by Abby Jimenez
First published 2026
Anna's holiday dinner is already heading toward disaster before her high school ex shows up at the table. Now she and he have to pull off a fake-dating act in front of both their families, which turns out to be harder and stranger than either expected. Across town, Matty is stuck in a diner all day dressed as a zombie Santa after losing a bet, which sounds like the worst way to spend December 25th until his server makes him reconsider. And Lauren drives into the small town of Little Christmas planning to talk her best friend out of marrying someone she met three days ago. The argument seems airtight. Then Lauren meets the best man. Abby Jimenez packs three novellas into one book, each built around a different kind of romantic trouble. Bonus recipes, including Disco Pancakes, and full-page illustrations are woven throughout. This is a collection from the number one New York Times bestselling author of The Night We Met, and it reads like a gift you actually wanted to receive.
Genres: collections, contemporary, adult, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance, holiday
Vibes: feel-good, festive, heartwarming, humorous, lighthearted
Tropes: fake-dating, forced-proximity, meet-cute, second-chance-romance
Setting: Little Christmas
Period: Christmas, December
272 pages · Hardcover · Forever