A holiday reading list can begin with atmosphere: evergreen trees, a familiar hometown, a season that brings people back together. If you also want friction between the leads, The Trees Between Us by Sadie Bennett offers a starting point. Its premise puts two women on opposite sides of a family rivalry, with their livelihoods pulling them toward the same problem.
Two farms, one shared threat
Everly Holt has been carrying much of the work on her family’s Christmas tree farm since her father’s stroke. Across the road, Clementine Ross has returned to help her grandmother’s competing farm. A long-running dispute between their families makes cooperation an uncomfortable prospect. When a developer threatens the future of both farms, the women have a practical reason to work together—and an attraction that makes the arrangement more complicated.
What kind of romance are you looking for?
This is a useful pick to investigate if your reading wish list includes a small-town setting, rival families, a homecoming, and an adult FF relationship. The holiday setting places those ingredients around a seasonal business rather than simply adding festive decorations to the background. Those are the features of the published premise; the retailer sample is the best next step for deciding whether the storytelling voice suits you.
For a rivals-to-lovers story, consider what you enjoy about the rivalry itself. Do you like characters whose conflict comes from their own choices, or characters who have inherited expectations they need to question? The family feud here makes that distinction a helpful way to approach your next read.
Before you add it to your list
The book is described as an explicit holiday romance with adult leads. A seasonal setting does not mean a closed-door reading experience. Check the book page and retailer description for available content information, and use the sample if you prefer to get a sense of the tone before buying.
This spotlight introduces a book from our own imprint; it is not an independent review. We have kept it to the premise rather than revealing the ending.
Find your next chapter
Explore The Trees Between Us for its cover, reading details, and Amazon link. To see more from the same pen name, visit Sadie Bennett’s bookshelf. If you are choosing by mood, the Books page also lets you narrow the catalog by author and story tag.