25 Dates of Christmas

Anna has no appetite for Christmas this year, not since losing her brother. Then comes his final request: that she spend the days before the twenty-fifth on a series of Advent adventures with Luke, his best friend. Luke is handsome, arrogant and the last person she would choose, but she agrees for her brother's sake.

Kathryn Freeman lets grief and banter sit side by side as each day's small discovery thaws the frost between them. The book is built like an Advent calendar, with twenty-four chapters each sealed by a sticker, so the romance unfolds one door at a time through December. It is a warm, gently funny enemies-to-lovers story for anyone who likes their festive season with a little ache and a lot of heart.