Award-winning author Jennifer Joy’s next novel, TWO DOZEN DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS, will be published by HarperCollins’ William Morrow imprint in Fall 2027. An enemies-to-lovers romance set during WWII, the novel is the second book in Joy’s Hanover’s Holidays series and takes place in Hanover’s Department Store’s famed bakery.
Joy’s debut novel, 26 WAYS TO COME HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, was published by Foxburg & Stern Books, LLC, in 2023. It earned a Get It! rating from Kirkus Reviews, and won the 2025 International Book Awards: Fiction – Romance Category Winner. Book #1 in the series follows Stella West, Hanover’s Head of Holidays, who has 48 hours to ensure the store’s legendary Christmas windows are finished for their holiday season debut. With the help of a ragtag team of employees, Stella races to bring the magic to life while dodging a rival gunning for her job, an overzealous baker, and an impatient store owner demanding a preview. But when Stella discovers her best pal is suddenly single, the feelings she’s buried for him for years become impossible to ignore—and confessing them may be the biggest risk of all.
26 WAYS TO COME HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS is available at Amazon; Barnes & Noble; Books-A-Million and The Strand (US); and at Hatchards and Waterstones (UK).
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