Lucy Harper can organize an entire Boston autumn festival without losing a single volunteer, vendor, or pumpkin. What she cannot organize is the return of the crush she spent most of her twenties trying to forget.
When her best friend leaves town for October, Lucy is forced to accept help from Ben Carter - her best friend’s older brother, a Boston firefighter who has known her for years without ever really seeing her.
Between late nights decorating the library, crowded neighborhood events, coffee after closing, and a growing collection of small moments neither of them planned, Ben begins to discover the woman behind the schedules. And he falls first.
Lucy has wanted Ben before, which is exactly why she knows better than to trust the possibility now.
Then a prestigious urban literacy fellowship in New York offers her the career opportunity she has worked toward for years.
Ben refuses to ask her to give it up. Lucy refuses to build her future around a relationship that has barely begun.
To have any chance at something lasting, they will have to learn that love is not proven by sacrifice - and that the strongest relationships can make room for more than one dream.
Maybe This October is a sweet, slow-burn best-friend’s-brother romance filled with cozy Boston autumn atmosphere, found family, neighborhood festivals, he-falls-first chemistry, and a hopeful happy ending.
