The Pumpkin Spice Cafe- Dream Harbor Book 1 – Book Review

A spicy small-town romance and TikTok phenomenon, perfect for fans of Hannah Grace and Stephanie Archer.

When Jeanie’s aunt gifts her the beloved Pumpkin Spice Café in the small town of Dream Harbor, Jeanie jumps at the chance for a fresh start away from her very dull desk job.

Logan is a local farmer who avoids Dream Harbor’s gossip at all costs. But Jeanie’s arrival disrupts Logan’s routine and he wants nothing to do with the irritatingly upbeat new girl, except that he finds himself inexplicably drawn to her.

Will Jeanie’s happy-go-lucky attitude win over the grumpy-but-gorgeous Logan, or has this city girl found the one person in town who won’t fall for her charm, or her pumpkin spice lattes…

The Pumpkin Spice Café is a cozy romantic mystery for fans of Gilmore Girls, with a grumpy x sunshine dynamic, a small-town setting and a HEA guaranteed!

If you have watched Gilmore Girls and loved the series, then you may like this book too, as the story is set in a small fictional town called Dream Harbor.

Jeanie inherits a cafe named Pumpkin Spice Cafe after her aunt Dot leaves the cafe behind to her. Jeanie wanted to leave behind her old life after an incident at work. While trying to learn how to run the cafe, she meets a handsome farmer Logan. Logan himself had his heart broken by a girl named Lucy and even though he has feelings towards Jeanie. While Jeanie is getting used to the small town life, someone doesn’t want Jeanie to run the cafe…

This is a cute cozy mystery and romance novel. It does have a small Gilmore Girl vibe. However the pacing was slightly slow, making this book slightly boring to read. This book might be a perfect book to read during the fall season. This is the first book of the Dream Harbor series. I thought the whole story was predictable, the same romance outline. Overall, this wasn’t a great book but not really bad either. Worth three stars.