Halloween Town
June ’26
It’s always spooky season here…
The week before her wedding, Poppy Callahan bolted―in her dress, bouquet still in hand―straight back to her grandparents’ haunted inn in Halloween Town. Only one snag: the inn has already been sold… to Thom Hart, her ex-fiancé’s brooding, scandal-shadowed older brother. With the town overrun by its month-long Halloween festival (complete with pumpkin contests, ghost tours, and a zombie marching band), Poppy has nowhere to go and no choice but to share space with Thom.
But as they renovate the inn―and dodge mischievous ghosts who specialize in sabotaging almost-kisses―sparks ignite. Between the Halloween festival, meddling ghosts and some soul seeking, Poppy and Thom discover that love might just be the scariest (and most extraordinary) thing of all…
Summerween
August ’26
Halloween just got hotter!
Wren Callahan is famous… sort of. In the dance world, she’s a star. In Halloween Town, she’s just a woman hiding from her idol-ex who’s heart she’s broken. Her plan for the summer is simple: margaritas, anonymity, and absolutely no drama. Instead, she gets roped into choreographing the town’s first-ever Summerween Solstice Festival, where skeletons wear Hawaiian shirts and ghosts may—or may not—be real.
Enter Dane: a burned-out former trauma surgeon who thrives in chaos but stumbles badly in Wren’s hip-hop class.
She’s dazzling chaos, he’s steady grit, and between events promoting Summerween, meddling ghosts, and dance steps gone hilariously wrong, they just might find that love—like dancing—is only worth it if you’re willing to miss a few beats.
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I’ve been a reader all my life and I wrote my first book at the age of eight and haven’t stopped since. Writing and reading have been my solace and my joy. Stories are where I lose, and find, myself.
I also love traveling, a backpack and an airplane ticket are two of my favorite things. What else? I have the domestic skills of a pot plant, drink far too much coffee and have an on-off, mostly off, relationship with exercise.
I’ve written over seventy books and I write for both the Harlequin Presents, Desire and Afterglow lines. I’ve published a romcom novel with One More Chapter (more in 2025!), and romantic action novels with Tule Publishing and Penguin/Random House’s Intermix imprint.
I spent many years in sales, pro-business lobbying and local economic development, but now I’m lucky enough to write full time. I live with my husband in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa and am a mom to two amazing young adults.
I am bossed around by two spoiled cats and the worst behaved dog in the world, who also happens to be the size of a small cow.
I love meeting readers, so come hang out with me on my social media channels.
Agent Details: Jill Marsal of Marsal Lyon Literary Agency. For foreign, film and other business enquiries please contact: Jill@MarsalLyonLiteraryAgency.com.