Tricked in October
Starla DeKruyf
(Pineridge, #2)
Publication date: October 25th 2022
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
In this best-friends-to-lovers romance, mistaken identity leads to a Halloween hook-up that might not be so mistaken after all.
After losing her husband last winter, the thought of hosting a Halloween couples costume party is the furthest thing from Kelsey OβHenryβs mind. Besides raising three young children, managing OβHenryβs Bar and Grill, and caring for her alcoholic mother, she has more important things to worry about. Like the stack of unpaid business loans that threaten the barβs existence. As well as her newfound feelings sheβs developed for her best guy friend.
Davis Vance is tired of being followed around by cameras. He misses the days before he and his twin brother became βRenovation Dudesββhosts of an HGTV show. When Davis learns Kelsey could lose the bar at the end of the fall season, he sees it as an opportunity to not only help his friend, but as a way out of renewing his HGTV contract.
Thereβs just one problemβlately Davisβs feelings for Kelsey have been less friendly and more romantic. And on the night of the barβs Halloween party, both Kelsey and Davis can no longer ignore their desires. Will their passionate evening be a one-night standβonly a flicker of heat during the crisp autumn, or will she risk her pride and accept his help?
Author Bio:
Starla DeKruyf started writing when she still had words left to say and everyone stopped listening. Her love of romance novels began when she borrowed her friendβs copy of Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume and kept it hidden from her mom. When sheβs not slinging coffee, volunteering with youth, or taxiing her kids around, you can find her jamming out to her playlists and writing her next swoony romance, usually by hand. She lives in Bend, Oregon, with her husband, three children, their English Mastiff, and a rescue pup.

