12 Days of Christmas Romance: A Naughty & Nice List

Lacey Christiansen

November 30, 2025

Naughty or Nice, Christmas Romance Reads for the Whole Advent Season

Whether you are all sugar or all spice, I’ve got a Christmas holiday romance list for you. Or read both lists for a full Advent calendar of book recommendations.

Christmas Romance Books With Spice

Naughty list has varying degrees of spice from cozy snickerdoodles to the whole peppermint stick (or three), sure to help you dissociate from whatever holiday madness this season throws at you. These spicy Christmas romances are marked “naughty” in red. 🎁 
Jump to the Naughty List

Christmas Romance Books Without Spice

Nice list is low to no spice and focuses on sweet stories that set the tone for a romantic holiday season. These sweet Christmas romances are marked “nice” in green. 🎄Jump to the Nice List

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Welcome to the Naughty List, spicy holiday vixen!

Here’s what was keeping the Christmas fires cracklin’ on my Kindle over the past few holiday seasons. Presented to you in no particular order–The Naughty Christmas Romance Reads List:

Naughty

An Irish Rockstar for Christmas

Julie Saman (2022)

A delayed flight leads to a steamy encounter with a famous rockstar, who pretends to be the protagonist’s boyfriend to ward off an ex during a chaotic Christmas.

Naughty

My Fake Bad Boyfriend

Sara Whitney (2023)

A woman hires the worst fake boyfriend to appease her family, but their chemistry becomes dangerously real during the holidays.

Naughty

Holiday Fling

Julie Saman (2024)

A woman who wants to escape her cheating boyfriend goes to a Christmas rental in Wyoming and meets a rock star who is also hiding out. They start a fake relationship to help his image and make her ex jealous, but it turns into something more.

Naughty

Holiday Star

Melissa Dymond (2024)

Forced to share a house for a month, a grumpy celebrity and an ordinary doctor find themselves drawn to each other, sparking an enemies-to-lovers romance filled with chemistry and angst.

Naughty

A Kiss for Christmas

Melody Grace (2013)

A Holiday Collection. Celebrate the holidays with this special festive romance bundle from New York Times bestselling author, Melody Grace! UNWRAPPED. HOLIDAY KISSES. UNEXPECTEDLY YOURS.

Naughty

Stranded in the Snow

Noelle Adams (2018)

An unexpected snowstorm. The man she hates the most. One very hot night.Olivia Holiday does not expect to spend the weekend stranded in a romantic cottage during a snowstorm with the one man she resents the most.

Naughty

Tis the Season for Revenge

Morgan Elizabeth (2022)

After being dumped for not being serious enough, Abbie plots revenge by dating her ex’s boss. Her casual relationship with the grumpy law firm partner turns unexpectedly meaningful during Christmas season. Spicy romance.

Naughty

A Rogues & Gentlemen Christmas

Emma V Leech (2021)

A Compilation of THREE Christmas tales from the Rogues & Gentlemen Series…Winter’s Wild Melody. The Christmas Rose. The Winter Bride.

Naughty

A Roguish Christmas

Georgette Brown (2020)

Make it a steamy holiday season with three Christmas Regency Romances from Georgette Brown. A DECEMBER TRYST. TEMPTING A MARQUESS FOR CHRISTMAS. A ROGUISH CHRISTMAS WISH. 

Naughty

Enchanted Christmas Collection

Wendy Vella (2020)

An enchanting set of Regency Christmas romances from USA Today bestseller, Wendy Vella. CHRISTMAS WISHES. THE EARL FROM CHRISTMAS PAST. MISTLETOE AND THE MARQUESS.

Naughty

A Festive Feud

Maren Moore (2023)

Two feuding families are forced to plan a joint Christmas party after their representatives end up in jail. sparks fly between the organizers despite their mutual animosity. Spicy romance.

Naughty

My Christmas Kink

Mika Lane (2021)

This naughty why choose romance features a plucky main character with multiple love interests. If you like to indulge your secret bad-girl side, this is the book for you.

Welcome to the Nice List, sweet snow bunny!

Here’s what has kept the Christmas the Holiday Spirit alive on my Kindle over the past few holiday seasons. Presented to you in no particular order–The Nice Christmas Romance Reads List:

Nice

The Charm Bracelet

Melissa Hill (2022)

Holly O’Neill knows this better than most. Many years ago she was sent a bracelet with just a single charm attached. Other charms have been appearing ever since, often at challenging times, as if her mysterious benefactor knows exactly when she needs a little magic in her life…
Now adapted as a holiday movie A Little Christmas Charm.

Nice

Scrooge & the Girls Next Door

Melanie Jacobson (2022)

A single mom and her daughter try to bring Christmas cheer to their grumpy neighbor, but end up falling for him instead.

Nice

A Special Kind of Advent

S J Crabb (2018)

A Festive, Feel Good, Christmas Romance. Two rivals must work together to complete challenges and win their company, but their mutual hatred threatens to derail their progress.

Nice

The Clause in Christmas

Rachael Bloome (2020)

A woman inherits a cottage and must complete festive tasks to inherit it, overseen by a lawyer with whom she falls in love.

Nice

Merry Me

Amanda Siegrist (2020)

He never knew a simple gift left on his porch step would mend his wounded heart. Hiding his dislike for the holidays isn’t easy, especially when Chief Elliot Duncan meets a woman who captures his attention with one sweet smile. Lynn Carpenter is beautiful, strong-willed, and hardworking, and he doesn’t know how to return her gift that was left on his porch by mistake.

Nice

We’ll have a wonderful Cornish Christmas

CP Ward (2019)

Unlucky-in-love and long-term loner Lucy Drake can find no excuse not to join her parents on a Christmas trip to the Cornish coastal town of Tintagel, not when her father’s company is sponsoring the inaugural Christmas Extravaganza.

Nice

A Holly Jolly Grumpy Christmas

Addison Moore (2024)

It’s time for three Ho-Ho-Ho-Holiday romances! It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! It’s time to roll out the holly jolly grumps with hilarious Christmas Romantic Comedies! Each can be read as a standalone novel. So grab some cocoa, get cozy under the mistletoe, and dive on in!

Nice

A Lighthouse Café Christmas

Jennifer Faye (2021)

When Santa’s sleigh crashes into The Lighthouse Café, Bluestar’s beloved waitress is reunited with the one man who broke her heart.

Nice

Mistletoe at Moonglow

Deborah Garner (2015)

At the Timberton Hotel in Montana, chef and artist Mist works holiday magic through food and companionship, helping guests transform their worries into hope during their Christmas stay.

Nice

A Bramble House Christmas

CJ Carmichael (2015)

Finn Knightly a.k.a. Finn Conrad wants to know why his recently deceased father left his nurse fifty thousand dollars after knowing her a mere six weeks. So he travels to Bramble House B&B in Marietta, Montana to find answers.

Nice

A Christmas Wish

Leeanna Morgan (2022)

After a tragic accident, Megan Stevenson is determined to give Nora, her five-year-old niece, a loving and stable home. With her fantasy cake business thriving and her niece’s nightmares finally over, her life is more settled than it’s been in a long time–until a stranger knocks on her door.

Nice

A Holiday By Gaslight

Mimi Matthews (2018)

A Victorian Christmas Novella. A young woman considers ending her courtship with a stoic merchant, but unexpected events give their relationship one last chance at love.

Which ones are you planning to read? What else would you add to the list? Tell me in the comments!

May your life be as full as your bookshelf and as long as your TBR list.
Happy Reading!
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Last Updated: September 2025

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