Autumn colours, hot chocolates, stolen looks and so much yearning – for fans of Trust Fall by Lynn Painter, Misty Wilson’s Falling Like Leaves and from the publisher of Laurie Gilmore’s The Pumpkin Spice Cafe. This YA crossover second-chance, city-girl-meets-farm-boy romance is from the bestselling author of Falling Hard for the Royal Guard. A first love.

A second chance. A final choice that could change everything. For Ava Matthews, her grandparents’ farm always meant the holidays – long golden days roaming the countryside fields and hills and sharing secrets in the treehouse with her best friend and first love Jacob.

It was the place of endless summers and magical winters, far from her life in London where she dreamt of travelling abroad to study fashion. It was never meant to be home. But when her parents’ marriage unravels, Ava finds herself back in the russet-hued Autumn countryside, trying to put her life back together.

And Jacob, who broke her heart two years ago, is still the boy next door, but feels further away than ever. As the leaves fall and the seasons change, old wounds heal and new possibilities arise. And soon, Ava has to decide where her future – and her heart – lies … Tropes: Fall and Autumn coziness – falling leaves, hot chocolates and chunky knit sweaters

Second chance romance

Found family

Small town countryside romance

First love

Dual timeline

Childhood friends to lovers

Slow burnNo spice Coming soon in the Second Chance Farm series: The Summer I Saw Him The Spring I Let You Go The Winter I Wished For Us Readers Love The Fall I Fell: “Perfect short and cosy autumn read.” reader review “The autumnal cosy farm vibes were perfect!” reader review ‘This has everything I love about romance and I couldn’t eat it up quick enough.

It’s a cute and cosy story filled with so much emotion, I couldn’t stop crying during the last 50 pages!’ @takealookinsideabook