Best Christmas romance books

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The best Christmas romance books to fall in love with this winter

The Night Before Christmas

A warm, funny and romantic Christmas delight of a novel from Scarlett Bailey (otherwise known as Rowan Coleman)

This feel good rom-com is perfectly festive and great fun.

Scarlett Bailey has loved writing stories since childhood. Before writing novels she worked as a waitress, cinema usherette and bookseller. Passionate about old movies, Scarlett loves nothing more than spending a wet Sunday afternoon watching her favourite films back to back with large quantities of chocolate. Scarlett also writes novels under her real name Rowan Coleman. She is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Memory Book and The Summer of Impossible Things.

All Lydia's ever wanted is a perfect Christmas... 
 
So when her oldest friends invite her to spend the holidays with them, it seems like a dream come true. She's been promised log fires, roasted chestnuts, her own weight in mince pies - all in a setting that looks like something out of a Christmas card. 
 
But her winter wonderland is ruined when she finds herself snowed in with her current boyfriend, her old flame and a hunky stranger. Well, three (wise) men is traditional at this time of year...

The Christmas Collection

A wonderful collection of three romantic Christmas novels from Scarlett Bailey, 'the Queen of Christmas chick-lit'.

Settle down for the holidays with The Christmas Collection, bringing together three heartwarming festive novels: 
 
The Night Before Christmas 
Married by Christmas 
Just For Christmas 
 
Described as 'the Queen of Christmas chick-lit', author Scarlett Bailey - otherwise known as Rowan Coleman - brings you all the Christmas cheer you could ever need.

Secret Santa

A sexy and fun digital short story from Scarlett Bailey (otherwise known as Rowan Coleman), the author of Married by Christmas

A self-confessed Christmas queen, Sue Montaigne prides herself on organising the annual nativity pageant in her small Cornish village of Poldore. 
 
But this year, what with having to deal with the repairs on Castle House after it was wrecked by a terrible storm, training a new – and frankly flighty – Virgin Mary and managing a Joseph who is allergic to sheep, she is distinctly lacking a little bit of ‘me time’. 
 
And then there are the auditions for the new Santa. But nothing prepares her for the beautiful man who turns up, a twinkle in his eye and a promise to make her Christmas dreams come true…

Two Weddings and a Baby

A funny and romantic read from the author of Just For Christmas

A fab summery book that’s got everything from Chanel coats to sexy vicars!

Girls, you’ll love putting some bounce into your beach reading and a smile on your face with this chick-lit delight. Bailey writes with a twinkle in her eye…

From reluctant bridesmaid, to accidental mother… 
 
Tamsyn Thorne has not been back to her home town of Poldore for five long years. 
 
But now her brother, Ruan, is about to get married and she has no excuses left. 
 
Her plans to arrive in Cornwall looking chic and successful are dashed when a huge storm turns her from fashion goddess to a drowned rat. Worse, she ends up insulting the local hunky vicar – and then finds a tiny baby abandoned in his churchyard…

Married by Christmas

From Scarlett Bailey (otherwise known as Rowan Coleman) the celebrated author of A Night Before Christmas, comes another warm, funny romantic comedy

I LOVE it! It was funny, romantic and the perfect book to snuggle up with – Scarlett Bailey does it again!

Endearing and funny, we loved this gorgeously Christmassy romcom

A light, fun and fast-paced chunk of chortlesome chick-lit

an awesome Christmassy read with a lot of twists and turns ... you can't put it down

Perfect for the festive holiday, a story of love and romance and a Christmas Eve wedding gone wrong . . . Great fun

A fun, festive romantic comedy to curl up with this winter. If you love Jenny Colgan’s An Island Christmas and Josie Silver’s One Day in December you'll love this heartwarming Christmas read. 
 
All she wants is a perfect Christmas Eve wedding... 
 
It’s been on Anna’s wish-list since she was a little girl, dreaming of a far happier family life than she’d ever experienced. 
 
But now – only two weeks before her big day – her perfect husband-to-be drops a bombshell... 
 
Only nothing’s going to stop Anna’s plans – not even the pesky inconvenience of discovering her groom already has a wife!

Santa Maybe

Amy Tucker is single. So single in fact she hasn’t had a man in her room for three years and her idea of a good time is buying new kitchenware at Ikea. So when she wakes up on Christmas Eve to find a strange man at the end of her bed, she is more than surprised. 
 
Least of all, when the beautiful man claims to be Santa and has sexy stubble to rival George Clooney. 
 
Santa whisks Amy on an exciting and unforgettable journey around the world through time and space. But can he really make Amy's Christmas dreams come true?

Scarlett Bailey

Festive fun from the Queen of Christmas chick lit

I LOVE it! It was funny, romantic and the perfect book to snuggle up with - Scarlett Bailey does it again!

The perfect festive romance to curl up with... 
 
Can a Christmas escape mend a broken heart? 
 
When Alex Munro learns that the love of her life is getting married to another woman, all she wants to do is get as far away from her hometown as possible. 
 
So she moves to a cosy Cornish cottage, which seems to come complete with the world's scruffiest dog. She also finds that the whole village is determined to get her involved in the holiday festivities despite her wanting to be alone. 
 
But when she meets handsome neighbour Ruan, Alex realises she doesn't want to spend Christmas by herself after all. Although, after being left heartbroken by his ex-fiancée, Ruan has no intention of letting anyone get close to him again... 
 
A fun, festive romantic comedy to curl up with this winter. If you love Jenny Colgan, Josie Silver and Veronica Henry, you'll love this heartwarming Christmas read.

Scarlett Bailey

Praise for Just For Christmas

Festive fun from the Queen of Christmas chick lit

I LOVE it! It was funny, romantic and the perfect book to snuggle up with - Scarlett Bailey does it again!

A delicious Christmas read!

Festive fun from the Queen of Christmas chick lit

I LOVE it! It was funny, romantic and the perfect book to snuggle up with - Scarlett Bailey does it again!

A delicious Christmas read!

Festive fun from the Queen of Christmas chick lit

I LOVE it! It was funny, romantic and the perfect book to snuggle up with - Scarlett Bailey does it again!

A delicious Christmas read!

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