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Falling Back to You: A Novella
When Harper Lane comes home to Maplebridge for Thanksgiving, she expects pie, polite small talk, and a quick escape back to her city life. What she doesn’t expect is her mother volunteering her to help save the town’s Harvest Festival—alongside her ex, Eli Frost.
Eli never left Maplebridge. He stayed to keep the family orchard running, to hold onto the only roots that never let him down. Seeing Harper again feels like the past tugging at the sleeve of his favorite flannel—comfortable, dangerous, and full of memories he’s never quite put away.
As they work side by side to rebuild the rain-soaked festival, Harper and Eli find themselves rebuilding something else trust, laughter, and the quiet rhythm that once came so naturally. From late nights under string lights to the first spark of the bonfire, what started as a reluctant reunion becomes a reminder that some stories aren’t finished—they’re just waiting for the right season to continue.
Set against the golden backdrop of New England in fall, Falling Back to You is a cozy, second-chance romance about forgiveness, community, and the courage to stop running from happiness. With cinnamon-sweet banter, slow-burn chemistry, and a love story wrapped in flannel and gratitude, it’s a heartwarming reminder that sometimes falling back is the only way forward.
Eli never left Maplebridge. He stayed to keep the family orchard running, to hold onto the only roots that never let him down. Seeing Harper again feels like the past tugging at the sleeve of his favorite flannel—comfortable, dangerous, and full of memories he’s never quite put away.
As they work side by side to rebuild the rain-soaked festival, Harper and Eli find themselves rebuilding something else trust, laughter, and the quiet rhythm that once came so naturally. From late nights under string lights to the first spark of the bonfire, what started as a reluctant reunion becomes a reminder that some stories aren’t finished—they’re just waiting for the right season to continue.
Set against the golden backdrop of New England in fall, Falling Back to You is a cozy, second-chance romance about forgiveness, community, and the courage to stop running from happiness. With cinnamon-sweet banter, slow-burn chemistry, and a love story wrapped in flannel and gratitude, it’s a heartwarming reminder that sometimes falling back is the only way forward.
95 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 7, 2025
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October 20, 2025
I started this novella because it looked interesting and had good reviews.
The plot had potential. I liked the characters. I liked the premise. I know with short stories there will sometimes be plot holes and inconsistencies……
However…… let’s talk about where it fell apart for me. (Warning: this may include spoilers).
Harper (fmc) arrives back to her hometown for Thanksgiving. First chapter she states “it’s only four days. I can do this for 4 days”. She even tells Eli (the mmc) and her former boyfriend that she is leaving on Saturday. She’s just home for thanksgiving. Sooo that would put her starting out on TUESDAY. AND HERES WHERE THE TIMELINE FALLS APART: There’s a festival planning meeting on Wednesday, where she is elected to be the co-chair. Okay. It puts her working with Eli. But they meet the next day to plan and organize. But according to MY calendar skills: the next day would be thanksgiving..:a Thursday. 🤔🤔🤔. Apparently not in this story…: they have at least 3 meetings… 1) plan/organize the festival. 2) set up for the festival. 3) rain day and move everything inside and hold mini festival. 4). Hold a big outdoor festival and bonfire which they keep saying is on Saturday night. 🤔🤔🤔🤔. And after allllll of that they have Thanksgiving. 😳😳😳. Sooo the timeline doesn’t hold up. At. All.
There are several other inconsistencies: she’s driving in from Boston….. then she says she doesn’t want to plan her flight home…: 🤔🤔🤔🤔. But maybe she has a rental car. 🤷🏼♀️
The other thing that made this difficult to read is the over use of personification, metaphors, and similes. Sooo many. It’s like a high school student wrote a story for class and was trying to impress the teacher. (Retired teacher here. Soooo I’ve seen things like that). Everything was personified. And sometimes 2-3 times in one paragraph.
Did an editor even look at this? Proofread it? (Example: we walked him to the door and put on our shoes and then didn’t put on our shoes because it was only the front walk and didn’t require armor. (And at first I thought maybe she meant didn’t put on a coat. But in the next paragraph he put his hands in his coat pockets.).
I will not be finishing this series at all. It leaves me wondering if this was written with chatgp or AI.
The plot had potential. I liked the characters. I liked the premise. I know with short stories there will sometimes be plot holes and inconsistencies……
However…… let’s talk about where it fell apart for me. (Warning: this may include spoilers).
Harper (fmc) arrives back to her hometown for Thanksgiving. First chapter she states “it’s only four days. I can do this for 4 days”. She even tells Eli (the mmc) and her former boyfriend that she is leaving on Saturday. She’s just home for thanksgiving. Sooo that would put her starting out on TUESDAY. AND HERES WHERE THE TIMELINE FALLS APART: There’s a festival planning meeting on Wednesday, where she is elected to be the co-chair. Okay. It puts her working with Eli. But they meet the next day to plan and organize. But according to MY calendar skills: the next day would be thanksgiving..:a Thursday. 🤔🤔🤔. Apparently not in this story…: they have at least 3 meetings… 1) plan/organize the festival. 2) set up for the festival. 3) rain day and move everything inside and hold mini festival. 4). Hold a big outdoor festival and bonfire which they keep saying is on Saturday night. 🤔🤔🤔🤔. And after allllll of that they have Thanksgiving. 😳😳😳. Sooo the timeline doesn’t hold up. At. All.
There are several other inconsistencies: she’s driving in from Boston….. then she says she doesn’t want to plan her flight home…: 🤔🤔🤔🤔. But maybe she has a rental car. 🤷🏼♀️
The other thing that made this difficult to read is the over use of personification, metaphors, and similes. Sooo many. It’s like a high school student wrote a story for class and was trying to impress the teacher. (Retired teacher here. Soooo I’ve seen things like that). Everything was personified. And sometimes 2-3 times in one paragraph.
Did an editor even look at this? Proofread it? (Example: we walked him to the door and put on our shoes and then didn’t put on our shoes because it was only the front walk and didn’t require armor. (And at first I thought maybe she meant didn’t put on a coat. But in the next paragraph he put his hands in his coat pockets.).
I will not be finishing this series at all. It leaves me wondering if this was written with chatgp or AI.
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November 25, 2025
I really wanted to like this, and overall I did, but the timeline was just really confusing to me. At the beginning of the book it’s established that the main character is going home for Thanksgiving, it’s a Tuesday and she’ll be staying for four days. There will be a planning meeting Wednesday night for the Harvest Festival on Saturday. So she goes to the Wednesday night meeting, and when she wakes up the next morning I assumed it would be Thanksgiving. Nope. Just a normal day. Then she works on the festival for “the next few days.” It seems like a lot of time passes without her saying anything about extending her trip (unless I missed it). Then the Harvest Festival happens, and the male & female leads mention they’ll see each other tomorrow. Thanksgiving, he says, “as if the calendar needed to be told.” UM YES THE CALENDAR DOES NEED TO BE TOLD at this point because the timeline makes no sense!
There are also inconsistencies like when the main character is upset her mom didn’t tell her that her ex would be at the planning meeting, but said ex had literally invited her to the meeting the day before. Also her mom acts surprised that Harper was made a co-chair for the festival, but her mom was at the meeting when it happened.
I also overall liked the writer’s writing style, but she could have definitely edited out some of the similes and metaphors because she went a little overboard on them. For example, she often liked to mention what something smelled like and list two things, at least one thing that has no smell. (Like apples and optimism, or leaves and mild regret.) At one point she said he smelled like “October and a job that you like.” Excuse me, miss. What?
There are also inconsistencies like when the main character is upset her mom didn’t tell her that her ex would be at the planning meeting, but said ex had literally invited her to the meeting the day before. Also her mom acts surprised that Harper was made a co-chair for the festival, but her mom was at the meeting when it happened.
I also overall liked the writer’s writing style, but she could have definitely edited out some of the similes and metaphors because she went a little overboard on them. For example, she often liked to mention what something smelled like and list two things, at least one thing that has no smell. (Like apples and optimism, or leaves and mild regret.) At one point she said he smelled like “October and a job that you like.” Excuse me, miss. What?
January 14, 2026
MAYBE, THIS PLACE STILL FITS
The story is part of the Hearts of Maplebridge series, a clean, sweet, small-town romance. Eli Frost and Harper Lane were once an item—while in school. When Harper left to go to Boston and college, she didn’t move back. Eli stayed, helping his father with the family business, Frost Farm.
Harper, who lives in Boston, is coming home for Thanksgiving, and it is with a heavy heart due to issues with her job and the loss of her boyfriend. Before she knows it, her mother waylays her into helping the town with a campaign to raise funds for roof repairs for the community center. It seems that Harper and Eli will be busy working on the Harvest Festival as the fundraiser.
“You do hard things all the time. None of them are permanent.”
This book could have been much better if the author had kept to the timeline she stated, because it never happens. Overall, this was a fun story, but the timeline is so wonky that it is confusing. She is only supposed to be back in Maplebridge for four days for Thanksgiving—yet this story goes on far beyond that timeframe. I liked the characters and the community's effort to work together and raise the money needed. Have Harper and Eli realized that they still have feelings for one another?
The story is part of the Hearts of Maplebridge series, a clean, sweet, small-town romance. Eli Frost and Harper Lane were once an item—while in school. When Harper left to go to Boston and college, she didn’t move back. Eli stayed, helping his father with the family business, Frost Farm.
Harper, who lives in Boston, is coming home for Thanksgiving, and it is with a heavy heart due to issues with her job and the loss of her boyfriend. Before she knows it, her mother waylays her into helping the town with a campaign to raise funds for roof repairs for the community center. It seems that Harper and Eli will be busy working on the Harvest Festival as the fundraiser.
“You do hard things all the time. None of them are permanent.”
This book could have been much better if the author had kept to the timeline she stated, because it never happens. Overall, this was a fun story, but the timeline is so wonky that it is confusing. She is only supposed to be back in Maplebridge for four days for Thanksgiving—yet this story goes on far beyond that timeframe. I liked the characters and the community's effort to work together and raise the money needed. Have Harper and Eli realized that they still have feelings for one another?
October 29, 2025
⭐️⭐️.75
2.75 stars rounded up
Falling Back to You is part of a series of novellas that I plan to continue. It’s short, cozy, and filled with small-town, second-chance romance vibes that feel perfect for autumn.
Avery Lennox’s writing style is very descriptive and definitely unique to her, you can tell it’s her signature style. I really enjoyed the chemistry between the characters and the story itself, but I do think there’s room for improvement in places. Some parts of the writing and timeline felt a little uneven, and it took me a bit to fully settle into it.
That said, there was a scene that actually made me a little teary-eyed… though that might have been because it was 2am 😅
Overall, this is a warm, emotional novella with heart, and I’d still recommend it if you’re in the mood for something short and cozy with a touch of feels. 🍂
2.75 stars rounded up
Falling Back to You is part of a series of novellas that I plan to continue. It’s short, cozy, and filled with small-town, second-chance romance vibes that feel perfect for autumn.
Avery Lennox’s writing style is very descriptive and definitely unique to her, you can tell it’s her signature style. I really enjoyed the chemistry between the characters and the story itself, but I do think there’s room for improvement in places. Some parts of the writing and timeline felt a little uneven, and it took me a bit to fully settle into it.
That said, there was a scene that actually made me a little teary-eyed… though that might have been because it was 2am 😅
Overall, this is a warm, emotional novella with heart, and I’d still recommend it if you’re in the mood for something short and cozy with a touch of feels. 🍂
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October 15, 2025Cute Cozy Novella
I normally love sitting since the beginning of November to watch Christmas movies because something about the love between the main characters always gives me a "cozy, feel good" feeling. I was just randomly scrolling through books to see if I can find one for the fall season tht gave me the same feeling and decided to give this novella a shot and I do not regret it one bit. It was a quick, easy to follow read and had exactly what I was looking for. I honestly just wish this was a full novel and longer because I love the love between Harper and Eli. Can't wait to read more from this author. ❤️
I normally love sitting since the beginning of November to watch Christmas movies because something about the love between the main characters always gives me a "cozy, feel good" feeling. I was just randomly scrolling through books to see if I can find one for the fall season tht gave me the same feeling and decided to give this novella a shot and I do not regret it one bit. It was a quick, easy to follow read and had exactly what I was looking for. I honestly just wish this was a full novel and longer because I love the love between Harper and Eli. Can't wait to read more from this author. ❤️
November 19, 2025
Lovely home cozy romance rife with hometown memories rekindled with your love for the one that got away. Closed door and cozy, I really enjoyed this novella like one enjoys hot coffee and a scarf on your front porch in the rain. Grinning like a doofus through the whole thing. Very quick read as it is a "novella" but just enough to send one off to dreamland in blissful peace. Recommend!!
December 16, 2025
Definitely loving this new to me series
I always love when I find a writer's voice that really speaks my language. Avery Lennox just gets me. Or maybe I get her. This was a sweet story of coming home again and second chances. Small towns are my sweet spot and this town is worth revisiting.
I always love when I find a writer's voice that really speaks my language. Avery Lennox just gets me. Or maybe I get her. This was a sweet story of coming home again and second chances. Small towns are my sweet spot and this town is worth revisiting.
October 29, 2025
Falling Back to You
A very wholesome small-town Thanksgiving romance. I loved every single thing about this book from the well written storyline to all the characters and their community. A must read cozy Thanksgiving romance. Enjoy
A very wholesome small-town Thanksgiving romance. I loved every single thing about this book from the well written storyline to all the characters and their community. A must read cozy Thanksgiving romance. Enjoy
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