About The Crush of Christmas Past
The Crush of Christmas Past is a Contemporary Holiday Rom-Com with humor, heart, and heat.
Unemployed, evicted, and back in a hometown that no longer feels like home, the twenty-five-year-old faces a not-so-merry life reset.
The one bright spot in an otherwise bleak winter? Spending the holidays with her childhood friend and his loud, loving family. Their charming chaos provides the perfect distraction, but December isn’t done playing dirty.
An unwelcome chill sweeps into Sugarpine Springs, arriving just in time to crash her vacation.
Theo Thorne.
Her best friend’s older brother. Former mentor. The mistake she swore never to repeat.
For the last half-decade, Theo’s pointed boycott of eggnog and emotions has spared Isla from his grinchy glower. Now, they’re stuck under the same mistletoe-covered roof, flirting with tension thick enough to qualify as foreplay.
As the spirit of the season pulls strings for second chances, Isla must stay focused on her New Year’s goals: establish a freelance graphic design career, find an apartment, and—no matter what—keep Theo out of her heart.
Her crush of Christmas past has no place in her future.
For fans of:
✨Holiday rom-coms packed with heart, humor, and heat.
✨Slow-burn tension and fiery chemistry wrapped in soft angst.
✨Found-family chaos, small-town charm, and festive warmth.
✨Forced proximity and delicious trapped-under-one-roof friction.
✨Grumpy, protective heroes falling for guarded, sunshiny heroines.
✨Stories of healing, second chances, and self-discovery.
✨Career-driven couples: Graphic Designer x Marketing Master.
✨Christmas Hallmark movies—but keep that door wide open, please!
✨Dual first-person POVs (F/M).
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Author Bio:
Nova Adams is a Canadian author with a soft spot for unconventional love stories and well-deserved happy endings. Aside from spending time with family and friends, her favorite things include writing, traveling, and eating chocolate. In a perfect world, she’d be doing all three at the same time.