Contemporaries, Magic, & More

Under the Mistletoe with You

Under the Mistletoe with You by Lizzie Huxley-Jones is 99c! This is a M/M small town romance between a baker and an actor who get snowed in. Huxley-Jones also has a F/F holiday romance but unfortunately that one is not on sale.

‘Warm, joyful and full of heart. The perfect feel-good Christmas rom com with characters I didn’t want to leave behind’ LAURA KAY

‘I was reading this on the grass in a literal summer heatwave, and it still managed to get me in the festive mood’ LILY LONDON

‘The perfect blend of charming, cosy, festive joy and steamy romance! Full of warmth, laugh-out-loud humour, compassion and the very best of Christmassy tropes, this is a total smash-hit that will have you swooning under the mistletoe this Christmas!’ BETH REEKLES

Ready for a long Christmas break away from his little bakery, Christopher has closed up shop and found someone to stay in his flat over the festive period. Everything is under control. That is, until the mysterious person renting his home turns out to be…

Nash Nadeau, an actor. The star of all Christopher’s favourite Christmas movies. The guy he’s been crushing on for the whole past year. And, it turns out, a typically rude celebrity.

When a huge snowstorm hits, Christopher and Nash find themselves snowed in together for Christmas. But while it’s still cold outside, the frosty tension between Christopher and Nash finally starts to thaw. And maybe even heat up into something more…

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Must Love Books

Must Love Books by Shauna Robinson is $2.99! This is more women’s fiction/chick lit with romantic elements rather than a contemporary romance. Please check triggers as the heroine is going through a rough depression and that plays a large role in the book.

Meet Nora Hughes―the overworked, underpaid, last bookish assistant standing. At least for now. When Nora landed an editorial assistant position at Parsons Press, it was her first step towards The Dream Job. Because, honestly, is there anything dreamier than making books for a living? But after five years of lunch orders, finicky authors, and per my last emails, Nora has come to one grand conclusion: Dream Jobs do not exist.

With her life spiraling and the Parsons staff sinking, Nora gets hit with even worse news. Parsons is cutting her already unlivable salary. Unable to afford her rent and without even the novels she once loved as a comfort, Nora decides to moonlight for a rival publisher to make ends meet…and maybe poach some Parsons authors along the way.

But when Andrew Santos, a bestselling Parsons author no one can afford to lose is thrown into the mix, Nora has to decide where her loyalties lie. Her new Dream Job, ever-optimistic Andrew, or…herself and her future.

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The Language of Spells

The Language of Spells by Sarah Painter is 99c! This is book one in a series with the same name. The description is giving me major Sarah Addison Allen vibes. Have you read this one?

When you are ready, seek, and you shall find. It is your gift.

Gwen Harper left Pendleford thirteen years ago and hasn’t looked back. Until an inheritance throws her into the mystical world she thought she’d escaped. Confronted with her great-aunt’s legacy Gwen must finally face up to her past.

The magic she has long tried to suppress is back with a vengeance but gift or burden, for Gwen, it always spells trouble. She has to stay – she has nowhere else to go – but how can she find her place in the town that drove her out after branding her a witch…?

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Fool Me Once

Fool Me Once by Ashley Winstead is $1.99! This is a contemporary romance and the first in a series. However, there is a political (in Texas) element. I know I personally don’t love reading about politicians, government officials, and anything tangentially related since about 2016. Funny that.

In this fierce and funny battle of the exes, Ashley Winstead’s Fool Me Once explores the chaos of wanting something you used to have.

Lee Stone is a twenty-first-century woman: she kicks butt at her job as a communications director at a women-run electric car company, and after work she is “Stoner,” drinking guys under the table and never letting any of them get too comfortable in her bed…

That’s because Lee’s learned one big lesson: never trust love. Four major heartbreaks set her straight, from her father cheating on her mom all the way to Ben Laderman in grad school—who wasn’t actually cheating, but she could have sworn he was, so she reciprocated in kind.

Then Ben shows up five years later, working as a policy expert for the most liberal governor in Texas history, just as Lee is trying to get a clean energy bill rolling. Things get complicated—and competitive—as Lee and Ben are forced to work together. Tension builds just as old sparks reignite, fanning the flames for a romantic dustup the size of Texas.

Don’t miss The Boyfriend Candidate, Ashley Winstead’s next laugh-out-loud rom-com about learning to embrace living outside your comfort zone!

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