#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.
Diving straight back into Blogmas because…I really did think I’d find 5 festive books beginning with the letter C on my TBR, but I didn’t, so this is a list of majority Christmas books plus 2 non-Christmas ones currently on my TBR.
#5OnMyTBR December 16th: Title Starting with a ‘C’
Christmas Chemistry by Rory London
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Age: Adult
Format: ebook
Published: December 5th, 2023
Two friends with an attraction that’s ready to ignite.
A small town with big holiday energy.
‘Tis the season…for sparks to fly.
Marley
Between my kitschy wardrobe, sentimental decorations, and overflowing to-do list, I can’t wait for Christmas. Maybe it’s basic to love the holidays this much, but hey—I never claimed to be exciting.
Making the tinsel even brighter is my new friend, James. Ever since the sexy city boy came to Coleman Creek, his not from around here vibe has captured my attention. Too bad Mid-Marley isn’t the type of girl to hold his interest.
Still, I’m sensing we could have some serious fun together. If only for the season.
James
Coleman Creek is starting to feel like home. Folks are kind—something I’ve needed after a string of setbacks—and I love my new teaching career.
Then there’s Marley. She’s making my holidays merry for the first time in years. Our connection is intense, but so are the walls I’ve built around my heart. Between budget problems at school and my dreaded upcoming high school reunion, it’s probably best to keep things platonic, right?
I’m just not sure I can hold back—especially when a weekend away forces us to share a bed.
Crater Lake by Jennifer Killick
Genre: Horror
Age: Middle Grade
Format: Paperback
Published: March 19th, 2020
Who is the mysterious bloodstained man who stops their coach? Why is no one around when Lance and the rest of Year Six arrive at the brand new Crater Lake activity centre? But this is just the beginning of the school trip from hell; a fight for survival that sees five pupils band together to save their classmates from an alien fate far worse than death. But whatever happens, they must Never. Ever. Fall asleep!
Cold Snap by Lindy Ryan
Genre: Horror
Age: Adult
Format: ebook
Published: October 15th, 2024
A grieving mother and son hope to survive Christmas in a remote mountain cabin, in this chilling novella of dread, isolation and demons lurking in the frozen woods. Perfect for fans of The Only Good Indians, The Shining and The Babadook.
Two weeks ago, Christine Sinclaire’s husband slipped off the roof while hanging Christmas lights and fell to his death on the front lawn. Desperate to escape her guilt and her grief, Christine packs up her fifteen-year-old son and the family cat and flees to the cabin they’d reserved deep in the remote Pennsylvania Wilds to wait out the holidays.
It isn’t long before Christine begins to hear strange noises coming from the forest. When she spots a horned figure watching from between frozen branches, Christine assumes it’s just a forest animal—a moose, maybe, since the property manager warned her about them, said they’d stomp a body so deep into the snow nobody’d find it ’til spring. But moose don’t walk upright like the shadowy figure does. They don’t call Christine’s name with her dead husband’s voice.
Caffeine Before Curses by Christine Pope
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Age: Adult
Format: ebook
Published: August 17th, 2022
When a movie shoot ends in murder, a caffeine fix might be the star’s only hope.
Skye O’Malley’s grandmother always told her she inherited the Sight. But other than an occasional message from a blob of tea leaves or a vague dream, Skye doesn’t think she’s anything special, since she can’t even predict which of her coffee-shop customers will order hard-core black or fancy frou-frou with extra foam.
The only instinct she can rely on is the jangly feeling that something is about to happen. Like when her best friend (and only employee) Deanne tells her that a film crew is coming to their hometown of Las Vegas, New Mexico. The lead is Hollywood’s hottest action-movie star, Max Sullivan, who just happens to be Skye’s former “boy next door”…and her lifelong, unrequited crush.
Just having him around unbalances Skye’s carefully curated existence. But when she starts having disturbing dreams involving Max and a prop gun, she can’t ignore them. Especially when the film’s notoriously unpleasant director turns up dead, and the evidence points to one prime suspect. Max.
Max needs a miracle, not a not-quite witch. But he’s placing all his trust in Skye — and her murky tea leaves — to help him find the real culprit before the actual murderer gets away clean.
Countdown to Christmas by Jo Thomas
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Age: Adult
Format: ebook
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!
Let me know which titles starting with C – Christmas themed or otherwise – books you have on your TBR, and as always if you’ve read any of these I’d love to hear what you think!
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