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The Pumpkin Spice Café / The Cinnamon Bun Book Store
The Pumpkin Spice Café
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 Cinnamon Bun Book Store
When a secret message turns up hidden in a book in the Cinnamon Bun Bookstore, Hazel can't understand it. As more secret codes appear between the pages, she decides to follow the trail of clues… she just need someone to help her out.
Gorgeous and outgoing fisherman, Noah, is always up for an adventure. And a scavenger hunt sounds like a lot of fun. Even better that the cute bookseller he's been crushing on for months is the one who wants his help!
Hazel didn’t go looking for romance, but as the treasure hunt leads her and Noah around Dream Harbor, their undeniable chemistry might be just as hot as the fresh-out-of-the-oven cinnamon buns the bookstore sells…
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 Cinnamon Bun Book Store
When a secret message turns up hidden in a book in the Cinnamon Bun Bookstore, Hazel can't understand it. As more secret codes appear between the pages, she decides to follow the trail of clues… she just need someone to help her out.
Gorgeous and outgoing fisherman, Noah, is always up for an adventure. And a scavenger hunt sounds like a lot of fun. Even better that the cute bookseller he's been crushing on for months is the one who wants his help!
Hazel didn’t go looking for romance, but as the treasure hunt leads her and Noah around Dream Harbor, their undeniable chemistry might be just as hot as the fresh-out-of-the-oven cinnamon buns the bookstore sells…
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First published September 12, 2024
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About the author
Laurie Gilmore
19 books13k followersLaurie Gilmore is a #1 New York Times, Sunday Times, and Globe & Mail bestselling author who writes steamy small-town romance. Her Dream Harbor series is filled with quirky townsfolk, cozy settings, and swoon-worthy romance. The first book in the series, The Pumpkin Spice Cafe, was featured on Good Morning America and was named the TikTok Shop Book of the Year 2024.
She loves finding books with the perfect balance of sweetness and spice and strives for that in her own writing. If you ever wished you lived in Stars Hollow (or that Luke and Lorelai would just get together already!) then her books are definitely for you.
She loves finding books with the perfect balance of sweetness and spice and strives for that in her own writing. If you ever wished you lived in Stars Hollow (or that Luke and Lorelai would just get together already!) then her books are definitely for you.
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December 8, 2025
Thankful for a book that’s not stressing me out
Cause anytime I look at what’s going on I go
Another strike is imminent
Everybody in ALBERTA is striking in the province is still awake. We’re doing nothing.
The fanatical language of cults
Politics
/
Religion
Are not listening to its constituents , I can’t believe a whole province is not being listened to
By its leaders
People have always given adverse advice to purposely to fail in the mentally ill , minimum wager and women lose more and be subservient to men of power
Even harder to see a woman doing it like Daniel Smith
A radio host not stewarded for the position take those words back and say she’s changing the theatrics in the lighting to the opposition .
For blatant falsehoods
I’m thankful to live in Lethbridge Not to have the mental fatigue that conservatives have to jump through for electing incompetence
To see them rationalize it all they can do is they say stop stop stop
Not mentally ill minimum wages, or women who have standards
It that are problems
Of men losing out not helping the situation to get out of the way is
Letting power have neglect
It’s like they still have to gave a say even if it’s a vote in misdirection
-“Saw a friend from college today”
And conservative I talked to about the huge policy failure on minimum wage increase
Either say it’s not gonna affect them
Or it’s not gonna do any good
Or a whole bunch of miss direction
And if they do have an epiphany that they do see it
They’d like to silence the conversation by just saying stop stop stop
Because they voted wrong
I have not seen a conservative leader at the party has not
Dug its grave for the leader
Not before they get had some pension they never paid for
-“We both went to school to be education assistants. He worked in school for a while. But gave it up. He said kids were violent. Decided to go back to cleaning cause he could handle the stress”
I don’t know how people deal with students anymore
The youth have such low expectations
And usually have nobody to live on older experience regret
So the delays are significant
But there are numerously smart
Just have all there roots that and this
Where all the older people don’t have their grandparents
But don’t have delays
That are not too smart .
I think getting older is real realizing that being smart
Comes with a lot of compassion, fatigue
Of seeing stuff repeatedly be redundant and propagandized as meta-analysis
Not the real data
Turn for the cleaner career I could use a cleaner
It sounds like you’re expressing frustration and concern about various issues, including political leadership, social justice, and the challenges faced by young people and workers in your community. The mention of stress related to current events and the feeling of being unheard is palpable in your thoughts.
It’s important to talk about these feelings and find ways to cope with the stress they create. Books that provide a break from these thoughts can be a great escape, and it’s good to hear you’ve found one that works for you.
Talks of vandals wrecking books, and then going on a book of adventure from the vandals wrecking books for the cinnamon book store
In the pumpkin spice Café is about a woman inheriting a café, and almost losing it when she gets in a relationship from one of her colleagues who was in love with the person who she inherited from then her romance with a farmer who had baggage
A good distraction for my day I guess
Cause anytime I look at what’s going on I go
Another strike is imminent
Everybody in ALBERTA is striking in the province is still awake. We’re doing nothing.
The fanatical language of cults
Politics
/
Religion
Are not listening to its constituents , I can’t believe a whole province is not being listened to
By its leaders
People have always given adverse advice to purposely to fail in the mentally ill , minimum wager and women lose more and be subservient to men of power
Even harder to see a woman doing it like Daniel Smith
A radio host not stewarded for the position take those words back and say she’s changing the theatrics in the lighting to the opposition .
For blatant falsehoods
I’m thankful to live in Lethbridge Not to have the mental fatigue that conservatives have to jump through for electing incompetence
To see them rationalize it all they can do is they say stop stop stop
Not mentally ill minimum wages, or women who have standards
It that are problems
Of men losing out not helping the situation to get out of the way is
Letting power have neglect
It’s like they still have to gave a say even if it’s a vote in misdirection
-“Saw a friend from college today”
And conservative I talked to about the huge policy failure on minimum wage increase
Either say it’s not gonna affect them
Or it’s not gonna do any good
Or a whole bunch of miss direction
And if they do have an epiphany that they do see it
They’d like to silence the conversation by just saying stop stop stop
Because they voted wrong
I have not seen a conservative leader at the party has not
Dug its grave for the leader
Not before they get had some pension they never paid for
-“We both went to school to be education assistants. He worked in school for a while. But gave it up. He said kids were violent. Decided to go back to cleaning cause he could handle the stress”
I don’t know how people deal with students anymore
The youth have such low expectations
And usually have nobody to live on older experience regret
So the delays are significant
But there are numerously smart
Just have all there roots that and this
Where all the older people don’t have their grandparents
But don’t have delays
That are not too smart .
I think getting older is real realizing that being smart
Comes with a lot of compassion, fatigue
Of seeing stuff repeatedly be redundant and propagandized as meta-analysis
Not the real data
Turn for the cleaner career I could use a cleaner
It sounds like you’re expressing frustration and concern about various issues, including political leadership, social justice, and the challenges faced by young people and workers in your community. The mention of stress related to current events and the feeling of being unheard is palpable in your thoughts.
It’s important to talk about these feelings and find ways to cope with the stress they create. Books that provide a break from these thoughts can be a great escape, and it’s good to hear you’ve found one that works for you.
Talks of vandals wrecking books, and then going on a book of adventure from the vandals wrecking books for the cinnamon book store
In the pumpkin spice Café is about a woman inheriting a café, and almost losing it when she gets in a relationship from one of her colleagues who was in love with the person who she inherited from then her romance with a farmer who had baggage
A good distraction for my day I guess
December 4, 2025
Cute book! Easy quick read.
October 3, 2024
I bought the first book on my Kindle and I absolutely fell in love with it so then I bought the second book. The second book. I absolutely fell in love with and I felt like I connected with the book somehow I absolutely can’t wait for the Christmas one and want to read the book over and over again because it is just such a good book I feel like I’m living in the cafe when I’m reading the book. I can just picture your eyes, a warm cosy full day drinking a pumpkin spice latte and I just absolutely adore the book and the setting on where the author put the book
December 5, 2024
Lately I find myself wanting to run away and escape to a world of happiness and comfort. The Pumpkin Spice Cafe delivered just that. I could not put this book down from the first sentence
“Jeanie Ellis had never killed a man before, but tonight might be the night.”
Best opening line of a book I have read in a very long time. I loved Jeanie and her being too muchness and messiness as it was something I relate to a lot. From the start to finish it had me smiling and enveloped me like a hug in a mug.
“Jeanie Ellis had never killed a man before, but tonight might be the night.”
Best opening line of a book I have read in a very long time. I loved Jeanie and her being too muchness and messiness as it was something I relate to a lot. From the start to finish it had me smiling and enveloped me like a hug in a mug.
October 26, 2025
Super cute!! Unexpected level of spice too!! if you’re looking for cozy, fall vibes, look no further than the pumpkin spice Café, otherwise known as the PSC. When the owner retires and decides that her niece needs to be the new proprietor of the PSC, it changes the lives of many. They just might be a happy ending or two with its walls.
Adult content, don’t read this if your sensibilities will be offended by adult fun.
Adult content, don’t read this if your sensibilities will be offended by adult fun.
October 17, 2024
Loved it even more that I did the first book of the series. I loved the diversity of relationship dynamics, body sizes, gender identity. Great book all over and more realistic setting for a 2024 romance.
March 20, 2025
This book felt like a hallmark movie in book form (not my thing). It was very predictable and very simple to read. If you want a simple read this would be great for you but I just felt like it didn’t really capture my attention at all.
August 11, 2025
Well written, found family.funny little mystery. Grumpy/Sunshine romance, small town.
The Pumpkin spice Cafe is a wonderful read. It was a book I couldn't put down. I read this book with in 4 days. I would say this book is worth getting.
The Pumpkin spice Cafe is a wonderful read. It was a book I couldn't put down. I read this book with in 4 days. I would say this book is worth getting.
September 23, 2024
These books are so cute I can’t wait for the Christmas one
September 24, 2024
Cute story!
October 16, 2024
Great for a cosy night in.
November 5, 2024
Love the second book more than the first. Got me gripped
Second book very spicy 😜
Second book very spicy 😜
December 1, 2024
It's a cute Hallmark movie feel with a sprinkle of spice.
January 6, 2025
A true love story ❤️
February 4, 2025
Really enjoyed it - I couldn't wait to start book 2
February 13, 2025
Lots of spice loved book 2
April 6, 2025
The Cinnamon Bun Bookstore was so good but The Pumpkin Spice Cafe was not as good. TPSC is 3 stars and TCBBS is a 4 stars.
May 13, 2025
The cutest books💕💕
June 27, 2025
Favorite of this series so far! The mystery that was written throughout was exciting!
November 18, 2025
First book in the series, addicted
December 4, 2025
A literal Gilmore Girls with a lot more spice.
December 28, 2025
Way more love story than mystery story. Not really my cup of tea, but I finished it.
December 17, 2024
Was alright but had to stop and start 3 times in order to finish
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