Books like High-stakes holiday reunion by Christy Barritt

Kirsten and her family celebrate Christmas on a Minnesota farm in 1848.

Cop Burke kidnaps lawyer Pinkie Duvall's trophy wife, Remy, on Fat Tuesday to save her sister's convent school. Their attraction is electric as they navigate masked crime, romance, and the dangerous world of New Orleans' mobsters.

A woman seeks a perfect match at Christmas, but the process is filled with mishaps and unexpected twists.

A widowed Amish man's love for a widow captivates the community.

After a forced divorce, a queen flees with an heir and is seized by her husband, who uses his royal power to drag her back— a tale of romance, kidnapping, and the hidden tensions between ruler and spouse.

A Christmas reunion brings together two men who left each other years ago, with one now a father and the other a child in tow.

Twenty‑five years after a devastating break, former lovers Dr. Brian Wallace and Belle Colby return to a Texas ranch to reunite their four children and confront the unresolved past that keeps them apart.

Kristin McKaslin, stranded in a Boise snowstorm on Thanksgiving, finds an unexpected ride with former high‑school football star Ryan Sanders. Their night‑long drive sparks a divine sense of destiny that tests love and faith.

A seventeen-year-old girl from California becomes involved with the FBI in a terrorist plot, while struggling with her personal relationships.

A neurosurgeon and a bounty hunter must outwit kidnappers demanding a viral cure, risking a biological weapon to save a kidnapped daughter and a lost sister.

"Seven-year-old Lucy Randall had been kidnapped in broad daylight fourteen years ago, and now Detective Katie Randall is determined to solve her sister's case. Her only option is to team up with the man whose family hates her. Former FBI agent Jordan Grey knows the beautiful cop isn't to blame for his brother's death, but he can't risk causing his parents more pain by falling for Katie. He'll have to focus on finding Lucy. But when Katie and Jordan uncover the truth, will this kidnapper turn killer? "--Publisher.

By day, Holly Hudson’s a story editor for Wifetime Network. By night, she’s the writer for the network’s very cheesy, very straight holiday romance series—Christmas in Evermore. Holly took the job to accomplish exactly one thing: a gay Christmas movie. She’s been shot down before, but things start to look up when Meredith Drake unexpectedly moves into the network’s holiday division. On the heels of a brief (but totally hot) fling, Holly and Meredith agree to keep things professional now that they’ll be working together. Especially since the network has a strict policy about workplace relationships. Instead, they vow to channel their passion into a pitch for the network’s first Christmas movie to feature two female leads. In this contemporary romance, Holly and Meredith work to make the Yuletide gayer while discovering that happy endings aren’t only for the movies.

Former army ranger Boone Anderson immediately senses danger when he spots Scout Cramer and her precious little girl while holiday shopping. Then two cars suddenly give chase in the parking lot—kidnapping the child. His worst suspicions are confirmed, and professional instincts propel him into action. Having lost his own infant daughter years before, Boone is determined to reunite the beautiful single mother and her missing child. But when a secret from Scout's past finally catches up to her, she must work with her self-appointed guardian to save her daughter. Before the kidnappers cancel Christmas for all of them…permanently.