08/11/2026
I was lucky enough to get to read this book months ago, and I’m so excited to say, it is now available!! I absolutely loved this little cozy romance, and if you love books, romance, and fall fives 10/10 recommend. PS: if you live in medford, stay tuned.. i will be hiding signed bookplates later today and tomorrow!!!
Sparks fly as the leaves fall this autumn…From the superstar romance author of The Boston
Bolts hockey series comes a swoony friends-to-lovers fake dating delight.
These old flames are ready to catch fire.
For Penny Darling, love is best enjoyed between the pages of a book. After a very public failed
engagement, she’d rather cozy up by the fire with a book boyfriend than a real one any day. And as
the owner of Bonfire & Bliss Bookstore, she has her pick.
Then Jake “Monty” Montgomery returns home. Her high school best friend, now a struggling author
with inked forearms and wicked green eyes. And he needs her help.
His proposal is simple: She’ll teach him to write the perfect book boyfriend and he’ll pose as her real
boyfriend, keeping Hope Harbor’s busybodies—and their obsession with Penny’s love life—at bay.
But when their lessons begin, the line between fiction and reality grows dangerously thin. As pretend
kisses in the apple orchard turn into searing ones beneath the autumn moon, Penny begins to
wonder if Monty could really love her, or if she’s destined for another broken heart.
Tropes:
Friends to Lovers
Fake Dating
Fall Vibes
Small Town
Romance Bookstore Owner
Struggling Author
Spice
Banter
Hope Harbor Chat
Girl Gang
Tattoos and Glasses