I’ve been neglecting this blog lately, so when I wrote a longish post on Facebook, I thought, ‘hey, why not share this with my blog readers too?’. So here we are.
Someone asked for Christmas novella recommendations. I love reading novellas at Christmas. I stack them all up on my Kindle and have a reading binge in the strange liminal time between Christmas and New Year. Here are some of my favourites.
First of all, I must mention my own ones. Please buy them –
Girl At Christmas (m/f) – two people who work in the same lab finally tell each other how they feel. [Content note: hero is overweight and trying to lose weight for health reasons. He has a heart attack – but he’s okay in the end. If either of these things are sensitive topics for you, pick one of the other books instead!]
Snowed In (m/f) – Secret millionaire heroine, nice guy hero, lots of falling over in the snow.
Christmas for commitmentphobes (f/f) – a workaholic and a commitmentphobe walk into a pub … and get snowed in there over Christmas.
These are my favourite reads:
The Boys of Christmas (m/f) – Jane Lovering. I’ve read this many times. The hero is a clown (literally, a children’s entertainer). The setting is really pretty and coastal. It’s hilarious.
A Christmas Gone Perfectly Wrong by Cecelia Grant (m/f) – historical. Buttoned up and very proper guy meets adventurous and not-very-straitlaced heroine. She trains hawks! Only one bed. Usually Free.
Not Your Royal Christmas (m/nb) – Kate Johnson. Non-binary love interest. The story is told backwards, which sounds weird, but it totally works.
Not You Prince Knight in Shining Armour (m/f) – Kate Johnson. I love this whole series, but this one is my absolute favourite. Heroine is a plus sized pop star. Hero is a prince with PTSD. (Prince Tom – swoon). It’s a Christmas-ish book, rather than a Christmas book per se, but … Prince Tom.
Cora’s Christmas Kiss (m/f)- Alison May. Fun times at the department store. This is one of three novellas. The other two are fun too. Fake Alan for the win.
Only One Bed for Christmas – Jackie Lau. Inflatable dinosaur outfit.
What are your favourite Christmas novellas? Do you have any gems that you love?
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