The Twelve Loves of Christmas: An Advent Romance Collection

Alexandria Bellefleur, Elise Bryant, Olivia Dade, Alexis Daria, Sarah Hogle, Zakiya N. Jamal, Rebecca Jenshak, Jessica Joyce, Susan Lee, Joss Richard, M. A. Wardell, Rebekah Weatherspoon

This is a 2026 holiday anthology featuring twelve original short romance stories, each by a different bestselling author, meant to be opened one at a time like an advent calendar in the lead-up to Christmas. The stories span a wide range of romance subgenres and heat levels, including second-chance romances, forced-proximity setups, fake dating, and small-town and big-city settings. Several stories feature queer couples and diverse casts, with the common thread being festive, holiday-season love stories that end happily. It's designed as a bite-sized sampler of many authors' styles rather than one continuous narrative.