#Holiday Romance

[fated-mates]

Santa is coming.

#santa #naughty santa #holiday romance #christmas romance #santa romance #Youtube

[viviseawrites]

merry steddiemas, @malikat24601!!!! i hope you enjoy your gift!!! (and sorry it's so very nearly late!)

tingle, tingle

rated E | 17900 words | Steve needs a date to his ex's holiday wedding, and Eddie agrees to go if they can be "the worst dates possible for each other" while still being convincing as a (fake) couple. Shenanigans ensue with holiday fluff, mistletoe, smut, and the classic fake-dating miscommunication. 

read an excerpt now:

“Feels so good,” Eddie says, pouring the words onto his tongue. “Can’t believe you’re real sometimes.” 

“‘m real,” Steve murmurs, framing Eddie’s face. He sweeps a curl back from where it was sticking and Eddie loses all of his words. He just stares, enraptured.

His mother always told him not to look directly at the sun. He heard it again in school, especially on days when there was an eclipse. “The sun is dangerous to look at without protection.” Over and over again, he heard it. But he liked looking at the sun. He liked seeing the bright lights imprinted in his vision. He liked the halo effect, the ghostly spots that slowly faded as he blinked back to normal.

This feels just like that. He hopes it follows the same course, that it brands his sense of sight with Steve, the holy aura of his pleasure and eager surrender, the brightness of his rumpled beauty. The collapse of an interstellar cloud; the formation of a star, a sun, a gravity well born right at the center of him, intense and inescapable. 

Steve stares right back. One day, Eddie will wonder what he sees in this moment.

and read the rest on AO3!

written for the #steddiewinterexchange

#vivisea writes #stranger things #steddie #steddie fic #steddiewinterexchange #gift fic #steve harrington #eddie munson #holiday romance #tropes and cliches all the way down #rom-com

[nalit-source]

HOLIDAY ROMANCE BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

Part 1/?

#nalitsource #new adult lit #holiday romance #a merry little meet cute #window shopping #in a holidaze #the mistletoe bet #dear santa #jingle wars #screwing mr. scrooge #there's something about merry #tessa bailey #christina lauren #kristen granata #codi hall #nichole greene #maren moore #sierra simone #julie murphy #r. holmes #veronica eden #romance books #book recommendations #na lit #*ours

[sweetfirebird]

Yule is the start of the new year, the midwinter festival for the solstice and the days afterward. Traditions are to burn logs and light candles to welcome the return of the sun, to celebrate with food and cheer and family, and to remember connections with the past.

Robin Blessing never felt much need for that last part; he lives in his family’s old farmhouse with the ghosts of his long-dead relatives. Anyway, he has no time for Yule. Alone, overworked, and ill, the holiday and any coven obligations that go with it are the last things on his mind.

So he is not pleased to open his door and find Lucas Greysmith on the other side. Lucas is a legendary figure in Ravenscroft; marked by great magic, part of a powerful family, annoyingly tall and good-looking, and yet always asking after Robin when Robin is fine, thank you very much. Someone as important as Lucas should have better things to worry about than one little witch who won’t use his Sight, and Robin usually wouldn’t hesitate to tell him so. 

Instead, Robin faints right at Lucas’ feet.

When Robin wakes up, it’s to find that the Greysmiths have decided that Lucas will stay with Robin for the duration of the Yule season to help him recover, and Robin is in no position to protest. The more rest he gets, the more he realizes that he’s been lonely, that he needs the help, and that there might have been a reason Lucas has been asking after him all these years. If Robin had used his gift, he might have seen what Lucas has been patiently waiting for.

Yule is both an end and a beginning, and for first time in years, Robin looking forward to what the future might bring.

A Little Blessing Familiar Spirits Book Four

#familiar spirits #r. cooper #a little blessing #m/m romance #queer romance #holiday romance #yule #midwinter

[aurorawest]

My debut novella is out now!!

If this sounds up your alley...

Jake lost his Christmas spirit when his husband left him on December 26. This year, when a friend offers him her reservation at a resort in Florida, he jumps at the chance to get away. No snow, no Christmas trees, no problems. Except the resort does a Christmas Golf Cart parade every year, and Alex, the man in the neighboring cabin, wants Jake’s help with his. Jake just wants to be left alone… until he spies Alex’s design. Maybe working together won’t be so bad. Can an unexpected friendship reawaken more than Jake’s holiday spirit?

Then follow one of the links below to buy and download! It's currently on sale for $2.00 if you buy direct from the publisher!

Direct from publisher: https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/when-we-finally-kiss-good-night-by-lee-pini-12408-b

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/When-Finally-Kiss-Good-Night-ebook/dp/B0CJTF56JL/

#when we finally kiss good night #lee pini #writeblr #original fiction #writing #creative writing #writers on tumblr #holiday romance #holiday books #christmas romance #christmas books

[lgbtqreads]

Fave Five: New Queer Holiday Romances (2023 Edition)

For the 2022 edition, click here. Finding My Elf by David Valdes (m/m YA) It’s a Fabulous Life by Kelly Farmer (f/f) Mistletoe & Mishigas by M.A. Wardell (m/m) The Christmas Swap by Talia Samuels (f/f) Secret Heir for Christmas by LaQuette (m/m)

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#Christmas #David Valdes #Finding My Elf #Hanukkah #Holiday Romance #It’s a Fabulous Life #Kelly Farmer #LaQuette #M.A. Wardell #Talia Samuels #The Christmas Swap

[tianawarner]

Top 5 Sapphic Forced-Proximity Romance Books (winter 2024 edition ❄️)

Two of a Kind by Eden Emory and Ashley Pines – stuck together in a cabin

2. Snowed In With Summer by Tiana Warner – stuck together in a yurt

3. Hoax for the Holidays by Bel Blackwood – fake married

4. All Wrapped Up in You by T.B. Markinson and Adrian J. Smith – bookstore romance

5. The Christmas Swap by Talia Samuels – brother's fake girlfriend

Ugh something about a cute and fluffy winter romance just gets me! Some of these are holiday romances, but it's still cold and snowy up here in Canada, so you'll still find me reading these by the fire. ❄️

#f/f #sapphic #lesfic #sapphic books #lesbian romance #lesbian books #wlw books #f/f romance #forced proximity #cabin romance #holiday romance #book recommendations #book rec list

[noahhawthorneauthor]

It's that time of year to cozy under the blankets while the snow falls, and maybe fall in love.

These take place during various holidays, and the 'holidayness' factor is more intense in some than others.

#noahs book recs #queer books #indie books #holiday books #gay books #gay romance #holiday romance #holiday reads #indie author #writers on tumblr #book recommendation #fantasy books #magical realism

[zacwuv]

Gingerbread MAN from last December 👀😈

#monster lover #hot monster #hot muscles #fantasy art #monster romance #fantasy #monster boyfriend #holiday romance #fantasy romance #fantasy creature #male pin up #male pinup

[franticvampirereads]

My last review for 2023! And I think this is one of the sweetest romances I’ve ever read. I absolutely loved it and I think it might be one of my favorite books I’ve read in all of 2023.

I loved that both Baxter and Paxton were over 40, single parents to teenagers, and lonely in different ways. Baxter, because he didn’t let anyone in on a deeper, friendship level; and Paxton because he just didn’t want to be around a lot of people. And the fact that their kids set them up on a holiday buddies friendship building thing? I ate that up! I also loved the way that they took their kids feelings into consideration through this whole book. Especially when it came to finally telling them that they were in a relationship. It was honestly the sweetest, most heartwarming thing I’ve read! And the way that they cared for each other and loved all their rough edges and broken pieces?! I was giggling and smiling to myself the entire time I was reading it!

Let Your Hearts Be Light is just the sweetest, most heartwarming, and coziest books to end the year on. This is getting five stars and I can’t wait to read the next one!

#let your hearts be light #booklr #book review #books #reading #read #book #bookish #bookworm #lgbtq+ books #queer books #Christmas daddies series #holiday romance #holiday reads #mm romance #contemporary romance

[kinkswondergirl]

“Lavinia was so divine…”

#the kinks #ray davies #holiday romance

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

JOMP BPC - December 1st - December Goals

what's this??? me, with another outrageous monthly TBR??? pfft as if 🤭

but for realsies, I am gonna try to get through all these this month. the leftovers from Known Author November, and alllllllllll the holiday romances on my shelves

and if anyone knows of any queer holiday romances (preferably wlw) that have been released for this year, please tell me!

#holiday romance #holiday reads #christmas romance #justonemorepage #jompbpc #booklr #bookblr #trcc original #portraits

[mystical-blaise]

Heart of the Matter Chapter 1 is up!

Besides, they'd reached yet another milestone. Their first Valentine’s Day together. There's no way he could blow this. Gwyn: I wouldn’t want to spend Valentine’s Day with anyone else. A corner of his mouth tilted upward.

Sequel to Give Me Your Heart for Christmas

@gwynrielweeksofficial

#gwyneth berdara #gwyn x azriel #gwynriel #gwyn and azriel #gwyn x az #gwynriel fanfiction #gwyn #azriel x gwyn #gwynriel supremacy #pro gwyn berdara #pro gwynriel #gwynriel modern au #acotar modern au #modern au #azriel shadowsinger #azriel #holiday romance #holiday fic #valentine's day #gwyneth x azriel #azgwyn #gwyn berdara #gwyneth berdara x azriel #gwyn acotar #my writing #give me your heart for christmas #heart of the matter #gwynriel holiday series

[nalit-source]

Wreck The Halls by Tessa Bailey

“… She was matching him beat for beat. They were the greatest song ever written.”

#nalitedit #nalitsource #nadaily #litdaily #wreck the halls #tessa bailey #melody gallard #beat dawkins #beat x melody #holiday romance #new adult lit #na lit #book society #romance books #*ours

[sweetfirebird]

Yule is the start of the new year, the midwinter festival for the solstice and the days afterward. Traditions are to burn logs and light candles to welcome the return of the sun, to celebrate with food and cheer and family, and to remember connections with the past.

Robin Blessing never felt much need for that last part; he lives in his family’s old farmhouse with the ghosts of his long-dead relatives. Anyway, he has no time for Yule. Alone, overworked, and ill, the holiday and any coven obligations that go with it are the last things on his mind.

So he is not pleased to open his door and find Lucas Greysmith on the other side. Lucas is a legendary figure in Ravenscroft; marked by great magic, part of a powerful family, annoyingly tall and good-looking, and yet always asking after Robin when Robin is fine, thank you very much. Someone as important as Lucas should have better things to worry about than one little witch who won’t use his Sight, and Robin usually wouldn’t hesitate to tell him so. 

Instead, Robin faints right at Lucas’ feet.

When Robin wakes up, it’s to find that the Greysmiths have decided that Lucas will stay with Robin for the duration of the Yule season to help him recover, and Robin is in no position to protest. The more rest he gets, the more he realizes that he’s been lonely, that he needs the help, and that there might have been a reason Lucas has been asking after him all these years. If Robin had used his gift, he might have seen what Lucas has been patiently waiting for.

Yule is both an end and a beginning, and for first time in years, Robin looking forward to what the future might bring.

A Little Blessing Familiar Spirits Book Four

Available December 9th!

#yule #queer romance #r. cooper #familiar spirits #holly and oak #m/m romance #holiday romance #contemporary but with witches #available on most platforms i ain't amazon exclusive baby #gays in blankets #a little blessing

[aurorawest]

Preorder announcement!

Friends! Romans! Countryblorbos! My debut novella is being released on November 16, 2023, and is now available for preorder!

Don we now our gay apparel to get ready for holiday greetings and gay happy meetings. Make your Yuletide gay and follow this link ➡️

#preorders open #coming soon #preorder campaign #when we finally kiss good night #dreamspinner press #original fiction #writeblr #writers of tumblr #writing community #holiday romance #christmas romance #gay romance #queer romance #wwfkgn