When Penny returns to Magnolia Springs after ten years in San Francisco, she tells herself it’s only for the fall. She’s there to help her parents with the harvest season on their orchard, surrounded by golden leaves and baskets of red apples, and she swears she’ll be back to her city life by December. But Penny didn’t expect to find her childhood sweetheart, Ethan, working at the orchard, too.

She can’t quite believe that the boy she left behind to chase her dreams has grown into a man who is even more handsome than she remembers. His broad shoulders, dirty blonde hair, and deep brown eyes still set her heart racing, and his steady presence soon stirs up feelings that Penny thought she’d left in the past.

As the golden leaves start to fall and long days of harvesting side-by-side turn into cozy evenings with Ethan, Penny finds herself drawn to him all over again. Now, Penny is facing a choice: return to the life she built for herself in the city or stay with the man who still feels like home. Because this time, leaving Magnolia Springs might mean losing Ethan for good…

My Thoughts:

I loved the aesthetics of this cover, it makes me think of hot chocolate under a blanket getting all snuggly and reading. I liked the sound of the plot but for me it was not as good as I would of hoped for. The story is very predictable and nothing really happened. The only thing you feel reading it is autumnal. I think it would of been nice to know a little more about the other characters it may of made it a little bit more interesting. I have never read this author before but I don’t think I would be reaching for her other books any time soon unfortunately.

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