Holly Ridge Christmas: A Sweet Christmas Romance Collection

by Ruby Hill

Experience Christmas in Holly Ridge, where small-town charm, cozy moments, and heartwarming romances make the season unforgettable.
Books in this
Inheritance for Christmas
A sweet small-town romance where love and a Christmas tree farm need saving.

Opposites Attract for Christmas
A Christmas romance where big-city chaos meets small-town serenity.

Scavenger Hunt for Christmas
A sweet enemies-to-lovers Christmas romance to warm your heart.

Lights, Camera, Love for Christmas
A feel-good Christmas romance about protecting the heart of a small town.

Surprise Partner for Christmas
A heartwarming holiday story where opposites collide and discover love in the unlikeliest place.

Festive Feud for Christmas
An enemies-to-lovers story filled with rivalry, charm, and mistletoe magic.

Small-Town Escape for Christmas
A romance about finding peace, purpose, and love in a quiet small town.

Cookies for Christmas
A cozy holiday enemies-to-lovers story filled with sugar, spice, and unexpected romance.

Reunion for Christmas
A holiday story of family, forgiveness, and a romance rekindled under the Christmas lights.

Fixer-Upper for Christmas
A Christmas romance where renovating a house sparks the sweetest renovation of all—the heart.

Sheltered Hearts for Christmas
A sweet later-in-life Christmas romance that proves love has no age limit.

Genres: Romance

943 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 8, 2025

Reviews

[Michelle Dodge · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a collection of 11 short stories based in Holly Ridge. They are sweet and clean Christmas romances.

Inheritance for Christmas
Avery inherits her grandparents Christmas tree farm. She decides to keep it and stay where she was the happiest. Blake is a local handyman that has helped fix things around the property. Avery finds out the property is in financial trouble. Can she save her legacy? Can Blake help her?

This is a cute story that has great characters. We also see how past experiences can color our current thinking. I love the Christmas theme. This is a quick and easy read.

Opposites Attract for Christmas
Zane comes to visit his family, however, his work keeps calling him. He ends up trying to relax by taking a yoga class from Sadie. He had accidentally run into her and spilled her coffee. Where he is very type-A personality, she is more of a gentle, free spirit. Can anything come of their friendship? Can two opposite personalities work? Would he even think of moving here?

Another fun Christmas story. The character’s personalities are opposite, but they can learn from one another. It’s a cute town and has good characters.

Scavenger Hunt for Christmas
Quinn helps with the first annual Christmas Scavenger Hunt. She was paired with Alex, one of her high school bullies. She doesn’t want to work with him on this, but she also has an urge to win. Alex doesn’t remember this and when confronted it with has some self-reflection. Can they work it out and will they win the scavenger hunt?

This is a quick and easy read. I love Christmas stories and I like the characters and story line of this book.

Lights, Camera, Love for Christmas
Tessa is looking for a town to offer a production company a place to film a Christmas movie. She ends up in Holly Ridge and loves it. She runs into the mayor, Drew, and tries to have him give his blessing. He is against it. Can a movie be held here? Can they find a happy medium?

This is a quick little Christmas story. It is an easy read and has cute characters.

Surprise Partner for Christmas
Arden was hired to coordinate and create the bicentennial celebration for the town. She is doing it solo and will not admit she's overwhelmed. The may, who hired her, wants his brother, Colton, to help to keep him in town over Christmas. Though she is annoyed, they start working together. Can they maintain a working relationship.

This is all about opposites attracting. She uptight, he's more relaxed. The characters work well together and some interesting things occur in the storyline. It's a great quick read.

Festive Feud for Christmas
Zoe owns the coffee shop and next door is Declan's restaurant. They are both trying to win the Christmas decorating contest, but someone is going around doing pranks on them. The businesses decide to create a themed decorating contest and plan to look out for each other. Can the town work together? Can Zoe and Declan?

I love Christmas themed romance. I appreciate the this is a clean romance series. The characters are enjoyable. we figure out that sometimes we put more pressure on ourselves that others put on us.

Small-Town Escape for Christmas
Skylar comes home to try and refresh her batteries. She is a mega country star. She is trying to stay on the down low, but her family doesn't understand. She decides to hide out and stay at Milo's local inn. He's had a crush on her since high school. He works on protecting her from the media. He starting to fall for her again. Can they make it work? Will her fame get in the way?

This was a cute story. The characters are great and a great storyline.

Cookies for Christmas
Daphne owns a bakery and it is the busy time. A food critic, Jace, accidentally gets cookies spilled on him. He writes a scathing article about the bakery without even trying the cookies. She's devastated. He realizes he is wrong. Can he make it up to her? Will it kill her business?

This was a cute Christmas romance. I enjoyed the story and thought it was an easy read.

Reunion for Christmas
Theo is a widower and single dad who owns the local hardware store. People in town feel he should move on, but he's not ready. His daughter's teacher, Elizabeth, has moved back to town. She used to be friends with Theo when she was younger and lived here. He decides to help her for the Christmas play as she is short volunteers. Can they become friends again? Maybe even more?

This was a cute story with likeable characters. I like the that Theo is trying to do the best by his daughter. Very heartwarming.

Fixer-Upper For Christmas
Melody goes to Holly Ridge for her grandma's funeral. She ends up inheriting her grandma's cabin. She decides to accept and update the cabin. Eli, the local handyman, receives a letter, a check and a key in the mail for him to fix up the cabin. So he works on it while Melody works on her book. Eli's had a bad relationship. Can he trust other women? Could a relationship develop?

This was a cute, clean story. Melody and Eli are definitely working on themselves and trying to figure out if they can work together. Eli definitely has some hang ups, but he's working on it. I enjoy the characters.


Sheltered Hearts For Christmas
Edna has been very involved in town events. She has been a widow for a long time. She runs into Bernard at the shelter. She thinks he acts too playful and is annoyed by that. However, most of the town gets the flu and he is the only one that is not sick and can help. She accepts his help and her view of him starts to change. Can they make it work? When one incident happens, will she decide it's not worth it?

This was a cute story. I'm so glad we finally got Edna's story.

I received an ARC from the author and am leaving an honest review.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inheritance for Christmas:
A very inherited her grandparents' Christmas tree farm and Blake has worked for her grandparents for years. I loved how these two worked together to save the tree farm and found love along the way. This is a sweet romance with believable and well developed characters. The writing is well done and this sweet heartwarming romance held my attention from the first page to the last.
Opposites Attract for Christmas:
We are back in Holly Ridge for a sweet, small town romance between Sadie a yoga instructor, and Zane an attorney from the big city. This is a sweet Christmas romance with believable characters that had me cheering them on to get their happily ever after. The writing is well done and the characters are well developed.
Scavenger Hunt for Christmas:
This is a sweet Christmas romance with well developed characters. Alex and Quinn's story is a quick read and I was cheering them on to get their happily ever after. Scavenger Hunt for Christmas is a clean romance.
Surprise Partner for Christmas:
Arden and Colton's small town romance is a sweet and clean novella. In this opposites attract romance, Arden gets hired to coordinate the bicentennial celebration in Holly Ridge, and Colton gets hired to help Arden. Sparks fly between them, and the more time they spend together, the closer they get.
Festive Feud for Christmas:
Declan and Zoe start as enemies in the business world, but a Christmas decorating contest takes a sweet falling in love turn. This is a fun, clean, small town romance between two characters that are perfect for each other. The writing is well done, and the characters are well developed.
Small Town Escape for Christmas:
Skylar needed a break so she heads back to her hometown of Holly Ridge for Christmas, where she runs into her high school crush Milo and sparks fly. This is a sweet hometown, second chance romance and a great addition to the Holly Ridge Christmas series. I loved this couple for each other and was cheering them on to finally get their happily ever after. Great writing and a great ending make this a five star read.
Cookies for Christmas:
Jace is a food critic and Daphne owns the local bakery he is there to critique. These two don't get off to a good start when something goes wrong and he gives the bakery a bad review. This is a quick holiday read with believable characters, a fun storyline, and a great ending.
Reunion for Christmas:
After the death of his wife Theo has dedicated his life to his daughter Lily. Liz is back in Holly Ridge and is the new music teacher at Lily's school. Theo and Liz were best friends growing up and now fifteen years later they reconnect when he volunteers to help at the school's Christmas pageant. This is a second chance at love, holiday novella with believable characters, a sweet romance, and a wonderful happily ever after.
Fixer Upper for Christmas:
After the death of her grandmother, Melody inherits her grandma's fixer upper cabin. Eli is the local handyman who is hired, in an interesting way, to fix up the cabin. I loved Eli and Melody's small town, slow burn romance. It's a sweet novella with likable characters who had me cheering them on to get their happily ever after.
Sheltered Hearts for Christmas:
Bernard and Edna find love in Sheltered Hearts for Christmas. This is a clean, small town, Christmas romance with likable characters, a sweet, later in life story, and a happily ever after ending. This is book eleven and a great addition to the Holly Ridge Christmas series. I recommend this book, this series, and this author to everyone looking for a sweet, clean romance.
I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book.

[Barbara Harrison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not quite twelve afternoons of Christmas novellas.

INHERITANCE FOR CHRISTMAS: Allow an afternoon for this sweet, clean, contemporary, small-town, stand-alone, December inheritance novella in Holly Ridge, Montana, where Avery Dawson has just inherited her grandfather's Holly Forest Christmas Tree Farm, despite her broken family.

OPPOSITES ATTRACT FOR CHRISTMAS: Allow an afternoon for this busy, contemporary, small-town, laugh-out-loud, opposites attract, Christmas romance in Holly Ridge, Montana, starting in November, involving 32-year-old uptight city divorce lawyer Zane Baxter and 27-year-old yoga instructor Sadie Brennan. 5*

SCAVENGER HUNT FOR CHRISTMAS: Set aside an afternoon for this sweet, clean, wholesome, contemporary Christmas romance between third-grade teacher Quinn Tanner and policeman Alex Roth, starting the day before Thanksgiving in Holly Ridge, Montana. 5*

LIGHTS, CAMERA, LOVE FOR CHRISTMAS: Allow three hours for this contemporary, sweet, clean, wholesome exploration of Holly Ridge, Montana, as a movie location by Tessa Whitman, starting on the day after Thanksgiving with seasonal lights, her smartphone camera, love, Christmas, and romance.
I had an ARC via Booksprout, and this is my voluntary review. 5*

SURPRISE PARTNER FOR CHRISTMAS: Allow about three hours for this laugh-out-loud, clean, sweet, wholesome, contemporary, surprise partner, Christmas, enemies-to-lovers, small-town romance in Holly Ridge, Montana, that begins in November as perfectionist event planner Arden Lockhart is hard at work on the Bicentennial Christmas Eve Celebration. 5*

FESTIVE FEUD FOR CHRISTMAS: Allow about three hours for this sweet, clean, wholesome, contemporary, small-town, enemies-to-lovers, festive feud starting the day before Thanksgiving in Holly Ridge, Montana, where 30-year-old Zoe Sutton and 32-year-old Declan Benton are competing in the Christmas decorating contest. 5*

SMALL-TOWN ESCAPE FOR CHRISTMAS: Have a tissue handy and allow about two hours for this sweet. clean. wholesome, contemporary, laugh-out-loud, small-town, second-chance romantic escape of a music star for Christmas to Holly Ridge, Montana. 5*

COOKIES FOR CHRISTMAS: Have a tissue handy the afternoon you allow for this laugh-out-loud, contemporary, clean, sweet, wholesome, small-town, enemies-to-lovers, Christmas romantic comedy when Grinchy food critic Jace Vari descends on Batter and Bliss Bakery in Holly Ridge, Montana. 5*

REUNION FOR CHRISTMAS: Have a tissue handy the morning you allow for this sweet, clean, wholesome, contemporary, small-town, second-chance, single-parent, broken-family, laugh-out-loud, Christmas reunion romance novella in Holly Ridge, Montana, starting in December, involving families and grief. 5*

FIXER-UPPER FOR CHRISTMAS: Have a tissue handy for the three hours you allow for this sweet, clean, wholesome, contemporary, small-town Christmas romantic novella about 29-year-old writer's blocked novelist Melody Lane and the fixer-upper her grandmother Lucy bequeathed her in Holly Ridge, Montana. 5*

SHELTERED HEARTS FOR CHRISTMAS: Set aside three hours and have a tissue handy for this sweet, clean, wholesome, contemporary, small-town, honest look at aging, shelter, Christmas, abduction, and midlife second-chance romance in Holly Ridge, Montana, with an occasional laugh-out-loud. 5*.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Kandiemarie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had read a couple of the stories before so when this collection came up I knew I'd love it. It's full of sweet, clean Christmas romances. Each story is perfectly written with likeable characters and heartwarming storylines. It's a great book to read when you're in the mood for Christmas romances. Highly recommend and look forward to reading more from Ruby Hill.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Marichus Real · Rating 5 out of 5]

Opposites Attract for Christmas 5 stars
Scavenger Hunt for Christmas 5 stars
Sheltered Hearts for Christmas 5 stars
I rate this review based on the three books I have already read.
The first two titles were sweet stories that leave you with a smile on your face. The last one of the three is very emotional.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Ineta · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed it so much - it is perfect Christmas romance collection of 11 short sweet stories. I loved having same characters around in all stories and I fully share their love to Holly Ridge. You can just follow Christmas events year after year.
You can read each as stand alone, but having them all in one collection just brings Christmas spirit around. Adorable characters, sweet clean romances.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Merry Jelks-Emmanuel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This collection has eleven amazing Christmas romances that are heartfelt and landed just intime to have as a holiday treat. The stories are well written with wonderful characters centered around the Christmas holiday in a small town and gives off the Christmas spirit.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Guy's Girl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute Short Stories

This is a great collection of small town Christmas romance stories. Each one is a quick read with a happy ending. I did not like listening with AI narration.

[Connie S · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good