{"id":35122,"date":"2025-09-28T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=35122"},"modified":"2025-08-29T14:02:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T19:02:44","slug":"novella-holiday-pumpkin-to-talk-about-by-allie-samberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=35122","title":{"rendered":"#Novella #holiday – Pumpkin to Talk About by Allie Samberts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mike Page fled Ironwood Flats, Texas the moment he tossed his high school cap in the air and never looked back. But when his little sister, Annie, is suddenly left raising two kids on her own, one desperate call brings him right back to the one place he swore he\u2019d never return. Now, stuck playing uncle, Mike\u2019s in for more than he bargained for, especially since it means surviving the town\u2019s infamous Halloween celebrations\u2014his personal nightmare.<\/p>\n

Belle Allen has always been a bit eclectic. As Ironwood Elementary\u2019s quirky part-time librarian by day and bartender by night, she has finally found her rhythm. That is, until Mike, her high school nemesis, walks into the bar bringing painful memories back with him.<\/p>\n

Old wounds run deep, but so do new sparks when they keep bumping into each other. As they\u2019re pulled together by chance encounters and unexpected chemistry, Mike and Belle realize they\u2019re not the same people they were in high school. But just as they start falling harder than autumn leaves, reality hits\u2014Mike\u2019s heading back to Indiana after Halloween.<\/p>\n

Can they admit they\u2019re bewitched with each other? Or will the spell of their romance be broken?<\/p>\n

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Review by Twinsie Angie<\/p>\n

I purchased this book.<\/p>\n

I was looking for a short and quick read.\u00a0 It was getting close to fall so I grabbed this audio.\u00a0 The narration did a great job for me when listening to it.<\/p>\n

The story was a short enemies to lovers book.\u00a0 Belle is not about to fall for the hot shot who left town and is now back.\u00a0 She is unhappy when she needs his help to help the kids in the school.<\/p>\n

Mike is stunned that Belle is still as beautiful and cant believe that an idiot he was in high school.\u00a0 He was so worried about being important he messed up.\u00a0 Now he is helping her he will make sure not to repeat the past mistakes.<\/p>\n

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Allie Samberts is a romance writer, book lover, and high school English teacher. She was voted funniest teacher of the year for 2023 by her students, which is probably her highest honor to date. She is also a runner, and enjoys knitting and sewing. She lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband, two kids, and a very loud beagle. You can follow her on Instagram @alliesambertswrites, read her blog at alliesamberts.substack.com, and get other updates at\u00a0www.alliesamberts.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mike Page fled Ironwood Flats, Texas the moment he tossed his high school cap in the air and never looked back. But when his little sister, Annie, is suddenly left raising two kids on her own, one desperate call brings him right back to the one place he swore he\u2019d never return. Now, stuck playing … Continue reading #Novella #holiday – Pumpkin to Talk About by Allie Samberts<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1365],"tags":[1828],"class_list":["post-35122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holiday-book-novella","tag-allie-samberts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pumpkin-to-talk-about.jpg?fit=313%2C500&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paSW8H-98u","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35124,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35122\/revisions\/35124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}