THE HONEYCRISP ORCHARD INN by Valerie Bowman is now available!
The Honeycrisp Orchard Inn
Author: Valerie Bowman
Series: Honeycrisp Orchard Series #1
Release Date: September 9, 2025
Publisher: HarperCollins
Genre: Contemporary Romance/Small Town Romance/Fiction
For fans of the Lovelight series and The Pumpkin Spice Café, this cozy and sexy romance follows a young event planner who returns to her family's inn on an apple orchard to help run their Harvest Festival--only to find herself butting heads with the handsome son of the apple orchard's owners.
Ellie Lawson's city life was treating her just fine until a sour turn of events knocks her out in one fell swoop. Dumped by her boyfriend and fired from her event planning job, she is left with no choice but to return to her parents' idyllic inn, nestled within a picturesque Honeycrisp orchard on Long Island. Anticipating a quiet hiatus in the attic apartment, she is instead met with Aiden, the stubborn, attractive son of the orchard owner who is currently occupying her planned refuge.
Forced together by circumstance, they find themselves not only roommates but also coworkers, when they're put in charge by their parents of the orchard's vital Harvest Festival, a lifeline for both the struggling orchard and the inn. Amidst the enchanting disorder of small-town life, Ellie and Aiden grapple with their conflicting values, burgeoning feelings, and an electrifying tension.
As Ellie discovers the unexpected charm of the life she left behind and Aiden learns there's much more to Ellie than he'd first assumed, one fact remains: the future of the orchard and the inn depends on their unlikely collaboration.
Embark on a captivating journey of rediscovery, love, and the irreplaceable magic of small-town life.
Valerie Bowman
Valerie Bowman’s debut novel was published in 2012. Since then, her books have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Kirkus. Valerie grew up in Illinois with six sisters (she’s number seven) and a huge supply of romance novels. Valerie now lives in Jacksonville with her family including her mini-schnauzers, Huckleberry and Violet. When she’s not writing, she keeps busy reading, traveling, or vacillating between watching crazy reality TV and PBS.
Learn more about this author here.
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Ellie Lawson was living out her dreams in New York. She had a great job, a nice place to live with her adoring boyfriend... then in one day she lost it all. Now she finds herself spiraling, with no place to go, no job to help pay her bills and no boyfriend to offer up a shoulder for her to cry on... she's at a complete loss. Until a call from home changes everything...
The Honeycrisp Orchard Inn is a wonderfully penned small town romance brimming with all of the heartwarming feels your heart can handle! Ellie is completely down on her luck and so when her mom calls with a plea for help at the Inn she decides it's the perfect time to return home. Her life in New York is a disaster, a disaster she very much wants to escape, so she packs her bags and heads home. But upon her arrival she gets quite the surprise, the little apartment her promised her is being occupied by someone else. A very handsome and stubborn someone else! Living with Aidan isn't an ideal situation, but it's the only option they have for the time being, so she decides to try and make the best of it. But at every turn Aidan is driving her crazy... in more ways then one!
The pages of this book kept me thoroughly entertained, one moment I was laughing out loud and then swimming in feels the next! I loved this first time read it hit all the right notes and left me wanting more. I cannot wait for the next installment in the Honeycrisp Orchard series! Highly recommend!
I requested an advanced copy of this title from the publisher and I am voluntarily leaving my honest and unbiased opinion.
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