5 Cozy and Spooky Romance Reads for Fall 2024
Pumpkin spice is within the air, and it’s time to twist up with these 5 (or six!) cozy and spooky romance reads for Fall 2024! Whether you’re craving a haunting love story or one thing that looks like a heat sweater on a cold day, these 5 (or six!) romance reads have you ever lined. Let’s dive in!
1. Stop Ghosting Me by Tara Sivec (2022) – Goodreads Rating: 4.3/5
Tara Sivec brings her trademark humour into this humorous and comfortable Halloween romance with Stop Ghosting Me. Sidney Tanner is in jail on “October Eve” a lot to her dismay. But apparently this can be a yearly prevalence and was additionally one for her mom and her grandmother. In reality, Sidney has a personalised chair within the jail. Trouble is just about hereditary in Sidney’s household.
“October Eve, the night of September 30th, is sacred in the town of Harvest Grove.”
Back within the 70s, a low-budget horror film was filmed in Harvest Grove and now, each October, the city turns into an enormous vacationer attraction for the more and more giant packs of followers of the film. The city goes all out and actually leans into celebrating Halloween.
For the previous six years, it has develop into one thing of a practice for Ford Prescott to return to city and bail Sidney out. He’s her “best October friend”. She’s acquired a crush on him (regardless of her greatest efforts) and he or she thinks he’s put her firmly within the good friend zone. They have a bizarre friendship in that Ford lives in Oregon for the remainder of the yr and so they don’t talk for eleven months. So Ford principally ghosts Sidney yearly and he or she’s lastly had sufficient of it. But then, so has he.
Ford pines for Sidney. He feels a lot for her. He desires her desperately. I like a pining hero! Sidney is a tricky, enjoyable and sassy heroine. She’s been harm by love however continues to be keen to danger her coronary heart for Ford. Here’s a hyperlink to my review.
2. If It Makes You Happy by Julie Olivia (2024) – Goodreads Rating: 4.6/5
In If It Makes You Happy, Julie Olivia serves up a comfy autumnal romance that’s simply what your fall TBR wants. Set in a small city brimming with attraction, the story follows a divorced lady chasing her desires—and a perhaps a single baker father?—within the coronary heart of autumn in 1997. It’s acquired feel-good vibes, a sprinkle of humour, and the form of heat that makes you need to curl up with a blanket and a cup of tea.
My brief evaluate: I Adored This Cozy 90s Fall Romance
This is one in every of my favorite books of the yr. I completely beloved Cliff and Michelle’s love story. If a season may very well be distilled right into a e book, it’s this Autumn-filled romance. This friends-to-lovers story is about within the Nineteen Nineties at a mattress and breakfast in Copper Run, Vermont. Single Dad Cliff meets newly divorced Michelle and so they slowly develop into associates. I hope I revisit this e book many instances over time.
3. Hollow by Karina Halle (2023) – Goodreads Rating: 3.62/5
Karina Halle delivers a hauntingly atmospheric gothic romance in Hollow, a spicy retelling of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. With witches, mysterious disappearances, and darkish magic at its core, this e book takes you deep into the shadows of Sleepy Hollow, the place hazard lurks and romance smolders. Kat Van Tassel finds herself torn between the enigmatic Ichabod Crane and her lacking lover, Brom Bones, on this seductive and spooky story. Check Trigger Warnings!
4. Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca (2024) – Goodreads Rating: 3.77/5
Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca is an lovely rom-com with simply the correct amount of paranormal twist. Set in a haunted mattress and breakfast, this e book follows a bride-to-be who unintentionally stirs up some ghostly drama. The mild, flirty romance and the attraction of DeLuca’s writing make this the right e book to get pleasure from on a crisp autumn day.
5. The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore (2024) – Goodreads Rating: 3.47/5
Laurie Gilmore’s The Pumpkin Spice Café is a spicy small-town romance and TikTok phenomenon, good for followers of Hannah Grace and Stephanie Archer.
When Jeanie’s aunt presents her the beloved Pumpkin Spice Café within the small city of Dream Harbor, Jeanie jumps on the likelihood for a recent begin away from her very uninteresting desk job.
Logan is a neighborhood farmer who avoids Dream Harbor’s gossip in any respect prices. But Jeanie’s arrival disrupts Logan’s routine and he desires nothing to do with the irritatingly upbeat new lady, besides that he finds himself inexplicably drawn to her.
Will Jeanie’s happy-go-lucky angle win over the grumpy-but-gorgeous Logan, or has this metropolis lady discovered the one individual on the town who gained’t fall for her attraction, or her pumpkin spice lattes…
The Pumpkin Spice Café is a comfy romantic thriller for followers of Gilmore Girls, with a grumpy x sunshine dynamic, a small-town setting and a HEA assured!
Bonus: Pumpkin Spice and Poltergeist by Ali Okay. Mulford & Okay. Elle Morrison (2024) – Goodreads Rating: 4.17/5
Get prepared for a bewitching story of affection, laughter, and supernatural shenanigans within the coronary heart of Maple Hollow!
The last item apothecary witch, Jordyn, had on her thoughts was romance, however when she acquired witchy-wasted, she cracked open the coffin of her love life and conjured the ghost of her ex-girlfriend. Jordyn is in for a spell of hassle now that the snarky specter is set to hang-out her till she finds somebody new.
Enter Harlow, the brand new lady on the town, who simply desires a job in her sister’s cafe however she discovers that the spooky city of Maple Hollow is greater than only a gimmick. Real magic lives right here. But after run-ins with vampires and one too many grave cafe blunders, she’s able to hop on a broomstick and fly out of city. Until she finds herself falling below the spell of the enchanting witch who asks her on a date.
As sparks fly and cauldrons bubble, will this unlikely pair brew up a love potion that defies the ghostly odds? Or will Jordyn’s shade-y ex be the final word buzzkill to their budding romance?
Grab your broomstick and buckle up for a comfy sapphic paranormal rom-com that’s certain to forged a spell in your coronary heart this fall season!
These books are the right companions on your fall studying routine. Whether you need one thing spooky or simply cozy, there’s a bit of magic in each to get you within the autumn spirit.
Here’s my October 2024 listicle of new romances being revealed this month.
