Love at the Holidays Books in Order

Spending Hanukkah with his roommate’s family, lonely student Lucas finds himself sharing a room with photographer Nate. Their private attraction becomes a holiday affair, though Nate’s determination to avoid commitment complicates Lucas’s hopes for something lasting.

Actor Ryan hides his feelings for Cary, the apparently unavailable co-star he kisses onscreen. When Cary joins his family for Christmas, the intimacy of their snowy holiday forces both men to reconsider what their friendship might become.

Stranded before Christmas, Charlie must share a cross-country drive with Gavin, the childhood friend who broke his heart. Getting home to Charlie’s recovering little sister means confronting old resentment and the attraction neither has fully escaped.

An unexpected hospital call leaves orderly, overworked Daniel responsible for Cole, his former stepbrother, who has a concussion. Taking Cole on his mountain Christmas vacation disrupts Daniel’s solitude and revives feelings Cole has kept hidden for years.

Uncertain about life after college, Hunter returns to a holiday job playing an elf and meets widowed lumberjack Nick, the substitute Santa. A blizzard strands them together, giving loneliness, attraction, and the possibility of comfort room to grow.

Isolated freshman Jeremy expects to spend Christmas alone until football captain Max offers friendship and help with dating. Their increasingly intimate arrangement follows them to Max’s family farm, where holiday house rules complicate feelings neither intended to develop.

Caleb once abandoned Blake rather than admit his feelings, leaving years of hurt between them. Reunited while cutting Christmas trees, the former friends are trapped by a blizzard in Blake’s van and must confront their unfinished history.

Stranded with his baby daughter as a blizzard approaches, Jake is rescued by Cam, a man he hurt in high school. Snowed into Cam’s cabin, the struggling father and solitary cowboy face old wounds and unexpected possibilities.