by Lyra Parish
Part of Seasonal Swoon
First published 2026
Blaire reads coffee grounds and sees true love ahead for the grumpy man across from her. She tells him to expect nothing more than a brief autumn romance. He thinks she's a complete fraud and doesn't believe in love at all. She tries to avoid him, but he keeps showing up everywhere she goes. Then he offers her five thousand dollars per hour to break what he claims is a real family curse. Blaire needs the money to fix her haunted manor's roof, so she agrees to help him. Their sessions must end before the autumn equinox, but instead of leaving town, he proposes they belong to each other until Halloween. She sets strict rules for their arrangement. Between secret meetings at the apple orchard and encounters in the hay maze, Blaire realizes she wants more than hiding their relationship. The town matchmakers love Jamie, but they don't know he's actually Jameson Cross, a billionaire in disguise. When paparazzi find him and tabloids report he's dating a witch, he packs for New York. The coffee grounds promised he would find forever, but Blaire doubts that means her.
Genres: adult, fantasy-romance, paranormal-romance, contemporary-romance
Vibes: enchanting, intimate, playful, romantic, whimsical
Tropes: billionaire-romance, fake-dating, forced-proximity, grumpy-meets-sunshine, secret-relationship
Setting: apple-orchard, hay-maze, haunted-manor, New York
Period: autumn, autumn-equinox, Halloween
346 pages · Paperback · Happily Ever After Ink