Pumpkin Vengeance
(2026)(The tenth book in the Small Town Charm, Paranormal, Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Ileana Munoz Renfroe
Fall fashion is coming to Hawthorne Corner, and someone is about to make murder the season’s hottest trend.
When renowned Cuban-American fashion designer Valentina Montoya agrees to showcase her exclusive fall collection during Hawthorne Corner’s Harvest Festival, she expects pumpkins, couture, and perhaps a little small-town chaos. She does not expect murder.
Valentina has brought the entire Montoya clan along for the occasion, including her devoted husband Emilio, their grown children, Mari and Diego, and Mango, the family’s outrageously opinionated talking monkey, who considers Vermont’s fruit selection personally offensive and remains deeply suspicious of any establishment that fails to serve sparkling water.
For Emilio, however, returning to Hawthorne Corner means confronting a past he thought he had left behind.
When a body turns up amid the festival festivities, old grudges begin creeping out from beneath the autumn leaves, and whispers surrounding Emilio’s history put the Montoyas squarely in the middle of Sheriff Angelica López’s investigation. As another secret surfaces and the evidence points in increasingly dangerous directions, Valentina realizes someone has been waiting a very long time to settle an old score.
With Evermore House hiding mysteries of its own, Lila Marigold Evermore leaving cryptic warnings from beyond the grave, Luna Bloom offering her psychic feelings, and Mango providing unsolicited investigative assistance between demands for better accommodations, the Montoyas must unravel what happened years ago before Hawthorne Corner’s picturesque Harvest Festival becomes the setting for the killer’s final act of vengeance.
Because in Hawthorne Corner, pumpkins are not the only things being carved this October.
Pumpkin Vengeance is Book Ten in the Hawthorne Corner Mysteries, a humorous paranormal cozy mystery filled with family, fall festivities, small-town secrets, ghostly clues, Cuban flair, an unforgettable talking monkey, and a twisty whodunit worth sinking your teeth into.
Perfect for readers who enjoy the humorous paranormal mysteries of Amanda M. Lee, Danielle Garrett, and Tonya Kappes.
Genre: Horror
When renowned Cuban-American fashion designer Valentina Montoya agrees to showcase her exclusive fall collection during Hawthorne Corner’s Harvest Festival, she expects pumpkins, couture, and perhaps a little small-town chaos. She does not expect murder.
Valentina has brought the entire Montoya clan along for the occasion, including her devoted husband Emilio, their grown children, Mari and Diego, and Mango, the family’s outrageously opinionated talking monkey, who considers Vermont’s fruit selection personally offensive and remains deeply suspicious of any establishment that fails to serve sparkling water.
For Emilio, however, returning to Hawthorne Corner means confronting a past he thought he had left behind.
When a body turns up amid the festival festivities, old grudges begin creeping out from beneath the autumn leaves, and whispers surrounding Emilio’s history put the Montoyas squarely in the middle of Sheriff Angelica López’s investigation. As another secret surfaces and the evidence points in increasingly dangerous directions, Valentina realizes someone has been waiting a very long time to settle an old score.
With Evermore House hiding mysteries of its own, Lila Marigold Evermore leaving cryptic warnings from beyond the grave, Luna Bloom offering her psychic feelings, and Mango providing unsolicited investigative assistance between demands for better accommodations, the Montoyas must unravel what happened years ago before Hawthorne Corner’s picturesque Harvest Festival becomes the setting for the killer’s final act of vengeance.
Because in Hawthorne Corner, pumpkins are not the only things being carved this October.
Pumpkin Vengeance is Book Ten in the Hawthorne Corner Mysteries, a humorous paranormal cozy mystery filled with family, fall festivities, small-town secrets, ghostly clues, Cuban flair, an unforgettable talking monkey, and a twisty whodunit worth sinking your teeth into.
Perfect for readers who enjoy the humorous paranormal mysteries of Amanda M. Lee, Danielle Garrett, and Tonya Kappes.
Genre: Horror