The Hot Chocolate Hotel (Honey Haven #2)

The Hot Chocolate Hotel (Honey Haven #2) by Donna Ashcroft, a Christmas Fiction release out on November 10, 2026.

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The Hot Chocolate Hotel (Honey Haven #2) Release Date: November 10, 2026

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Lacey Dupont is usually out Christmas shopping in London at this time of year and would normally be careering down Oxford Street laden with perfectly gift-wrapped packages. But this December, her heart is in shreds over her cheating ex and sheโ€™s driving her little red car to the Scottish village of Honey Haven to get as far away from him as possible.

Scott McRae, owner of The Hot Chocolate Hotel, is there as she tumbles through the door of the first hotel she can find when her car breaks down. Only, his gruff exterior isnโ€™t exactly welcoming, even if the steaming mug of cocoa he offers her is. Her inability to pay for her room doesnโ€™t exactly cheer him up. But heโ€™s low on staff and high on festive chores. And sheโ€™s more than willing to work for a place to stay until her car is in action again. If they can keep it under wraps, that is. Because the last thing Lacey wants is to be foundโ€ฆ

As festive preparations bring the two closer together, their chemistry starts to hot up faster than the mulled wine theyโ€™re dishing out to guests. The two lock eyes over the fairy lights theyโ€™re delicately draping on the tree, any unpaid hotel stays long forgotten โ€“ and everything else, for that matter.

But when the hotelโ€™s heavy oak door swings open and Lacey sees whoโ€™s burst in with the flurry of snow from outside, she knows that life in this little chocolate-box Scottish village is about to come to a screeching halt.

Will Lacey end up lonely this Christmas? Or can the magic of the season melt even the hardest of hearts?

Tropes:
Grumpy x Sunshine
Small Town
Forced Proximity
Spicy

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