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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Beverly Lewis, the number-one bestselling author of Amish fiction, delivers a delightful Christmas novella of faith, romance, and heartwarming holiday traditions.
THE CHRISTMAS HOUSE
The Christmas House: An Amish Christmas Novella by Beverly Lewis
With the holidays approaching, Liz Lantz is dedicated to using her Hickory Hollow buggy tour business to share God’s love with the Englisher tourists who visit her Lancaster County community. But when her father and brother are called away for a while, Dat finds a young Amishman to assist her on the tours in her brother’s place, much to Liz’s dismay. Regardless, the popularity of her Christmas House Buggy Tour means she could use the help, so as the countdown to Christmas begins, she works alongside Matthew Yoder, who quickly takes a genuine interest in the tour customers–and Liz.
As an Englisher family in Hickory Hollow expresses their festive spirit with a lavishly decorated house for the second year running, Liz’s Amish community becomes increasingly concerned about attracting unwanted traffic and attention, and Liz wonders if there is any way to bridge the gap to help the new neighbors feel welcome. At the same time, she grapples with her growing feelings for Matt, whose position with her is only temporary. Can she find a way to bring harmony to Hickory Hollow in time for Christmas?
Beverly Lewis’s homespun Amish romance will draw in readers who love family, small towns, and Christmas festivities. This charming holiday novella brings cheer and faith for the winter season.
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Sometimes a second chance is wrapped in tinsel, mistletoe, and the conspiring of two daughters determined to reignite love.
MATCHMAKING CHRISTMAS
Matchmaking Christmas: A Sweet Holiday Romance Novella by Toni Shiloh
When widow Regina Parker’s daughter switches places with her best friend after school one day, Regina finds herself face-to-face with the one person she’s been avoiding: Theo Evers, the high school boyfriend who shattered her heart. Regina has carefully built a new life for herself since moving back to Holly, California, and she has no intention of letting old heartbreak unravel it.
Single father Theo Evers thought he had his hands full managing the town’s Christmas tree farm and raising his daughter after his wife abandoned them both. The last thing he needs is Regina back in his life–but now their daughters have become inseparable, and the scheming young matchmakers have other plans.
Determined to create the family they’ve always longed for, the girls orchestrate an elaborate strategy, secretly signing their parents up for every holiday activity in town. It’s up to Theo and Regina to decide if they’re brave enough to trust God’s plan and risk everything for a second chance at the love that got away.
In this charming Christian Christmas novella reminiscent of The Parent Trap, Toni Shiloh combines second chance romance, single parents, high school sweethearts, matchmaking mischief, and faith for fans of Courtney Walsh, Bethany Turner, Becky Wade, Pepper Basham, Sarah Monzon, and Melissa Ferguson.
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Baker Publishing | Amazon | Barnes & Noble
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While all of London waits for snow, an orphanage in need holds holiday cheer, sparks of love, and secrets waiting to be discovered.
BELLE’S CHRISTMAS CAROL
Belle’s Christmas Carol: A Dickens-Inspired Holiday Novella by Michelle Griep
When Ebeneezer Scrooge’s former fiancée, Belle Beaumont, unexpectedly inherits a struggling London orphanage, she dreams of giving the children of Haven House the most splendid Christmas they’ve ever known. But her vision of snowflakes and merriment quickly collides with reality: Fire damage has rendered part of the building unsafe, and the paperwork is years behind.
Barrister Rafe Munro is fighting to clear an innocent man and searching for a child, who may be his relative. His pursuit leads him to Haven House, where Rafe offers to help Belle sort through the chaotic records that might lead to the missing child. Amid the mayhem of running an orphanage full of mischievous children and eccentric staff, will Belle and Rafe find love and the answers they seek this holiday season?
“An ode to Christmases past, present, and future. . . . Don’t miss this lovely and festive holiday read.”–Julie Klassen, bestselling author of A Sea View Christmas
With characters from Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, this festive historical romance Christmas novella of family and second chances from Michelle Griep is set in Victorian England and perfect for fans of Julie Klassen, Mimi Matthews, and Bridgerton.
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Baker Publishing | Amazon | Barnes & Noble
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This Christmas, the perfect gift might just be learning to let go and love the chaos.
WE WISH YOU A MESSY CHRISTMAS
We Wish You a Messy Christmas: A Holiday Novella by Melody Carlson
It’s Christmastime, and Olivia Bradshaw is dating her childhood neighbor, veterinarian Malcolm McEntire. Life should be merry, but Olivia is worried about her mother Jane’s reaction to this budding romance. Their families couldn’t be more different. Perfectionist Jane cannot tolerate the unorganized, messy, fun-loving McEntires, and the thought of being permanently linked as in-laws will surely send her over the edge.
Desperate to save both Christmas and her romance, Olivia and her dad concoct an intervention to turn Jane’s holidays into a big mess. But they barely launch their plan before fate intervenes with a serendipitous mess of its own.
In this delightful Christmas novella full of faith and hope, Melody Carlson delivers small-town charm, family dynamics, and a sweet contemporary romance perfect for the holiday season.
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Baker Publishing | Amazon | Barnes & Noble
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She needs a star for her wartime Christmas show. He needs a second chance. Together they stage a production neither expected.
TWELVE DAYS AND TWELFTH NIGHT
Twelve Days and Twelfth Night: A World War II Christmas Novella by Sarah Sundin
World War II USO director Maggie Oliver faces an impossible task: orchestrate a Christmas show in San Diego for thousands of sailors, with dwindling resources and a quickly approaching deadline. To star in the show, she enlists Prescott Duke, a former Hollywood heartthrob whose career ended in flames after an accident left him scarred and adrift. He eagerly accepts Maggie’s invitation and seizes the chance to reclaim what war has stolen from him.
Inspired by Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” Maggie and Prescott craft a show at a Shakespearean theater that promises to lift spirits. But as rehearsals progress, Maggie discovers a secret that could transform her production into something unforgettable. With opening night approaching and unexpected feelings complicating everything, Maggie must decide how far she’ll go to rewrite not just her show but the outcome for everyone involved.
A romantic World War II Christmas novella of Hollywood stars and a holiday production. Perfect for fans of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, the opposites-attract trope, redemption, and second chances.
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Baker Publishing | Amazon | Barnes & Noble
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Fans of out-of-this-world spice and sizzling slow burns will obsess over this whirlwind love story between the mysterious new cowboy in town and the city girl with a tragic past—and the heat that could melt the snowy mountains around them.
MY COWBOY UNDER THE MISTLETOE
My Cowboy Under the Mistletoe by Ivy Holloway
Perfect for readers of The Christmas Situationship and Cowboy Christmas Redemption, as well as extra steamy holiday romances, brooding cowboys, and small-town love affairs.
If there’s one thing Sarah Delaney hates—it’s Christmas. Perpetually single during the most coupled-up time of the year, plus the fact her hometown is Mistletoe, Montana, means the season definitely does not deck her halls. Her mother died on Christmas when she was eight, and so the holiday is nothing but heartbreak.
When Sarah’s father calls begging for her help with their family tree farm, there are a hundred things she’d rather be doing. But, she agrees, determined to escape before the dreaded holiday. Except her plans don’t quite . . . go to plan. Her old high school friend Luke is hotter than ever, and there’s a new cowboy in town. Sexy and mysterious, Mac is raw passion, and he has a way of melting every part of her. But Luke has always been there for her—could he have been the one that got away?
Soon Sarah is caught in an unfamiliar world of temptation, and a sizzling love affair that threatens to consume her. She knew going back home meant confronting her painful past, but the romantic whirlwind that she finds herself in has her questioning everything—including what she truly desires for herself.
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