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Pride and Protest by Nikki Payne

I read this over the Thanksgiving holiday and adored it. I’m a big Pride and Prejudice fan, and I loved this adaptation set in Washington, D.C. between a radio DJ and community activist fighting gentrification of her neighborhood by an icy billionaire. It hits all the story beats I love AND is updated for a 2022 audience. I absolutely adored this debut novel.

Pride and Protest by Nikki Payne
Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun

Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun

I don’t read a lot of holiday romances, but I loved Cochrun’s debut, The Charm Offensive. I couldn’t resist this bisexual, F/F romance. It’s got a bonkers love trapezoid among an underemployed woman with anxiety, her one-night-stand from the previous Christmas, her wealthy brother, and their childhood bestie. And it’s got everything I didn’t know I wanted in a holiday romance: a potential marriage of convenience, scheduled family fun from a Type-A mom, and snowed-in-with-only-one-bed. It was a delightful Christmas cookie of a book, and I get Burl Ives in my brain whenever I think of it. You’re welcome.