Summerween (halloween Town Book 1)

Welcome to Solstice Springs—where it’s Halloween year-round, pink skeletons wear beachwear, and the town''s biggest debate is whether the ghosts are real or just good for business

Wren Dunlop''s summer plan was simple:

• Hide from viral infamy ✓
• Drink rosé by the lake ✓
• Avoid all men forever ✓

Too bad her godmother (part-time witch and full-time Mayor) has other ideas.

Now Wren''s teaching dance for the Summerween spectacular, in a studio that might be haunted, and trying very hard not to notice the mysterious new guy in town, Dane Trafford.

Between bonfire wishes and midnight confessions, fairy lights and watermelon jack-o-lanterns, Wren and Dane might just discover that Solstice Springs’ real magic isn''t supernatural…

Tropes:

💞 Friends to lovers

💃🕺Forced proximity

👻🌞Halloween in summer

🗼🏠Small-town setting

Joss loves books, coffee and traveling—especially to the wild places of Southern Africa and, well, anywhere. She’s a wife and a mom to two young adults. She’s also a servant to two cats and a dog the size of a small cow. After a career in local economic development and business, Joss writes full-time from her home in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

New for 2026, celebrate Halloween in summer in this small-town spicy romcom with a side of supernatural!

New for 2026, celebrate Halloween in summer in this small-town spicy romcom with a side of supernatural!

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