349 pages Publisher One More Chapter Publication date July 16, 2026
ABOUT THE BOOK
Welcome to Solstice Springs … where it’s Halloween year-round, pink skeletons wear beachwear, and the town’s biggest debate is whether the ghosts are real or just good for business.
Wren Dunlop’s summer plan was simple:
Hide from viral infamy ✓
Drink rosé by the lake ✓
Avoid all men forever ✓
Too bad her godmother (part-time witch and full-time Mayor) has other ideas.
Now Wren’s teaching dance for the Summerween spectacular, in a studio that might be haunted, and trying very hard not to notice the mysterious new guy in town, Dane Trafford.
Between bonfire wishes and midnight confessions, fairy lights and watermelon jack-o-lanterns, Wren and Dane might just discover that Solstice Springs’ real magic isn’t supernatural…
Tropes:
Friends to lovers
Forced proximity
Halloween in summer
Small-town setting
MY THOUGHTS
This book! It’s fabulous! Halloween Town or H-Town as the locals call it is full on Halloween vibes 24/7 365 days a year and I loved the romance in it.
Solstice Springs is where you’ll want to put up your cutout pumpkin decorations while sipping a pumpkin spiced latte and eating watermelon.
Will grab the second book as soon as it comes out!
I was given a complimentary copy of this book.
All opinions expressed are my own.
About the Author
Joss Wood writes romances featuring messy emotions, simmering attraction, sharp banter, and the kind of happily-ever-after that makes all the emotional damage worth it. Her books set in Solstice Springs feature a very quirky small town, lovable chaos agents, nosy neighbours, invested ghosts, all-year-round Halloween energy, and enough spice to fog up a window or two.
She’s been writing stories forever and has written more than eighty books for various publishers. She strives to create characters who are flawed, funny, emotionally vulnerable, and deeply relatable. When she’s not writing, she’s usually over-caffeinated, under-exercised, planning her next trip, or being emotionally manipulated by her two cats and her enormous, spectacularly badly behaved dog.
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