Hot Ghoul Summer

Starting over never felt so scary…

Edie Mercer, a brilliant neuroscientist, has spent her life convinced that needing others makes her a burden. Kit Gray, a globe-trotting music festival designer, has spent fifteen years coping with his brother Liam’s death in the most unconventional way possible—by never actually letting him go.

The last thing Kit wants is to organize a too-small music festival. Especially not one in Halloween Town, where Mayor Luna is determined to turn Solstice Springs into the hottest summer destination around. But when Luna decides Kit is the perfect man for the job, resisting her plans proves almost impossible.

Thrown together when Kit takes charge of his uncle’s bar, where Edie works part-time, the two find themselves reluctantly drawn into Luna’s increasingly ambitious plans. And as spring turns in summer, so does the attraction between two people who are equally determined not to need anyone else.

But with the town facing a supernatural crisis, its festivals spiraling out of control and the ghosts of Kit’s past refusing to stay buried, Edie and Kit must each confront the things they’ve been running from—or risk losing the chance to build a future together.

About the author

Joss Wood writes romances featuring messy emotions, simmering attraction, sharp banter, and the kind of happily-ever-after that makes all the emotional damage worth it. Her books set in Solstice Springs feature a very quirky small town, lovable chaos agents, nosy neighbours, invested ghosts, all-year-round Halloween energy, and enough spice to fog up a window or two.

She’s been writing stories forever and has written more than eighty books for various publishers. She strives to create characters who are flawed, funny, emotionally vulnerable, and deeply relatable. When she’s not writing, she’s usually over-caffeinated, under-exercised, planning her next trip, or being emotionally manipulated by her two cats and her enormous, spectacularly badly behaved dog.