These comforting and engaging stories of holidays on Cape Cod provide a cozy escape from the busyness of the season and transport you to a festive place. 

The Christmas Inn
by Pamela Kelley

Whether it’s reaching for a comfy blanket to curl up with, baking something too sugary and sweet, or turning on a sentimental movie, there’s something about the holidays that gets most of us in our feels. Pamela Kelley’s novel, The Christmas Inn is for the holidays on Cape Cod what a beach read is in the summer months. 

While there are several storylines woven throughout the book, the central character is Riley Sanders, a content marketing manager in New York City who unfortunately loses her job right before Christmas. At the same time, her mother takes a bad fall; however with her newfound time off, Riley is able to return home to Cape Cod and help out at the bed & breakfast her mother owns. 

In this Hallmark movie-esque story, you’ll meet characters who are each important to Riley in their own way: her mother, whose heart has been closed off since divorcing Riley’s father years ago but finds herself warming to the idea of new possibilities, Aidan, Riley’s high school sweetheart who is now a widow, raising his son Luke alone, Jack, Riley’s current boyfriend, and Franny, who is staying at the inn while she sorts through the details and emotions that accompany the recent passing of her sister.