![]() ![]() Confusion, jealousy, and secret flirting obviously ensue. But Nick just had an unforgettable one-night stand with Lily, the date his parents invited for his brother Greg. In the first, the Wong parents set up each of their adult children with a surprise date for Thanksgiving (Canadian Thanksgiving, which totally counts). Jackie Lau’s novella A Match Made for Thanksgiving is part of the Holidays with the Wongs series where each sibling gets a chance at love during a different holiday. ![]() There are a handful of Thanksgiving romances out there - you know you can count on self-published authors to deliver the content traditional publishers are lacking - and the ones I’ve read largely revolve around family drama. Thanksgiving is the perfect chance to contrast the different ways two love interests were raised and what their families value. Maybe one character’s family does things very traditionally, while the other’s family prefers doing something surprising, like eating tacos and going go-kart racing. Not only do you get to meet the family you also get to see contrasting family traditions. It comes up in Christmas romances plenty, and the opportunity is right there for Thanksgiving as well. Introducing your family to a significant other is rich material for comedy and drama in romance. I’m the character in the novel who needs a hot lesbian in a Santa suit to show her the true meaning of Christmas. “But the stockings! And the reindeer!” I hear you saying. It’s the worst holiday, okay? It’s overly commercialized, it’s stressful, freezing weather sucks, Santa is creepy, and everyone seems to forget that it’s not a secular holiday but actually associated with a colonialist religion that’s harmed a lot of people. Historically, holiday romances have been overwhelmingly written by white authors, but that’s starting to change too with books like The Christmas Clash by Suzanne Park.īut I’ve got to get something off my chest: I’m a Grinch. This year, we’re even getting a good number of queer holiday romances, including Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun and You’re a Mean One, Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky, among others. Romance novel protagonists can kiss under the mistletoe or flirt while gift shopping or argue over which Christmas tree to bring home from the farm. It’s got all the decorations and pretty lights and cute songs. Weve gathered more than 5 Million Images uploaded by our users and sorted them by the most popular ones. So I must ask, where are the Thanksgiving romances? Romantic Wallpapers of Lovers 292 242 Related Wallpapers Explore a curated colection of Romantic Wallpapers of Lovers Images for your Desktop, Mobile and Tablet screens. All the holidays are getting a share of the love, with one notable exception. We’re also seeing a rise in Hanukkah romances, like The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer, and New Year’s romances, like This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens. It seems like each year brings even more Christmas romances than the last, doesn’t it? Winter holiday romances were hitting the shelves as early as August this year, which may be attributed to the “Hallmark effect.” People need joy and feel-good stories, and Christmas is a known mood-booster during the darkest time of the year.
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