Make the Season Merry With 2022's Best New Holiday Romance Books

Jake Maia Arlow puts a sapphic, Jewish twist on the classic holiday romance with "How to Excavate a Heart." Shani and May have more of a "meet ugly" than a "meet cute" when, distracted by her paleoichthyology research and her recent breakup, Shani bumps into May with her car. When the two cross paths again, sparks fly, and things heat up when they're snowed in together. As things begin to feel more serious, Shani has to be honest with May and with herself: is she ready to fall in love again, or will this just be a quick fling?