Looking for holiday romance books that aren’t all mistletoe and sugar cookies? These books deliver dark, emotional, and gripping Christmas romance novels where the holidays bring tension, redemption, and sometimes even wolves.

These holiday romances explore the shadows behind the sparkle, dealing with themes like bullying, family trauma, and second chances, all wrapped in unforgettable love stories. If you crave a holiday romance with an edge, you’re in the right place.

Heat for the Holidays by C.T. Rhames, Christmas western omegaverse, snowy ranch house with a cute cow in front

cover for Moonlit Christmas by C.T. Rhames, reverse harem shifter holiday romance, a Christmas tree inside a house with a wolf in the snow outside howling at the moon

Cover for Christmas with the Pack by C.T. Rhames, reverse harem shifter holiday romance, a woman in a red dress stands in the snow with a wolf on either side of her.