When her boyfriend asks for a break right before Christmas, holiday-obsessed Celeste Brighton has to team up with lone wolf Sterling Holt to fake a relationship in hopes of saving her Christmas. --- Overachieving college student Celeste Brighton is excited to spend Christmas cozied up with her first love, Jared. Christmas has always had a special place in her heart, and she can't wait to share it with him. That is until Jared asks for a break... right before Christmas! With her plans--and heart--shattered, Celeste needs to find a way to get Jared back to recapture the perfect Christmas she had planned. But how? Guarded lone wolf Sterling Holt has never liked Christmas. He's never had one of those 'perfect' holidays like they do in the movies--all he's had is bad memories, and so he'd much rather keep himself distracted. When a distraction comes in the form of a brokenhearted girl begging for his help to get her ex back, it sounds too fun to refuse--until he learns that means becoming the Perfect Holiday Boyfriend. --- ✨ Rankings & Features The Wattys 2023 Shortlist Featured on Wattpad's Cozy (Hot) Reads Featured on @Romance #1 in #Xmas #1 in #Winter #1 in #ChristmasRomance #1 in #College #5 in #Holiday #5 in #Christmas

Friends, Fumbles & Falling in Love Ethan Maxwell never put much stock in matchmaking-or Christmas miracles-but his best friend, Olivia Hart, thrives on both. Determined to find him the perfect partner before Christmas Eve, Olivia devises a plan: twelve dates, each with a woman who seems ideal on paper. But as mishaps, near-misses, and unexpected moments pile up, Ethan begins to realize that perfection was never what he was looking for. Meanwhile, Olivia starts to question if her determination to find him love was less about him and more about her own heart. As Christmas approaches, they'll have to decide if risking their friendship is worth the chance at forever.

Christmas was always her mother's favorite time of year. For Samantha, it used to mean carols in the kitchen, snow angels in the yard, and laughter that filled every corner of their home. But since her mother's death, December has only felt colder, lonelier, emptier. This year, with just two weeks until the big Christmas Eve Dinner, Samantha is determined to survive the season without falling apart. Then Aiden, her best friend, the boy she's secretly falling for, and the boyfriend of her frenemy Angela, starts slipping past her defenses. Between late-night moments, holiday mishaps, and the kind of smiles that melt winter, she begins to wonder if she's ready to feel alive again. But grief doesn't vanish with fairy lights. And when secrets unravel, Samantha will have to face the truth: she can't keep one foot in the past and the other chasing a future. Heartfelt, romantic, and full of holiday magic, this is a story about love, friendship, and learning to shine again when the person who lit your world is gone.

Beth King is a Christmas fanatic and Java Tea's most frequent customer. Casper Boutayeb is a Christmas grinch and Java Tea's best employee - and Beth's favourite barista. When he suddenly needs somewhere to stay for the holidays, Beth is more than happy to take him in, on one condition: he has to embrace the festive spirit.