absolutely adored this small town romance between longtime friends to lovers, stella and luka. slow burn and satisfying.

I absolutely adored this book! Such a wonderful fake dating/friends to lovers book and I really loved the Christmas tree farm setting. So happy this is getting traditionally published and I can't wait to delve into the other lovelight farms books too!

Considering I desperately want to read Into The Weeds, I chose this week to up the steamy, cute holiday romance that is Lovelight Farms.

Friends to lovers and a fake dating plot; mutual pining and friends who are family. Banter, steamy sex scenes; nefarious destruction to a Christmas tree farm, and kittens! Lovelight Farms has it all. I loved Luka from the moment we met him, and it was so completely obvious how he feels about his best friend and our main character, Stella.

Stella is living her dream, owning a Christmas tree farm, and delighting in the holidays all year round, and yet some debts need to be paid, shipments that have gone missing, a family of raccoons occupying her barn, and a whole pasture of trees that have withered and died. Not to mention broken fences, smashed pumpkins and theft. With money running out, Stella decided to enter an Instagram competition in the hopes of getting featured by a social media master, Evelyn St. James, and potentially winning $100,00 in prize money; she’s a finalist. Evelyn will be travelling to Lovelight Farms to feature them on her outlets; the only problem is that when filling out the application forms, Stella may have said that she owned the farm with her boyfriend… one she does not have.

Enter Luka Peters, Stella’s best friend of almost ten years and the guy she's hopelessly in love with. She wants to ask him to be her fake boyfriend for the week Evelyn is staying, but equally, she's terrified. Thankfully she does, and oof is the tension sweet and sexy and toe curling.

They make a pack to only do what feels right in terms of this relationship, using it as a trial run to see if they can keep their friendship and have each other. Stella, fully in denial/purposefully oblivious to how Luka feels about her, thinks that Luka is only offering her one week. One week in which they get to be who she always wanted them to be, while Luka tries to get Stella to see him as something more than her best friend.

Lovelight Farms is delicious in all the right ways. I love the festiveness and how the farm looks and feels in the autumn and winter months; it is a dream. I love the side characters, Beckett and Lyla, and am so glad they each have their own books! And I loved the town; they adopted Stella as their own, looking out for her, helping her, supporting her even when she didn’t realise it. Perfection.

I don’t even know what I was thinking when I started reading this book. I’d just had my hopes crushed and heart broken all over again and yet dived head first into a romcom(?) A true hopeless romantic, I guess. 😂🥰

So, the big question is did I enjoy it? Well, put it this way, I want the next book in the Lovelight series NOW!
Seriously, this has to be one of the sweetest romcoms I’ve had the pleasure of reading.
It’s the snuggle-up-with-a-good-book kind of read. Complete with all the feels, drama, family & laughs you want.

I am totally in love with all the characters, and not just Stella & Luka (I guess that’s why I can’t wait to read Beckett & Layla’s stories).
I love how Stella & Luka’s relationship develops. The adorable and (sometimes) steamy interactions, and not to mention the drama involving the strange going-ons at the farm. It all adds up to a gorgeously funny, cute and heartwarming romance.

Oh and how can I forget Luka’s family & Dane.
Hilarious & epic!
I don’t know if there will be a story (even novella) featuring Dane, but I would be first in line to read if there was/is.

My 2 favourite quotes ~

“And that I still don’t think he’s fit to lick the tar off Satan’s ass.”

“My mother specifically said that she doesn’t care if you’re unconscious at the table, just that you wake up in time for pie.”

Both literally had me laughing out loud.

I was invited by Pan MacMillan to read this and I cannot even begin to say THANK YOU enough. I’m beyond grateful.
It is definitely my favourite romcom of 2023.
I honestly didn’t want it end.

Thank you, NetGalley, for making it possible for me to access this phenomenal book.

P.S. don’t be put off by the Christmas theme (as it’s Spring/Easter). It’s got the cosy Christmassy vibes, but it’s really just a beautiful friends to lovers story that can be read, enjoyed and loved all year round

Friends to lovers ✔️
Small town ✔️
Fake relationship ✔️
He confesses first ✔️
Christmas ✔️

Above are just some of the tropes you’ll find within this story, ones that will set your heart racing and aching for more when the book finishes, just like it did mine,

First of all, I want to say thank you for approving me to read this, I could not contain my excitement when I had the email come through to say I was approved and although it took me a number of days to finish due to health issues, I am able to say that this book has my heart and soul. It is a beautiful masterpiece and I cannot wait to continue the series,

It only took me 19 pages until I fell head over heels for Luka, the man is a saint and deserves to be worshipped as an Italian God. His heart is full of love for Stella and his kindness knows no limit. He is what every woman wants from a man and it truly breaks my heart that he’s not real, but I’ll continue to have my standards set high because of him. The patience he has is impressive and I love that he’s willing to do what makes not himself happy, but others too. It’s beautiful to see the dynamic between him and Stella come to life like a movie and expand and grow as they manoeuvre through a fake relationship,

Stella is someone with a dream, and when I think of her dream, I often end up hearing Christmas Tree Farm by Taylor Swift playing the background. There is nothing I would love more apart from being able to go and see Lovelight Farms, lose myself within the trees and then sandwich myself between Luka and Beckett; making sure I reenergise with Layla’s sweet treats. Stella works her way through trusting and believing that she won’t be left while trying to make life easy for others. She deserves the world, and I love that Luka wants to give it to her.

Thank you Rebecca for continuing my obsession with fictional men, you are an incredible writer and a beautiful person.

Once again, thank you NetGalley and Pan Macmillan.

This is the book that convinced me Friends to lovers is an elite trope. B K Borison does an incredible job of building tension and chemistry on page, between characters you will fall in love with. It is swoony, sexy, and sweet. I adore it. Would highly recommend picking this up - love light farms is for the whole year, not just for Christmas!

Thank you to netgalley, B K Borison and PanMacmillan for the free e-arc in a exchange for an honest review.

Such acute book. It is a fake boyfriend that you just know will see Stella and Luka fall properly for each other, but knowing the ending doesn’t matter. Some small town meaness, some great family moments and a good few spreadsheets and a briskness plan. A great winter read all curled up indoors.

When B.K Borison announced the Lovelight series had obtained a traditional publisher and kept those gorgeous original covers, I was thrilled. I originally read Lovelight Farms in December 2022 and it was the perfect festive read. I understand publishers know better, but I am slightly confused by the June release for a festive book.
I rated this book 3 stars back in December and this doesn't mean the book was bad, I just didn't fall in love with it and enjoy every second. I am a harsh critic so rating a book 4 or 5 stars is quite rare.
This book captures the friends-to-lovers fake dating romance novel. In order to save her business, boss Stella enters a reality TV contest to win a significant amount of money and advertising for her Farm. But single businesswomen don't entice people. Established and settled couples do, so Stella recruits her best friend Luka to play the part all the while handling someone trying to ruin her chances.
What ensues is a traditional tale of both friends who actually are in love with each other fall even more in love and finally have to acknowledge it.
After finishing Lovelight Farms I read the others in the series and enjoyed those too. The small-town vibe, close-knit community and friends, humour and chemistry combined to make really enjoyable festive read. I really am thrilled the series will be published and it will be really awesome to see the physical novels in shops.

Oooof. This is the first of Borison’s books that I’ve ever read and now I want to read every single thing that they have ever written.

The relationship between La La & Luka totally has ruined my life in the greatest way. The slow burn of their chemistry just wow.

Incredible characters, incredible love story. I loved this book so much. B.K. Borison is so talented and I’m so glad I got to read this!

✔ friends to lovers
✔ small-town
✔ Christmas
✔ fake dating

Rating 4.5

This story was the cutest! I loved the writing, the characters, and the plot; in other words, I loved it. The narrative quickly captures you and will make you want to go to lovelight farm at Christmas. It sounds like such a marvellous place!
Friends-to-lovers is one of my favourite tropes, and the dynamic between Stella and Luka was wonderful. Luka is truly the sweetest man ever! I'd die to eat one of his pasta dishes!

However, I was not too fond of the fact that they had been friends for ten years and had liked each other for those ten years. It was a bit too much. Also, Stella would annoy me sometimes with her doubts and double-guessing. But it's still a great Christmas story filled with lovely magical moments.

I will definitely be reading the rest of the books as I'm super intrigued about the other characters in this lovely small town.

Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

An easy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ stars.
This book is the Christmas romcom that you’ve been waiting for.
I devour this book so quickly you can’t even begin to imagine. This was like a hallmark movie meets romance book- cute and corny in all the best ways. There’s honestly nothing like the concept of a Christmas tree farm owner falling for her best friend.
Im not normally a big fan of friends to lovers books but this one was just right, there’s something about their relationship that made me giddy inside and have butterflies.
The small town felt cosy and inviting and left me jealous that I’ve never been there. I can’t wait to start the rest of the series and get to know the rest of the town.
This book is filled with tropes such as:
Friends to Lovers
Fake Dating
Christmas!!!
And all around joy and happiness.
My only gripe with the book was that it didn’t feel totally realistic that neither of them has confessed their feelings for so long and or felt their feelings reciprocated. Otherwise this book was highly enjoyable and I’m definitely going to give the rest of the series a read.
Thank you Netgallery and Pan MacMillan for this Arc.

firstly thank u to netgalley, the publisher and the author for gifting me this arc to provide them with an honest review before this book is traditionally published.

This book was phenomenal. Everything down to even the tiniest of details was perfect. I was invested immediately.

I adored the friends fake dating trope here, it was done so well and I really bought Stella and Luka as characters. They were so real and they really felt like friends, I loved their interactions s much. Their chemistry was also entirely off the charts, I was kicking and screaming at them the whole way through!

There is a plot but I would say this is primarily character driven, which is fantastic because all of the characters are great. If you’re looking for a cute winter themed romance to cosy up with this is definitely the one you should choose.

The perfect and cosy friends to lovers perfect for when the weather is super cold

I just want an hot chocolate and read in front of a fire

This book feels like a hug, its so warm and comforting and i can truly get lost in the world of Lovelight Farms and Inglewood forever. BK Borison has such a beautiful way of describing everything I can picture the town, the farm, Stella’s home and Luka so clearly in my head

It's official, I love B.K. Borison. I have heard so much about the Lovelight Farms series and actually started by accidentally reading Mixed Signals (the third in this series) and thought it was a stand alone, so when I saw this was a series, I flipped!

Lovelight Farms is the first in the series and we get see Stella and Luka's story, and their characterisation is just perfection. This story is full of all the genre's favourite tropes: fake dating, friends-to-lovers, witty banter, small town, holiday romance... you name it, it has it.

Borison's writing is flawless; her characters are well developed, complex but real... the issues dealt with in the story are not far fetched nor are they unnecessarily dramatised, I would absolutely recommend this book and the series!

Lovelight Farms was such a cheesy, fun winter read! It captured Christmas in the perfect way and was so fun to read (even in march). Can't wait to read the rest of this series!

Lovelight Farms is the perfect winter read! Romance readers will absolutely devour this steamy Christmas romcom. The plot was reminiscent of a hallmark movie and I really loved the main characters and their interactions with one another. This book is full of all my favourite tropes delivered in a way that felt entirely unique. Overall, I'm really looking forward to reading more books by this author.

One of the best friends to lovers I’ve read in a long time
How was this a debut! It was like a cosy hug in book form and j loved getting cosy and snuggling down with Stella, Luka and the Lovelight farm gang. The story had some real emotional depth to it as well as some humour, a bit of steam and a whole heap of friendship. It was a great small town friends to lovers story that half way though reading I new I had to own a copy and have preordered the next 2 in the series. Loved it and one of my fav reads of the year so far

I have seen this all over the social media channels so I was super excited to get approved for an eArc on NetGalley.

This book was exactly what I needed to read. It was super cute romance, with the friends to lovers trope.

The two main characters have been friends for years and both loved one another. It was cute seeing the two finally tell each other they loved one another and that they both felt the same way.

I like the secondary characters and am super excited for Beckett’s story.

Overall a really enjoyable read, the steam in this was so well done. It wasn’t over played and it was definitely spicy!