Fresh On Our Shelves
This time of year calls for stories that make the season feel a little more magical. Our December picks offer a dozen delightful escapes full of festive charm, winter wonder, and characters looking for love, closure, mischief, or a fresh start.
No matter how you celebrate—or who you’re celebrating with—we hope these holiday reads bring a little extra warmth to your winter days.
Fresh Picks
Here’s to finding a book that makes your spirits bright. Happy reading, and happiest holidays from our shelves to yours!
Good Spirits
A dutiful ghost expects another routine Christmas assignment—until the woman he’s meant to haunt turns out to be his most unexpected connection yet. As they revisit her past together, they uncover surprising links between their lives and a chemistry neither of them saw coming. With Christmas Eve looming, both must decide whether their futures lie in letting go... or holding on.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Borrow Good Spirits by B. K. Borison
My Ex-husband's Ex-husband
Two former best friends who once loved, married, and divorced the same man reunite in Vienna just in time for a Christmas wedding—and a disappearance. When the father of the bride goes missing, the pair reluctantly team up to track him down. Between mishaps, memories, and more than a few holiday cocktails, they rediscover the bond they lost.
Genre: Holiday Contemporary Fiction / Romantic Comedy
Borrow My Ex-husband's Ex-husband by Rachel Cohn
The Christmas Ring
A widow searching for her family’s long-lost heirloom ring finds unexpected comfort—and growing affection—with the antique dealer helping her. As she prepares for her annual holiday dance and her daughter’s return, she grapples with the possibility of new love after profound loss. But a shocking truth about the ring sends him racing to stop a sale that could erase her legacy forever.
Genre: Inspirational Romance
Borrow The Christmas Ring by Karen Kingsbury
Christmas at the Women's Hotel
At a once-grand women’s hotel in New York, the residents take on an eclectic mix of holiday jobs that bring both excitement and mischief. As Advent unfolds, friendships shift, family ties resurface, and a strange mystery involving stolen jewels keeps everyone on edge. It’s a season of reinvention, second chances, and a little festive sleuthing.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Borrow Christmas at the Women's Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery
The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah
A driven producer with a perfectly planned Hanukkah is sidelined by an accident—and stunned to discover her ex-husband is the doctor on duty. As she begins hallucinating “ghosts” of heartbreaks past, each vision pulls her closer to the man she once loved. Reuniting means confronting old wounds, new realities, and a chemistry that refuses to fade.
Genre: Romantic Comedy / Holiday Romance
Borrow The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah by Jean Meltzer
Best Wishes From the Full Moon Coffee Shop
In a magical Kyoto coffee shop visited only by those who’ve shown kindness to the right cat, three women find themselves at emotional crossroads during the holiday season. Each receives a feline-guided glimpse into her deepest desires—whether it’s choosing between ambition and love, finding belonging in a new family, or healing old rifts. Under a Christmastime moon, they’re nudged toward the courage to pursue the futures they truly want.
Genre: Cozy Magical Realism
Borrow Best Wishes From the Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki
A Merry Little Lie
Three women head home for the holidays carrying secrets that could unravel their picture-perfect Christmas. A tense airport reunion, a marriage under quiet strain, and a newcomer anxious to fit into a close-knit family all collide under one roof. Between mishaps, confessions, and heartfelt moments, each must decide whether to tell the truth before Christmas morning arrives.
Genre: Contemporary Women’s Fiction / Holiday Romance
Borrow A Merry Little Lie by Sarah Morgan
Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal
A stressed Christmas tree-farm owner who is trying to save his family business wakes up after a mishap to find his new neighbour—who happens to run a rival farm—hovering over him. She’s full of holiday spirit; he’s full of suspicion. Their frosty rivalry quickly turns chaotic, charming, and more than a little combustible.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Borrow Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal by Meghan Quinn
And to All A Good Bite
Andy Wheeler, a lawyer looking forward to a quiet Christmas watching football, is pulled back into a long-unsettled tragedy. Years earlier, Jeff Wheeler rescued a lone dog from a deadly building explosion—a disaster he suspected wasn’t accidental. Now the building’s owner has been murdered, Jeff has been arrested, and the rescued dog, Rufus, has nowhere to go. Determined to clear Jeff’s name and reunite him with Rufus, Andy begins unravelling a trail of old secrets that threatens to upend far more than his holiday plans.
Genre: Mystery / Legal Thriller
Borrow And to All A Good Bite by David Rosenfelt
Yours for the Season
After the world’s most humiliating breakup, Melanie is shocked when her ex shows up asking her to pose as his girlfriend for a family Christmas vacation in the Scottish Highlands to make his mother happy. Mel agrees—on the condition that she gets to dump him publicly at week’s end. But cozy firesides, family traditions, and familiar sparks make pretending a lot harder than she expected.
Genre: Holiday Romance
Borrow Yours for the Season by Emily Stone
Snow Kissed
A single mom in need of a plus-one for her ex’s family wedding strikes a deal with a man spending Christmas in town for complicated reasons of his own. As they team up to give his niece a magical holiday—and save her pride—they begin to build an unexpected connection. Soon Christmas lights and small-town warmth blur the line between pretend and something real.
Genre: Small-Town Holiday Romance
Borrow Snow Kissed by RaeAnne Thayne
The Christmas Cure
A burned-out doctor returns to her festive hometown hoping for rest, only to find herself drawn to a charming baker (and his mischievous pig) at the annual tree-lighting. After an accident sends her back in time to last Christmas, she’s forced to relive the past and rethink the choices that shaped her life. As magic, memories, and romance intertwine, she must decide whether she’s ready to rewrite her future.
Genre: Time-Slip Holiday Romance
Borrow The Christmas Cure by Kristine Winters
