Your Winter Reading List is Here ❄️
These winter freebies have been handpicked by our editorial staff just for you. We’ve got a little bit of everything – from heart-pounding thrillers to holiday romances, to family-friendly reads for the pickiest of bookworms to curl up with by the fire. Happy reading!
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Cozy Mystery
A Ghost for Christmas (Mele Keahi’s Mysteries Book 1) by J. D. Winters: Mele Keahi thought she was going for a vacation at her aunt’s – just what she needed after a breakup and a lifetime of heartbreak since her mother disappeared. What she wasn’t expecting was finding a new guy… or that dead body on the doorstep! Could her sweet aunt really be involved? Or was it someone else near and dear to her?
Mystery
Leona’s Last Resort (Tawnee Mountain Mysteries Book 1) by Karen M. Bryson: When Max Elliot invites Izzy Grant to a fancy Ivy League alumni reception at the Tawnee Mountain Resort, the ghost hunters anticipate a romantic weekend getaway at the premier ski and golf destination. But when wealthy hotelier Leona Hutton is murdered, and her ghost asks Izzy to find her killer, she and Max decide to investigate.
Thriller
Grain of Truth (Innocence Unit Book 1) by V. J. Chambers: They have the power to overturn wrongful convictions… and a target on their backs. Elke Lawrence welcomes the long hours and relocation her “promotion” requires. She hopes leading the new Conviction Review Unit, an experimental investigation team, means leaving her wrecked marriage and troubled past behind. Their first case challenges that notion.
Steamy Contemporary Romance
Sweet-Talking Cowboy (The Buckskin Brotherhood Book 1) by Vicki Lewis Thompson: When Lucy Patterson shows up at the Buckskin Ranch with no groom, Matt Ramsey’s in a fix. Six years ago she gave him her heart. He sent her away. He was wrong for her then. He’s wrong for her now. But the years have fanned the flames…
Sweet Contemporary Romance
Merry Me (A Holiday Romance Novel Book 1) by Amanda Siegrist: From USA Today bestselling author Amanda Siegrist comes a heartwarming holiday series that will fill you with the Christmas spirit and lots of love. He never knew a simple gift left on his porch step would mend his wounded heart.
Romantic Suspense
Christmas Hostage (Christmas Romantic Suspense Book 1) by Jane Blythe: Christmas Hostage is the first book in the Christmas Romantic Suspense series by USA Today bestselling author Jane Blythe. Suspense, mystery, a second chance love story, and some Christmas goodness! Standalone with a guaranteed HEA!
Paranormal Romance
Eternal Curse (The Cursed Book 1) by Kara Leigh Miller: Because of me, my mother is dead, and now I’m forced to move in with relatives I hardly know in a town that’s barely a pinpoint on the map. Fitting punishment for my crime, I suppose. Thankfully, I only need to suffer here for a year. As soon as I’m eighteen, I can ditch this town and everyone in it. And then I meet him—Trent Halstead. Something intriguing hides beneath his quiet self-assurance and hero hair.
Fantasy / Paranormal
The Queen of the Milds by D.P. Rowell: Her first love is her people. A dark magic will destroy them all. Angel, princess of the greatest kingdom in Vranon, has only ever wanted the best for her people. But to be the good princess her mother desires, she must smile, wave, and refrain from meddling in duties unfit for a princess.
Science Fiction
Collected Science Fiction Short Stories by Raymond S Flex: Short stories to entertain, frighten and delight. Aliens. More than one parallel world. A manic, entertainment-driven civilization. An automated hotel with a life-changing secret.
Literary Fiction
Christmas In Venice by Meadow Taylor: Olivia’s Christmas trip to Venice, Italy, should be a holiday dream come true. But when her unattended luggage becomes the focus of a handsome Italian policeman’s bomb investigation, she worries she won’t even make it out of the Marco Polo Airport. Practically handcuffed to the best-looking man she’s ever seen, can Olivia convince him she isn’t a terrorist before he writes her off for good? Christmas in Venice is the perfect little treat to start the holidays off with a smile.
Historical Fiction
Sophia (Guests of the Presworth Ball Book 1) by Louisa Thorpe: Mrs. Thornton has finally succeeded in making her youngest daughter, Sophia, more ladylike and a trip to Bath might be just the place to find her a husband. Sophia, however, has no inclination to marry. Still, Bath offers an escape from her small, uneventful village, as well as the great promise of adventure. She is certain she’ll leave as unattached as she came but the arrival of a certain gentleman throws all her emotions into disarray.
Black Literature
One Holiday Kiss by A. M. Kusi: Amara Evans is an outgoing social butterfly, but no one ever really gets close enough to know the real her—no one but her best friend Lyric that is. Lyric Graham is the opposite of Amara in almost every way. He’s shy, and because of his speech impediment, he doesn’t like to talk much.
Cookbook & Nutrition
It’s a Dickens of a Cookie! by Nancy Fraser & others: It’s a Dickens of a Cookie! This recipe book is a companion ebook to the Christmas Comes to Dickens Romance Anthology. In this volume you will find twenty holiday cookie recipes from romance authors featured in the anthology. Each author shares two cookie recipes along with some personal tidbits about their recipes and their stories in the anthology.
Young Adult
Wicked Beginnings (Wicked Bay Book 1) by L A Cotton: An edgy, angsty, addictive YA/NA crossover series from USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author L A Cotton, author of the Rixon Raiders series. Sometimes wrong feels so right…
Horror
Vampire Enforcer (Hidden Blood Book 1) by Al K. Line: My hunger is taking hold as the vampire nature encroaches, the need to feed impossible to resist, and my inherited magic is so volatile it’s practically splitting me apart. Nevertheless, blood is being spilled and heads are getting cracked, so I must be doing something right.
Childrens
Christmas Stories for Kids by Uncle Amon: Merry Christmas! Your child will enjoy this cute Christmas book full of fun stories and Christmas jokes. This is an excellent read for early and beginning readers with big and bright illustrations for younger readers! These stories are great for quick bedtime stories and cute tales to be read aloud with friends and family. Also available in paperback and audiobook formats!
LGBTQ
Rebel without a Claus by Denise Wells: I’m the guy who never brings a date to a holiday party. But meeting someone at one is a different story, apparently. The bartender I undressed with my eyes? Whose touch ignited a fire in my soul when his fingers brushed against mine? He’s the one I’m prepared to break all my own rules for.
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