A Season in the Snow
One winter. One village. A story that melts the heart.
Austria, December 1984. The snow is falling over the rooftops of St. Johann in Tirol, the Christmas markets are glowing, and the mountains are calling.
A Season in the Snow is the next novel in the Sunshine Seasons series — a heartwarming winter romance set in one of the most beautiful Alpine villages in Austria. Following the sunlit world of A Season in the Sun, this story takes readers to a different kind of season: crisp mountain air, candlelit inns, ski runs at dawn, and the quiet magic of a village wrapped in snow.
At its centre is a young man who arrives for the winter season searching for work, adventure, and a fresh start. What he finds is a community of seasonal workers, local families, and fellow travellers — and one person who makes the coldest winter feel like the warmest place on earth.
Written with the same warmth, nostalgia, and emotional honesty that readers loved in A Season in the Sun, A Season in the Snow is a story about taking chances, finding belonging, and discovering that the most unexpected seasons of our lives can become the ones we treasure most.
Out now — the perfect book to curl up with as the nights draw in.
Available at your local bookstore — if you can't see it on the shelf, please ask for it to be ordered in. You can also order it on Amazon UK or Amazon US, or buy a signed copy directly from shop.wesleybaker.com.
Reader reviews of A Season in the Snow
4.92 average from 35 ratings on Goodreads“I absolutely loved A Season in the Snow. There is something wonderfully warm and nostalgic about following Thomas as an unexpected opportunity takes him from England to the snowy Austrian Alps.”
— Andrew Jordan, Goodreads review
“The Christmas atmosphere in this book was wonderful. I loved reading about St. Johann transforming as Christmas approached, with lights across the streets, decorated hotels, wooden market stalls, candles, wreaths, snow-covered rooftops, and the smell of food and spices filling the market square.”
— Odessa, Goodreads review
“A Season in the Snow made me think differently about the unexpected chapters of life. Thomas travels to Austria because someone needs him there, not because he planned the journey, yet that unplanned season becomes an important part of his personal growth.”
— Samantha Huges, Goodreads review
A Season in the Snow — Book Club Discussion Guide
Key themes
- Fresh startsArriving somewhere new with no plan beyond the season ahead.
- BelongingHow seasonal workers, locals and travellers become a kind of family.
- Warmth in winterFinding the warmest moments in the coldest months.
- Taking chancesThe risks we take when we are young — and what they give back.
Discussion questions
- 1.St. Johann in Tirol is almost a character in its own right. Which details of the village made the setting feel real to you?
- 2.The book is set in December 1984. How does the absence of mobile phones and the internet change the way the characters meet, communicate and fall in love?
- 3.Seasonal work throws strangers together. Which friendship in the novel felt most like a found family, and why?
- 4.How does a winter season compare with the summer of A Season in the Sun? What does snow make possible that sunshine doesn't?
- 5.What is the young man really searching for when he arrives — work, adventure or something else? Does he find it?
- 6.Have you ever had an 'unexpected season' in your own life that became one you treasure? Share it with the group.
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Questions about A Season in the Snow
- What is A Season in the Snow about?
- A brand-new Sunshine Seasons novel set in the Austrian Alps at the end of 1984. A feel-good, heartwarming winter romance about a young man who arrives in St. Johann in Tirol for the ski season and discovers that the coldest months can hold the warmest moments.
- Is A Season in the Snow part of a series?
- Yes — it belongs to Sunshine Seasons, where it is book 2. Each title is written to be read on its own.
- Do I need to read the other books before A Season in the Snow?
- No. Each Sunshine Seasons novel is written to stand alone. Reading in series order — A Season in the Sun, then A Season in the Snow — follows the seasons from summer 1984 into winter 1984.
- Is A Season in the Snow based on real places?
- The settings are drawn from places Wesley knows well, but the characters and events are fiction.
- What formats is A Season in the Snow available in?
- Paperback, eBook. Signed copies come directly from shop.wesleybaker.com, and retail editions are on Amazon UK and Amazon US or can be ordered by any local bookstore.
- Is A Season in the Snow a good book club pick?
- Yes. This page includes a free book club discussion guide for A Season in the Snow, with its key themes and questions to get your group talking.
