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Snow This Is Love: Meant to Be Holiday Tales by Christina LaurenCome in from the cold and let your heart melt this holiday season with five all-new cozy romance stories from the best-selling authors of Disney's Meant to Be collection: Zoraida Cordova, Jasmine Guillory, Christina Lauren, Julie Murphy, and Jesse Q. Sutanto. From Christmas to New Year's Eve to Lunar New Year, today's best romance writers reimagine beloved Disney tales as contemporary romances with a dusting of holiday magic. Featuring: Deck the Heels by Julie Murphy Nothing says Merry Christmas like a televised fairy tale wedding produced by your not-so-evil stepmother. Beauty and the Baking Battle by Jasmine Guillory A brainy beauty and her (reformed) beast's visions of sugar plums for their dream baking competition turn into a nightmare. Siren in the Snow by Zoraida Cordova She's the girl who has everything. He has nothing, when he loses his luggage and control of his romantic Christmas surprise. Best (New Year's) Day Ever by Christina Lauren Can a sunshine and not-quite grump check off everything on their holiday bucket-list and make it home for their first New Year's Eve kiss? Dreaming of a Perfect Lunar New Year by Jesse Q. Sutanto A possible curse, a meddling family, and a disastrous Lunar New Year party almost come between a couple that is meant to be.
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The Court of Venus by Bel BantaIn Alvion, magicians have always ruled beside kings. Blessed at birth by one of the seven planets, their abilities are miraculous and extremely rare. Magicians born under Jupiter influence luck. Saturnborn can speak to the dead. Venusborn read the desires of the living. At the moment of Bianca Mortlake's birth, the stars and planets aligned just so, making her the first Moonborn magician in over a thousand years. A sorcery so rare that even the history books cannot say what she is capable of. After a childhood training under the realm's most powerful magician--and alongside a most insufferable Venusborn named Roland--Bianca lives a quiet life far from court. Until a chilling missive arrives in the night, summoning her back. A mad and deadly court awaits. Two queens have met the executioner's blade, and one wrong move could see any of them next beneath its steel. As power is pulled between ruthless royals and courtiers like the tides by the moon, Bianca must rely on the last person she would ever want to--the infuriatingly alluring Roland. Because something is terribly wrong in Alvion. And only this moon-blessed magician and her oldest rival can save the court--and each other--from the dark fate they see written in the stars.
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Bad Words by Rioghnach RobinsonParker Navarro's debut novel was meant to define his career - until critic Selina Chan's blistering review made it the flop of the decade. Four years later, his new book is his shot at redemption; for Selina, reviewing him again is a professional risk she can't refuse. When her second takedown ignites a viral feud, both their fortunes shift overnight. But as the literary world feeds on their public sparring, a quieter dialogue begins - one that challenges everything they thought they knew about success, sincerity, and each other. Both incisive and tender, Bad Words lays bare the costs of creation - the pull between ambition and integrity, the vulnerability of being seen, and the unexpected closeness that can grow in the space between critique and care. A genre-redefining romance that sets a thrilling new standard...
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| Doomsdate by Laura Piper LeeWhen a zombie apocalypse interrupts their first date, 29-year-old virgin and doomsday prepper Maisie Bennett and widowed film professor Everett Greer team up for a road trip to safety, using her survival skills and his zombie film knowledge to evade disaster…with a few pit stops for sex lessons along the way. For fans of: funny and steamy paranormal romances like Olivia Dade’s Zomromcom. |
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Christmas in Chestnut Ridge by Nancy NaigleIn the enchanting mountain town of Chestnut Ridge, where tree farms blanket the hillsides and the promise of a white Christmas is ever-present, a heartwarming holiday romance is about to blossom. When Sheila's best friend convinces her to help decorate a tree in the annual Christmas Tree Stroll fundraiser, she embarks on an unexpected journey of self-discovery, all wrapped in the cozy embrace of a tight-knit community. As she immerses herself in the joy of twinkling lights, hot cocoa, and the camaraderie of the townsfolk, Sheila's world begins to transform, and she finds the sense of belonging she never knew she needed. Meanwhile, Tucker, the town's reliable fire captain, is gathering volunteers to help a family with four young children who have just lost their home to a devastating fire weeks before Christmas. Sheila offers her helping hand, and as the town rallies to support the family in their time of need, sparks of love begin to flicker between her and Tucker. In this charming town where dreams come true, and Christmas magic is everywhere, come along for a tale of love, community, and the true spirit of the season.
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A Jingle Bell Mingle by Julie Murphy What happens when there's no room at the inn and you and your potentially demonic cat become roommates with your grumpy one-night stand?Part-time adult film actress/one-time adult film director/makeup artist Sunny Palmer has accidentally sold her very first screenplay to the Hope Channel. That was six months ago. Fast forward to a looming deadline, an uninspired Sunny has returned to the source of her inspiration in Christmas Notch, Vermont, to immerse herself in the local Christmas miracle on which her fever dream of a movie pitch was based.Isaac Kelly, former boy band heartthrob and the saddest boy in the music biz, is the latest owner of the town's historic mansion. After his years of heartbreak following his young wife's death, Isaac's record label is done waiting for new music. What better place to attempt his first holiday album than a snow-covered mansion where he can become a hermit in peace?But after their best friends' wedding leads to them waking up together in a freezing motel room with questionable wiring and a broken shower, Isaac takes a chance and asks Sunny to stay with him at his home. Surely the place is big enough that he'll hardly see her or her unhinged cat. But when the two discover they're both creatively blocked, they make a handshake deal: Isaac will help Sunny hunt down the truth behind the local lore, and Sunny will find Isaac a new muse.And with these two opposites under one roof, there's no way this jingle bell mingle could go off script...right?
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Window shopping : a novel
by Tessa Bailey
Two weeks before Christmas and all through Manhattan, shop windows are decorated in red and green satin, and Stella is standing alone outside a famous department store when a charming man asks her opinion on the décor.
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| A Ferry Merry Christmas by Debbie MacomberSet over the course of a few hours two days before Christmas, this cozy holiday romance from bestselling author Debbie Macomber stars an ensemble cast who shares stories while stuck on a stalled ferry to Seattle. New relationships are formed and old ones are healed in this “gentle, feel-good story” (Publishers Weekly). Try this next: The Twelve Loves of Christmas: An Advent Romance Collection, featuring stories by Alexandria Bellefleur, Zakiya N. Jamal, Susan Lee, and more. |
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| The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah by Jean MeltzerWhile working on a TV musical version of A Christmas Carol, producer Evelyn Schwartz suffers a head injury and discovers that the on-set doctor is her ex-husband, David Adler. When she’s visited by eight ghosts of Hanukkahs past, showing her memories from her relationship with David, she chalks it up to her injury, but starts to wonder if she should give their relationship another shot. For another heartwarming romance set over the course of several Hanukkahs, check out Eight Ways to Say I Love You by Amanda Elliot. |
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| Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew NormanGrieving the loss of their respective spouses, Grace White and Henry Adler find comfort in watching holiday movies together…until their friendship threatens to become something more. Are they ready to move on? For fans of: hopeful novels of life after loss, like Abbi Waxman’s The Garden of Small Beginnings and Libby Page’s This Book Made Me Think of You. |
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