Let's Give 'em Pumpkin to Talk about: A Quirky Pumpkin Spicy Small Town Rivals to Lovers Fall Romance

She's a little edgy. He's a lot of sunshine. Love's about to catch them completely off gourd...

A spicy, small town, fall romance you can read in one sitting!

Textile artist Sadie Fox did not sign up for this. When she agreed to come home to Pea Blossom, Indiana, it was to care for her father's beloved pumpkin patch. The deal was that--just for the summer--she would grow a ginormous pumpkin, win the Indiana State Fair's pumpkin contest and finally win back her father's (grudging) respect.

Instead, a horde of wild hogs destroyed the. entire. patch. Which is precisely when the annoyingly sexy, sunshiny next-door neighbor shows up.

Josh Thatcher is a tech millionaire who traded in the office for growing gourds, including experimental squash hybrids. And for the life of her, Sadie can't understand what he sees in her sweary, tattooed, prickly self--or why he's offering to help his biggest competitor. But a storm-fueled kiss proves there's definitely something growing between them.

Maybe it's just attraction. Maybe it's more. Whatever it is, it's already bigger than Sadie's fast-growing pumpkin...or the secret that Josh has been hiding.

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Author: Isabelle Popp
Publisher: Afterglow Books by Harlequin
Published: 08/26/2025
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.32w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781335507235


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/23/2025
Library Journal 07/01/2025 pg. 43

About the Author
Popp, Isabelle: - Isabelle Popp's first attempt at writing a romance novel came in middle school, when she began a story about a weirdo girl who could photosynthesize. That project was abandoned, but she has plenty of other silly ideas in the hopper. When she isn't reading or writing, she's probably knitting, solving crossword puzzles, or scouring used book stores for vintage Gothic romance paperbacks. Originally from New York, she's as surprised as anyone that she lives in Indiana. Let's Give 'Em Pumpkin to Talk About is her first novel.