Pumpkin Everything (An Autumnboro Sweet Romance, #1)

by Beth Labonte

Autumnboro, New Hampshire—the self-proclaimed Autumn Capital of the World—was bursting with pumpkins, mind-blowing fall foliage, and a population of just over five thousand.

When I was young he’d always put my joy ahead of his own, and now it was my turn to return the favor.

That was our town mascot—a creepy scarecrow with a smiling pumpkin head and possibly murderous intentions. Autumnboro’s answer to Mayor McCheese.

“Giving up this house wouldn’t be so easy for me, either.” After a few moments of silence, Kit tapped his hand on the arm of the couch. “I don’t want you to think that it would. It’s just that sometimes we have to make hard choices. Sometimes we have to make sure that we’re looking at the bigger picture.”

“Okay, fine,” I said. “Maybe you’re right. But I have to keep showing up, even if I don’t write anything. Isn’t that how the quote goes? Ninety-nine percent of success is showing up?”

That’s the kind of man he is, I thought, happy that I hadn’t needed to wait very long to find my answer. He was one of the good ones. Not that there’d ever been much doubt.