Happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating today! I hope you're enjoying a day of rest and relaxation and good food with family and friends. I have biscuits (gluten free so everyone at the table can enjoy) baking and the parade on television as I write this, and I'll be heading over to my parents' house soon. I just wanted to take a moment to say how grateful I am for my family and friends and for all of my readers. Much love to you all.

And because I always have to share books recs...if you're looking for some Thanksgiving books (possibly for escape if your Thanksgiving plans are not so good...), I've got some below for you. (Or if you really need to escape, check out my books—they're all fantasy romance and have no mention of the holiday at all.)

​Happy Thanksgiving (a little early) to everyone celebrating! I've done recommendations of Thanksgiving romances in the past and I don't think I've read any new ones since my last rec post, but I still thought I would share some in case you're looking for a seasonally appropriate book to escape into for the long weekend and you didn't catch my posts in past years. And if you need something on the cozier side (which some of these are but not all) because of the holidays or *waves hands around at the world* all this, check out the cozy books recs I shared a couple of weeks ago. Today's list includes a variety of lengths and sub-genres and pairings, so I hope you can find something you enjoy. 
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I don't think I've ever done a Thanksgiving book rec post, so I thought it might be fun to list some Thanksgiving romances I've enjoyed in case you're looking for some seasonally appropriate reading this weekend.

Vincent's Thanksgiving Date by R. Cooper: This short read is so sweet and lovely! In it, Vincent, who is so shy and socially anxious, is drawn out of his shell by his neighbor, Cory. Who Vincent has had crush on. In Vincent's point of view, we see how much he wants to connect and how the burden of his shyness and anxiety stops him. But the way Cory treats him is so gentle and wonderful. It makes for such a beautiful romance that will absolutely make you smile.

A Midnight Feast by Emma Barry and Genevieve Turner: This book is part of the authors' Fly Me to the Moon series, focusing on the space race of the 1960s, but you can read it out of order. Mitch and Margie's twenty year marriage has been in trouble for a while. They're hosting Thanksgiving, and Margie plans to use the preparations and guests as a buffer. But, their guests cancel, leaving them to spend a whole weekend alone together. There are flashbacks to when they met and different points in their marriage. The story feels like an emotional second chance romance (despite their never having broken up).

Take Me Home by Lorelie Brown: This novella (again part of a series, but stands alone just fine) begins at Thanksgiving. Keighley loves her family—but she is very tired of her Christian Fundamentalist aunt giving everyone grief because Keighley is a lesbian. So she decides to bring a fake girlfriend to Thanksgiving. That Thanksgiving dinner—during which they save and kidnap a mistreated dog—sets the stage for the romance that follows.

A Match Made for Thanksgiving by Jackie Lau: This first book in the Holidays with the Wongs series is set at Canadian Thanksgiving, but I feel this counts for this post—it's Thanksgiving, even if the timing is a bit different. Nick and Lily meet at a bar and have a one night stand the weekend before Thanksgiving. When Nick arrives at his parents' house in his small hometown, he finds out that his parents and grandparents have set him and his siblings up with blind dates for Thanksgiving. Lily is his brother Greg's date. This situation—and the fact that Nick, who doesn't do relationships, hasn't been able to stop thinking about Lily—causes Nick to tell Lily he wants more. It's a fun novella with a sweet romance, a wacky meddling family, and some spicy scenes too.

Thankless in Death by JD Robb: Okay, so this is more futuristic mystery than romance (there absolutely is romance in this series, but by book 37, the couples are well established), but I'm adding it to the list anyway. I always love to revisit Eve and Roarke and their friends, who are a wonderful chosen family. In this one, even as they're solving a murder, they're also preparing for the holiday—something Eve isn't really used to.

Do you have any favorite Thanksgiving books? 

Happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating! Thanksgiving looks different this year with so many celebrating away from their families and friends, but I just wanted to say how thankful I am for all you and how grateful I am to everyone for buying, reading, reviewing, sharing about my books. Whether you're celebrating today or not, I wish you health and happiness today.

​Happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating today! I hope you're having a happy day with your loved ones. I'm watching the Thanksgiving parade this morning and then I'll be spending the holiday at my parents' house with family and lots of good food, but I wanted to pause for a minute to express how thankful I am.

For my family and friends who are so supportive and whom I love very much. I don't know what I would do without you.

For Dreamspinner Press taking a chance on a new author this year and making my dreams of being published come true.

For the authors whose books I read, for creating such wonderful worlds and characters and inviting me to get lost in them for a while.

For readers - all readers, but mine especially. Thank you for taking a chance on my books, for reading them, reviewing them, for talking about them and spreading the word. I appreciate it so much.

What are you thankful for this year?