Books like Christmas Eve at Friday Harbour by Lisa Kleypas

In the Appalachian Mountains, a teenage orphan named Demon Copperhead fights foster care, poverty, and addiction, striving for survival while confronting the invisibility of rural youth in a rapidly changing America.

Turtle Alveston, a fourteen‑year‑old survivor of a painful home life, finds hope when she meets Jacob, a wholesome high‑school boy who invites her into a world beyond the wilderness and her abusive father.

Bobby Long and writer Byron Burns, once outcasts, discover a fragile hope when they take in Hanna, the daughter of a vanished companion, and set out to get her into college while confronting their own vices and pasts.

A young boy comforts his father after his mother’s untimely death, focusing on the themes of grief and loss in the context of family dynamics and the unexpected arrival of a new child.

Two people, with a reversal of fortunes. A love of Christmas buried from a difficult past. Regret and resentment abound, with a fire that was never truly extinguished. Now an elite resort owner in snowy Minnesota, Mariana has left her humble past firmly behind her—not to mention an epic heartbreak from 10 years ago. When she decides to expand her business to acquire a quaint Christmas village and reclaim her secret love of the holiday, the last thing she expects is to run into him. Once a wealthy young man who lost it all, Terry is just as dismayed about their encounter as Mariana is. Resentment about their summer romance and their reversal of fortunes—and the fateful Christmas Eve meet-up that never happened—brews between them as Terry becomes an obstacle in her business plans. Mariana is determined to listen to her head, not her heart. After all, she survived these past 10 years by avoiding emotions and making smart decisions, not pining after a lost love. But can she resist him when fate brings them together this Christmas?

A family reunion at Nantucket’s Winter Street Inn turns chaotic as Kelley Quinn’s four adult children and his estranged wife navigate scandals, war, and holiday mishaps, forcing a last‑minute Christmas rescue by his former spouse, Margaret Quinn.

A New England father and his 11‑year‑old daughter discover an abandoned infant in the snow, a moment that reshapes the girl's view of life and forces both to confront grief, love and forgiveness.

On Christmas Eve, two children watch over a stable and uncover a robbery plot instead of a supernatural tale. A festive mystery that blends holiday spirit with sleuthing.

Four curious children sneak downstairs on Christmas Eve to watch the glittering tree, peek into stockings and wrapped gifts, and listen to the soothing songs of carolers.

When 14‑year‑old Thumbelina loses her mother and is raised by an abusive stepfather, she is placed in foster care. There she finds a new best friend and a chance to heal and hope for a loving future.