🔥 Our December '24 book picks are here
These steady-build & tension-filled reads will certainly have you sweating this holiday season!
The addictive & unique fantasy romance book is a blazing page-turner with magic and oh so much more. Once best friends, once lovers, now strangers: she's dragged back into the life she left behind and he's the crown prince (mouthy, playboy prince…) of a kingdom on the brink of ruin. You'll be captivated by the rich lore (complete with a truly despicable villain), simmering tension, and top-tier banter (nicknames included) in this spicy slow burn! Special box: The books in our December Fantasy Romance Book Box will come with signed bookplates and the playlist will include author-selected songs! 🏰❤️‍🩹🔥
The laugh-out-loud & festive contemporary romance book is a perfect spicy holiday snowmance, and we found it fitting to describe it in this way: This just-released romance read calls for a rhyme, a perfect slow burn for holiday time. Neighbors turned rivals to win a contest, to see whose Christmas cheer is the best. You can decide who wins the jingle-belling, in this hot & spicy Grinch retelling! PS. He’s every bit as grumpy as we’d hoped he’d be, and also there’s a candy cane scene in which we still haven’t stopped blushing (and perhaps may never want to). 🎄đźŤđź’—
Now to spark the flame, here are your matches…
Our December Fantasy Romance pick:
The Rise of the Darkest Flame by Katherine Whiteheart
No running, remember?
Banished from her life of luxury and her high-ranking status in the Credulan Court, Carys Elletara had no other option than to become comfortable in her life of servitude. Working as a farm-hand, far away from the only other life she knew, her world comes crumbling down when the King and Queen die unexpectedly. To make this tragedy even more life altering, Carys is dragged back to Credula (kicking and screaming) to marry the heir to the throne.
Damieren Thepyra is the crown prince of a crumbling kingdom on the cusp of war and the biggest thorn in her side. Once best friends, once lovers, and now strangers having to set aside their differences and a pain-filled past in order to rebuild their kingdom.
Faced with the traumas of their past, healing, forgiveness, and discovering themselves, The Rise of the Darkest Flame is tale of second chances and finding power in truth.
You can expect:
- second chance romance
- "So f*king wet."
- he trains her
Content warnings:
- mentions of abuse, emotional and physical
- mentions of alcoholism (main character)
- mentions of still birth, not in-depth (main character)
- implied/mentions of sexual abuse
- mentions of self harm and self-destructive behaviors
- loss of a parent
- explicit sexual content
- If there is a particular content theme that is triggering for you, we suggest doing additional research on the title to ensure your mental health.Â
Our December Contemporary Romance pick:
How My Neighbor Stole Christmas by Meghan Quinn
Every Kringle in Kringletown celebrated Christmas a lot.
But Cole Black on Whistler Lane, unfortunately, did not.
As his fellow citizens decorate their quaint town, brimming with carols and glad tidings, Cole wants nothing more than to hibernate the winter away. But his dreary plans are thwarted when his Christmas nemesis, Storee Taylor, moves in next door to care for her Aunt Cindy. Immediately, the new neighbor turns his life into a real nightmare before Christmas, especially when she decides to enter the town Christmas Kringle contest in honor of Cindy. And better yet, Storee is determined to win.
Over Cole's dead body, she will. With help from his friend Max, Cole decides to enter the competition as well, to beat Storee at her own game by pretending that this hometown grump's heart has grown three sizes this season and he's fallen for the girl next door. And unfortunately for Storee, she has to follow his lead to have a chance at the Christmas Kringle title.
But the competition isn't the only thing that heats up. Cole and Storee's fake relationship becomes very real, and before they know it, they're attempting to hide it from Aunt Cindy. Things get complicated, the competition gets tough, and all it takes is one single night for someone to steal it all…
You can expect:
- small-town romance
- "All the way down."
- grumpy/sunshine
 Content warnings:
- parental loss
- explicit sexual content
- If there is a particular content theme that is triggering for you, we suggest doing additional research on the title to ensure your mental health
