Lighting up Loveland: A heart-warming holiday romance full of second chances and unexpected love.

by Joy Skye

Christmas brings many wonderful things, some of them unexpected ... Lola Sanchez has one goal in mind, making this ski season at Loveland the best one yet. But there's one fatal flaw in her plan, and the one person who can help her is the last person she wants to spend any time with. Luka Bouchard hides his past behind an impressive scar, coupled with an impenetrable wall of grumpiness, and has absolutely no desire to help anyone, let alone face his crushing fears. But things don't always work out the way we want, sometimes they work out beyond our wildest dreams.

Genres: Christmas, Romance

192 pages, Paperback

Published November 18, 2025

About the author

Joy lives on the seductive island of Corfu with her four dogs and an embarassing number of cats.

Her many years working in the tourist industry on this sunny isle and her love of all things literary inspired her first novel Corfu Capers which recently hit the #1 spot in Parenting and Family humour much to her delight.

She loves to cook, dance and drink wine, usually at the same time, and is currently working on book number four, due to be released later this year.

She also loves to travel, absolutely anywhere, and is looking forward to jumping on a plane!

Reviews

[mariam · Rating 4 out of 5]

honestly just a good solid winter romance book tbh

[Chloe · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 ⭐️

[Summer Baker · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok so the premise of this book is sweet. However i wanted more. I felt like it moved really fast. It covered a lot of ground so so fast. I wanted more detail; more depth.

[karyn davies curbishley · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute enemy to lovers quick read romance set in the snow and what sounds like a lovely ski village in the mountains. Enjoyable to read, would love more about each of the characters and would love to know what happens with Lola and Luka 💕

[Rebecca Strong · Rating 3 out of 5]

A light and breezy read with my favourite trope. I wish this was a fully fleshed novel rather than a novella as I quite enjoyed it! I wanted more backstory, more character depth, just more! ❄️⛷️