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Fed up and burnt out, a woman leaves the city to take on the challenge of owning a sunflower farm but finds that her biggest trial is facing her first love in this charming second chance romance by USA Today bestselling author Danica Nava.
Drained by her high-pressure tech job, June Walker finds an escape in homesteading videos and the fantasy of a quieter life. When she finally hits her breaking point, she does the only reasonable she quits her job and buys a crumbling sunflower farm in rural Oklahoma where she grew up.
June thought her biggest challenge in restoring Sunshine Farm would be the rotting fences, but soon comes to the crushing realization that “positive vibes” are not a business plan. Nothing, however, tests her resolve quite like running into her first love, the boy she left behind after her world imploded when she was seventeen. She’s back for a fresh start, not to unpack old heartbreaks.
Noah Abbott never left Love County. Between his family, his job with the local fire brigade, and a town that knows him inside and out, he has everything he needs—except answers. So when June Walker returns as the new owner of Sunshine Farm, Noah is determined to find out why the girl who once meant everything to him vanished without a word.
As old wounds crack open and attraction flares back to life, June and Noah are forced to reckon with their past and decide whether first love is a memory best left buried, or the one thing worth replanting.
Drained by her high-pressure tech job, June Walker finds an escape in homesteading videos and the fantasy of a quieter life. When she finally hits her breaking point, she does the only reasonable she quits her job and buys a crumbling sunflower farm in rural Oklahoma where she grew up.
June thought her biggest challenge in restoring Sunshine Farm would be the rotting fences, but soon comes to the crushing realization that “positive vibes” are not a business plan. Nothing, however, tests her resolve quite like running into her first love, the boy she left behind after her world imploded when she was seventeen. She’s back for a fresh start, not to unpack old heartbreaks.
Noah Abbott never left Love County. Between his family, his job with the local fire brigade, and a town that knows him inside and out, he has everything he needs—except answers. So when June Walker returns as the new owner of Sunshine Farm, Noah is determined to find out why the girl who once meant everything to him vanished without a word.
As old wounds crack open and attraction flares back to life, June and Noah are forced to reckon with their past and decide whether first love is a memory best left buried, or the one thing worth replanting.
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Expected publication November 3, 2026
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Danica Nava
4 books959 followersDanica Nava is an enrolled citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and works as an Executive Assistant in the tech industry. She has her MBA from USC Marshall School of Business. She currently lives in Southern California with her husband and daughter. The Truth According to Ember is her debut novel. You can find her on Instagram at the handle @danica_nava.
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June 27, 2026🌻 ⌞ 𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝: ⌝ 🌻
This looks so cozy and wonderful!!
Thank you NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for the arc.
📆 Publication date: November 3, 2026
This looks so cozy and wonderful!!
Thank you NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for the arc.
📆 Publication date: November 3, 2026
June 2, 2026
You know that feeling you have after a big stretch? When your body is happy, your muscles relaxed? That’s the feeling I had while reading Sunflower Season. I was extremely lucky to be an early reader of Love is a War Song and when Danica announced Sunflower Season I was immediately ready to re-enter whatever world she wanted to bring readers into.
Sunflower Season is whimsical, it stirs the joy you feel while frolicking through a sunflower field, and is filled with golden yearning. But to get to this place of happiness our leads June and Noah must trudge through their interconnected past (which Danica spreads through the book like honey) and for June overcome workplace burnout-coupled-with grief.
What stood out to me in this book? The overwhelming force the corporate world can have on women, and how for women of colour the healing is longer and you unknowingly realize characteristics of yourself can shrink. In the novel, Noah helps June re-discover herself through their past but also their future. But June also takes on the grand plan of taking over a farm.
It’s moving, and absolutely a beautiful read.
Danica does no wrong in my eyes, and Sunflower Season is precious. I can’t wait to add my copy to my shelf.
Thank you to Berkley Romance and Berkley Publishing Group for the early copy.
Sunflower Season is whimsical, it stirs the joy you feel while frolicking through a sunflower field, and is filled with golden yearning. But to get to this place of happiness our leads June and Noah must trudge through their interconnected past (which Danica spreads through the book like honey) and for June overcome workplace burnout-coupled-with grief.
What stood out to me in this book? The overwhelming force the corporate world can have on women, and how for women of colour the healing is longer and you unknowingly realize characteristics of yourself can shrink. In the novel, Noah helps June re-discover herself through their past but also their future. But June also takes on the grand plan of taking over a farm.
It’s moving, and absolutely a beautiful read.
Danica does no wrong in my eyes, and Sunflower Season is precious. I can’t wait to add my copy to my shelf.
Thank you to Berkley Romance and Berkley Publishing Group for the early copy.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
Down-on-her-luck and ready for a fresh start, June pours her life savings into the now rundown farm that stars in her childhood memories. As she mends the property, she rekindles unresolved feelings for her first love.
While I was invested in the premise, there's only telling instead of showing, and I wish it had an additional round of edits to flourish the details and add emotional impact. As it unfolds, it's rather formulaic with simple sentence structures that didn't quite work for me, leaving much to be desired from the craft of writing. I don't feel like I experienced the grueling, tedious rebuilding of the farm in June's shoes, and
June was difficult to follow as a main character, and I honestly didn't find her compelling, though she should have been! Reviving a sunflower farm and rekindling a first love? The potential for an emotional story is there. Her inner dialogue was immature, and her actions and conflicts frustrated me. The charming small town setting should have been cute, but I often found the townsfolk to be over-the-top cringey. Readers are bombarded with the same meddling conversations instead of actually watching June and Noah's relationship develop, which I mainly blame for my lack of connection to the characters and story.
I struggled to push through this boring story, sounding like a child asking "are we there yet?" after each page. With such a stunning cover design, it's such a shame this was a miss!
Thank you to Berkley Romance and NetGalley for the advance reading copy!
While I was invested in the premise, there's only telling instead of showing, and I wish it had an additional round of edits to flourish the details and add emotional impact. As it unfolds, it's rather formulaic with simple sentence structures that didn't quite work for me, leaving much to be desired from the craft of writing. I don't feel like I experienced the grueling, tedious rebuilding of the farm in June's shoes, and
June was difficult to follow as a main character, and I honestly didn't find her compelling, though she should have been! Reviving a sunflower farm and rekindling a first love? The potential for an emotional story is there. Her inner dialogue was immature, and her actions and conflicts frustrated me. The charming small town setting should have been cute, but I often found the townsfolk to be over-the-top cringey. Readers are bombarded with the same meddling conversations instead of actually watching June and Noah's relationship develop, which I mainly blame for my lack of connection to the characters and story.
I struggled to push through this boring story, sounding like a child asking "are we there yet?" after each page. With such a stunning cover design, it's such a shame this was a miss!
Thank you to Berkley Romance and NetGalley for the advance reading copy!
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
From the very first page, I was completely hooked and never wanted to put this book down. I don't know how the author does it, but she always seems to know exactly what story needs to be told, and this one was no exception.
This beautiful second-chance romance follows two former childhood sweethearts whose paths cross again years later, and every moment between them was filled with tension, emotion, and heartbreak. There were so many layers to their story as they navigated old wounds, lingering feelings, and the scars they both carried from the past.
What I loved most was how undeniable their connection felt. No matter how much time had passed or how far apart life had taken them, it was obvious they were always meant to find their way back to each other. The yearning, the angst, and the emotional depth made every interaction between them unforgettable.
I found myself rooting for them from beginning to end. Their journey wasn't easy, but that's what made it feel so rewarding. This is the kind of romance that tugs at your heartstrings and stays with you long after you've turned the final page.
This beautiful second-chance romance follows two former childhood sweethearts whose paths cross again years later, and every moment between them was filled with tension, emotion, and heartbreak. There were so many layers to their story as they navigated old wounds, lingering feelings, and the scars they both carried from the past.
What I loved most was how undeniable their connection felt. No matter how much time had passed or how far apart life had taken them, it was obvious they were always meant to find their way back to each other. The yearning, the angst, and the emotional depth made every interaction between them unforgettable.
I found myself rooting for them from beginning to end. Their journey wasn't easy, but that's what made it feel so rewarding. This is the kind of romance that tugs at your heartstrings and stays with you long after you've turned the final page.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
3.5
It's difficult to know how to rate this. I really love Danica Nava's writing, her humour. I enjoyed this but didn't love it. I felt a bit of an emotional disconnect from the characters and their relationship.
I love the setting, an old sunflower far in need of a lot of work and tlc. I love that Noah is still so down bad for June, despite years apart and many unanswered questions. I enjoyed some of the side-characters. It was funny.
I enjoyed the romance in theory, but felt it was a bit lacking for me and that might be on me because I was expecting a second chance romance to really go there emotionally and it just didn't quite hit the mark. I also disliked that we had the typical "mean girl from highschool is still the same bitch" side-character to try and cause some drama from the FMC. I know mean girls are still a thing, but it unfortunately felt forced. I also didn't love the conflict (outside of the romance) that tales place, genuinely don't think it was necessary or brought anything to the story.
This is in no way a bad book and I do think a lot of people will love it.
I will definitely keep reading her future releases!
It's difficult to know how to rate this. I really love Danica Nava's writing, her humour. I enjoyed this but didn't love it. I felt a bit of an emotional disconnect from the characters and their relationship.
I love the setting, an old sunflower far in need of a lot of work and tlc. I love that Noah is still so down bad for June, despite years apart and many unanswered questions. I enjoyed some of the side-characters. It was funny.
I enjoyed the romance in theory, but felt it was a bit lacking for me and that might be on me because I was expecting a second chance romance to really go there emotionally and it just didn't quite hit the mark. I also disliked that we had the typical "mean girl from highschool is still the same bitch" side-character to try and cause some drama from the FMC. I know mean girls are still a thing, but it unfortunately felt forced. I also didn't love the conflict (outside of the romance) that tales place, genuinely don't think it was necessary or brought anything to the story.
This is in no way a bad book and I do think a lot of people will love it.
I will definitely keep reading her future releases!
June 21, 2026
Thank you to Danica Nava for this ARC giveaway!
This is my favorite Danica Nava book!! The dynamic of June and Noah is SO good, but also their growth and development as individual characters is SO good. I also loved how Danica mixed in a few chapters from Noah’s perspective. Such a great addition, and he’s such a great guy. Ahhhh. This one will stick with me for a while.
June is sick of the technology and corporate world, so what does she do? She moves home to her grandparents’ sunflower farm. After losing her grandma years ago, she left town quickly and wasn’t able to say her goodbyes or have closure. Sunflower Season is a second chance romance with such real themes handled with such grace and gives June the opportunities to have the closure but also build new in a place that means so much to her.
I can’t recommend this one enough! Add it to your tbr list and grab it when it hits shelves in October or November.
This is my favorite Danica Nava book!! The dynamic of June and Noah is SO good, but also their growth and development as individual characters is SO good. I also loved how Danica mixed in a few chapters from Noah’s perspective. Such a great addition, and he’s such a great guy. Ahhhh. This one will stick with me for a while.
June is sick of the technology and corporate world, so what does she do? She moves home to her grandparents’ sunflower farm. After losing her grandma years ago, she left town quickly and wasn’t able to say her goodbyes or have closure. Sunflower Season is a second chance romance with such real themes handled with such grace and gives June the opportunities to have the closure but also build new in a place that means so much to her.
I can’t recommend this one enough! Add it to your tbr list and grab it when it hits shelves in October or November.
June 22, 2026
ARC from NetGalley
I absolutely adored this book. The main characters just hooked me in and walked me through this whole story. We have a woman who thought the dreams she had as a younger girl were the dreams she had to stick with until she just didn’t. After working in a male dominant environment, she finally got sick of having her work be used as someone else’s. Her family farm is up for sale and she decides it’s time to move home. I loved the love in this story and the growth of our main characters. I truly don’t know that I have felt so much for a main character as I did this one in awhile.
I absolutely adored this book. The main characters just hooked me in and walked me through this whole story. We have a woman who thought the dreams she had as a younger girl were the dreams she had to stick with until she just didn’t. After working in a male dominant environment, she finally got sick of having her work be used as someone else’s. Her family farm is up for sale and she decides it’s time to move home. I loved the love in this story and the growth of our main characters. I truly don’t know that I have felt so much for a main character as I did this one in awhile.
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Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
I liked it well enough. The cover suggests a cozy romance, but I think this better belongs in the regular romance category. The barriers to the two characters being together exist only in the head of the FMC and I don't think that's terribly cozy. It is kind of satisfying to read about her overcoming her many hangups, though. This has a Chickasaw FMC which could have been fun. I wish the book had included more cultural detail about that. I did like the farm ambience and the animals. The best part of the book by far, however, is what a good, solid guy the MMC is. That's just nice.
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
I don't know about you, but I've definitely dreamed of giving up everything buying a farm and moving to some quiet place where life might be a little simpler. Obviously, the only thing that could make that better is to discover that the hot firefighter who got away is still pining for you years after you left home.
Seriously, Danica never misses. She is a master of combining humour, heart, and swoon-worthy romance and Sunflower Season hits every one of those marks!
Seriously, Danica never misses. She is a master of combining humour, heart, and swoon-worthy romance and Sunflower Season hits every one of those marks!
May 24, 2026
~ NETGALLEY ARC REVIEW ~
cute little small town romance! overall i enjoyed the story but i will say that the whole third act kinda felt smushed together and rushed. the couple don't even interact on page u til 15% into the book so i thought it was gonna be more slowburn. the background characters felt kinda pointless as well. i loved the overall plot but there was a couple different sideplots that felt unnecessary.
cute little small town romance! overall i enjoyed the story but i will say that the whole third act kinda felt smushed together and rushed. the couple don't even interact on page u til 15% into the book so i thought it was gonna be more slowburn. the background characters felt kinda pointless as well. i loved the overall plot but there was a couple different sideplots that felt unnecessary.
Review of advance copy received from Author
Danica Nava has done it again, with this charming, witty, heartfelt romcom. Sunflower Season is packed full of small-town feels and second chances. I just loved our two leads, June and Noah, who must both overcome so much to find their way back together, and the well-drawn cast of secondary characters is an utter delight! A must read for any season!
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