Hi Cozy Readers!
In this post, I share 2 New Romance Books Releasing in December 2026.
I organized it by title, release date, publisher, if it’s available for Read Now or Request on NetGalley, book blurb, tags, links to pre-order and Author website.
In Every Future, It’s Us by Katie Naymon
Release Date: December 1st, 2026
Publisher: Berkley | Penguin Random House
NetGalley: You can Request it on NetGalley here.
Official Book Blurb: A yearly New Year’s Eve game pushes two lifelong best friends to change their lives forever in this gorgeously sweeping romance, told through past and present timelines, from critically acclaimed author Katie Naymon.
When childhood neighbors and best friends Florence Parker and Tom Sinclair were on the precipice of graduating college, they made a pact they hoped would link them forever: Every year at their families’ lavish New Year’s Eve party, they’d each write five secret predictions about the other’s year ahead. Whoever got the most guesses correct would make one big life decision for the other.
So it went for nearly a decade—until the final year, when one letter shattered their friendship.
Now Tom and Florence are home for the holidays and haven’t spoken in a year. To keep up appearances, they’re forced to plan the New Year’s Eve party together. But hidden in the tense silences and charged interactions is a wealth of history they can’t escape, and feelings they’ve never spoken aloud. It’s their last opportunity to make amends before Florence moves away, but are they willing to take a chance on a future they can’t predict?
Tags: friends to lovers, second chance, contemporary, holiday
Links to Pre-order: Bookshop
Author Website: For some reason their website is currently password protected so I’ll leave you with their Instagram: www.instagram.com/katienaymonwrites. Here is also their Substack: greetings from yearntown | Katie Naymon | Substack
Just in Time by Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka
Release Date: December 8th, 2026
Publisher: Berkley | Penguin Random House
NetGalley: You can Request it on NetGalley here.
Book Premise: Time travel weaves the past and present of two strangers together in this whimsical romance from beloved authors Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka.
For Gwen Bailey, taking a yellow taxicab in NYC is a magical experience. Literally. When Gwen hails any taxi and mutters a date in her past, she is transported to that time. As a perfectionist, it’s allowed her to achieve the perfect GPA, perfect performance reviews, perfect everything. And if she makes a mistake, well, Gwen can just hop in a cab and correct it. She’s never met anyone else with this ability…until Ian.
For Ian Knox, time travel is for helping the people he loves. He has infinite chances to look out for his family, to hang out with the brother who needs him more than his sibling lets on—even to prevent life-changing tragedy. So what if he overextends himself or feels himself losing touch with the present? There will be time for that too, right? But everything changes when he meets Gwen.
As Gwen and Ian run into each other across New York City an irresistible attraction forms, and the complications of time travel begin to spiderweb across their timelines. They’ll have to decide between an imperfect future together or a past free of heartache.
Tags: time travel, magical realism, contemporary, fantasy, science fiction
Links to Pre-order: Bookshop
Author Website: https://www.emilyandaustinwrite.com/
