2025 Winter/Holiday Book Recommendations

2025 Fall/Winter book recommendations from your faithful reviewer and Poisoned Pen Bookstore bookseller, John Charles, and from New York Times bestsellers Jayne Ann Krentz and Christina Dodd. Think gift books for your mom, your best friends, everyone on your holiday list!
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MURDER AT DONWELL ABBEY by Vanessa Kelly
The Shop on Hidden Lane by Jayne Ann Krentz
https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/uFul1NHY3vAiGYugRnYDXg
Jayne would like to say that, in addition to a story of fast-paced psychic romantic suspense, there is a DOG IN THIS BOOK. His name is Bruce.

WHILE IT WAS SNOWING by Julia London
THE DEVIL IN OXFORD by Jess Armstrong
WITCHES OF DUBIOUS ORIGIN by Jenn McKinlay
https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/p5lAnqxqGBQHGDYK4KWguA

Let’s switch for a moment; here are Jayne’s two recommendations:

Some more from John:
DATE NIGHT IN DECEMBER by Jaqueline Snowe

THE DRAMATIC LIFE OF JONAH PENROSE by Robyn Green
https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/1sM1NJwkMQcDtbBbVhjDJQ

Let’s pause for a couple of recommendations from Christina Dodd.

 

MUCH ADO ABOUT MISTLETOE by Christina Dodd 😁

Yes, I know, it’s mine. But Jayne and John don’t read eBooks, and ’tis the season for a Montague family-centric, funny, heartwarming Christmas tale. MUCH ADO ABOUT MISTLETOE: enjoy it today!

More from John!

AND THEN THERE WAS THE ONE by Martha Waters

THE WASP TRAP by Mark Edwards
https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/DFe05H_njq7MVN1MQMRp-Q

GIRL NEXT DOOR by Rachel Meredith
CHRISTMAS PEOPLE by Iva-Marie Palmer
The Man Next Door by Sheila Roberts
Hot Desk by Laura Dickerman
Made You Look by Tanya Grant
A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. James
Second Chance Romance by Olivia Dade
The Bookbinder’s Secret by A.D. Bell

*All links go the Poisoned Pen Bookstore where they have many of the books autographed. They ship both in the U.S. and internationally.