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Catching Feelings, Not Bouquets

(2026)
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She doesn't do roots. He's the most rooted man she's ever met. This was never supposed to happen.

Quinn Avery makes a living being everywhere. As a travel and lifestyle blogger with half a million followers, she's built a brand on adventure, spontaneity, and the freedom of never staying anywhere long enough to unpack. Ivy Hollow was supposed to be a three-day content stop: cute town, fall colors, quick turnaround.

Cole Whitfield has been in Ivy Hollow his entire life, and he likes it that way. The high school English teacher and football coach has roots so deep they're basically geological. His weekends involve grading papers, coaching plays, and having dinner with his parents. Exciting? Maybe not. But Cole knows exactly who he is and where he belongs, and that's more than most people can say.

When Quinn's car breaks down during the Harvest Moon Market and Cole offers his guest room (his mother insists), three days becomes one week becomes something neither of them planned for. She's restless and razor-sharp and takes photos of everything like she's trying to prove she was there. He's patient and funny and makes her feel like staying might not be the worst idea she's ever had.

Quinn doesn't catch bouquets. She doesn't catch feelings. And she definitely doesn't fall for men whose idea of adventure is trying a new recipe on a Tuesday.

Except she's starting to think maybe she's been running from the one thing actually worth finding.

A sweet, closed-door fall romance featuring a woman who lives out of a suitcase and a man who's never needed one, set in the most inconveniently charming town in America.


Genre: Romance



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