Bonfire and Bliss Bookstore (a Hope Harbor Novel): A Cozy Fall Romance by Nicole, Brittanée

Sparks fly as the leaves fall this autumn...From the USA Today bestselling superstar romance author of the Boston Bolts hockey series comes a spicy and swoony friends-to-lovers fake-dating delight. . . This gorgeous first edition trade paperback features colored stenciled edges.

These old flames are ready to catch fire.

For Penny Darling, love is best enjoyed between the pages of a book. After a very public failed engagement, she'd rather cozy up by the fire with a book boyfriend than a real one any day. And as the owner of Bonfire & Bliss Bookstore, she has her pick.

Then Jake "Monty" Montgomery returns home. Her high school best friend, now a struggling author with inked forearms and wicked green eyes. And he needs her help.

His proposal is simple: She'll teach him to write the perfect book boyfriend and he'll pose as her real boyfriend, keeping Hope Harbor's busybodies--and their obsession with Penny's love life--at bay.

But when their lessons begin, the line between fiction and reality grows dangerously thin. As pretend kisses in the apple orchard turn into searing ones beneath the autumn moon, Penny begins to wonder if Monty could really love her, or if she's destined for another broken heart.

Author: Brittanée Nicole
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published: 08/11/2026
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.25w x 1.19d
ISBN: 9798217180219

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 07/01/2026 pg. 50

About the Author
Brittanée Nicole is the USA Today bestselling author of the Boston Bolts Hockey series as well as Mother Faker, which is part of the bestselling Momcom series, among others. Known for writing swoony men who always fall first, Brittanée loves stories centered around strong friendships that form the basis of a found family and messy, beautiful love. She lives in New England with her husband and two children.