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Ana’s Chrismukkah Favorites Giveaway Day 5 – Favorite Novellas

Chrismukkah Favorite Novellas

Favorite Novellas

I think writing a good standalone novella is really hard. There are lots of great novellas that are parts of series, but they can’t be read alone. If a novella is really  good, while you may wish it was longer, you still feel like you are satisfied with a good story.

I love a nice short satisfying read. It feels like I knocked one off my gazillion book TBR that I can’t keep track of, and it’s great in between longer books. I’m not really a fan of novella serials. I don’t mind them when they each have their own mini story as part of a larger story…sort of like a TV episode. But I hate when a story is just split into 8 pieces. I don’t have enough of a memory to keep me waiting for the next.

Some novellas are spin-offs from larger series. Those are fun. They can either stand alone, or be a delicious bonus for those who read the series. I will tackle all kinds of novellas here, and I do so even more on my list of Top Picks:Quickies list.

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Favorite novellasFinding Cinderella by Colleen Hoover is a FREE book that is a standalone spin-off from one of my favorite series, Hopeless. (See Series order) When I read Losing Hope, the second book, I said to myself that I would love to read more about Daniel. I loved that character! And I also loved Six. Colleen must have heard that a lot, because she brought us a novella that stars the two of them.

Daniel couldn’t help but fall for Six. Here’s why.

“She fist bumped me,” I say pointing at Six. “It’s not my fault. She hates purses and she fist bumped me, then she made me push her on the damn merry-go-around.”

They were perfect together. The two were fun to read about, and I loved the crap out of every 5+++ star second of it. I also added it to my Top Picks: Funny Happy Romance Books list.

Series order:
Hopeless {review} – Losing Hope {review} – Finding Cinderella {review} (novella, can stand alone)

Download Finding Cinderella by Colleen Hoover FREE

Amazon | BN.com

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1477561_253315628158267_901194651_nThe Girl Next Door Series by C.C. Wood is filled with fun moments, great romance, hot sex, and awesome banter. Each book is between 100 and 150 pages and they just hit the spot. They tell a full, fun light and sexy romance and never left me feeling rushed. Each book is about a completely different couple, but the girls in the first two are BFFs.

“My new neighbor was exactly the kind of man I preferred. He was also exactly the kind of guy who would stomp all over my heart.”

C.C. Wood combined all three Girl Next Door novellas into one big book (which she is giving away here), but you can still buy them alone.

Friends with Benefits (Girl Next Door 1): Amazon | BN.com |  Review

Frenemies (Girl Next Door 2): Amazon | BN.com |  Review

Drive Me Crazy (Girl Next Door 3): Amazon | BN.com | Review with bonus scene!

All 3 Girl Next Door Books in one big book:

Girl Next Door The Complete Series: Amazon

CC Wood has also written great standalone Christmas and Valentines novellas!

A Kiss for Christmas: Amazon | BN.com | review

Kiss Me: Amazon | BN.com | review

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17948528Hearts in Darkness by Laura Kaye. I actually read this a few years ago, and it still stands out as one of my favorite books. At 100 pages, for this book to still stand out in my mind after years is quite a feat. I often can’t remember  what I read yesterday.

The couple meets and falls for each other while stranded together for 4 hours in a pitch black elevator. With no pre-conceived notions about each others looks, it was a unique melding of souls. Caden is shaved bald, tattooed and pierced. Will Makenna still want him when she sees him?

“Tell me, Red, you gotta say it out loud. I can’t see your face or your eyes, and I don’t want to make any mistakes here.”

One of my favorite reads, despite it’s short length.

See my review (very early on in the blog)

Purchase Hearts in Darkness by Laura Kaye

Amazon | BN.com 

See Laura Kaye’s newest release, Hard as it Gets set in a tattoo parlor!

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novellasLana by R.K. Lilley is a spin-off of the Up In The Air Series. Filled with hot sex, great characters and a romance with a childhood crush, you can’t go wrong with any R.K. Lilley book.

RK will be featured in another day’s Giveaway.

See my review

Purchase at Amazon | BN.com

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Since it’s that time of year, I must also mention 2 awesome Christmas novellas (as well as CC Wood’s mentioned above)

Under the Mistletoe with Me by Kristen Proby (Part of the With Me In Seattle Series) {review}

and

Holiday Bound by Beth Kery {review}

It’s time for you to choose your favorites! I’ll also be adding a few great novella series to this poll.

I must also note the Brie Series by Red Phoenix. Hugely popular, the Brie Series has been released as novellas or 2 big books.

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  2. Toni says

    I have not read a novella that I know of…I know what they are and I cant think of any that I might have read….I voted but I just had to pick one cause I have never read them.

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  4. Scheva says

    That was a really GOOD list of novellas!! I had to go with Hearts in Darkness because I read that forever ago and I still remember the story. So a good book is one that you remember long after you’ve read it ! They are all good choices, though!

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  6. Joanne Christenson says

    I love CoHo….but C.c wood is the novella queen. It’s like you’re getting a whole book in her stories

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  7. Kelly Moody says

    I love the Girl Next Door series but on the voting poll call me crazy but I loved The Brie series (both sets) by Red Pheonix. Sure there smut but really good smut. I absolutely LOVED Brie and Leah cracked me up to no end. The journey of self discover she took was really good. 🙂 Yeah I know most people don’t look that deep into smut but I did and I thoroughly enjoyed it! 🙂

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  8. Kirsten says

    I love both Finding Cinderella and Hearts in Darkness. Thanks for the awesome giveaway.

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  12. Holly Wilderman says

    Love sole regret and finding Cinderella Lisa Renee Jones inside out series also a favorite!

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  13. Michelle T says

    My favorite novella would be Finding Cinderella but my favorite series has to be the Sole Regret series!

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  15. Melanie Cannizzaro says

    Hearts in Darkness by Laura Kaye is my favorite novella. Thanks for the giveaway

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  16. miranda lewis says

    I really enjoyed Hearts in Darkness by Laura Kaye I think ive read it at least three or four times since ive bought it 🙂

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  33. Melissa Durbin says

    One Night with Sole Regret!! Love Gabe, Shade, Adam, Owen & Kellen and I love Olivia Cunning!!!

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  34. Meagan Wells says

    First off Great List of Novellas. My fave would be Finding Cinderella because it is a part of my fave series.

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  36. Gina H says

    I’ve only read the Sole Regret series by Olivia Cunning but I LOVE those guys!! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  40. Michelle Wiley-Thomas says

    I truly love reading novellas as well as full length novels. I also appreciate the giveaways and the opportunity to vote for my favorite Red Phoenix 🙂

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  51. Brandy R. says

    love the One Night with Sole Regret series. I want to get to the Brie Series soon! 🙂

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  69. dawn ruchel says

    Sons of Mayhem by Nikki Pink, not sure if they are novellas but, they are shot reads and very, very good.

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  76. kitten says

    I can’t get into details. I wouldn’t even know whereeeee to start!! But believe me when i say….pick up Red Phoenix’s: Brie series. You seriously won’t regret it. (ps….her release parties online are the best,and she becomes more than an author. She becomes a friend. I’ve never met an author so.connected with her fans. EVER. ) get the book. <3 kitten

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  82. Feifei Le says

    Mine would be Upon A Winter’s Night by Pamela Clare! It’s a novella that ends the MacKinnon Rangers series. *happy sigh* I love historical romance 🙂

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  84. Amy Jo says

    I loved all the Brie series and was sad to see it end! But definitely can go back and reread both series and enjoy them all over again!! 🙂

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  86. Tatia White says

    Finding Cinderella has been my fav novella. I normally don’t read them, but it’s Colleen Freaking Hoover. How could I not read it?!

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  88. Kerry G says

    Definitely The Girl Next Door series. It was one of the first novellas I read and I loved it. CC Wood has a way with snarky humor and hot sex!

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  91. Jody Duffy says

    I loved Hearts in Darkness! But in full disclosure I haven’t read Finding Cinderella yet and I am sure I will love that one too.

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  92. Sheri Zee says

    Finding Cinderella (honestly, I haven’t read it yet but anything by Colleen Hoover is my #1 so I already know I’m gonna love it!)!

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  94. Marcy Meyer says

    My favorite novella, EVER, is Hearts in Darkness! I love it so much! I re-read it all the time and just bought the audiobook too. LOL!
    I SOOOOOO want to win that signed paperback! Thanks for the chance!

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  96. Shelby M says

    I thought Finding Cinderella was pretty great but I must confess that I haven’t read any of the others yet.

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  110. Amy Pollard Woolard says

    I loved Hearts in Darkness! It was such a good novella to me!! I recommended it to my Sister in Law & she loved it as well! Thank you for the giveaway!!

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  116. Leslie T. says

    Finding Cinderella by Colleen Hoover and Hearts In Darkness by Laura Kaye are two of my favorite novella’s!

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  118. Nancy H says

    I have only read Lana and loved it. I have Finding Cinderella just haven’t got to it yet.

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  127. Karina G. says

    I loved the One Night with Sole Regret Novelas, I have yet to read them all but I read all.

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  130. Carra says

    My favorite novella is Obsession by Jennifer Armentrout. Hunter shot to the top of my book boyfriends list the moment I read it.

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  144. Kris S says

    Finding Cinderella happened to be my favorite of the list, but Sole Regret came in very close second! 🙂

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  149. Jamie Wadowsky says

    I love all these contests… they not only help the author but help me find new ones too!

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  154. Tracey says

    Definitely Finding Cinderella !! Big Colleen Hoover fan anyway but the Novella just made me simply melt!! 🙂

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  157. nickie busco says

    Finding cinderella by colleen hoover!!!!! I dont normally read novellas but she is an amazing author! Thank u for the giveaway!

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  164. Briana Hernandez says

    Colleen Hoover is one of my favorite authors! Of course Finding Cinderella is my favorite novella!!!
    Thank you for this giveaway, I really appreciate this 🙂

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  171. Jenn says

    I LOVED Finding Cinderella! Colleen Hoover never disappoints. All of her books are amazing. I wish it ended up being a full novel so we got more of Daniel and Six though!

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  173. Elle says

    In the list, my favorite is Finding Cinderella (but I also liked the One Night with Sole Regert and the Brie Series).
    But I’m totally addicted to anything written by Tiffany Reisz, novella length: The Mistress Files, The Gift/Seven Day Loan, Immersed In Pleasure, Submit To Desire and the stories in anthologies or posted on her blog (free stories)…

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  176. Tawnya Bentley says

    Finding Cinderella, I was in love with the two main characters before the prologue ended.

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  177. Rosalia LoPiccolo says

    Finding Cinderella is probably my favorite novella!! I absolutely loveeedd the other books..

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  178. Christina B says

    I don’t really read novella’s because I love reading full length books that are over 400 pages long. Um, don’t really know which one to choose that I have actually read. What would really consider a novella?

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  179. Jeanna Szablicki says

    I loved Finding Cinderella& was thrilled that the author gave it free to everyone in electronic format, but would love to get my hands on a physical copy!

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  182. Rhonda Beyer says

    Ahhh so hard to choose between Finding Cinderella, and Hearts in Darkness. I think Finding Cinderella wins because we got to see Hope and Holder. Thanks for the great blog and all the wonderful giveaways! !!!

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  183. Shannon O'Neill says

    i adore Everything Colleen Hoover has written and I was extremely satisfied with Finding Cinderella 🙂

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  185. Laura P. Davis says

    Finding Cinderella! Best novella I’ve read in awhile! LOVED it! Wish there was more

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  188. Violet Kelley says

    I would love any of those books!!! They are all great books!!! Finding Cinderella would be awesome

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  190. Raquel Romero says

    I loved loved LOVED Finding Cinderella!!! I want more of Daniel and Six! (and *spoiler* of their baby!) I kinda didn’t want to read the novella because I knew I wouldn’t just be content with a couple pages.. I want a whole novel! Still I loved their story!

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  195. Jeimy Ortiz says

    I absolutely loved Finding Cinderalla by CoHo. Which I could get a printed copy to put along with my collection.

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  210. Jenny V. says

    I just read Warmth in Ice by A. Meredith Walters and absolutely loved it. One of my favorite series.

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  216. Donna Moore says

    I burned through the Brie Series (incl. bonus POVs) so fast I practically melted my Kindle. *fanning*

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  217. Carrie Marie says

    your post has my two favorite novellas – normally i dislike them because they just aren’t satisfying. but Hearts in Darkness & Finding Cinderella both proved that there ARE SUPERB novellas out there. so, i’ve started giving them a chance again. : )

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  219. Trisha Owens says

    Hearts in Darkness is one of my all time favs and is only 100 pages. Insanely good!

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  222. Melanie Douglas says

    I LOVE novellas.. Most of the time full sequel books don’t live up to the first one; because the author usually has to make up a long and exaggerated story to fill a full size novel.. That’s where novellas come into play 😉 However the exception to this rule is COLLEEN Hoover.. She should ALWAYS write full size novels.. She is that good 🙂 that being said.. I would DIE for a copy of Finding Conderella in print, I LOVED every page of Daniel and Six, and it left me wanting SO MUCH MORE! Colleen is a genius 😉 <3

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  234. Donna Reynolds says

    I don’t really have a favorite but I really enjoyed some from Lisa Renee Jones, and Olivia Cunning and a few more Thank you for the great giveaway.

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  236. Christina Rivera says

    I loved Finding Cinderella do much! I don’t think Colleen Hoover could ever write a terrible book!! I can’t get enough. I would live to win a copy of the Novella. My collection would be complete! Thank you for this awesome giveaway!!

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  237. Cassandra Hicks says

    Normally I’m not a big fan of novellas but Gena Showalter’s are some of my favorites such as The Darkest Angel, the ones from the Beautiful Bastard series are great, Lori Foster’s, and JR Ward. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!

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  239. Melissa Irvin says

    I loved Finding Cinderella, but duh! I loved all of Colleens books! She’s amazing!

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  243. amy bowens says

    The Brie Series by Red Phoenix is my favorite such a wonderful story about a young woman discovering herself and the great and interesting people she meets along the way! Red Phoenix is a great writer! Loved everything she has written!

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  264. Nicki says

    I picked CC Wood but only because I couldn’t think of the ones I really wanted to pick and that was the best pick for me out of the choices

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  266. Christina B says

    I really like One night with Sole regret, but I liked Hearts in Darkness too. I have Finding Cinderella on my kindle.. but I just haven’t gotten to it yet.. eeeppp!

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  267. Anna Kidd says

    Thank you for the giveaway! I had to go with Holiday’s With The Walker Brothers. It’s such a long novella it’s basically a book ha. But if I was to choose from the list I would pick Finding Cinderella. I’ve not read the other’s or FC but I loved Hopless so I’m sure that’s amazing too! (:

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  269. Niharika H says

    I lOOOOOOVE giveaways-Though i’ve really won even ONE!
    For me Finding Cinderella is a great, outoftheworld and BUTTERFLYING AWESOME!

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  284. Kat P. says

    I loved Hearts in Darkness. I <3 every novella written for the Experiment in Terror series.

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  294. Bethany Morris says

    I have not read any of the books . But I would love to read Hearts in Darkness by Laura Kaye.

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  295. Char M says

    I just finished Curves for a Lone Alpha it was great and now I hope she writes more. I have a couple of the books on this lust on my Kindle just haven’t had time to read lately.

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  300. Lisa says

    Although all are pretty awesome going to have to go with CC Wood since it didn’t feel like a novella.

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  303. Linda says

    Laura Kaye´s although I love anything with an Alpha and smutty fluff LOL
    Happy Tuesday!
    //Lidna

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  304. Jeannie L says

    My recent favorite novellas are Under The Mistletoe by Jill Shalvis and Under The Mistletoe With Me by Kristen Proby. Ironically, they have rather similar tiles. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  305. Alissa Marino says

    Finding Cinderella was my favorite! Hearts in Darkness was good too. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  307. Raegan says

    Hmmm so many titles are running thru my head right now but I’m going to say Hearts in Darkness. Makes thethought of ggetting caught in an elevator kinda enticing

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  309. Amy Malek Concepcion says

    Lana gets my vote. I haven’t read Finding Cinderella yet. Thanks for the giveaway

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  312. Natasha says

    I haven’t read any of these yet, but they all sound amazing!!
    Thanks for the chance to win!

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