General Fiction (adult)/Romance/Fantasy

Pub date: 25 August 2026

My rating: 3/5 ⭐️

Summary:

Blair Briarwood’s pumpkin spice lattes are sprinkled with cinnamon and a dash of magic – the secret ingredient that keeps the Harvest Moon Café glowing through every autumn morning. Until her ex-boyfriend moves back to town and opens a rival café right next door . . .

Blair has enough on her plate trying to keep younger sisters Belinda and Bianca from revealing their witchy powers to the residents of Moonbeam Hollow. She definitely doesn’t have time for Luke Caldwell’s annoyingly handsome smirk and perfect new café – or the fiery sparks beneath their fierce rivalry he insists are still crackling between them . . .

This town simply isn’t big enough for two pumpkin spice rivals. But when a series of strange magical disturbances threaten the beloved Fall Harvest Festival, Blair and Luke are thrown together again. To save her home, Blair must protect her family’s bewitching secret, out-brew her ex and unravel the curse that Luke’s return seems to have stirred.

But as secrets fly and spells are cast, will Blair learn that letting herself fall for her first love is the ingredient she’s been missing all along?

Review:

This was unfortunately a struggle to get through.
The writing was very simple (and constantly repeated itself), most characters felt like NPCs with very limited dialogue choices and the FMC (supposedly a VERY smart person) struggling with the simplest connections.
I did enjoy the romance and the sisters but honestly for the most part I just wanted it to be over.

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