To get your book club in the mood for the holidays, we have gathered up some wonderful titles for this special CHRISTMAS IS COMING book club giveaway!
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She invented Mr. Right…just in time for the holidays.
TAKE ME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
Take Me Home for Christmas by Miranda Liasson
Every tangled web starts with one tiny white lie. The kind you spin when you’re desperate.
One day I, Mia D’Angelo, third-year pediatric resident, was telling my mom that I’d finally met the perfect guy. Gushing about how amazing he was. And how happy I was.
It was all true. Until my “perfect guy,” Dr. Braxton Hughes, turned out to be my co-worker and my only competitor for a spot in the best practice in town…and then suddenly I was dumped…again. But I kept going with the stories, to get her through a very tough time.
My mom’s health crisis ended, and just when I thought things had settled down, my family wanted to meet my wonderful boyfriend for Christmas.
So I asked (okay, begged) just about every male I knew under forty, except of course for Brax.
Brax is an amazing pediatrician, but he would never fit the bill as a boyfriend. Maybe in looks. And charm. And his big heart. The problem is that he’s the biggest commitment-phobe this side of the Mississippi.
He’s the kind of guy I would definitely never take home for Christmas. There’d be no kissin’ under the mistletoe, no canoodling under the tree-because my heart could not survive falling for him again.
My car is packed and I’m down to no one, when magically, there he is, duffle in hand, melt-me smile on his face.
Oh, joy.
Keeping it professional is going to be a whole lot harder than I thought. Especially when he charms my parents, my whole family, and even my dog.
And Dr. Wrong…well, he’s suddenly looking awfully right.
Purchase Links
Bookshop.org | Amazon | Barnes & Noble
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This Christmas, three couples find themselves under the mistletoe . . . whether they want to be there or not.
MISTLETOE SEASON
Mistletoe Season: Three Christmas Stories by Sheila Roberts, Kathleen Fuller, and Pepper Basham
Say No to Mistletoe by Sheila Roberts
Mistletoe is Hailey Fairchild’s kryptonite. Every time she’s kissed someone under the mistletoe it’s led to love disaster. Not a good thing for a romance writer! When she was a gawky high school girl, her hunky neighbor, Carwyn Davies, star of the basketball team (and her dreams), kissed her under the mistletoe on a dare. But the kiss wasn’t a dream come true. It was a mortifying moment she’s never forgotten, and now she’s about to go home for the holidays, unengaged and . . . determined to say no to mistletoe. Especially if Carwyn is anywhere around.
Return to Mistletoe by Kathleen Fuller
Emmy Banks has always loved Christmas. How could she not when she lives in Mistletoe, Missouri? Kieran O’Neill has spent years abroad, renovating an old Irish castle, but returns to Mistletoe for his mother’s seventieth birthday. He reconnects with Emmy, his sister’s close friend, and spends time with her in her charming antique shop. When the weather turns colder, things start to warm up between Emmy and Kieran. But can Emmy risk her heart when she knows he’ll never stay in Mistletoe, and she will never leave?
The Mistletoe Prince by Pepper Basham
Prince Arran St. Clare has lost his freedom and fairytale life in exchange for a three-month “punishment” in the small town of Ransom, North Carolina. To prove he is ready for the royal life for which he was born, Arran must engage in the Christmas charity fundraiser, The Mistletoe Wish. But when kindness, authenticity, and hard work prove more appreciated in Appalachia than a royal pedigree, Arran must face the mirror and find out who he is beyond the crown. Add a beautiful and intelligent woman who doesn’t recognize her own worth, some mistletoe, and a little Christmas magic and it all might be enough to help the rebel-prince understand what truly matters most.
- Three stand-alone romantic holiday novellas
- Book length: 84,000 words
- Includes discussion questions for book clubs
Purchase Links
Thomas Nelson | Amazon | Barnes & Noble
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Find peace for your heart and joy for your spirit amid the holiday hustle.
BE OF GOOD CHEER
Be of Good Cheer: A Christmas Devotional by Susan Hill
Has being “merry and bright” and decking the halls left you feeling overwhelmed and exhausted? Set down your to-do list, grab a warm beverage, and cozy up with Be of Good Cheer for 40 days of Advent devotional reflections, Scripture readings, and prayers to bring you back to the beauty of the season.
Each entry in this 40-day devotional invites you to reflect on one word that embodies the true meaning of Christmas. A corresponding Bible verse, a cheerful prayer, and beautiful Christmas photos guide your spirit, memories, and longings back to the heart of Christmas.
Be of Good Cheer…
- Calls you to live intentionally this holiday season
- Provides 40 days of readings for Advent
- Encourages you to rejoice in a God who cares for you and carries you
- Inspires you to recover gratitude during Christmas
- Offers a meaningful and beautiful addition to your bedside or coffee table
- Makes a thoughtful gift for anyone searching for deeper peace during the holidays
Whether you’re busy planning for the church’s nativity play or preparing for the whirlwind of Christmas events, Be of Good Cheer anchors you in the joy, peace, and hope of the holiday season. This is a great gift to share around your Thanksgiving table as you prepare for the Christmas season or an excellent stocking stuffer for a friend, family member, or colleague seeking inspiration as Christmas draws near.
Purchase Links
Faith Gateway | Amazon | Barnes & Noble
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From Richard Paul Evans, the New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas Promise and The Christmas Box—“the most popular holiday tale since Tiny Tim” (Newsweek)—a new novel celebrating the life-changing power of the holiday spirit.
CHRISTMAS IN BETHEL
Christmas in Bethel by Richard Paul Evans
Leigh Beth Stilton has never liked the holidays. After growing up in an unstable home, escaping an abusive marriage, and witnessing daily tragedies as an EMT, Leigh just can’t bring herself to care about Christmas cheer. In fact, she’s so convinced she’s not worth loving that one winter’s eve, she decides she can’t go on–until she comes across a book called Bethel and starts to read.
Leigh is unfamiliar with the author, J.D. Harper, but his words speak directly to her. She’s never felt so seen and understood, and this connection gives her the strength to carry on. She avidly reads every novel Harper has written, and when he comes to town for a book signing, she jumps at the opportunity to meet the writer who means so much to her.
In a twist of fate, Leigh runs into J.D. in a coffee shop, and the two immediately click. Before she knows it, she’s swept up in a whirlwind of fancy dinners, exciting travel, and the attention of the man whose work has been so meaningful to her. But she’s leery after a lifetime of pain and when she discovers that J.D. hasn’t been completely honest, her hopes are dashed. Can they find their way back to each other and can Leigh learn to trust her heart?
Purchase Links
Simon & Schuster | Amazon | Barnes & Noble
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Mark the days till Christmas with this feel-good cozy mystery set at a quaint family inn in the snowy mountains of Norway—structured as an advent calendar for your daily reading pleasure.
CHRISTMAS AT GLITTER PEAK LODGE
Christmas at Glitter Peak Lodge: A Heartwarming Holiday Cozy Mystery Set in Snowy Norway by Kjersti Herland Hohnsen, Olivia Lasky (Translator)
An old mystery. A tragic accident. Secrets. Confessions. A new beginning.
After a traumatic climbing accident, well-known Alpinist Ingrid Berg has returned to the small Norwegian village that her family has called home for generations to take over the management of the Glitter Peak Lodge from her aging grandmother, who’s no longer up to the task. With Christmas rapidly approaching, the Glitter Peak Lodge staff are busy baking kransekake and saffron buns, decorating an enormous tree with tinsel, and enlisting guests to participate in their Santa Lucia celebration.
But within short order of Ingrid’s return, complications arise that seem out of the ordinary. Unexpected cancellations. An outspoken American guest who seems to unsettle Ingrid’s beloved grandmother. Leaking pipes that may imply sabotage. And then one day, Ingrid discovers a yellowed, decades-old newspaper clipping about an unsolved local mystery…
Will Ingrid be able to figure out what’s going on in time to save the inn—and her family’s legacy—from ruin?
The ultimate holiday treat, Christmas at Glitter Peak Lodge is a testament to the healing power of family and home and the magical bonds of community. Set up like an advent calendar, with twenty-four chapters, each set on a different day in December leading up to Christmas, it can be savored one chapter a day or devoured in one sitting.
“Delightful and charming—a breath of lovely mountain air!” –Jenny Colgan, author of The Bookshop on the Corner and The Christmas Bookshop
Purchase Links
HarperVia | Amazon | Barnes & Noble
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The lineage of Jesus is full of surprising, imperfect people, but perhaps none more than the five women memorialized in Matthew 1.
FINDING YOUR PLACE IN GOD’S STORY
Finding Your Place in God’s Story: 5 Weeks with the Women in Jesus’ Lineage by Teresa Swanstrom Anderson
These women are not the expected matriarchs like Eve or Sarah or Rebecca, but the ones with hard, complicated stories. And every one of these women is just like us: resoundingly ordinary, tainted by sin, and yet unexpectedly used to change the world when they found their place in God’s story. In this Get Wisdom Bible study, you are invited into the raw, empowering, astonishing stories of these five women:
- Tamar: A Woman Who Pursues What Is Right
- Rahab: A Woman Who Chooses Growth
- Ruth: A Woman Who Loves Radically
- Bathsheba: A Woman Who Claims Her Voice
- Mary: A Women Who Says Yes
With Teresa Swanstrom Anderson’s trademark warmth and accessibility, this study equips women to study Scripture for themselves and discover how to participate more fully in the story of God.
Features:
- 5-session study with 3 days per session/week
- Complementary teaching videos from the author for small groups, corresponding with each week of the study
- Study can be used anytime, but theme of Jesus’ lineage makes it great for use during Advent and Christmas
- Reflection questions and journaling prayer section for each day
- “History Lessons” providing background context
- Guidance on how to study the original languages of Scripture
Purchase Links
NavPress | Amazon | Barnes & Noble
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Give the gift of hope this season.
THE MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS
The Message of Christmas by Eugene H. Peterson
The Message of Christmas is a pocket-sized booklet that shares the biblical story of Christmas in the contemporary and engaging language of The Message Bible. It is the perfect way to personally share the hope of Christmas with neighbors, church visitors, or anyone curious about the meaning of Christmas. The selected passages of Scripture highlight the nativity narrative and the love and hope given to mankind through Christ’s birth.
What’s Inside:
- “The Message of Christmas”
- “The Gifts of Christmas”
- “How We Can Know God”
Also available in packs of twenty (ISBN 9781641586511), The Message of Christmas is ideal for church outreach. It helps believers share the gospel and provide life-impacting experiences in the lives of the people around them.
Purchase Links
NavPress | Amazon | Barnes & Noble
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Discover what it means to come home for Christmas!
MERRY AND BRIGHT
Merry and Bright: Rediscover the Hope, Peace, and Joy of Advent by Kristen Demery, Kendra Roehl, and Julie Fisk
As we prepare for Jesus’ arrival, how can we open our hearts and homes to Him and others in a way that adds joyful satisfaction rather than tension and stress? How can we experience Jesus in a way that celebrates the season and offers the respite that Advent promises?
In Merry & Bright, beloved authors Kendra, Kristen, and Julie unwrap what coming home means this Christmas season–for ourselves, our families, friends, and community. Through this beautiful Advent devotional journey, we’ll experience His hope, comfort, love, and joy, with an invitation to share these gifts with the world around us.
By bringing a little bit of heaven down to earth, we’ll find the reminder that we are all invited home for Christmas.
Purchase Links
Tyndale | Amazon | Barnes & Noble
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The author of the beloved, bestselling Black Girls Must Die Exhausted trilogy returns with an intriguing blend of Such a Fun Age and The Holiday—an irresistible Christmastime novel about heartbreak, hope, love, and the joy that comes from rediscovering oneself.
THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME
The Most Wonderful Time by Jayne Allen
With Christmas around the corner, Ramona Tucker is desperate to get away. She has been lying to her family about her engagement to Malik, her (ex) fiancé. But breakups are fickle, and Ramona is convinced that she can make her pretend wedding real again—but only if she can avoid everyone discovering her secret at her mother’s over-the-top Christmas Eve party.
Two-thousand miles away in sunny Malibu, Chelsea Flint needs money to hold on to the beloved beachside cottage she shared with her late parents. The taxes are expensive, and her art isn’t paying the bills. Once an irresistible star of the Los Angeles art scene, Chelsea seems to have lost that spark that vaulted her to the top. If she doesn’t rediscover that magic—and sell a painting—soon, it will be her family’s home she’s selling instead.
The two women swap homes, just in time, thanks to some careful planning by Ramona’s best friend and a sturdy nudge from Chelsea’s gallerist godmother. Ramona’s Malibu dreams of sun and surf are interrupted as her first night brings an unwelcome stranger to her door, making her question who she can trust—the meddling neighbor Joan, or Jay, the handsome beachside fitness instructor with a secret of his own. Chelsea, desperate for Ramona to stay, hides what she knows—even if that means jeopardizing her budding connection with charming Carlos, whose dreams for his future could be the very key to unlock Chelsea from the weight of her past.
Combining escapist fun and sizzling romance, a dose of poignant self-reflection, and a little holiday magic, The Most Wonderful Time is a warm and relatable novel that will delight at Christmas and throughout the year.
Purchase Links
HarperCollins | Amazon | Barnes & Noble
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Please fill out our super short registration form (click the “Enter Now” button above) by October 31st for a chance to win a set of up to ten copies of one of these great books for your book club! We will randomly choose a winner at the end of the month. This contest is open to clubs in the US only (our apologies to friends in other countries).