10 Christmas Rom-Coms to Put You in the Holiday Spirit

Want to read some cozy Christmas rom-coms in 2024? Check out my list of 10 must-read romantic comedies for Christmas! These books are full of laughs, charm, and holiday vibes. These Christmas themed romances are for adults or your book club. They also make great gifts for friends who love to read. I really hope these holiday novels will make your December even more fun!
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Christmas-Themed Romantic Comedies To Read

The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews

The Santa Suit is a heartwarming holiday story that focuses on the themes of hope and new beginnings. Ivy Perkins moves into a farmhouse for a fresh start. When she discovers an old Santa suit with a mysterious note inside, her journey takes an unexpected turn. The story is cozy, uplifting, and filled with the magic of Christmas.

From Mary Kay Andrews, the New York Times bestselling author of Hello, Summer , comes a novella celebrating the magic of Christmas and second chances in The Santa Suit .

When newly-divorced Ivy Perkins buys an old farmhouse sight unseen, she is definitely looking for a change in her life. The Four Roses, as the farmhouse is called, is a labor of love―but Ivy didn’t bargain on just how much labor. The previous family left so much furniture and so much junk, that it’s a full-time job sorting through all of it.

At the top of a closet, Ivy finds an old Santa suit―beautifully made and decades old. In the pocket of a suit she finds a note written in a childish it’s from a little girl who has one Christmas wish, and that is for her father to return home from the war. This discovery sets Ivy off on a mission. Who wrote the note? Did the man ever come home? What mysteries did the Rose family hold?

Ivy’s quest brings her into the community, at a time when all she wanted to do was be left alone and nurse her wounds. But the magic of Christmas makes miracles happen, and Ivy just might find more than she ever thought a welcoming town, a family reunited, a mystery solved, and a second chance at love.

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Window Shopping by Tessa Bailey

If you know Tessa Bailey, you know her books are full of fun, steam, and cute moments. Window Shopping is no different. Set in Manhattan during the holidays, Stella ends up decorating the Vivant store’s windows with Aiden, the charming owner, watching over her. Their banter and growing attraction make this book a fun read. It’s got humor, romance, so perfect for anyone looking for laughter and love with a Christmas vibe.

A sizzling, standalone, feel-good holiday romance from Tessa Bailey, New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Summer.

Two weeks before Christmas and all through Manhattan, shop windows are decorated in red and green satin.

I’m standing alone in front of the famous Vivant department store, when a charming man named Aiden asks my opinion of the décor.

It’s a tragedy in tinsel, I say, unable to lie.

He asks for a better idea with a twinkle in his eye.

Did I know he owned the place? No. He put me on the spot.

Now I’m working for that man, trying to ignore that he’s hot.

But as a down on her luck girl with a difficult past, I know an opportunity when I see one—and I have to make it last.

I’ll put my heart and soul into dressing his holiday windows.

I’ll work without stopping. And when we lose the battle with temptation, I’ll try and remember I’m just window shopping.

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Christmas in Rose Bend by Naima Simone

Christmas in Rose Bend follows Nessa Hunt, an ER nurse dealing with grief and life changes, who ends up in the cheerful town of Rose Bend. There, she meets Wolf Dennison, whose big family and warm personality slowly pull her into the Christmas spirit. I’m a sucker for Christmas romances with that feel-good, community vibes, so if you love them too, check out this rom com.

The holidays have never been her thing. But Christmas in Rose Bend has more than one surprise in store…

Grieving ER nurse Nessa Hunt is on a road trip with her sullen teen half sister, Ivy, and still reeling from her mother’s deathbed confession: Nessa’s dad wasn’t really her dad. Seeking answers, they arrive in Rose Bend to find a small town teeming with the kind of Christmas cheer Nessa usually avoids. But then she meets the innkeeper’s ruggedly sexy son, Wolfgang Dennison.

Wolf’s big, boisterous family is like a picture-perfect holiday card. Nessa has too much weighing on her to feel like she fits—even though the heat between her and Wolf is undeniable. And the merriment bringing an overdue smile to Ivy’s face is almost enough to make Nessa believe in the Christmas spirit. But with all her parental baggage, including lingering questions about her birth father, is there room in Nessa’s life for happy holidays and happily-ever-after?

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The Christmas Crush by Noelle Douglas

The Christmas Crush is a fun and competitive Christmas rom-com that pits career-driven Elena against local baker Lawrence in a small-town cookie competition. Elena works for a big cookie company, and Lawrence runs the town’s favorite bakery. They butt heads right away, but there’s more than just rivalry in the air. If you are a fan of holiday rom coms with humor, flirty tension, and sweet holiday vibes, this is for you.

A small-town baker and a career woman working for a cookie conglomerate get all mixed up in this small town Christmas romcom, perfect for fans of Tessa Bailey and Maggie Knox.Career focused Elena is climbing the corporate ladder all the way to the top; so when Sparkle Cookie, the cookie manufacturer she works for, opens a new branch, she jumps at the opportunity to impress her bosses. But the townsfolk in New Hope, Pennsylvania aren’t exactly thrilled about a large company coming in to ruin their small town feel with factories and truckloads of Sparkle Cookie products on their roads, yet Elena is determined to prove herself and make the new branch a success. Local baker Lawrence–and his dog Sugar–have been a beloved staple in New Hope for the past two years. Their bakery specializes in cookies, but with Sparkle Cookie coming in, he’s worried their market will be quickly squashed by franchise locations selling mass-produced (and, in his opinion, terrible) cookies on every street corner. Elena and Lawrence immediately butt heads at a town hall meeting, and Lawrence is determined to drive Sparkle Cookie from town at all costs–but Elena is just as ruthlessly determined to make the New Hope location a success and win over the townspeople. When a cookie competition makes them join forces, sparks fly, and they’re both forced to decide just what price they’re willing to pay to reach their goals.

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Good Eld Gone Wrong by Alina Jacobs

Good Eld Gone Wrong is a funny and steamy holiday rom-com that follows Gracie O’Brien, who’s done playing nice after finding out her fiancé cheated. She partners with Hudson, a tattooed “bad elf,” to get some revenge. What starts as payback quickly turns into an unexpected romance and a journey of finding herself.

When you catch your fiancé cheating on you with your sister on Christmas Eve, the elf hat comes off.

I’ve always been the good girl—the helper, the one who eats her food cold so her guests are taken care of, who volunteers at nursing homes, who bakes cookies for her neighbors, and who stays late after a party to clean up. I don’t mind. Being good is who I am.

I kept smiling when I caught my fiancé coming down my sister’s chimney on Christmas Eve.

I gave polite congratulations when they got engaged.

And I even offered to help decorate for their Christmas wedding despite the fact that was supposed to be my dream wedding.

But when my sister cuts up my great-grandmother’s 100-year-old wedding dress and turns it into a skank show, even though that was the dress I was going to wear on my wedding day? Well, this elf is torching down the North Pole.

And what better way to get revenge than giving those cheaters a taste of their own medicine? This good elf is bringing the bad boy home for Christmas. Hudson is six foot five, coldhearted, tattooed—a bad elf with a perpetual sneer and washboard abs. He’s exactly my sister’s type.

And he’s going to help me nuke her wedding from orbit on the night before Christmas. What he is not supposed to do is crawl in my bed half naked. And he’s definitely not supposed to smirk and tell me to commit to the fake relationship right before he goes down on me. Gulp! Maybe there’s a reason the good elves stay far away from the bad elves.

Good elves of Christmas unite! We’re ogling the tattooed chests of shirtless bad boys, baking massive amounts of cookies, drinking all the wine, and trying to survive recently divorced grandmothers who have a pathological obsession with our love lives. This stand-alone holiday romantic comedy has all the Christmas cheer you can fit in your stocking and a happily ever after, guaranteed!

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The Christmas Project by Maxine Morrey

The Christmas Project centers on Kate Stone, a professional organizer, who faces her most challenging client yet, her best friend’s brother, Michael. As she works to declutter his home and heart, finding herself drawn to him despite his difficult personality. This book is all about holiday cheer, charming romance and personal growth.

Professional organiser Kate Stone has never – NEVER – been tempted to hit a client over the head with a snow shovel, but Michael O’Farrell is the most obnoxious – and heart-stoppingly gorgeous – man she has ever met. If he weren’t her best friend’s brother, she would not have waited on his doorstep in the freezing cold for five minutes, let alone an hour.

Kate knows, however, that her job isn’t just about tidying up, sometimes she needs to be part therapist too, and Michael clearly needs her help to declutter his heart as well as his home.

But with the festive season just around the corner there isn’t much time to get Michael’s house ready for the O’Farrell family celebrations, but everyone knows that at Christmas anything can happen.

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This Christmas in Paris by Sophie Claire

If you love a Christmas romance set in romantic backdrop, you’ll love this one. Set in the enchanting city of Paris, This Christmas in Paris follows Carys as she runs a café and meets journalist Mat. Both are hiding secrets that could threaten their chance at love. The story radiates the festive Parisian magic ,romance, and the journey of opening up to new possibilities.

What could be more magical than Christmas in Paris?

When Carys is offered the chance to run a little French café, she leaps at the chance to discover an exciting city where she can dream big.

Meanwhile, struggling journalist Mat is living in the City of Love – but he’s never found romance himself.

Then, a chance encounter changes everything, and it feels like the start of something wonderful. But Carys and Mat are both keeping secrets . . .

Can they open their hearts to one another – and maybe even find love, just in time for Christmas?

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The Holiday Switch by Tif Marcelo

Lila, a book blogger working at a local inn, finds her winter break messed up when she’s forced to work alongside her boss’s nephew, Teddy. The two clash but accidentally switch phones and discover they have been hiding secrets. The Holiday Switch is a sweet, young adult holiday romance with humor, charm, and a cozy small-town setting.

Lila Santos is ready for her last winter break of high school. The snow in her small town of Holly, New York, is plentiful, the mood is as cozy as a fuzzy Christmas sweater, and she’s earning extra cash working at the local inn—AKA the setting of the greatest film of all time, Holiday by the Lake—while moonlighting as an anonymous book blogger.

But her perfect holiday plans crash to a halt when her boss’s frustratingly cute nephew, Teddy Rivera, becomes her coworker. Lila is type A; Teddy is type “Anything but Lila’s Way,” and the two of them can’t stop butting heads over tangled icicle lights and messy gift shop merch. But when they accidentally switch phones one afternoon, they realize they’ve both been hiding things from each other. Will their secrets—and an unexpected snowstorm—bring these rivals together?

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A Holly Jolly Diwali by Sonya Lalli

Niki, a data analyst, takes an impulsive trip to India for her friend’s wedding and meets Sam, a musician who inspires her passion for art and life. The story follows Niki as she brans onto her roots and learns to live more freely. A Holly Jolly Diwali is a beautiful blend of holiday romance and self-discovery.

One type-A data analyst discovers her free-spirited side on an impulsive journey from bustling Mumbai to the gorgeous beaches of Goa and finds love waiting for her on Christmas morning.

Twenty-nine-year-old Niki Randhawa has always made practical decisions. Despite her love for music and art, she became an analyst for the stability. She’s always stuck close to home, in case her family needed her. And she’s always dated guys that seem good on paper, rather than the ones who give her butterflies. When she’s laid off, Niki realizes that practical hasn’t exactly paid off for her. So for the first time ever, she throws caution to the wind and books a last-minute flight for her friend Diya’s wedding.

Niki arrives in India just in time to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, where she meets London musician Sameer Mukherji. Maybe it’s the splendor of Mumbai or the magic of the holiday season, but Niki is immediately drawn to Sam. At the wedding, the champagne flows and their flirtatious banter makes it clear that the attraction is mutual.

When Niki and Sam join Diya, her husband and their friends on a group honeymoon, their connection grows deeper. Free-spirited Sam helps Niki get in touch with her passionate and creative side, and with her Indian roots. When she gets a new job offer back home, Niki must decide what she wants out of the next chapter of her life–to cling to the straight and narrow like always, or to take a leap of faith and live the kind of bold life the old Niki never would have dreamed of.

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The Road to Christmas by Sheila Roberts

Three generations of a family go on separate road trips to spend Christmas together in The Road to Christmas. Michelle and Max are facing marital struggles, their daughters are on their own adventure, and the grandparents take on a snowy drive. If you want to read a Christmas novel with plenty of humor, the ups and downs of family relationships and multiple perspectives get this book.

Three generations of travelers embark on a Christmas road trip filled with humor and heart, set against the snowy mountains of Washington State.

Michelle and Max are not planning on a happy holiday. Their marriage is in shambles and the D word has entered their vocabulary. But now their youngest daughter, Julia, wants everyone to come to her new house in Idaho for Christmas, and she’s got the guest room all ready for Mom and Dad. Oh, joy.

Their other daughters, Audrey and Shyla, are driving up from California and hoping to meet a sexy rancher for Audrey along the way. What they don’t plan on is getting stranded on a ranch when the car breaks down.

The ones with the shortest drive are Grandma and Grandpa—also known as Hazel and Warren. It’s still a bit of a trek, and Hazel doesn’t like the idea of driving all that way in snow, but Warren knows they’ll have no problem. They have a reliable car—and snow tires and chains if they need them. They’ll be fine.

Surprises lie in store for all three sets of intrepid travelers as they set out on three very different adventures, all leading to one memorable family Christmas.

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