Traditions are your thing, so bring on the caroling, chestnuts roasting on an open fire, and a carriage ride too! Your friends and family turn to you for ideas on how to find the meaning in the holidays, and you never let them down.
Lights, Latkes, and Love, by Peggy Bird
Ah, the holidays. David Shay can’t get enough of the December festivities. He especially enjoys sharing his love of the season with the underprivileged children at his non-profit organization SafePlace for Children and Parents. Hannah Jenkins, on the other hand, turns into a jaded Scrooge every year on Black Friday. As manager of a large retail store, she’s seen firsthand how the rampant commercialism of the holiday can bring out the worst in people.
When David’s organization is the charity Hannah’s boss picks for their annual donation, it falls on her to organize a huge holiday party, whether she likes it or not.
Can a nice Jewish boy—with the help of some Christmas lights, a little girl, and a latke party—teach Hannah the true meaning of the season and guarantee them both a New Year’s Eve kiss to remember?
When it comes to the holidays, you love it all—and dread the fuss. But family ties run deep, and by December 24, you don't regret a moment of the time you've carved out for family and friends.
Christmas Dinner, by Robyn Neeley
News anchor Amanda Turner used to love everything about the holidays—the eggnog sugar cookies, the tacky family Christmas sweaters, and a lawn decorated with so many multi-colored lights that 747s could land safely. That is, until her boyfriend dumped her in front of the whole town on Christmas Eve. Humiliated, she fled her small town to start a new life. Two years later, she’s finally ready to return to the scene of the emotional crime, until she learns that her ex is engaged. Now, the only thing worse than going home is going home single.
Tate Ryan, her tall, dark, and arrogant co-anchor, offers to pose as her boyfriend. There’s one problem, though: they barely like each other, and he recently scooped her story on live TV. But she needs a ride home and a boyfriend fast, so Tate will have to do.
As she watches Tate interact with her family and town residents, fully embracing the spirit of the holiday season, she starts to see his kindhearted side. Perhaps he isn’t the conniving co-worker that she once thought. And her new feelings for him would definitely put her on the naughty list.
Tate has his own agenda for the weekend that includes telling Amanda he’s been in love with her since the first time they met. He’s ready to reveal all during Christmas dinner, but fate has other plans.
Holiday memories are great, but you are open to forging new traditions this year. After all, your heart is big enough to make room for more people in your life, and they can't resist the warmth of your welcome.
Mistletoed in Merritt, by Alicia Hunter Pace
Bennett Pontellier Watkins and Hélène-Louise Soileau had a secret, youthful love affair—until their mothers found out. Hélène-Louise, the housekeeper’s daughter, was sent to France to study lacemaking while a bereft Bennett drowned his sorrows on the beach with beer and sorority girls.
Eight years later, Hélène-Louise, now a master craftsman, owns a shop in Beauford, Tennessee, and teaches a series of workshops at the Cultural Arts Center in Merritt, where Bennett is the director. It isn’t long before they fall into each other’s arms once more.
But old patterns begin to re-emerge, and despite Bennett’s declarations of love, it’s clear to Hélène-Louise that he still has no intention of coming clean with his upper-crust parents about their relationship. Is she willing to give up everything she’s built for herself in Beauford for a man who may never see her as more than the hired help’s daughter?
Or will Christmastime in Merritt reveal love to be the greatest present of all?
You definitely aren't the hot chocolate and kittens type. December brings out your sense of edgy adventure, so the holidays are never boring or routine when friends and family invite you over!
Cloaked in Christmas, by T.F. Walsh
After fleeing her abusive ex, wulfkin Cacey Varg and her daughter settle happily with a new pack in Finland. As Christmas approaches, Cacey learns her ex has found them and is on his way to take their daughter back. But a massive snowstorm prevents her from packing up and leaving town—and instead delivers a sexy stranger to her doorstep. Can she trust that he isn’t one of her ex’s henchmen?
Second-in-command to Europe’s most powerful wulfkin, hunter Vincent Lyall’s spur-of-the-moment decision to check on his ailing mother soon finds him marooned at a cabin in the woods by the blizzard of the century. Trapped with this spirited vixen, resisting temptation is easier said than done… But she refuses to believe he is who he says he is.
Is love powerful enough to win when two sexy wolf shifters, an unwelcome past, and animalistic urges wreak havoc on the holiday season?
'Tis the season to press the restart button and let joy in! The holidays are your reward for hanging in there through good times and bad, so say good-bye to negativity and let the season carry your spirits.
The December Deal, by Dana Volney
After her dad is diagnosed with an aggressive cancer, Lilia Carrigan returns home to Wyoming. The insurance company won’t cover the costs for an experimental trial that offers his best chance at surviving, and she needs a way to raise funds fast.
Vincent Morgenstern has had a year to fulfill the clause in his dad’s will that says if he doesn’t marry, he’ll lose out on inheriting the family business he loves so much. The deadline is New Year’s Eve, and he’s determined to get down the aisle, even if he has to pay the bride to be on his arm.
When Lilia overhears his predicament at a coffee shop, the crazy solution to both their problems seems obvious. What’s one year of faking it?
But as the holiday season works its magic, their platonic partnership threatens to get very personal. Will Lilia and Vincent’s December deal stay professional, or will real feelings ruin everything?
Here's to eggnog and mistletoe in any month on the calendar. You are always in the mood to celebrate the holidays, and friends and family gravitate toward your upbeat attitude.
Sweet Montana Christmas, by Casey Dawes
Leaving behind her stifling Texas roots, Sue Anne Devereaux plans to open a chocolate shop in her new hometown of Missoula, Montana. She’s busy as a bee, joining the women’s business league and drumming up new customers. But there’s one big distraction: Zach Crippen—the kind of good-looking devil who makes her question if chocolate alone can give her life the sweetness it needs.
Security guard Zach can’t wait to finish his penance at Missoula’s tiny airport, where he was banished after he made a mistake at a larger airport. He’ll do anything it takes to get back his reputation and move on to a metropolitan assignment. A casual fling—no strings attached—would be fine with him, but the quirky woman who makes the best chocolate he’s ever tasted deserves more than he can give her.
Will their dreams cost them a chance at the future, or can they find a way to have their chocolate and eat it, too?