Six Degrees of Separation

Six Degrees of Separation is hosted by Kate at booksaremyfavoriteandbest. A book is selected each month as the starting point for us to link to six other books. I go a bit rouge by selecting my own book from the previous months’ Five Star Friday, but still maintain the spirit of the meme.

This Month's Book

Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman
Published by Dell on October 14, 2025
Age/Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
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A sentimental advertising creative and a blunt, no-nonsense bar owner find a second chance at love while binge-watching iconic holiday movies in this poignant and heartwarming romance, from the author of Charm City Rocks and All Together Now.

The new year barely began when Grace White and Henry Adler both lost their spouses. Now, nearly a year later, the first holiday season since their "Great and Terrible Sadnesses" approaches. Although their mothers scheme to matchmake the two surviving spouses, it’s clear that neither is ready to date again. Yet no one understands what they're going through better than each other, and a delicate friendship is born.

When Henry sees an ad for a Christmas movie marathon—once an annual tradition for him and his wife—Grace offers to watch some films with him, despite her aversion to a few of his picks. Her two young kids, Ian and Bella, also join in whenever possible—bedtimes permitting, of course.

With each movie, Grace and Henry’s shared grief eases as they start to see a life beyond the sadness. But as they draw closer, other romantic possibilities leave them both uncertain about their future together. Is their bond merely the result of loneliness and shared circumstances, or have they found something that’s worth taking a shot at . . . again?

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Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon

A beautiful story of healing involving two people who were celebrating the holidays for the first time after losing their spouses.

I'll Be Home for Christmas

Connected the Grace & Henry in that it is set during the holidays.

Happy Place

Both Christmas and Happy Place involve couples pretending to still be together.

From the Jump

Happy Place and From the Jump feature a friend vacation.

Lovelight Farms

Jump and Lovelight are both friends-to-lovers romances.

You Make It Feel Like Christmas

Christmas and Lovelight take place on a Christmas tree farm

Out on a Limb

Limb and Christmas are one-night-stand to HEA

Have you read any of these books?
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