Smashed Pumpkins by Lindsey Montgomery

By sundown, the crew will learn the hard way: in this patch,

the pumpkins do the picking.

Valerie is done living the life her mom mapped out. Shaun’s football dreams ended with one bad tackle, and now he’s spiraling without a future. Both need a fresh start, and a day of farmhand work at Farmer Fred’s “Fantastic” Farm, home of Blandville’s Pumpkin Spice Festival, seems harmless enough.

Neither expects to come face-to-face with an old crush while they’re knee-deep in pumpkins and petty chores—