Vincent's Thanksgiving Date by R Cooper (MM contemporary): Shy and socially anxious Vincent is resigned to spending Thanksgiving alone until his neighbor Cory (who Vincent has a crush on) knocks on his door with a holiday crisis. A really sweet short read.
Tommy Cabot Was Here by Cat Sebastian (MM historical): In this novella, set in the late 1950s, Tommy is the youngest son of a prominent political family with a bright future ahead of him, until he comes out to his brothers and his family ostracizes him. Tommy runs into Everett—who had been his best friend and more when they were in boarding school over a decade earlier—when visiting his son at that same school, where Everett now teaches. Everett, in love with Tommy and unwilling to continue to have his heart broken, walked away from him and now has to decide whether to let him back in. Though short, this second chance romance is heartfelt and warm and just lovely.
A Match Made for Thanksgiving by Jackie Lau (MF contemporary): This first book in the fun Holidays with the Wongs series is set at Canadian Thanksgiving, but I'm counting it—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.
Take Me Home by Lorelie Brown (FF contemporary): 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. The novella is part of the Belladonna Ink series but stands alone.
A Midnight Feast by Emma Barry and Genevieve Turner (MF historical): This book is part of the authors' Fly Me to the Moon series, focusing on the space race of the 1960s, but it can be read on its own. Mitch and Margie's twenty year marriage has been in trouble for a while. Margie plans to use the Thanksgiving preparations and guests as a buffer between them, but their guests cancel, leaving them to spend a whole weekend alone together and maybe have a second chance for their marriage.
Her Naughty Holiday by Tiffany Reisz (MF contemporary): Clover's family informs her suddenly that she will be hosting the whole family for Thanksgiving several days before the holiday. (Clover's family is horrible—judgmental, pretentious, passive-aggressive, and just awful to her. They don't care that she's built a successful business and owns a lovely home, only care that she didn't finish college and isn't married and having lots of babies. YMMV, but the extent of their awfulness affected my enjoyment of the book.) Not wanting to deal with their comments, Clover asks a hot single dad she's had a crush on for a while to be her fake boyfriend for Thanksgiving (and he suggests they have lots of sex until then). The romance was light and fun, and turns from fake dating to real pretty fast.
Do you have any Thanksgiving romances/books that you enjoy?