The Pumpkin Spice Pact

A cozy small-town Halloween romance about second chances, pumpkin spice, and the one man she never quite left behind.

Maddie Lane has built the polished Boston life she always wanted. She is a successful city event planner with a major promotion within reach, and returning to her hometown of Harvest Hollow, Vermont, is definitely not part of her plan.

But when the town's beloved Halloween festival loses its sponsor, Harvest Hollow faces more than one ruined holiday. Without a successful fall festival, the town's struggling shops, inn, farms, and restaurants may not survive the winter. Even worse, the festival is the first test in the town's bold new plan: The Harvest Hollow Holiday Trail, a seasonal campaign that could turn the forgotten Vermont town into one of America's most charming holiday destinations.

There is only one place authentic enough to save the festival.

Brooks Family Farm.

Unfortunately, the farm belongs to Caleb Brooks, the grumpy pumpkin farmer Maddie almost loved before she left Harvest Hollow years ago.

Caleb wants nothing to do with tourist crowds, town council schemes, or Maddie Lane walking back into his life with city boots, impossible plans, and the same smile he never managed to forget. But the farm is struggling, the town is desperate, and Maddie offers him a deal he cannot easily refuse.

She gets the farm for the festival.

He gets final say over how the town represents his family's land.

Neither of them talks about the past.

Simple enough, until forced proximity, autumn nights, old memories, fresh cider, and one very inconvenient kiss make their pumpkin spice pact feel a lot less professional.

As Halloween approaches, Maddie must decide whether the future she fought so hard for is still the one she wants. Caleb must decide whether protecting his father's legacy means keeping the farm frozen in the past or opening it to something new.

And Harvest Hollow must prove it is still worth believing in.

The Pumpkin Spice Pact is a sweet to low-spice small-town romance perfect for readers who love cozy fall reads, grumpy sunshine romance, second chance love stories, pumpkin farms, autumn festivals, found family, emotional happily-ever-afters, and Hallmark-style holiday charm with deeper heart.

This is Book 1 in The Harvest Hollow Holiday Romances trilogy.

Continue the magic in The Mistletoe Mix-Up, a cozy Christmas romance about Nora Whitaker, the owner of Harvest Hollow's struggling inn, and Eli Bennett, the travel photographer whose arrival creates one very inconvenient lodging disaster.

Then return for the grand finale in The Midnight Kiss Clause, a New Year's Eve second-chance romance featuring Claire Donovan, a practical Boston attorney, and Jack Monroe, the charming almost-fiancé she never quite forgot.

Halloween may save Harvest Hollow from being forgotten.

Christmas may put it on the map.

But by New Year's Eve, one final secret could change the future of the entire town...