Six winter romance novels perfect for the holiday season

A Holly Jolly Diwali follows Niki Randhawa as she learns the hard way that life isn’t made up of practical decisions. She's just been laid off, so why not book a last-minute flight to India for a friend's wedding?

Landing just in time for Diwali, Niki meets fun-loving musician Sameer. Flirtatious banter over champagne turns into spending time with each other during a group honeymoon, and Niki is soon embracing everything she hadn't thought she wanted. This is all until she's confronted with a job offer back home; now she's not sure if playing it safe will mean regretting what could have been.

In The Matzah Ball, Rachel Rubenstein-Goldblatt is a nice Jewish girl... if you don't know what she does for a living. Her deepest, darkest secret is her love for Christmas and the years she's been hiding her career as a bestselling Christmas romance novelist.

Now her publisher is urging her to write a Hanukkah romance, and writer's block has hit hard. Rachel hopes organizing The Matzah Ball this year will help her find the inspiration she needs, even if it means working with her nemesis, Jacob Greenberg. As they start spending more time together, Rachel starts to find more than just inspiration over the holiday.

Perfect for fake dating aficionados, Love You a Latke follows grumpy cafe owner Abby Cohen through building something meaningful by breaking down her assumptions.

Winter in Vermont is usually calm and quaint, but this year Abby's in charge of organizing the city's first ever Hanukkah festival, which would be much easier if her vendors understood what Hanukkah even is.

As she goes looking for help, it turns out resident annoyance, Seth, can introduce her to everyone she needs to know to make the festival of her dreams—for a price. From fake dating to very real feelings, Abby finds her own special light for Hanukkah.

Party boy Matthew Prince's latest scandal isn't getting swept under the rug this time. Instead, You're a Mean One, Matthew Prince follows Matthew as he changes his Grinch-y ways.

Matthew is paying for his latest and greatest PR disaster. From the minute he steps foot in his grandparents' small town, he wants to go home, but his punishment means he's cut off and forced to stay. What’s worse, he's spending his days with Hector Martinez, who is thoroughly put out by Matthew himself.

When the town's charity gala coordinator steps down, Matthew seizes his chance to go home early. The catch? Hector is his partner. The spirit of Christmas may not be enough to teach this prince the error of his ways.

The perfect Christmas rom-com, Royal Holiday, finds Vivian Forest tagging along on her daughter's work trip to England.

Vivian expected gorgeous British sights, but not the gorgeous British man leading the tour. With the clock ticking down to the end of her time in the UK, Vivian plans to enjoy every minute of her no-strings Christmas romance before she has to return to real life, and Malcolm agrees.

It'll take a little Christmas magic for them to realize they both want more than a simple holiday fling.

One of my most anticipated reads this year, The Nightmare Before Kissmas, finds Nicholas “Coal” Claus falling out of love with Christmas. In fact, he'll do almost anything and everything to get out of participating.

When the time comes, though, Coal isn't afraid to do his due diligence: he'll marry his best friend and break his brother's heart. That is, until the Prince of Halloween comes to challenge Coal for his fiance. Now, they’re in competition for a prize neither wants but someone has to win.