Hello Lovely Readers,
Can you all believe we’re already halfway through November? It simultaneously feels like it just started and like we’re ready for a nice long nap. If we could belatedly opt into the whole hibernation thing, we just might take the chance. But, since that’s not an option (yet), we’ll gladly settle for cozying up and binging our favorite Sweet Reads instead. We’re ready for all of the feels, without all of the bite.
Sweet Reads, in case you’re unaware, have everything you’re looking for in a good book, but with more of a PG rating to things. They’re something you could share with nearly anyone in the family, so they’re also great for gifts or for starting a family-wide book club (giving everyone something fun to talk about over the holidays without the stress of everything else).
So, let’s dive into our TBR stack, and see what catches your eye. Let us know in the comments what you may want to snag for yourself.
Dark was the Night by Elizabeth Blake
The ebook of this one is on sale for 99 cents until 11/21!
Ensconced in dark trees that whisper of a twisted evil, the tiny village of Hannigan lives by two rules:
No one is to go into the Wood at night.
No one is to go into the Wood alone.
Felicity Devonshire is about to break them both.
This dark and twisty Romantasy is just right for readers looking for the perfect blend of haunting fantasy and romantic chemistry without any spice.
The Poet and the Paragon by Rita Boucher
Right now, you can get the ebook version of this novel for FREE. Offer ends 11/17.
A decade has passed since Rebecca Creighton was jilted at the altar at 17 and she resigned herself to spinsterhood. Her lectures and popular penny tracts have made “doing the Creighton” synonymous with proper behavior. But when mayhem breaks out during one of her speaking engagements in a disreputable part of London, she is saved by a seductive stranger.
Always and Forever by Wendy Lindstrom
A Mail Order Bride He Doesn’t Want—A Woman He Can’t Resist.
Nancy Mitchell refuses to marry the man her father chose for her. Her only escape from the dreadful arrangement is to find another husband quick—so she concocts a desperate plan and agrees to become a mail order bride. When a drastic change in circumstances dumps her into the arms of Hal Grayson, a handsome, grieving man who hates her family, she is forced to rethink her hastily made plan. Can her fierce resolve and inner strength help him piece his world together again even when her own begins to unravel?
Wendy Lindstrom’s Second Chance Brides series are sweet editions of The Greyson Family series. As fate would have it, the spicier version of this one, When I Fall in Love, is 99 cents through 11/21. It’s a great option for if you want to buddy read with someone else who has different preferences.
Tempest in the Tea Leaves by Kari Lee Townsend
Leaving the Big Apple for the quaint town of Divinity, New York, Sunny is determined to start anew and make it on her own as a psychic. But when she sits down to do a reading for the local librarian, what she finds at the bottom of the teacup is anything but helpful. And when her visions soon come true, hard-nosed and handsome Detective Mitch Stone is convinced they sound more like incrimination than divination.
Will Sunny turn the detective into a believer and clear her name before the killer decides her fate?
Mistletoe and Chain Mail by Elizabeth Rose
Lady Eva Cavendish will do anything to keep her family’s secret. When her father suffers from an accident, she forges missives to the king in her father’s name, wanting everyone to believe things are normal. When an uninvited knight shows up at her door on Christmas Eve with an offering of a roasted goose with all the trimmings, her love of food tempts her and she invites him in.
Sir Adam de Ware is on a mission as a spy for the king. He needs to learn the secrets of Cavendish, and finds a sure way to do it. During these twelve days of Christmas, will the whirlwind romance he’s dished out end up burning him in the end?
Waiting for the Laird by Willa Blair
Widow Lara MacLaren hungers for the hunky architect she hires to restore her derelict Scottish manor, but is she ready for a relationship…and is Ian ready for her twins?
Ian Paterson is eager to awaken Lara’s passionate side. Yet, if he reveals his ancestral claim to her estate, he risks losing her and his job. His clan’s history, lost over the years, may be hidden in the walls—along with a ghost waiting for the laird’s return.
Opening a Christmas shop in her hometown of Winterberry, Kentucky is a dream come true for Lexi Hargrove. Lexi is no stranger to loss, but her holly, jolly approach to life has sustained her. She couldn’t have imagined the first person to walk through the door of the Christmas Box would be Travis Hutchins, her long lost high school crush who stood her up for a date a dozen years ago. He’s looking for coffee, not Christmas – and makes it clear he’s a holiday hater. But why does he still have to be so hot? And when did he become so Grinchy?
Game of Scones by Mary Lee Ashford
At Sugar & Spice Community Cookbooks, business is flatter than a fritter and so Sugar and Spice are thrilled when the local Founders Club hires them to assemble a collection of old-time recipes for the town’s upcoming bicentennial celebration. It’s Recipe Wars in small town St. Ignatius and the town’s rival bed & breakfast owners, one of them Spice’s aunt, end up in a food fight over who has the best scones. The situation heats up and when things turn deadly, Sugar and Spice have to cook-up a scheme to find the killer before the town council votes to scrap their cookbook deal.
Dylan Kennedy desperately needs twenty-five grand to buy back her dead father’s truck and the memories that go with it. When her best friend proposes a solution, Dylan agrees, even if it means being a celebrity’s girlfriend on national TV.
Country star Aiden Miller signed a contract to go on the reality TV show, Couple’s Cruise. But that was before. Before his breakup, and before his writing slump. Now, his album release is looming, and he’s got nothing.
As the two compete to win America’s votes, things start falling into place. But secrets from their past resurface, forcing them to face demons they’d thought long buried. When they realize they can’t outrun them, they must decide whether their fake relationship can survive reality.
Two-Damage My Heart by Charlie N. Holmberg
Eight years ago, Rue Thompson fell in love with her brother’s roommate. From across the country, he started writing her letters out of the blue—letters that encouraged her, amused her, and healed her.
Then he ghosted her and broke her heart.
But then the boy—now most definitely a man—suddenly reappears in her life and shows renewed interest. The catch? He doesn’t recognize her. Apparently eight years and new hair masks all wounds. But Rue remembers everything. No amount of make-believe can change that. She’s taken enough damage, thank you very much.
But this time, Landry Harrison plans to convince Rue he’s leveled up—even if it means dressing up in tights and a cape to prove it.
Christmas by Candlelight by Sylvie Kurtz
Claire Chandler’s passion has just been put on hold. After her parents unexpectedly pass away, she turns down a coveted wildlife photography grant to move back to New Hampshire and run their inn. But when a face from the past whose vacation she ruined as a kid shows up as a guest, she vows to turn the grumpy author’s stay into a fun-filled festive retreat.
Struggling to keep up with everyone’s never-ending demands, Claire does her best to help her prickly adversary reclaim his muse. But as she juggles a challenging cookie tour, an ex-boyfriend’s sudden arrival and a powerful nor’easter cutting the power, she fears all the guests will unwrap is disappointment.
Will the overwhelmed host survive a snowstorm of stress and restore the Yuletide cheer?
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