The Pumpkin Festival Proposal
A cozy, heartfelt small-town romance about a friends-to-lovers second chance, forced proximity, a family farm in trouble, a buried secret, and coming homeBy Clare N. Thistlewood
Length6h 38m
About this audiobook
Seven years away, and the first thing Harvest Hollow tells Maeve is that she still can't park.
Maeve Callahan left her small town for a design career and never once looked back.
Then her grandmother's voicemail changed everything.
Maeve, sweetheart, I know you're busy, but the farm's in a bit of a spot.
Now she's standing in the community center she skipped cobblestones past as a kid, a tablet full of pitches in her hands, trying to save the family farm by saving the 37th Annual Pumpkin Festival.
Thirty percent more attendance. Food trucks. A festival app. She's rehearsed every word.
And the man glaring at her from across the orange felt is the last person she expected to face.
Jasper Holloway. Flannel sleeves rolled up, dirt under his nails, that small scar above his eyebrow, looking at her like she's a stranger who wandered into his living room.
"Present what?" he says, flat as a closed door.
He's got his own stake in this festival, his own debts, his own reasons to distrust the city girl with the color-coded slides.
Then Caroline Whitaker says the words that turn the whole room cold: the farm's in debt, and it's public record now.
The farm is failing. The town is choosing sides between tradition and change.
And the secret tying Maeve and Jasper together, the one neither of them has spoken aloud, won't stay buried under the hay much longer.
Forced to work side by side through scarecrow dances and hayrides gone off course, they fall into something neither one planned.
A promise they couldn't keep. A lie that won't stay down. A proposal that could cost them everything.
As the harvest moon rises over Harvest Hollow, Maeve has to decide whether saving her grandmother's land means risking the one heart she swore she'd never break again.
The Pumpkin Festival Proposal is a cozy, heartfelt small-town romance about a friends-to-lovers second chance, forced proximity, a family farm in trouble, a buried secret, and coming home.
Perfect for readers who love autumn small-town romance, friends-to-lovers and forced-proximity tropes, save-the-farm stakes, slow-burn yearning, and the cozy warmth of RaeAnne Thayne or Debbie Mason. A standalone romance with a happily-ever-after.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance, General Fiction
Length6 hrs 38 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Dedication
2Chapter 1 - The One-Thousand-Dollar Apology
3Chapter 2 - The Scarecrow’s Silent Welcome
4Chapter 3 - The Boss Who Brought Coffee
5Chapter 4 - The Pumpkin Roller and the Broken Promise
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6Chapter 5 - The Ghost of a Brother
7Chapter 6 - The Debt Rises Like a Scarecrow
8Chapter 7 - The Scarecrow’s Dance
9Chapter 8 - The Hybrid’s First Test
10Chapter 9 - The Hayride That Went Off Course
11Chapter 10 - The Blackmail Breaks the Gourd
12Chapter 11 - The Journal of Failing Dreams
13Chapter 12 - The Letter Leo Never Sent
14Chapter 13 - The Gourd Olympics Begins
15Chapter 14 - The Scarecrow’s First Waltz
16Chapter 15 - The Lie That Won’t Stay Buried
17Chapter 16 - The Hybrid’s Last Stand
18Chapter 17 - The Town Turns on Tradition
19Chapter 18 - The Scarecrow’s Confession
20Chapter 19 - The Mill’s Old Secrets
21Chapter 20 - The Lie That Finally Falls
22Chapter 21 - The Pie That Tasted Like Home
23Chapter 22 - The Proposal That Cost Everything
24Chapter 23 - The Harvest Moon Promise
25Epilogue
26About the Author
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