The end of 2024 was just as hectic and insane as the rest of the year, but the beginning of 2025 has been a little slower and nicer. Which has meant that I’ve read a lot since the last update. Many fun books, some with a Christmas theme, others with just an all round fun story line.
Series
- Rose with My Fake Fiance by Liz Alden (Aged Like Fine Wine #1)
- The Second Chance in the Mediterranean by Liz Alden (Love and Wanderlust #3)
- The Secret Ingredient by Kilby Blades (Hot in the Kitchen #1)
- The What If Guy by Lauren Blakely (The Guys Who Got Away #3)
- The Collector by Shannon K. Butcher (Sentinel Wars #3.5)
- Open Fire by M.E. Carter (Florida Glaze Hockey #3)
- Soul of the Witch by Deanna Chase (Witches of Keating Hollow #1)
- Raising a Demon by Amy Cissell (Eden Valley #1)
- Baby, It’s Cold Outside by Giana Darling (Anti-Heroes in Love #2.5)
- A Most Inconvenient Earl by Claire Delacroix (The Brides of North Barrows #4)
- Naughty-ish by L.B. Dunbar (Holiday Hotties #2)
- Protecting Piper by Cynthia Eden (Wilde Ways #1)
- The Rostikov Legacy by Charlotte E. English (Malykant Mysteries #1)
- Away Game (Rebels) by Cathryn Fox (Scotia Storms #1)
- Sacred Evil by Heather Graham (Krewe of Hunters #3)
- Potion Making for Disastrous Witches by Laura Greenwood (Obscure Academy #5)
- Pumpkin Carving for Superstitious Witches by Laura Greenwood (Obscure Academy #5.5)
- The Reindeer’s Spell by Laura Greenwood (The Paranormal Council #12)
- Rock Hard Cowboy by Christina Hovland (Mile High Matched #1.5)
- Tough Cookie by Talia Hunter & SmartyPants Romance (Donner Bakery #3)
- Peppermint and Pentacles by Melanie Karsak (Red Cape Society #3)
- Rebel Yule by Kate Meader (Rookie Rebels #5.5)
- Best Fake Fiance by Roxie Noir (Loveless Brothers #2)
- Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce ReRead (Tortall #1)
- The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan ReRead (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1)
- Everybody Wants to Rune the World by Mandy M. Roth (Bewitchingly Ever After #2)
- Dorian by Nalini Singh ReRead (Psy-Changeling ReRead #5.1)
- Hallelujah by Skye Warren (One for the Money #0.5)
- Baking Bad by Kim M. Watt (Beaufort Scales Mystery #1)
- O Come All Ye Faithful by Amelia Wilde (Beast of Bishop’s Landing #3.5)
Short story collections
Standalones – Novels
- Able by Dylan Alcott
- My Favorite Holidate by Lauren Blakely
- The Seeker’s Shadow by Isadora Brown
- Return of the Nutcracker Prince by Jasmine C. Caldwell
- Sacrifice Me by Sarra Cannon
- The Amber Isle by Ashley Capes
- Love Me Like You Do by Erika Kelly
- The Savage Wild by Roxie Noir
- Joyful Courage by Dr. Casey O’Roarty
- Ho Ho Hell No by Skye Winter
Standalones – Novellas
- Queen of Diamonds by Carina Alyce
- Crystal Skull by Jessica Andersen
- It’s Hotter at Christmas by HelenKay Dimon
- Bah, Handsome! by Jill Shalvis
- Joy to the World by Nicole Zoltack
Standalones – Short stories