12 Dec 2025
6 Literary Gems to Curl Up With This Season
Sink into stories that linger long after the last page. These six literary fiction picks explore identity, connection, and the quiet corners of being human; perfect for reflective winter nights and slow mornings with too much coffee.
Interview With Kris Kringle
by Paul Teresi
Release Date: October 15, 2025
October 1962 – a Chicago journalist loses her lead on the Cuban Missile Crisis and is reassigned to a new story. She is to interview a man who claims to be the real Kris Kringle. Hoping to cash in on a scathing article proving him to be a fraud, she quickly questions her angle as miracles and magic go hand in hand the further she pursues the story.
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In Danger’s Hour
by David Clensy
Release Date: November 28, 2025
Twin brothers Romulus and Remus Hutchinson are serving their country at sea: Rom as a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy and Remmie in the Merchant Navy. Rom is aboard the HMS Southampton and quickly finds himself in the thick of it when the ship is bombed during Operation Excess in the Mediterranean. A valiant rescue of a crewmate from the burning pilothouse brings him a visit to Buckingham Palace to receive the Distinguished Service Cross.
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To Wed a Notorious Beast (Affairs of Honor Book 3)
by Julia Thorne
Release Date: November 13, 2025
When Miss Amelia Everly, the spirited daughter of a country vicar, accepts a post as companion to the formidable Dowager Countess of Wynthorpe, she expects tranquility, not temptation. But peace proves impossible when she meets Sebastian Grey, the Earl of Wynthorpe, known throughout the ton as the Beast Earl.
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Eloise and the Queen
by Jennifer Ashley
Release Date: November 24, 2025
I, Eloise Rousell, grew up with Elizabeth, the queen. My aunt, Kat Ashley, was her governess, and Elizabeth and I transitioned together from girlhood to womanhood. My talent for needlework keeps me by Elizabeth’s side, creating exquisite gowns as she moves from discarded daughter of Anne Boleyn, to princess, to prisoner, and feared rival of her sister, Mary Tudor. I strive every day to protect her from harm. Conspiracies, nobles, and even her own family try to topple her, but I stand guard, along with my partner-in-crime, James Colby. Nothing will get past the two of us, no matter what machinations we have to work to keep Elizabeth safe.
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Let Time Fly (Stone Shed Book 3)
by John A. Heldt
Release Date: December 8, 2025
In the final years of the American Revolution, Noah and Jake Maclean — time travelers from the present day — navigate war, love, and betrayal. Noah serves as George Washington’s aide‑de‑camp, witnessing history up close, while Jake, a furniture apprentice in Philadelphia, wrestles with guilt over his civilian role. Pursued by relentless British spy Malachi Maine, the brothers guard a family secret that could alter the war’s outcome
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Canticle
by Janet Rich Edwards
Release Date: December 2, 2025
Aleys is sixteen years old and unusual: stubborn, bright, and prone to religious visions. She and her only friend, Finn, a young scholar, have been learning Latin together in secret—but just as she thinks their connection might become something more, everything unravels. When her father promises her in marriage to a merchant she doesn’t love, she runs away from home.
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