Holiday Romance Novellas

It’s my Favorite Time of Year! – it’s time for Holiday Romance Novellas!

This year, my good friend Laura (from the What to Read Next Podcast) are sharing some of our favorite Holiday Romance Novellas! We love a great romantic novella any time of the year. Yet, around the holiday season, we want to read as many themed romances as we can!

Merry Inkmas by Talia Hibbert

• Christmas loving hero who owns a tattoo shop hires his crush to be his receptionist
• She is a tattoo virgin
• He pops her cherry in a hot steamy scene at the tattoo shop

Christmas in July by Enni Amanda

• This book is set in July but it’s snow season in New Zealand
• The hero and heroine get stranded in a snowed-in cabin
• One bed trope & super cute

Dear Santa by Kristen Granata 

• Heroine hires an escort to be her Holidate at her mom’s (fake dating!)
• The hero is a former rockstar who had some mental health issues
• Tackles heavier topics such as dysfunctional relationships, suicide, and depression really well

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The Christmas Blanket by Kandi Steiner 

• Second chance romance when the couple is snowed in
• They spend a couple of days figuring out what went wrong in their relationship
• Angsty in the best way
• Wish we had an epilogue – I want more from this couple. 

The Hook Up Before Christmas by Phyllis Bourne

• Super short novella
• The heroine is tired after working the holidays and wants a fun hookup
• Heroine heads to her ex’s apartment only to find he is no longer living there
• A disastrous meet-cute leads them to a hookup and the rest is history

Maybe this Christmas by Susannah Nix 

• A second chance romance that spans 9 years
• We meet the couple every year at Christmas to see what they have been up to
• Lots of will they, won’t they?

Booked for Christmas by Lily Menon 

• The heroine is a romance author and she is hosting a party in her remote cabin
• Her biggest critic shows up as a plus one
• There is a snowstorm and they get stranded in the cabin for a few days
• They discover they like each other

Eight Cozy Nights by Julia Wolf

• A cozy, open door & believable romance between two new neighbors
• Romance occurs during the eight days of Hanukkah!
• So cute &  the characters communicate so well
• A great re-read & one of my favorite Holiday Romance Novellas

One Snowy Night by Jill Shalvis

• Part of the Heartbreaker Bay series, but is a stand-alone
• The audio is wonderful & such a quick book about returning home
• Bonus: the cover scene is true to the novel! 

Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera 

• Think Great British Bake Off Competition where grumpy/sunshine heroines are assigned to work together to win the competition
• We do get just a one-bed trope that I’ve come to love
• There is Afro-Latinx representation and it’s OwnVoices.

Stay tuned because I am sure we will be updating our list of Holiday Romance Novellas! Any favorites that we may have missed?