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Falling Like Leaves by Misty Wilson
Pub date Sept 2 2025
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Rating 4/5
Spice 0/5
Plot 4/5
Primary Genre YA Romance
A city girl stuck in a small town must confront her future & her old flame while the town prepares for an annual fall festival.

First post for my new blog series is live! My American Indie Book Store Tour starts out in the midwest, specifically North Dakota. Since there were only fourteen stores that I was able to dig up info on, this post is an in depth look at each store. C

The Cinnamon Spice Inn by Harper Graham Maple Falls #1
Rating: 4/5
Spice: 2/5
Plot: 3/5
Primary Genre: Contemporary Romance/Fall
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Food writer Madison has convinced herself she belongs in NYC. Then she’s called back to Maple Falls to

☠️𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐔𝐋 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐄☠️

𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗯:

𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮．
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦， 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭．
𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴．�𝘕𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 ?

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Everything She Does Is Magic by Bridget Morrissey

Rating: 5/5

Spice: 0/5

Plot: 5/5

Primary Genre: YA Sapphic Fantasy Romance

Blurb:

In the charming town of Fableview, every day is Halloween. Get ready to fall under the spell of this bewitching sapphic romance, perfect for fans of Gilmore Girls and Wicked!

Darcy Keller, resident ray of sunshine and town spirit princess, loves every moment of Fableview’s fall festivities. But she’s also really ready to leave for college next year, even though her parents expect her to stay and take over their Halloween empire.

Enter brooding new girl Anya Doyle, a real-life witch and almost a full member of her coven. In order to be initiated, she has to choose a mortal ally to act as her “protector.” But having moved around so much, Anya is completely friendless. So she does what any self-respecting teenage almost-witch would—she lies and tells her coven her secret crush, Darcy, is willing to do the job.

Desperate to solve their personal problems, they agree to help each other out, attending everything from a costume parade to a pumpkin patch party to an apple bobbing contest together. But with Anya’s magical powers and Darcy’s future independence on the line, the last thing they need is the added complication of pesky feelings . . .

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Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree

Legends & Lattes #0

Rating: 5/5

Spice: 0/5

Plot: 5/5

Primary Genre: Cozy Fantasy

Blurb: When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we need isn't always what we seek. In Bookshops & Bonedust, a prequel to Legends & Lattes, author Travis Baldree takes us on a journey of high fantasy, first loves, and second-hand books. Viv's career with the notorious mercenary company Rackam's Ravens isn't going as planned. Wounded during the hunt for a powerful necromancer, she's packed off against her will to recuperate in the sleepy beach town of Murk—so far from the action that she worries she'll never be able to return to it. What's a thwarted soldier of fortune to do? Spending her hours at a beleaguered bookshop in the company of its foul-mouthed proprietor is the last thing Viv would have predicted, but it may be both exactly what she needs and the seed of changes she couldn't possibly imagine. Still, adventure isn't all that far away. A suspicious traveler in gray, a gnome with a chip on her shoulder, a summer fling, and an improbable number of skeletons prove Murk to be more eventful than Viv could have ever expected.

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Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (Legends & Lattes #1)

Rating: 5

Spice: 0

Trigger Warnings: Violence, arson, stalking

Favorite Quote: "A pleasure," said Viv. It wasn't.

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Not In the Plan by Dana Hawkins

Charlie is a struggling coffee shop owner and Mack is a writer struggling to finish her next novel and meet an impending deadline. When Mack wanders into Charlie's coffee shop, she is struck with inspiration and keeps coming back every day for a visit with her muse.

Dawn 1/12/24 Dawn 1/12/24

Love On the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

I know, I know, I know. Another Ali Hazelwood novel. My seasonal depression is currently making all of my reading choices, give me a break. So, this go round we've got a neuroscientist named Bee who has purple hair and piercings, is obsessed with Marie Curie and has a career that's teetering between failure and success.

Dawn 1/7/24 Dawn 1/7/24

Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

What can I say, my last book may have gotten my hooked on Ali Hazelwood. This book is a whole mess of entanglements and I adore it. Elsie is an adjunct professor and a theoretical physicist. She is also a chronic people pleaser who tends to morph herself into whatever she thinks that whoever she’s talking to wants her to be.

Dawn 10/17/23 Dawn 10/17/23

In Charm's Way by Lana Harper

Ok, so I know that this book took me FOREVER to read. I want you to know, it's not any issue with the book. I've just had a ton of stuff going on! Went on vacation and I've been reorganizing the whole house, making room for new furniture.

Dawn 8/27/23 Dawn 8/27/23

Payback's A Witch by Lana Harper

We love a revenge plot! This LGBTQ+ romance includes themes of dormant magic, returning home, an ancestral competition and VERY fall vibes setting. This is a fun read, not to be taken too seriously, there's also some light hearted comedy.