Lara Lloyd didn’t plan on coming home to Talbot Bay after graduating, but slinging pints at the Salty Siren and dodging the winter gales of the Irish Sea feels safer than the life she left behind. That is until Woody Preston strolls back into her orbit. He’s everything she swore off. Charming, infuriating, and dangerously familiar. The kind of man who can turn a casual smile into a promise she’s not ready to hear. Over whisky sours, stolen glances, and a New Year’s kiss that tastes like trouble, old habits begin to look a lot like second chances. But in a town where the rumour mill runs faster than the tide, and where Woody’s privileged world and Lara’s hard-won independence could never fit neatly together, wanting each other might be the easy part. Under the glow of fairy lights and the bite of winter wind, Lara has to decide if she’s ready to risk her heart before the season, and Woody, slip away. A witty, slow-burn romance full of banter, longing, and the pull of home, Beneath the Winter Lights will sweep you back to Talbot Bay where love might just be worth the risk.