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15 sapphic books with a mistletoe kiss
Below, you’ll find 15 recommended sapphic books in which two characters share a kiss under the mistletoe.
Conflict of Interest by Jae
Workaholic Detective Aiden Carlisle isn’t looking for love—and certainly not at the law enforcement seminar she reluctantly agreed to attend. But the first lecturer is not at all what she expected. Psychologist Dawn Kinsley has just found her place in life. After a failed relationship with a police officer, she has sworn never to get involved with another cop again, but she feels a connection to Aiden from the very first moment.
Can Aiden keep from crossing the line when a brutal crime threatens to keep them apart before they’ve even gotten together?
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This Is the Season to Make You Mine by Johana Gavez
Will the Christmas magic help these two friends take a shot at love?
Morgan Bergman doesn’t want to go home for Christmas. She loves her family, but since her parents retired and her sister moved back to their hometown of Apfelville to take over the family business, she’s been avoiding them, feeling guilty about choosing her rising career in New York over her family.
Angie Gutiérrez would love to spend the holidays with her family, but she doesn’t have a choice. Moving to New York from Colombia to follow her dream of becoming a filmmaker means sacrifices need to be made, like spending the holidays alone.
Spending the holidays together in Apfelville seems the perfect solution. Morgan can use her best friend’s support and Angie doesn’t have to be on her own. There’s only one complication. All their friends and family think they should be together.
Hiding romantic feelings for your best friend is already hard enough without everyone meddling. Maybe all it takes is for one of them to take a chance.
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The Christmas Pic by Rena Sapon-White & Ella Schaefer
Is love finally coming into focus?
Ava Garcia-Greene, a Fortune 5 CEO, has it all–power, prestige, and a swanky office in Silicon Beach. But beneath her icy exterior lies a heart yearning for something money can’t buy.
Jo Fisher, a GLAAD-card-carrying, carabiner-clipping, out-and-proud lesbian, is barely keeping her late father’s photo truck afloat in the queer haven of Harmony Springs, Michigan, where her love life is more Silent Night than Joy to the World.
When Ava’s AI Christmas card generator incites controversy, Jo’s heated call into a radio show leads Ava’s board to an ultimatum: save Jo’s business by Christmas or lose her corporate crown.
As they team up, Ava unexpectedly falls for Jo’s disarming sincerity, while Jo is cautiously intrigued by the pull she feels toward the supposedly straight Ava. With their careers on the line and Christmas around the corner, can their spark ignite a holiday miracle?
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Sunscreen & Coconuts by Eliza Lentzski
Mercy Lewis likes order—lesson plans, to-do lists, and predictable routines. As a first-grade teacher in Boston, she’s built a life that’s safe, sensible, and comfortably small. So when her outspoken best friend Lacy convinces her to spend Christmas on the island of Curaçao, Mercy expects little more than sunburns and awkward small talk with strangers.
Then she meets Kate Emerson.
An American expat with sun-bleached hair and a permanent tan, Kate has spent the last seven years trading Boston winters for Caribbean heat. She’s confident, flirtatious, and far too good at making Mercy forget every reason she’s sworn off taking risks—especially the romantic kind.
Between coral reefs, late-night rumrunners, and too many near-misses to be coincidence, Mercy’s carefully guarded heart starts to thaw. But when the vacation ends, so do the easy excuses.
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It’s a Fabulous Life by Kelly Farmer
After years of putting aside her dreams of travel and adventure, Bailey George is ready to leave Lanford Falls and her responsibilities behind on a long-awaited vacation to New York City. But when the volunteer who took over her leadership position for the town’s Winter Wonderfest has a medical emergency, Bailey finds herself stuck in Lanford Falls. She gets roped into reassuming her old role, not wanting to let the town or her friends and family down.
Staying home seems slightly less terrible when Bailey runs into her high school crush, Maria Hatcher. A kiss they shared years ago in the town’s mistletoe grove