5 Delightful Sapphic Romances to Get You in the Holiday Spirit
Nothing screams holidays like a good cozy rom-com, and we have you covered this season with five sapphic rom-coms guaranteed to make you laugh, swoon, and want to snuggle up under the mistletoe.
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I’ll Be Gone for Christmas
Georgia K. Boone
Readers get to enjoy the gift of two love stories in one in Georgie K. Boone’s debut, I’ll Be Gone for Christmas, a holiday-swap romance featuring a sapphic couple. The app Vacate, which allows users to switch homes, is about to come in handy for central protagonists Clover and Bee. Clover is struggling to face the loss of her mother and breaking up with her fiancée, and Bee is tired of trying to live up to the expectations of her sister Beth. The answer? Vacate! The two women swap homes during the holiday season, landing Bee in Massachusetts, where she encounters Knox, Clover’s ex, and Clover finds herself in San Francisco, unable to avoid the feelings building for Bee’s charming sister Beth. A big change might be all one needs to get back on the right track in this frothy holiday romance.
How to Excavate a Heart
Jake Maia Arlow
Would almost running someone over count as a meet-cute? It might be in Jake Maia Arlow’s absolutely adorable YA rom-com How to Excavate a Heart. College freshman Shani has had a tough first semester but is determined to make a comeback with an exciting paleichthyology internship she’s scored at the Smithsonian and her dog-walking side gig. Except on her first day, Shani almost hits a pedestrian, only to find that that same pedestrian, May, will be her partner for her dog-walking job. The two (unsuccessfully) do their best at playing nice at first, but when they’re stuck together during a snowstorm on Christmas Eve, they learn that first impressions can be misleading and that they might have more in common than they thought. Arlow gives this relationship an exhilarating comeback in this tale of second chances and moving on.
I’ll Get Back to You
Becca Grischow
University of Illinois junior Murphy is stuck. She’s living at home, she can’t seem to pass the class that will get her out of community college and into the real world. If you were to take the temperature of her dating life, the results would be sub-zero. When Ellie Meyers, an old peer Murphy totally didn’t have a crush on, makes a return to their small town, the two see each other as a second chance at the life they want to pursue. Ellie could help Murphy finally pass her class since her mother is the professor, and Murphy needs someone to play girlfriend because she can’t face telling her family she’s been dumped. Faking it should be easy enough, but in Grischow’s delightful small town debut, succumbing to one’s true feelings proves to be the true opportunity to get what you want out of life.
Make My Wish Come True
Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick
Lippincott and Derrick, married collaborators (squeals in cuteness), last worked together on pitch-perfect YA rom-com She Gets the Girl and have, for the holidays, gifted us all Make My Wish Come True, a holiday romp of epic proportions. Caroline Beckett and Arden James may be on different paths in life now, with Caroline as an aspiring journalist and Arden as Hollywood’s newest starlet, but don’t let the present-day fool you. Once upon a time, the pair were magic together until Arden abandoned Caroline to pursue her acting career. Now Arden has landed herself in trouble with the tabloids, and who else to tame her reputation as a wild card than a responsible writer like Caroline? With the promise of the byline of her dreams, Caroline and Arden make a deal to present themselves as the perfect couple to the public for twelve perfect dates, but will have to face their past and the role it plays in their future.
Make the Season Bright
Ashley Herring Blake
Blake continues her streak of delivering top-tier romance goodness, and her latest romance novel, Make the Season Bright, doesn’t fail us. Charlotte Donovan might be having the worst holiday season ever since her ex left her at the altar. In hopes of escaping the hectic energy of the city and memories of her relationship haunting her on every corner, Charlotte agrees to head to Colorado along with her string ensemble for some extra practice time. Running away from her problems only fails her because her ex Brighton is a friend of a friend and winds up staying at the house, too. Could this be the season of great music and second chances? Or will the ghosts of breakup past prove to overcome?
