HALLMARK INSPIRED HALLOWEEN ROMANCE
Length: Novel (272 Pages)
Genre: Sweet Romance
Children’s author Kellen Collins and her family go all out for Halloween. Except, holiday gatherings aren’t the same without Shawn Callaghan, her unrequited crush. The last time Shawn joined their festivities, he'd nearly kissed Kellen. Back then, she’d just been his sister’s best friend. Now she’s a wish he doesn’t have the courage to speak aloud.
Becoming co-guardians to their niece and nephew and living under the same roof flips their lives upside down. Kellen will do anything for the twins, but Shawn is torn. His dream career working for a tech company on the other side of the world is at stake, and he doesn’t know how to tell them.
What they need now is a Halloween miracle.
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Tropes & Other Info:
🎃 Hallmark Movie Vibes
👻 Forced Proximity
🎃 Best Friends’s Older Brother/Lil Sister’s BFF
👻 Childhood Crushes Grown Up
🎃 Interracial Couple(s)
👻 Autumn Setting/Halloween Fun
🎃 Golden Retriever (an actual dog lol)
👻 Twin Shenanigans
🎃 Grief/Healing
Teaser #1:
He had wanted Kellen for years. He allowed himself a moment to fantasize about living in Tokyo, working at Tokyo App, and coming home to Kellen, who’d be tapping away at her laptop, writing a book. They’d be doing what they love, and they’d be doing it together. If only that could become reality, but not all fantasies were meant to be real. That was why they were fantasies to begin with.
Shawn returned to his hotel. Upon entering, disappointment hit him. Picturing Kellen sitting cross-legged on the white couch had been easy. He studied the couch in question and imagined her there now with her laptop on a matching pillow, a scarf over her hair, and wearing pajamas. She’d be cute, comfortable, kissable. Yeah, he’d kiss her every morning before heading off to work and every evening when he returned home.
Teaser #2:
Kellen stared silently for a handful of seconds before the tension in the air pushed her to the kitchen. She kept him company while he ate. To make the moment less awkward, she nibbled on graham crackers and peanut butter and drank milk. “So, what made you come back?”
Shawn washed down a bite of lasagna with a swallow of soda. “I can’t say for sure.” He paused while pushing cheese and sauce-covered meat and noodles around on his plate. “All I know is, it made sense.”
For Kellen, it had also made sense. But how he could go from leaving so suddenly, being vehement he had to get back to his life in the city, to showing up on their doorstep and wanting a place in their family? Kellen shifted on the stool. Our family? The four of them were indeed family, but were they a family?
Teaser #3:
Wearing aprons, hairnets, and gloves, they stood behind the counter, ready to serve food. Shawn manned the warming trays containing the main courses—a choice between spinach and cheese lasagna or meat loaf. Weston held clear, plastic tongs to pass out rolls. Roxon stood guard at the dessert counter where slices of vanilla cake sat on paper plates.
Kellen occupied the side station. She studied her helpers with pride, but the sight of Shawn made her snort with laughter. The hairnet covered his perfectly groomed hair, and the elastic cut across his forehead, making him look absolutely silly. Never would she have expected to see business-suit Shawn sporting soup kitchen attire.
“Are you laughing at me?”
“You and your hairnet.”
Shawn adjusted the hairnet. “I’ll have you know, I am rocking this hairnet.”
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