Description
DATE OF RELEASE: 27 AUG 2026
đ From the superstar author Darling Daffodils Farm and The Boston Bolts hockey series, Ashley Muñoz comes a new sweet and spicy seasonal small-town romance, perfect for fans of Laurie Gilmore. đ
Sparks fly as the leaves fall this autumnâŠ
For Penny Darling, love is best enjoyed second hand. As the owner of Bonfire and Bliss Bookstore, sheâs content selling happily ever afters - just not living her own.
Then Jake âMontyâ Montgomery comes home. Her best friend. A struggling author.
And now unfairly attractive, with inked forearms and wicked green eyes. When Monty proposes a fake-dating deal, Penny canât resist temptation. The plan is simple.
Sheâll teach him to write the perfect book boyfriend to save his career. Heâll keep Hope Harborâs busybodies - and their obsession with Penny's love life - at bay. But as their lessons unfold, the line between fiction and reality grows dangerously thin.
As Hope Harbor glows with autumn, will Penny and Monty finally become more than a love story waiting to be written?
Tropes: Friends to lovers / Fake dating / Small-town romance / Writer x muse / Slow burn / He falls first
Paperback
Publication: 27 Aug 2026, Evermore
ISBN: 9781911746089
Extent: 400 pages
