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We’re thrilled to announce the release of Thankful in Thistle County by author Christine Miles, on sale for only $2.99 from now through November 27th!
Thankful in Thistle County
Release Date: November 17, 2025
Genre: Romance/ Holiday Romance
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After one toxic relationship too many and more failed jobs than she can count, spirited Scarlett Finch has lost her sparkle and doesn’t think she can face this year’s festive season. The last thing she expects is to land a Christmas job at Glenbriar’s Little Station Bookshop, especially not thanks to a slightly unhinged older woman with a parrot, a pug, a wild imagination, and some crackpot ideas for displays – not to mention a flair for making unexpected decisions, like hiring Scarlett without telling the owner.
Widowed dad-of-three Lloyd Miller is just trying to keep life on track. Between moving house, juggling his day job, and preparing to take over the bookshop from his retired mum, the chaos inside the shop is the last thing he needs, particularly when it includes Scarlett, the woman he shared a no-strings summer fling with… and hasn’t stopped thinking about since.
While Glenbriar twinkles with Christmas lights, both Scarlett and Lloyd are haunted by their pasts, drawn together in their present, and uncertain of their future.
A bookshop full of anonymous wishes might just give them the courage to make their own – but with neither convinced they deserve a second chance, it’ll take more than festive magic to open the book
on a new romance. They can’t change the past – but they can still choose how the story goes.
Margaret Amatt is a bestselling Scottish author, professional daydreamer, and certified chocolate addict. She’s been making up stories for as long as she can remember – some of them even made it
onto paper (and, tragically, onto floppy disks that no computer can read anymore).
After two decades of writing in secret, she finally unleashed her first novel on the world in 2021, kicking off a ten-book series set on the stunning Isle of Mull.
But why stop there? She’s also the creator of The Glenbriar Series, where romance, small-town drama, and a pinch of spice keep readers coming back for more. This series is still going strong, with more books planned!
Margaret has spent her whole life in Scotland’s breath-taking Highland Perthshire, despite her entire extended family coming from the Glasgow area. Her books are romantic and emotional, sweet and funny, and each one can be read as a standalone, but long-time readers know the joy of familiar faces popping up, adding to the chaos.
So, if you love relatable characters, sizzling chemistry, and plenty of banter, you’re in the right place – just don’t blame Margaret when you stay up way too late reading just one more chapter.
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My thoughts: If you’re looking for a fun romance with a bit of Christmas sparkle, you can stop now. Set in Scotland, in a small town called Glenbriar, this is a funny, charming love story with plenty of festive fun. Scarlett gets a job at the bookshop, after accidentally accepting one from Eunice, who works there, with her pug and parrot (the pug makes another appearance later, thankfully the sweary parrot doesn’t). Hired properly, Scarlett starts to make the shop more appealing, with new displays and decorations.
The owner, Lloyd, has taken over from his mum and isn’t really thrilled to do so. He’s got a lot on his plate – three bereaved children, a new house, his other job, and an interfering mother. He needs plenty of help, and even though his past fling with Scarlett makes things a bit awkward, he’s actually really pleased she’s happy to stick around and keep the shop running.
As Christmas comes to town, the pair realise they still have a lot of feelings for each other, but Lloyd’s kids aren’t so sure, and his mum still doesn’t really like Scarlett. Can they all be reassured and won over before the 25th or is love not allowed this year?
It’s cute, fun, jolly and funny, what more could you ask for? Some hot chocolate? Definitely get that going for reading time!
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
We’re thrilled to announce the release of Santa Cutie by Jenny Alexandra! Perfect for readers who love a little naughty with their nice!
Santa Cutie (Cherryville Book 1)
Release Date: Nov 11, 2025
Genre: Holiday Romance/ Spicy Romcom
❄️ Grumpy X Sunshine
❄️ Forced Proximity
❄️ Slow Burn
❄️ Holiday Romance
❄️ Guaranteed HEA
This Santa is more of a Scrooge...
Melody Whitaker doesn’t just love Christmas—she worships it. After fleeing a holiday-hating cult, she’s gone all in: thousands of twinkle lights, a storage unit of trees, and more sparkle than a Hallmark movie marathon.
This year, she’s signed up to play Mrs. Claus at a local nursing home, eager to spread some holiday cheer—until she meets Eben Golding: a brooding, grumpy, Christmas-hating hottie. Maybe it’s the mistletoe, but Melody can’t stop flirting with this surly Santa…
Falling in love with someone who sees your sparkle—even the parts you thought you had to hide—might be the greatest gift of all. But when the nursing home pageant goes ho-ho-horribly, Melody is left wondering if her Christmas spirit can really save the season…and thaw Eben’s frosty heart.
Santa Cutie is a spicy Christmas rom-com from the Cherryville series—bursting with laughter, mischief, and heartfelt healing. HEA guaranteed!
Triggers: Cult/Religious abuse, Alzheimer’s, sexual harassment
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The only thing personal chef Noelle Jones loves more than Christmas, is cooking. She has a roster of extremely wealthy clients including the elusive and stoic Alexander Hoxton. When he asks her to cook a last minute business meal he’s having, offering triple her pay for the short notice, Noelle jumps at the chance. It’s easy money, one of her favourite meals to cook, and will still leave her plenty of time to get to her family’s annual Christmas reunion.
Just a Taste is contemporary romance at its finest with the perfect blend of ingredients: sexy, angsty, endearing, feel-good and funny.
My thoughts: This was a fun, festive romance, with a grumpy love interest for bubbly, Christmas fan and amazing chef, Noelle (her twin is called Eve) who gets stranded by the weather in Alex Hoxton’s fancy mansion over Christmas.
Having catered a dinner for his Board members, Noelle is supposed to drive to her Gran’s house to celebrate with her large and excited family. But the weather has other ideas. Her client, Alex, doesn’t do Christmas. There’s no tree, no cards, no carols and no pudding. He’s the Grinch to her Whoville family (if you’ve seen the film or read the book, hopefully that makes sense) and she just doesn’t understand why.
Trapped together in his rather austere home, with a falling apart heating system, and not much else to do but cook and get to know each other better, with frequent phone calls from her family, you can guess what starts to happen…
Will Noelle help this grumpy festive refusenik find his Christmas spirit? Will Alex actually turn out to have a heart that isn’t two sizes too small? Will they fall madly in love? Well, anything can happen at Christmas!
Cute, funny and perfectly capable of making you hungry (so many descriptions of delicious food) and with a charming pair of potential love birds, this is a festive romance to curl up with instead of watching The Grinch for the 900th time.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
This Christmas, in the romantic Scottish Highlands, a white lie and a fake-dating proposal between exes snowballs out of control in the brand-new festive romance from Emily Stone.
Christmas with your ex and his family in a cosy cottage in the snowy Scottish Highlands? It’s the last place Mel imagined spending the holidays. But when her ex-boyfriend Finn shows up on her doorstep, only months after inexplicably dumping her at his sister’s engagement party, asking her to pretend to his family they’re back together, she agrees – on one condition. Mel can publicly dump Finn at the end of the week and show him just how it feels. But with Finn’s mother set on making this Christmas picture-perfect, can Mel and Finn keep up the act without falling back into old feelings? As their white lie snowballs out of control, and the ice between them starts to thaw, Mel must decide if she really wants their romance to be just for the season – or something more…
❤️Fake dating
❤ Second chance romance
❤ Christmas romance
❤ Exes to lovers
❤ Family meddling
Emily Stone is the author of five bestselling festive romance novels, including Always, in December. Her novels have been translated into eleven languages. Emily has lived in many places over the years, including London, Wales, Cornwall, Germany and Mozambique – before finally settling down in Bristol, where she spends most of her free time with her two rescue ponies. Emily Stone is the pen name for Becky Hunter, and she also writes speculative romance under her own name, Emily loves connecting with readers. You can find her on Instagram at @emstonewrites – she’d love to hear from you!
It’s that time of the year again, didn’t 2024 whizz past? I know it did for me.
No new posts probably till January as I’m wrapped in several blankets reading my slightly terrifying tbr and eating lebkuchen (German spiced biscuits).
I hope you all have a lovely festive season, whether you celebrate or just enjoy a bit of quiet time.

This one is perfect for the holiday season! The Cadence of Crowns is a Fantasy romance inspired by The Nutcracker and will be available December 24th!

The Cadence of Crowns: Legend of the Trifolium Thrones, Book One
Expected Publication Date: December 24, 2024
Genre: Fantasy Romance “Inspired by The Nutcracker”
What is there to live on after tragedy but a story to be told?
When a fateful encounter leads lone wolf Wren Klaver to close her eyes on earth and open them in Breteria—an ancient realm nestled among the stars—she finds herself at the center of a world created from magic, trapped within a kingdom on the brink of rebellion.
Determined to find a way back, Wren secures a place in the court of the powerful but vindictive king and awaits the magic he vows will send her home. Becoming immersed in the lavish nightly dances, she captures the attention of the king’s personal guard—the soldier who exacts his justice—and discovers that he holds a dangerous secret of his own.
When her days spent in the castle reveal a history long forgotten by time, Wren discovers that the past may hold the most powerful magic of all…
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We’re thrilled to present the adorable cover for upcoming novella, Winter Nights & Christmas Lights: A Sapphic Christmas Novella by Sofia Rose!
Winter Nights & Christmas Lights: A Sapphic Christmas Novella
Expected Publication Date: November 15, 2024
Genre: Holiday Romance/ Sapphic Romance
Tropes:
Sapphic, Billionaire Romance, Cozy Christmas Vibes, New Adult, Grad School, Academia, Sugar Baby/Sugar Mommy
Microtropes:
There’s a cute puppy, Meeting on a dating app, Christmas with the family, Set in Ireland, Moving to a new country
When Charlotte moves to Ireland, she has no idea that Aoife will sweep her off her feet just in time for Christmas.
Charlotte has just moved to Dublin for Grad School, hoping for a fresh start in a new city. It’s certainly not like the home in Florida that she’s left behind. While it’s exciting to be in a new city, Dublin is gloomy and rainy in the late fall. That is until Charlotte meets Aoife on a dating app. Will Aoife be the spark that lights up Charlotte’s Irish experience?
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The sparkling NEW Christmas Romance from the author of A Wedding in Cornwall!
Quirky, creative, and dedicated to their work, window dressers Nina and Molly can’t believe the news from the upscale staging and design company which occasionally hires them as extras during the Christmas season: their tiny New York company has just been tapped to create a magical Christmas window and showroom display for London’s newest designer fashion boutique!
With their trusty assistant in tow, they catch a plane across the Pond, making their way to the historic former department store with a unique past in Parkleigh Square—and their once-in-a-lifetime chance to impress the ultimate client, legendary fashion designer Simone Van Stewart.
But a humiliating encounter with the London branch’s new frosty director reveals a tragic truth — the duo was hired by mistake. With time running out before the store’s unveiling, and the best window stagers already booked, however, Nina and Molly have been given a tentative trial period to prove they can do the job – and they’ll need a miracle to survive it. Battling deadlines, a delivery disaster, and their own personal doubts, it seems their dream assignment could soon spiral into their worst nightmare.
Not everybody at the exclusive store for Van Stewart is against them, however. Rugged, handsome fashion designer Vincent is supportive of their chances, and makes Nina’s heart race whenever their paths cross. Can she risk romance with an ocean between their two worlds, and with all her future plans and dreams at stake? Her friend Molly worries she’s getting in over her head—but Molly has her own complications to worry about, both personal and professional, as the dream team from Queens searches for the key to make Parkleigh Square’s newest business come alive with Christmas magic, which may just lie in histories both beloved and forgotten.
Filled with flurries of romance, friendship, humor, and heartwarming revelations, A Nightingale in Parkleigh Square is the must-read new release of the Christmas season.
Publication Date: 21st November
Laura Briggs is the author of several feel-good romance reads, including the Top 100 Amazon UK seller ‘A Wedding in Cornwall’. She has a fondness for vintage style dresses (especially ones with polka dots), and reads everything from Jane Austen to modern day mysteries. When she’s not writing, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, caring for her pets, gardening, and seeing the occasional movie or play.
Psychology With Mr. Mistletoe (Smart is Seriously Sexy Series Book 3)
Publication Date: October 22, 2024
Genre: Contemporary Romance/ Holiday Romance
She’s running the town’s holiday fundraiser, but he might just steal the show—and her heart.
Becoming the new chair for the annual Mr. and Ms. Mistletoe Fundraising Event is an honor Morgan McCann embraces. After all, the competition combines Christmas, honoring local firefighters, and raising money for victims of Colorado wildfires, a cause close to her heart. Minutes into the job, however, she discovers a certain firefighter has been nominated…a man with whom she shares a years-long secret and happens to be her best friend’s older brother.
Returning to his hometown after being gone five years had never been part of Jason Kinsella’s plan. But experiencing personal tragedy while on the job turned his life upside down. As such, competing to become Mr. Mistletoe is not at the top of his holiday to-do list. But can he really say no to the nomination and the Lady Chair who hasn’t been far from his mind the last sixteen years?
Amidst competition hiccups, nosy eyes and ears, and a secret fighting to break free, Morgan and Jason realize there might be more than holiday magic in the air.
Brigid’s Vista is the place to be this season where brains and brawn meet under the mistletoe in Psychology With Mr. Mistletoe, Book Three in the Smart is Seriously Sexy Series.
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