From Lukov with Love
Jasmine Santos is twenty-six, sarcastic, and running out of time. After seventeen years of competitive pairs figure skating — and more broken bones and broken partnerships than she can count — she's left without a partner and watching her Olympic window close. Then the last person she'd ever want to team up with makes an offer: Ivan Lukov, wealthy, world-champion, and the boy she has loathed since childhood.
Ivan needs a partner for a single season while his usual skater takes time off, and Jasmine needs a shot at competing at all. Thrown together at the Lukov training center — where Ivan's younger sister is Jasmine's best friend — the two rivals grind through brutal practices, mutual insults, and the slow, grudging discovery that they might understand each other better than anyone else does.
A classic Mariana Zapata slow burn, From Lukov with Love pairs an enemies-to-lovers rivalry with a grounded story about self-worth, family, and refusing to give up on a dream. The romance unspools patiently over the length of a competitive season, carried by Jasmine's blunt, funny narration.
A determined, sharp-tongued pairs figure skater fighting for a last shot at competition.
A wealthy world-champion skater and Jasmine's longtime rival turned partner.
Ivan's younger sister and Jasmine's best friend.
This book features a complete story arc for its main characters and can be enjoyed without reading any of Mariana Zapata's other works.
Like many of Zapata's novels, this book is known for its slow-burn romance and focus on the development of the relationship between the main characters over an extended period.