge when I became anxious/was not in the right headspace to write. Love you always.

Read on AO3 here

Snippet below:

Elain was late.

Not her usual, sorry I’m late-I couldn’t resist-there was a new cafe I just had to try on the way- late, but a fuck me-I slept through five alarms-maybe I spent too long watching reruns of Bake Off-or was it the bottle of Sauvignon?- tardiness, which left her cursing profusely while she tripped over her tights, slapped on eye cream and was out the door.

[dirtbunnii]

pt. 1 of the kandi i made while i was sick !! shoutout to my zionist aunt and uncle for buying me the letter beads i used to spell "free palestine"🙏🙏

[aurorawest]

Preorder announcement!

Friends! Romans! Countryblorbos! My debut novella is being released on November 16, 2023, and is now available for preorder!

Don we now our gay apparel to get ready for holiday greetings and gay happy meetings. Make your Yuletide gay and follow this link ➡️

[the-bi-library]

In The Event of Love by Courtney Kae

Today's my birthday so as a special post I am posting about one of my most favorite (bi) books of all time ❤️

💕 Bi MC (and a bi LI) 💕 Slow burn 💕 Sapphic romance 💕 Estranged friends to lovers 💕 Queer Christmas books

[sapphic-book-tournament]

[franticvampirereads]

My last review for 2023! And I think this is one of the sweetest romances I’ve ever read. I absolutely loved it and I think it might be one of my favorite books I’ve read in all of 2023.

I loved that both Baxter and Paxton were over 40, single parents to teenagers, and lonely in different ways. Baxter, because he didn’t let anyone in on a deeper, friendship level; and Paxton because he just didn’t want to be around a lot of people. And the fact that their kids set them up on a holiday buddies friendship building thing? I ate that up! I also loved the way that they took their kids feelings into consideration through this whole book. Especially when it came to finally telling them that they were in a relationship. It was honestly the sweetest, most heartwarming thing I’ve read! And the way that they cared for each other and loved all their rough edges and broken pieces?! I was giggling and smiling to myself the entire time I was reading it!

Let Your Hearts Be Light is just the sweetest, most heartwarming, and coziest books to end the year on. This is getting five stars and I can’t wait to read the next one!

[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"

[skyler10fic]

Carol Danvers and Daisy Johnson have been best friends for years. But they each hold secrets that could ruin everything. One night, while snowed in, the truth is revealed.

An early Christmas gift for @isolus-girl, my best shipmate and cheerleader. Happy holidays, friend!

[queerstuffonscreen]

Under the Christmas Tree (2021)

84 min.

Country: Canada, USA

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Language: English

Marketing whiz Alma Beltran and Christmas tree whisperer Charlie Freemont cross paths when Charlie finds the perfect tree for the Maine Governor's Holiday Celebration — right in Alma's back yard. While they initially spar, romantic sparks soon begin to fly between the two women as the enchanting tree and some Christmas fairy dust from the town's pâtissière extraordinaire bring out the best in them and spark each other to take leaps of faith and fight for love and Christmas magic.

Watch on Hulu

[garfield-milk]

if i see one more straight woman writing only mlm romances im going to set myself on fire

[qbdatabase]

Daily Book - A Merry Little Meet Cute

A Merry Little Meet Cute Julie Murphy • Adult Romance, 2022, 418 pg• fat bisexual female sex worker MC x bisexual male MC Bee Hobbes (aka Bianca Von Honey) has a successful career as a plus-size adult film star. With a huge following and two supportive moms, Bee couldn’t ask for more. But when Bee’s favorite producer casts her to star in a Christmas movie he’s making for the squeaky-clean Hope…

[darkacademiaarchivist]

okay if anyone here is still looking for a sapphic christmas book to read please read Make You Mine This Christmas by Lizzie Huxley-Jones, it SO GOOD!!!! It's about this absolute disaster of a bi woman (affectionate) who agrees to fake date a guy she met on a party over the holidays to make both of their parents worry about their love life less just for her to fall for his sister oops...

I'm like 45% through the book I think right now my favourite thing about it is that she and her fake boyfriend are actually becoming really good friends and I'm rooting for them to stay in each others lifes <3

[stardustandrockets]

Happy holidays to those who celebrate!

I read 'Kiss Her Once For Me' by Alison Cochrun in April and thoroughly enjoyed it. I know a lot of people had mixed feelings about it and the demi rep, but as someone who's been in very similar situations as Ellie, I thought the rep was rather good. I wouldn't have had a one-night-stand after knowing someone for 24 hours, but I've definitely gotten way too attached to people on an emotional level after spending hours with them.

The book talks a lot about liminal spaces. Ellie meets Jack on a snow day and they spend the whole day together. Having had several such days as a kid and in college (we were shut down for three solid days with nothing to do on campus), they feel like they're never going to end. A lot can happen on a snow day. Time seems both to stand still and move forward.

Anyway, I really liked this one and thought the rep was quite good. Just because it's not your experience doesn't mean it's not still good rep. It's also just a fun holiday story with a meet-cute, a fake marriage of convenience, and all the rom-com feels you could want.