Pumpkin Patch Sweethearts

The perfect fall read to give you all the warm fuzzies. Harley has a new student in her art class, Nadia. Nadia and her family is new to Crossvine Creek. Her dad, Josh is the new high school football coach. Josh is ready to start a new life for his family, falling in love was not on that list though. This sweet story captured my heart from the very begining. I'm a sucker for single dads falling in love, along with dogs, always make the perfect HEA. With the added fall activiies, this makes for the perfect read. This is the second book in the series but can be read as a stand alone.

Pumpkin Patch Sweethearts is the second book in the Welsh Sisters series. I’ve only recently discovered this author, so I haven’t read the first book in the series yet, but this book was fine as a stand-alone. The season of fall in Crossvine Creek seems magical and inspires new family traditions. Football coach Josh McBride had lost his wife to cancer and then recently his mother “Lolly” had passed. He moved his family to the small town of Crossvine Creek for a new beginning. His daughter Nadia is struggling with the move and the loss of her “Lolly.” She is extremely shy and only comes out of her shell with Miss Harley and during art class. Josh is afraid of getting hurt again so he tries to fight his attraction to Harley, but she has become important to him and his family. Harley Welsh was shy as a child and she has been able to connect with the quiet Nadia through art. To help the McBride family, she gives them a list of fall activities in Crossvine Creek and invites them to participate with her family. She loves the fall season and hopes the events and outings will help the McBride family feel welcome and enjoy all that Crossvine Creek has to offer. Falling in love with Josh complicates things since he made sure she understood they could never be more than friends. I really enjoyed this book and fell in love with the characters and the small town of Crossvine Creek. I can’t wait to read the first book in the series. The book was beautifully written, flowed smoothly, and was fast paced. The characters were charming, realistic, and so easy to fall in love with. I look forward to reading more books by this author and hope to see some of the Crossvine Creek characters in the future. I received an ARC and am willingly leaving a review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Grab a box of tissues and make sure you have plenty of time this weekend to hit your local pumpkin patch because you will be wanting to do that and more after reading this wonderful feel-good book by author Sasha Summers. This book was just what we needed at this time after being homebound for most of 2020. I knew the moment I turned the pages and read that that there was a widower with 2 young children one of which is a shy 5-year-old girl who just happens to love art that this was a book that would steal my heart and could be read time and time again in my home. Harley Welsh is an Art teacher who sees herself in many of her students young and old but especially wee little Nadia and her brother Tucker. Coach Josh is broken is so many ways not counting the miscommunication that he and Harley seem to have every other day. It would hurt if it was not so funny to watch. Grab your tissues and yes even a pad and pencil because our author gives us a great listing of fun ways to get through the Fall this year with events that will keep all active and engaged from the youngest to old of us .... even those of us outside the pages of a book. This book is the second in a series and both I have truly enjoyed. Hopefully, we are getting Grant's book next?