In the northern hemisphere, the Yuletide holidays come at the coldest, darkest time of year, when warmth, light and love can seem very far away. Romance is nonetheless a natural fit with many holiday themes, from surprise babies, to strangers needing shelter, to wisdom arriving from unlikely places. My first holiday story was Lady Sophie’s Christmas Wish, which was also my first heroine-centric story, and the first time my heroes were secondary characters in one of their sisters’ stories. I had such fun with Sophie and Vim (and baby Kit) that I wrote the rest of the Windham sisters’ stories, three of whom just happened to find themselves with Christmas romances.

The holidays are a busy time for most of us, and thus they lend themselves to shorter reads. I’ve done a number of Yuletide novellas, also a few short stories, some of which are usually free.

If you’re a fan of my historical mysteries, you’ll be pleased to know that Lord Julian’s eighth story, A Gentleman Under the Mistletoe, sees our sleuth unraveling not only a holiday puzzle, but some aspects of his own past that are not all that they’ve seemed.

My holiday bookshelf would not be complete without a Highland Christmas story, What A Lady Needs for Christmas. This book has it all—kilts, a few wee drams, elves (more kilts), mistletoe, the great midnight bunny hop, and of course, a happily ever after.

I’ve had such fun writing these holidays tales that I’m sure you’ll see many more happily ever afters from me set in the Yuletide season.

Many of these stories are available in foreign language editions, which are available in the International Page. →