All You Need Is Gloves – Kanitha (2025)

It is the holiday season, and snowboarding champion Diego is in trouble after a dangerous stunt leaves him injured, furious sponsors threaten to withdraw their deals, and he is sent back to his small town of Blue Ridge Springs. Forbidden to snowboard, he must repair his public image by assisting ski instructor Alara, his best friend’s sister. Diego should be angry, but Alara is far more beautiful than he remembers. Alara knows that her brother’s best friend is off limits, yet her teenage crush on Diego has never disappeared, and it is difficult to remember the rules when his smile makes her heart race. He is only staying for the holidays, and she can keep their secret. Their private relationship may be a bad idea, but rules are made to be broken in this spicy, festive sports romance by Kanitha P. The novel combines a best friend’s brother, a secret relationship, grumpy-sunshine chemistry, snowboarding and ski instruction. Readers praise its sweet and sexy holiday atmosphere, lively banter, slow-burn tension, emotionally unavailable athletes, small-town Colorado charm, Olympic-level stakes, and themes of heart, healing and second chances. The book is in English.