
Christmas Staycation
Sourcebooks · Print & ebook · October 20, 2026
A Christmas pick for readers exploring Christmas Staycation.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers who enjoy spicy Christmas romances with fake engagements and family chaos.
- Themes
- Holiday romance, Family expectations, People-pleasing and self-assertion
- Pacing
- Fast
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*The limited deluxe edition will include printed edges* An all new laugh-out-loud, spicy Christmas romance from New York Times bestselling author Meghan Quinn. Nothing says Merry Christmas like fake fiancés, family pressure, and accidentally falling for your ex's brother. Nolan never met a spotlight he didn't like.
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As a major league baseball player with a filthy mouth, an ego the size of the North Pole, and zero interest in behaving, he's perfectly happy breezing into Christmas in Kringletown like the charming disaster everyone expects him to be. Taran, on the other hand, has made an art form out of keeping the peace. She's polished, careful, and so committed to making everyone else happy that she's somehow agreed to a fake wedding with her ex just to keep her family's holiday from imploding. There's only one problem: the ex in question is Nolan's brother, and Nolan sees right through her. He knows Taran deserves better than pretending her way through life. And he'd really like "better" to be him. Now Taran is juggling family expectations, holiday chaos, and a man who is far too cocky, far too funny, and far too determined to bulldoze every wall she's ever built. But with Christmas closing in, secrets snowballing, and one very fake engagement threatening to blow up in spectacular fashion, this holiday season is about to get messy. And someone's sure to end up on the naughty list.
Where it sits
| Holiday Romance | 89% |
|---|---|
| Romantic Comedy | 70% |
| Fake-Dating Romance | 53% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Contemporary Romance
- Romantic Comedy
- Holiday Romance
- Authors
- Meghan Quinn
- Publisher
- Sourcebooks
- Published
- October 20, 2026
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Holiday romance · Family expectations · People-pleasing and self-assertion
- Reading lane
- Contemporary Romance