The Christmas season is the perfect time to unwind and escape into those cozy, feel-good holiday romances. This year, I’m thrilled to partner with Harper Collins to share four amazing holiday books to devour, or to gift the women you love!
Wrap up this special edition for anyone who loves the Netflix show, Virgin River. This latest contains two fan-favorites stories and includes exclusive recipes inspired by the Virgin River characters!
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Under the Christmas Tree
With snow falling over the redwood forests, secluded Virgin River is the ideal place to spend the holidays. Each year, the close-knit community gathers in the town square to decorate and light a massive tree. Carols are sung, hot chocolate is sharedโand this year, a surprise is about to bring two special people together. When the townsfolk discover a box of adorable puppies under the townโs Christmas tree, they call on local vet Nathaniel Jensen for help. But itโs his budding romance with Annie McCarty that really has tonguesโand tailsโwagging!
Midnight Confessions
In Virgin River, holiday kisses donโt end with Christmasโthereโs still the New Yearโs Eve party at Jackโs Bar to attend. Locals and newcomers alike find themselves eager for that special countdownโฆand that midnight kiss.
As the townspeople gather, two lonely revelers decide the best balm for their broken hearts might just be each other.
Susan Mallery is one of my favorite authors to read during Christmas. Iโve fallen in love with so many of her stories, and this one โ about two friends who find a sense of belonging โ promises to deliver all the feels.
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From #1ย New York Timesย bestselling author Susan Malleryย comes a witty and heartfelt story of two friends who unexpectedly find the person-and the place in which-they belong this Christmas.
With twinkling humor and heartfelt Christmas spirit, two friends find love in a town called Wishing Treeโฆ
Until Camryn Neff can return to her โrealโ life in Chicago, sheโs in Wishing Tree to care for her twin sisters. Sheโs not looking for forever love, not here. But handsome hotelier Jake Crane is a temptation she canโt resist, so she suggests they pair up for the season. No golden rings, no broken hearts. At his side, she sees her hometown through Christmas-colored eyes. The cheer is cheerier, the joy more joyful. She thought she had put her future on holdโฆbut maybe her real life was here all along, waiting for her to come home.
New in town, River Best is charmed by Wishing Treeโs homespun traditions and warmhearted people. When sheโs crowned Snow Queen, sheโs honored but wary. Dylan Tucker, her king, seems like the stuff of sugarplum dreams, but she canโt shake the feeling that heโs hiding something big. As they perform their โroyalโ dutiesโtasting cookies, lighting treesโDylanโs good humor and melty kisses draw her to the brink of love. But she canโt let herself fall until she uncovers his secret, even if her lack of faith means losing him forever.
Return to Hopeโs Crossing with the latest romance from RaeAnne Thanyneโone teeming with all the holiday warmth, about matchmaking during the holidays.
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Sage McKnight is an ambitious young architect working at her fatherโs firm who takes on her most challenging client in Mason Tucker. The former pro baseball player is still healing from the physical and emotional scars after a plane crash left him a wheelchair-using single dad, and heโs determined not to let anyone breach his emotional defenses.ย Sage knows her work on Masonโs new home in Hopeโs Crossing is her best work yet, and she wonโt let her grumpy client prevent her from showcasing her work personally.
With Sageโs gift for taking broken things and making them better, the matchmaking talent of the quirky locals and a generous sprinkling of Christmas cheer, Mason doesnโt stand a chance against the power of this magical holiday season.
The perfect holiday escape brimming with emotion and humor. This latest story asks: What if the only Christmas celebration you want to attend is one you havenโt been invited to?
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What happens if the only Christmas celebration you want to attend is one you haven’t been invited to? USA Today bestselling author Sarah Morgan delights with this hilarious and heartwarming Christmas cracker of a novel!
A family gathering
This Christmas the Miller siblings have one goalโto avoid their well-meaning familyโs endless stream of prying questions. Ross, Alice and Clemmie have secrets that they donโt intend to share, and they are relying on each other to deflect attention.
An uninvited guest
Lucy Clarke is facing a Christmas alone and the prospect of losing her job. Unless she can win a major piece of business from Ross Miller, the season promises to be anything but festive. Sheโll just deliver her proposal to his family home and then leave. After all, she wouldnโt want to intrude on the Miller familyโs perfect Christmas.
A Christmas to remember
When Lucy appears on the Miller familyโs snow-covered Highland doorstep, she’s mistaken for Rossโs girlfriend. By the time the confusion is cleared up, they’re snowed inโshe canโt leave, even if she wants to! But does she want to? As secrets spill out like presents from an overstuffed stocking and the chemistry between her and Ross ignites, this is going to beย either Lucy’s worst Christmas ever or the best mistake of her life.