Stop Ghosting Me by Tara Sivec

Out October 17th!

Harvest Grove News:

Another Halloween season is upon us! As usual, please be mindful of the movie fans traveling from Vine Street to Cinnamon Way.

Favorite bar owner, Ford Prescott, is back in town for his yearly stay, making this his sixth October in Harvest Grove! Be sure to welcome him warmly when you see him at the Wicked Pub and Grub. Single ladies – try not to overwhelm the poor man with so many baked goods this year.

Sidney Tanner wants residents to know her Severed Head Succulents will be buy one, get one free before the countdown to midnight begins on October Eve. Since it’s likely she’ll be in jail at some point that night, please text her your orders.

Still seeking volunteers for various events around town:
*Someone to organize pumpkin carving night at the Gore House.
*An extra, bloody cheerleader for the yearly viewing of The Babysitter’s Last Halloween. Costume will be provided.
*A brave soul to keep an eye on the Tanner girls this month. We don’t want a repeat of last year’s corn maze incident, or the mashed potato fiasco in poor Jarvis’s yard previously.

We assume Ford will be volunteering for that last one, since he and Sidney are always joined at the hip when he’s in town. A little bat tells me these October best friends will be heating things up in town this year. Sparks will be flying–no offense to Colleen or the Tanner girls who set her garage on fire–and these two might just be carving out some time for love this Halloween!

Fasten your sheet belts, Harvest Grove! Let’s hope when the clock strikes midnight on October 31st, our dear Sidney won’t be ghosted again…

Stop Ghosting Me by Tara Sivec

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Fun and Fast-Paced Rom Com is Perfect for Spooky Season
4.5 Stars Average on Goodreads: 4.88

Read “Stop Ghosting Me” if you like:
✔ M/F contemporary romance
✔ Small Town Romance
✔ Friends to Lovers
✔ Romantic Comedy
✔ Zany Shenanigans
✔ Pumpkin-Spice Soaked Halloween fun
✔ Dual Points of View

Sidney Tanner is in jail on “October Eve” much to her dismay. But apparently this is a yearly occurrence and was also one for her mother and her grandmother. In fact, Sidney has a personalized chair in the jail. Trouble is pretty much hereditary in Sidney’s family.

“October Eve, the night of September 30th, is sacred in the town of Harvest Grove.”

Back in the 70s, a low-budget horror movie was filmed in Harvest Grove and now, every October, the town turns into a huge tourist attraction for the increasingly large packs of fans of the movie. The town goes all out and really leans into celebrating Halloween.

For the past six years, it has become something of a tradition for Ford Prescott to come to town and bail Sidney out. He’s her “best October friend”. She’s got a crush on him (despite her best efforts) and she thinks he’s put her firmly in the friend zone. They have a weird friendship in that Ford lives in Oregon for the rest of the year and they don’t communicate for eleven months. So Ford basically ghosts Sidney every year and she’s finally had enough of it. But then, so has he.

Ford pines for Sidney. He feels so much for her. He wants her desperately. I love a pining hero! Sidney is a tough, fun and sassy heroine. She’s been hurt by love but is still willing to risk her heart for Ford.

Tara Sivec writes crazy, unhinged shenanigans that make you laugh out loud like no one else. Some of the characters in “Stop Ghosting Me” are definitely unhinged, but there’s also a lot of love between them even if they do say it with lit torches and fireworks. This is a well paced and spicy rom-com. I flew through this book (which really cheered me up because I’d been in a pretty bad reading slump before this book.)

“Stop Ghosting Me” by Tara Sivec is a very fun romantic comedy, perfect for spooky season. It serves up the best pumpkin-themed spice minus scary elements – you will love it.

I received an advance copy of this book and this is my honest opinion.

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