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Laurie Gilmore · Dream Harbor #5
A bakery owner and the annoyingly cheerful bar owner next door can't stop arguing — or thinking about each other.
As owner of her beloved Gingerbread Bakery, Annie Andrews should have a love life to match her business; sugary and sweet. But instead, she’s locked in a game of words with the irritatingly upbeat bar owner down the street.Mac Sullivan has everything he wants, except the girl he dreams of. It’s easier to argue with Annie than get her to talk to him but with Jeanie and Logan’s wedding coming up, they're about to spend a lot more time together.As the snowflakes fall and with romance in the air, will Annie see that the one she loves to hate might just be her perfect match after all? The Gingerbread Bakery is a cozy romantic novel with an enemies to lovers dynamic, small-town setting and a HEA guaranteed! Tropes:• Enemies to lovers• Found family• Small Town• Forced Proximity

Lauren Asher
A grumpy maid of honor and the charming best man — who also happens to be her ex's best friend.
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Meghan Quinn · Kringletown Christmas #1
A Christmas-hating grump and his festive new neighbor fake-date to win the town's Kringle contest — but feelings aren't
8 tropes in common

Elin Hilderbrand · Winter Street #1
A Nantucket innkeeper's picture-perfect Christmas unravels when he catches his wife kissing Santa Claus.
5 tropes in common

Christina Lauren
Stuck in a Christmas time loop, Mae must figure out what — and who — will finally make her happy.
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Chloe Liese
A grumpy bookstore clerk and his cheerful nemesis compete for their jobs — but are they already in love online?
9 tropes in common

B.K. Borison · Ghosted #1
A ghost assigned to haunt a sweet people-pleaser finds himself haunted by feelings he can't outrun.
6 tropes in common

Maggie Knox
Two feuding singers must fake a romance for a reality show — until Banff makes it feel very real.
8 tropes in common

Ali Hazelwood · Under the Mistletoe Collection #1
Snowbound with her best friend's billionaire brother — the one whose heart she once broke.
5 tropes in common

Laura Pavlov · Home Sweet Holidays #1
A Hollywood hotshot reunites with his best friend's sister after one magical night under the mistletoe.
7 tropes in common

Lynn Painter · Better Than the Movies #1
A rom-com-obsessed teen enlists her annoying neighbor to win her crush — and falls for him instead.
9 tropes in common

Ann Einerson
She's sharing her bed with her brother's grumpy best friend for a holiday wedding — and it's getting naughty.
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C.R. Jane
Her ex showed up to her sister's Christmas wedding in a Santa suit — and she never stopped loving him.
8 tropes in common

Cindy Steel · Christmas Escape
She fake-dates her work nemesis at a Christmas lodge — the one man who can see straight through her.
7 tropes in common

Christina Lauren · Unhoneymooners #1
Sworn enemies forced to fake a honeymoon in Hawaii — what could possibly go wrong?
7 tropes in common

Hannah Grace
She's sent to fix her family's PR disaster in his small town — he's the man she wronged and can't charm.
6 tropes in common

Casey McQuiston
The US President's son falls for the British prince they've been faking a friendship with — secretly, scandalously.
8 tropes in common

Meghan Quinn
She's writing love letters to her mystery pen pal — who's actually the ex who broke her heart.
6 tropes in common

Camilla Isley
Exes fake their way through Christmas — only to accidentally get engaged instead of breaking up.
6 tropes in common

Jean Meltzer
A Jewish Christmas romance novelist must write Hanukkah — with her childhood archenemy by her side.
7 tropes in common

Tessa Bailey
She called his store windows a disaster — now she works for the handsome owner and can't stop wanting more.
5 tropes in common