Smut-mas is coming!
Holiday romances for every taste: witches, cowboys, vampires, stalkers, ghosts, royals, foodies, curvy/plus-size, neurodivergent, sapphic, mlm, queer, trans, bipoc, poly, YA, cozy, twisted, dark fantasy, bdsm, with and without magic, on trains and planes, in bakeries and bookshops, small towns and cities, on a ranch, from Cape Town to Juneau, some soon to be published, some with the same title, not all contain smut (YA), all contemporary. โค๏ธโ๐ฅ






knock knock, its a neighbours to lovers list
howdy, neighbour ๐ this type of forced proximity hits different when you physically cant escape the person next door.
apartment neighbours: sharing a wall and they can hear ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฝ๐พ๐๐ ๐ข
house neighbours: seeing them when you walk outside or catching a sneak peak through your window ๐
time to decide if youโre ready to give your spare key to the hottie next door ๐






Festive & Falling
From mistletoe moments to midnight kisses, these romances capture the magic of the season across all kinds of celebrations. Curl up with a cozy drink and fall in love with the holidays.






read with your ears
books that were better on audio
basically every memoir is also going to be better on audio, especially if the author narrates it, but I have a separate list for those






Holiday and winter romances
Cute, cozy and festive for the nice. Spicy with a side of creative use of fairy lights for the naughty. Regardless if you want some ho-ho-wholesome or ho-ho-horny or a little bit of both, there is a holiday read for you.






The Ultimate Grumpy ร Sunshine Setup
One hates everyone and the other smile too much. Somehow, it works โ and now feelings are involved.






duet narration audiobooks๐ง
where each narrator voices their own character(s) throughout the entire book, not just when itโs โtheirโ chapter






Sweet Hearts, Hot Pages
From sweet & swoony to undeniable heat, these books will have you kicking your feet and blushing at all the right moments. Banter, longing, tension, and MMCs who mean it โ prepare for maximum squealing.






relative slowburns
kind of struggling with books where the MC's instantly get together or hook up, so here are some book recs where the couple waits until at least 50% of the book to get together






men that sound like the song 'delicate'
romance book heroes that are gentle, shy or nerdy in every sub-genre






Quest for the Holidays
Winter holiday themed books that feature in at least one quest for your December Questing! Let me know if I missed any!






The Book That Started It All
The first book in a series.






Holiday Fake Dating
Fake dating but during the holidays. Thought these deserved their own spot separate to the fake dating list I made :) feel free to comment them






Goodreads 2024 Brand-New Holiday-Themed Reading
Goodreads put out an article with new holiday books November 18 2024, and I wanted to create that list here! https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2796?ref=ed_ads_11_24_holidayreading#






HRCYED 3.0 Location, Location, Locations
Ideas for the 'Road Trip' and 'Traipsing Through Regions' squares of the board :) and maybe at a push, the 'Biomes' square too!
Books are set in regions from around the world, countries around the world or states of the USA (outside of the heavily populated NYC/CA)






Warm Mugs & Warmer Hearts
All I want for Christmas is another good book boyfriend






Clutch My Pearls Pod
tried to get all their books from regular shows and the live show & patreon episodes on here - if iโve forgotten any of them, please lmk!!






Winter and Christmas Reads
Books that are set during Winter or around Christmas






Christmas Romance
A list of books full of Christmas spirit, and romance too, to get ready for Christmas ๐ซ






Meet Me Under The Misletoe
Holiday romances that are both naughty and nice





