25+ Christmas Romance Books {to help you survive the holidays}
There’s something magical about curling up with a cozy blanket, a steaming mug of hot cocoa, and a heartwarming Christmas romance to set the mood for the season.
Whether you love stories filled with small-town charm, festive holiday traditions, or swoon-worthy moments under the mistletoe, Christmas romances are the perfect way to add a touch of love and holiday cheer to your reading list.
Get ready to add a little extra cheer to your TBR pile this season!
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No, I have not personally read all of these books. However, I have scoured my book shelves, the internet, and asked in my book-loving groups for everyone’s favorite holiday reads. If I missed a great one please let me know in the comments!
I’ve included sections with spicy and non-spicy book options, and I’ve also noted the ones that are available on Kindle Unlimited.
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My Favorite Christmas Romances
Let’s kick off this list with Christmas books I’ve read and loved…or that are at the top of my Holiday TBR list! Reviews hopefully coming soon.
From the series as “The Pumpkin Spice Cafe” except I liked this one waaaaay more. “The Christmas Tree Farm” is a cute small town holiday romance with a little spice. My favorite line: “I matching robes love you.”
Kindle Unlimited ✅
“Window Shopping” by Tessa Bailey was very cute and pretty steamy as well. The female main character has just gotten out of prison which I thought was unique…especially for a Christmas story.
The male main character is super sweet on the outside but has a whole other layer you’ll love getting to know.
Mae has grown up going to a cabin for Christmas with a few other families. This year will be the last. On the way home her family is in accident and Mae ends up in a groundhog day situation reliving the same trip until she can figure out what will make her happy.
I read this in just over a day. It was cute and full of holiday vibes. It started out fast but it seemed to slow a bit in the middle and I wish a few plot lines had been wrapped up at the end.
A sexy, hilarious standalone holiday rom-com about the adult children of two former rock stars who team up to convince their estranged mothers to play a Christmas Eve concert.
Sounds like a fun read, plus I love Tessa Bailey. This one is on my shelf waiting to be read this holiday season.
Kindle Unlimited ✅
I love the description for this one. A swoony holiday romance that proves when it comes to falling in love, sometimes all it takes is a little hate.
This book has childhood friends, workplace romance, forced proximity, enemies to lovers, closed-door romance, and sounds like a cute book! It has great reviews too!
Spicy Christmas Romance
Want some spice in your holiday romance? These books all have varying degrees of open-door or explicit spice in them.
Kindle Unlimited ✅
This book has been everywhere this year! So far I’m hearing that it’s very slow burn and people are either loving it, or wanting to DNF it out of boredom. There’s also a lot of talk about a scene involving a candy cane…
The story takes place in a town where it’s Christmas year round. The grinchy female main character wants to keep the neighbor from winning a town Christmas contest.
Kindle Unlimited ✅
Her rich boss, who is also a single dad, agrees to be her fake boyfriend to make her ex jealous. So many tropes in one book!
I think the dedication for this one says it all: “This book is dedicated to anyone who ever wanted to bang under a Christmas tree”
Kindle Unlimited ✅
This cute romance is set in Ireland which is a great start. The characters are fake dating to survive the holidays. This one is Dual POV which I know some people don’t care for, but I personally enoy.
There is a book before this called “Holiday Romance” but most reviews seem to think it’s fine to read as a stand-alone.
Kindle Unlimited ✅
Can an enchanted Christmas ornament really show you your true love?
Ruby gets left at the altar. Could the ornament be right and her true love is her brother’s best friend that she swore she’d leave in the past?
Their families may be friends but Autumn and Theo are not. What happens when these two enemies end up snowed in with only one bed.
This one is a novella. At under 200 pages it’s a a great quick read.
Kindle Unlimited ✅
Love Romantasy and Christmas? Then this might be the holiday pic for you.
A retelling of The Nutcracker but it’s a faerie realm and there are two romances going on as well. Sounds like a good time to me!
Bee and Nolan are cast in a family-friendly Christmas movie. This is an opportunity for both of them to improve their image (she’s a plus size adult film star and he’s an ex-boy band member).
Can they keep their attraction under wraps and successfully finish the film?
Kindle Unlimited ✅
An enemies to lovers book with a Christmas twist. Noah and Cat are both trying to help save a town festival.
Noah is the city manager, Cat is a reality TV star who rides into town with an entire camera crew in tow.
Watch them battle it out for how to help the town and maybe even fall in love along the way
An enemies to lovers paranormal romance with a dash of cozy mystery. Perfect for those that love a witchy book but want some holiday vibes as well!
From the reviews it sounds like this one can be spicy or not depending on which epilogue you choose!
Kindle Unlimited ✅
Love a hockey romance? Then you’ll love this one.
Lexi ends up snowed in at a cabin with someone who is definitely off limits, a hockey player that her dad coaches.
Many people in the reviews read this in one day despite the length!
Kindle Unlimited ✅
This is another holiday romance featuring a hockey player MMC. But, it’s a novella, perfect if you need something short and sweet.
Full of cute banter and an even cuter french bulldog this one also features forced proximity and enemies to lovers vibes.
Kindle Unlimited ✅
People seem to love or hate this second-chance holiday romance.
Everything in Whitney’s life is going wrong. To top it off she goes home for the holidays to find her ex there as well and he knows just how to push her buttons.
Sweet Holiday Romance (Not Spicy)
Do you like the enemies-to-lovers trope? Do you like a mystery? Does a snowed-in scenario at an English countryside estate sound good? Do you like a wounded FMC who has to learn to let her guard down and trust the sarcastic, yet lovable MMC?
Do you want it all to happen at Christmastime? Then definitely check out “The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year”.
If you love a second chance romance with a rich MMC then “Holiday Endearment” needs to be on your TBR list.
It also has an Indian FMC which is great. It’s nice to see more diversity entering the holiday romance world.
Kindle Unlimited ✅
A holiday enemies-to-lovers story where she runs a nutcracker shop and he runs a snowglobe shop where the snowglobes can bring true love matches together.
Only one of their shops can survive on Ever After Street…
Fake dating and enemies to lovers? Sign me up!
Olive and Miles work together and he knows how to push all her buttons. Like taking her on fake dates he knows she’ll hate.
This is a clean holiday romance (kissing only from the reviews).
In this short (only 192 pages) but sweet Christmas romance Bea and her friend win a trip to Christmasland where it’s like stepping into a holiday movie. Bea doesn’t think even it can help her love life. Cue all the holiday movie tropes!
This one has now been turned into a Hallmark movie called “Believe in Christmas”.
Kerry travels to New York to help her brother sell trees from the family tree farm. There she meets a cast of characters including single dad Patrick.
This book is filled with family ties, both rekindled and new, and sparkling with Christmas magic. Can Kerry and Patrick find love in the big city?
Kindle Unlimited ✅
Opposites attract in this Christmas novella.
Tess gets stuck in a bathroom stall and Andrew is the paramedic who saves her. But he’s already stuck on a mysterious pen pal.
Can they find love despite their differences?
Kindle Unlimited ✅
Annie owns a bakery in a small town. Daniel is a single dad who is new to town.
Will a cookie mix-up lead them to take a second chance on romance this holiday season?
Kindle Unlimited ✅
Caitlin is home for the first time in 8 years. Back to her hoarder parents, brother, and the boy who said he loved her as she was leaving town.
Will being home for the holidays reignite her love for Reindeer Falls, and maybe even Shane? Or will she head back to Boston?
