The Honeycrisp Orchard Inn

Ellie Lawson has a city life that suits her until one bad stretch ends it. Her boyfriend leaves her and she loses her job as an event planner. With nowhere else to go, she heads home to her parents' inn, which sits inside a Honeycrisp apple orchard on Long Island.

She expects a quiet retreat in the attic apartment. Instead she finds Aiden already living there. He is the stubborn, good-looking son of the orchard's owner, and he has no plans to give the space up.

Their parents then put the two in charge of the orchard's Harvest Festival. The event matters a great deal, since both the orchard and the inn are struggling and the festival is their lifeline. Ellie and Aiden now share a home and a workload, and they disagree about how to do things. Attraction builds between them anyway.

This is a cozy small-town romance with an open, sexy edge, in the roommates-turned-coworkers mold. Ellie slowly sees the appeal of the life she left, and Aiden learns she is not who he assumed. It reads as warm and light, with friction between the leads driving the plot. It is related to the Lovelight series and The Pumpkin Spice Café in style.