#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR.
As you can probably guess by now, I have quite a few festive themed books on my TBR. The majority of these are, admittedly, Christmas themed, though I really do need to branch out from Christmas more for next year, so if you have any recommendations please let me know. For now, these are all books that revolve around winter holidays in some form.
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#5OnMyTBR December 18th
Winter Celebrations
The Christmas Love Letters by Sue Moorcroft
Format: ebook
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: October 26ht, 2023
A secret romance was just the start of the story…
Tucked into a crook of the Norfolk coast lies Nelson’s Bar—an idyllic village where time seems to stand still. Maddy Cracey has called this beautiful spot home all her life, as had her husband Adey—until an epic row sent him storming out into a blizzard, with no sign of him since that fateful night.
Six years on, and Maddy’s life in the village has settled into a gentle pattern with her young daughter and Great Aunt Ruthie. However, when handsome stranger Raff turns up with a handful of long-forgotten love letters, their quiet life is upended as family secrets from the past are unearthed.
As Raff and Maddy get to know each other, they grow closer and a love story of their own seems inevitable. But when Maddy receives a mysterious message, she can’t help but wonder whether her own past is as distant as she’d thought it was…
Winter’s Wishfall by Ceri Houlbrook
Format: ebook
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: October 12th, 2023
You’re never too old to believe . . .
After losing her job, boyfriend and flat just a few weeks before Christmas, Ellie Lancaster makes some
1. Exact revenge on ex.
2. Be unboring.
3. Find a job.
With #1 complete, Ellie manages to tick off #2 and #3 simultaneously by accepting a mysterious archiving job on a tiny Scottish Island that doesn’t seem to exist on any map.
In the new year, her equally new bosses – celebrity baker Clementine Jones and her straight-laced twin brother Cole – introduce Ellie to the a vast network of underground caverns, filled with scrolls dating back centuries, each addressed to the same person, in a multitude of Dear Father Christmas . . .
Despite the strangeness of it all, Ellie quickly falls in love with the island and her life there – but life is never simple, and just as she and Cole seem to be overcoming their mutual distrust, Ellie makes a fourth resolution – one that threatens everything she’s come to hold dear. As the big day itself draws near, she has one chance to put things right and bring about her own Christmas miracle . . .
Countdown to Christmas by Jo Thomas
Format: ebook
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: October 12th, 2023
Chloe can’t wait for Christmas . . . to be over! Her son Ruben is staying with his dad this year and Chloe is planning to ignore the holidays all together. Her only nod to the season is the advent calendar Ruben left her, to help count down the days till he’s home again.
But then an heir hunter gets in touch, telling her there’s a plot of land in Canada she may be entitled to. Surely, it’s a scam. Or could it be just the escape she needs right now? They’re offering to pay for her flights . . . and Ruben’s latest note in the advent calendar tells her to ‘say yes!’
Suddenly, Chloe’s new countdown to Christmas involves a log cabin in the middle of a snowy forest, a community that’s worried for its future, a gruff lumberjack who gives her butterflies and a lot of pancakes with maple syrup . . .
This Christmas is full of surprises!
Three Holidays and a Wedding by Uzma Jalaluddin, Marissa Stapley
Format: ebook
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: September 23rd, 2023
Three times the holiday magic. Three times the chaos.
As strangers and seatmates Maryam Aziz and Anna Gibson fly to Toronto over the holidays—Maryam to her sister’s impromptu wedding, and Anna to meet her boyfriend’s wealthy family for the first time—neither expect that severe turbulence will scare them into confessing their deepest hopes and fears to one another. At least they’ll never see each other again. And the love of Maryam’s life, Saif, wasn’t sitting two rows behind them hearing it all. Oops.
An emergency landing finds Anna, Saif, Maryam, and her sister’s entire bridal party snowbound at the quirky Snow Falls Inn in a picture-perfect town, where fate has Anna’s actor-crush filming a holiday romance. As Maryam finds the courage to open her heart to Saif, and Anna feels the magic of being snowbound with an unexpected new love—both women soon realize there’s no place they’d rather be for the holidays.
Only For Christmas by Tracy Corbett
Format: ebook
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: September 28th, 2023
One month to pretend… or one month to fall in love? How do I turn down an overly keen colleague I have zero interest in dating? Should
Stammer and bluster my way through every excuse in the book Accept and then immediately turn in my resignation letter, change my number and leave the country Allow my hot, new, doctor neighbour to step in and pretend to be my boyfriend The there are no right answers.
But option 3 is happening and I’m fake dating Lucas just to survive my work Christmas party without any further unwanted advances.
I know I won’t get to all five of these this year, but don’t they look adorable? Going to be interesting to see how many I do get through before Christmas itself!
Unwrapping Words 