How My Neighbor Stole Christmas by Meghan Quinn

holiday romance • enemies-to-lovers • fake dating • neighbors-to-lovers • christmas competition

A Christmas-obsessed town. Two sworn holiday rivals. And a fake relationship that becomes far more convincing than either of them expected.

How My Neighbor Stole Christmas delivers everything you want from a festive enemies-to-lovers romance, including small-town charm, competitive sparks, forced proximity, and the delicious tension of falling for the one person you're determined to defeat. With plenty of humor and holiday chaos, Meghan Quinn turns a Christmas competition into the perfect setting for an unexpected love story.

Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 4/5

The Vibe

Cole Black would happily spend the entire holiday season avoiding Christmas altogether. Unfortunately, Kringletown has other plans, especially when his longtime Christmas nemesis, Storee Taylor, moves in next door.

Storee is determined to bring some holiday spirit to town and honor the aunt she's staying with by entering the annual Christmas Kringle competition. Cole is equally determined to beat her. What begins as a battle between two competitive neighbors quickly becomes a much more complicated game when they agree to pretend they're falling for each other.

Their rivalry is sharp, their chemistry is impossible to ignore, and their fake relationship starts feeling suspiciously real. Between Christmas decorations, small-town festivities, a fiercely competitive contest, and one very observant aunt, Cole and Storee may discover that the biggest thing at stake isn't the Kringle title at all.

Festive, funny, flirty, and packed with holiday tension, this is a perfect pick for readers who love their Christmas romances with plenty of banter, competitive chemistry, and a grumpy hero who never stood a chance against the woman next door.

Tropes & Tags

• Holiday romance
• Christmas romance
• Enemies-to-lovers
• Fake dating
• Neighbors-to-lovers
• Grumpy hero
• Christmas competition
• Small-town romance
• Forced proximity
• Competitive couple
• Banter and chemistry
• Opposites attract
• Hometown holiday
• Festive romance
• Romantic comedy
• Feel-good holiday read