10 Best Christmas Romance Books on Kindle Unlimited to Read This Holiday

The Plight Before Christmas
by Kate Stewart

Since the last three weeks of my life have been riddled with humbug—another breakup, a broken toe, an office promotion I deserved and didn’t get—I’m not at all in the mood to celebrate nor have the happ, happ, happiest Christmas EVER.

When Mom insisted that we all gather at my Grandparent’s ancient cabin for an old school family Christmas, I fully intended to get into the holiday spirit with the help of the three wise men, Johnnie Walker, Jack Daniels, and Jim Beam.

But those boys did absolutely nothing to offset the shock or temper the sting of seeing my ex on our doorstep the first day of our holiday soiree.

Stuck for a week with the man who obliterated my heart nearly two decades ago, I did the only thing I could do and put on my game face, thankful for the home advantage.

I foolishly thought a family Christmas filled with nostalgia was going to turn my inner Scrooge around, but this year’s festivities went up in flames.

Leave it to the ghost of my Christmas past to be the one to light the match. Fa la la la la, la FML.

If you want a Christmas romance book that is the perfect combination of hilarious family shenanigans, steamy scenes and heartfelt moments that’s available to read for free on Kindle Unlimited then look no further than The Plight Before Christmas.

You are going to love the Collins family (especially if you love the Griswolds from Christmas Vacation) and will have fun comparing family holiday traditions while reading this book!

Because this Christmas romance book is on Kindle Unlimited, it’s one that I reread each and every holiday season 😊.

Check out my book review of The Plight Before Christmas to see why I love it so much.

How My Neighbor Stole Christmas
by Meghan Quinn

Every Kringle in Kringletown loved Christmas a lot.
But Cole Black on Whistler Lane, unfortunately did not.

Cole was a recluse during the Kringle Christmas season.
No one knew why, no one could quite give a reason.

Martha said it was because he was alone and very single.
Mae believed it was because he was never named the town Kringle.

But to me, the reason is a storyline far too sad.
For at the age of eighteen, he lost both mom and dad.

Whatever the reason, his parents or being single,
He spends Christmas in the dark, hating the cheery people of Kringle.

Meghan Quinn is the queen of hilarious romcoms so it was no surprise that this holiday romance inspired by How the Grinch Stole Christmas became an instant New York Times Bestseller. Luckily for readers it’s available on Kindle Unlimited.  Someone had fun writing that book summary, making this sound like the perfect holiday romance with a humbug to enjoy.

How the Grump Saved Christmas
by Claire Kingsley

Hardworking Isabelle Cook has a serious problem. Her family farm, site of Tilikum’s Christmas Village, is in trouble. Big trouble. And worst of all? The man trying to buy it is none other than the grumpiest, grinchiest man of them all—Elias Stoneheart.

That’s a big nope. She’s not letting him get involved. Not with his heart made of coal.

Elias Stoneheart is in the business of making money, not friends. Especially when his boss is promising a long-awaited promotion. All he has to do is convince one struggling family to sell their farm.

The problem? It’s Cook Family Farm. And Isabelle Cook is his ex.

He might have history with Isabelle, but this is just business. A Christmas-loving farm girl is not going to come between him and his ambition.

And Christmas? He hates it. Christmas Village needs to go.

But as Elias spends time in the small town, holiday spirit—and Isabelle—get under his skin. And she might be the only one who can melt the ice around his heart.

I absolutely adore Christmas romance books with a Scrooge who hates the holiday and Kingsley writes the best banter with this grumpy sunshine romance that will have you believing in the magic of Christmas. This is a must-read if you love small town romance books with charm!

Holiday Romance
by Catherine Walsh

Molly and Andrew are just trying to get home to Ireland for the holidays, when a freak snowstorm grounds their flight.

Nothing romantic has ever happened between them: they’re friends and that’s all. But once a year, for the last ten years, Molly has spent seven hours and fifteen minutes sitting next to Andrew on the last flight before Christmas from Chicago to Dublin, drinking terrible airplane wine and catching up on each other’s lives.

In spite of all the ways the two friends are different, it’s the holiday tradition neither of them has ever wanted to give up.

Molly isn’t that bothered by Christmas, but—in yet another way they’re total opposites—Andrew is a full-on fanatic for the festive season and she knows how much getting back to Ireland means to him. So, instead of doing the sane thing and just celebrating the holidays together in America, she does the stupid thing. The irrational thing. She vows to get him home. And in time for his mam’s famous Christmas dinner.

The clock is ticking. But Molly always has a plan. And—as long as the highly-specific combination of taxis, planes, boats, and trains all run on time—it can’t possibly go wrong.

What she doesn’t know is that, as the snow falls over the city and over the heads of two friends who are sure they’re not meant to be together, the universe might just have a plan of its own.

If this book summary doesn’t tug at your heartstrings then I don’t know what will. The ‘ole, “trying to get home for Christmas” storyline is another one of my favorites for Christmas romance books and Walsh’s is such a fun, friends to lovers romance that will make you swoon.

Don’t miss it on Kindle Unlimited!

Related: Catherine Walsh Books in Order

A Very Bossy Christmas
by Kayley Loring

What’s the actual last thing you’d ever want your executive assistant to see you doing the morning after you spent a hot, drunken night with her in a terrible hotel room? Dancing around your terrible hotel room to “Come and Get Your Love” like Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy—naked? Yeah. Me too.

This isn’t even the most unprofessional thing that’s happened between us in the past couple of weeks.

The first was when I agreed to let her have Christmas Day off, but only if she goes with me to three family gatherings as my fake girlfriend.

The second was when she caught me belting out a Christmas song on stage in the awful hotel bar.
The third was the hot night that followed, but I do not regret it.

And she hasn’t even found out the real reason I need her by my side this holiday season.

I need to pull it together before I do the dumbest, most unprofessional thing of all—fall head over heels in love with the only assistant who’s lasted more than a month at the job and claims to hate me and my moods more than she hates eggnog.

Kayley Loring’s romance books never fail to make me laugh and A Very Bossy Christmas earned a permanent spot on my favorite Christmas romance books list ever since I finished it because it was so funny, so steamy, and one of the best office romance books!

I absolutely loved Declan though the reason he needed a fake girlfriend broke my heart. His chemistry with Maddie was off the charts given their enemies to lovers vibe.

Read it then check out the follow-up novella, A Very Grumpy Father’s Day!

Don’t miss my book review of A Very Bossy Christmas to see all the reasons I love it so much.

Tis the Season for Revenge
by Morgan Elizabeth

Abbie Keller thought that Richard Bartholemew Benson the Third would be her forever. In their four years of dating, she never doubted that she wouldn’t end up with his grandmother’s engagement ring on her finger.

Sure, she had to change a few things about herself to fit that mold, but she was sure that at the end of it all, it would be worth it.

That is, until he leaves her crying outside her apartment wearing a Halloween costume, having broken it off with her because she’s just not serious enough. 

She was just fun, he tells her – and now that Richard has becoming a partner at his law firm in his sights, he needs to focus on work.

So, she does what every girl does when she’s broken up with: she calls her friends, gets drunk, dyes her hair, and formulates her plan for revenge.

It just so happens that the universe supports her efforts and gives her the perfect match to prove to her ex that he made a huge mistake: his boss.

Abbie starts dating the founding partner of Richard’s law firm, Damien Martinez, with one thing in mind: convincing him to invite her to the huge annual Christmas party as his date.

But when the relationship starts to become something more than casual dating and Abbie sees that the tough New York lawyer has a soft side, will she be able to follow through with her plan of deceit?

Tis the Season for Revenge is a fun, grumpy sunshine, age-gap, Christmas romance and I’m loving how Abbie ends up finding love while seeking revenge.

Richard did her a favor by cutting her loose so that she could find someone who loved the real her. It’s always fun to read a romance that starts off with sinister intentions and the fact that it also has a holiday spin to it is just icing on the cake.

The Christmas Fix
by Lucy Score

There’s only one thing standing in the way of Cat King saving a small town’s Christmas festival: Grumpy town manager Noah Yates.

Single dad Noah takes his responsibilities seriously. When a late season hurricane turns Merry, Connecticut, into a disaster, he’s left scrambling to pick up the pieces of the town he loves.

At least, until home renovation expert and smoking hot reality TV star Catalina King arrives with a camera crew and a budget big enough to put the town back together again.

But Noah doesn’t want a celebrity diva capitalizing on their tragedy or filling his daughter’s head with visions of glitz and glam.

Blonde bombshell Cat is used to being underestimated, but Noah has an uncanny knack for getting under her skin. They can’t be in a room together without rubbing each other the wrong way…except that time in the dark alley where the rubbing was just right.

Can these enemies work together to pull off a Christmas miracle or will their fighting leave them both on the naughty list?

Leave it to Lucy Score to write a steamy, small town Christmas romance with a dirty-talking hero and a sassy heroine who’s ready to take him on.

I love that this is an enemies to lovers romance with the good of a small town at heart because that’s what Score does best.

Don’t let this Kindle Unlimited Christmas romance pass you by. Snag it while you can.

The Holly Dates
by Brittainy Cherry

Quirky Holly Jackson was unlucky in love, yet her romantic heart refused to give up her search for companionship—even after her fiancé left her at the altar on Christmas Eve.

Grumpy restaurant owner Kai Kane wanted nothing to do with love. Unfortunately for him, when an eccentric Holly kept entering his restaurant nightly with a different first date, his annoyance grew.

When Kai volunteered to help Holly find a suitor it was for one reason only: to get her out of his restaurant and on to a second date with someone at a different location.

It was all going great until Kai became increasingly jealous of the connection Holly developed with another man. The more Holly fell for Kai’s pick for her, the more overprotective he became.

Kai quickly realized that all wasn’t fair when it came to love and the holidays. He was going to have to step up his game if he wanted a shot at the ultimate prize—being Holly’s favorite date.

I adore relationship coach romance books and Cherry delivered the sweetest Christmas romance with The Holly Dates where Kai reluctantly tries to help Holly find a date for the holidays.

Of course his willingness to help isn’t coming from an altruist place – he just wants her out of her restaurant so he doesn’t have to watch any more failed dates but I love how these two connected and then become more.

Check this one out on Kindle Unlimited if you want a really fun, enemies to friends to lovers story that doesn’t disappoint!

Big Nick Energy
by Morgan Elizabeth

When Connor Finch insists his one-time Tinder match, Shae, comes to his dad’s house for Thanksgiving with her two daughters, it’s because he refuses to let them be alone on her first-holiday post-divorce.

But when she arrives at the Christmas tree farm and ranch he grew up on, she meets his father—the crazy tall, built, golden retriever cowboy who tells her girls all about the magic of the stupid elf on a shelf.

Of course, when she later corners him and tells him thanks a lot for nothing and that she’s way too overwhelmed to have to deal with yet another responsibility, he feels terrible.

So terrible, he finds himself driving two hours every night just to deliver an elf, move him about, and create some Christmas magic for her girls.

But what happens when he decides meeting her the way he did was some kind of Christmas miracle, and he needs to convince Shae to give him a shot?

OMG I would incinerate anyone who introduced my children to Elf on the Shelf without my knowledge because whoever invented that was on a mission to drive parents insane. But, I’ll forgive Nick since he means well and wants to make this a holiday to remember for Shae and her girls. Cue the sweetness.

Good Elf Gone Wrong
by Alina Jacobs

I’ve always been the good girl—the anti Scrooge—the one who sacrifices for her guests, bakes cookies for her neighbors, and stays late after a party to clean up. I don’t mind. I like being on the nice list.

I kept smiling when I caught my fiancé coming down my sister’s chimney on Christmas Eve. I gave polite congratulations when they got engaged on Christmas morning. And I even offered to help decorate for their holiday wedding despite the fact that was supposed to be my dream wedding.

But when my sister cuts up our great-grandmother’s one-hundred-year-old wedding dress and turns it into a skank show, even though that was the dress I was going to wear on my wedding day? Well, this elf is torching down the North Pole.

And what better way to get revenge than giving those cheaters a taste of their own medicine? This good elf is bringing the bad boy home for Christmas. Hudson is a six-foot-five, coldhearted, tattooed bad elf with a perpetual sneer and washboard abs. He’s exactly my sister’s type. And he’s going to help me nuke her wedding from orbit on the night before Christmas.

What he is not supposed to do is grab my ass in the kitchen while I bake gingerbread. Or crawl in my bed half naked. And he’s definitely not supposed to smirk and tell me to commit to our fake relationship right before he goes down on me. Guess there’s a reason the good elves stay far away from the bad.

Christmas with a bad boy? Yes please! I love that the good girl is ready to get a little bad and hopefully stick up for herself in this Christmas romance that definitely deserves a spot on your Kindle Unlimited Library. Get ready to fall for Hudson to make this a Christmas to remember!