Smashed Pumpkins

By sundown, the crew will learn the hard way: in this patch, the pumpkins do the picking.

Valerie is done living the life her mom mapped out. Shaun's football dreams ended with one bad tackle, and now he's spiraling without a future. Both need a fresh start, and a day of farmhand work at Farmer Fred's "Fantastic" Farm, home of Blandville's Pumpkin Spice Festival, seems harmless enough.

Neither expects to come face-to-face with an old crush while they're knee-deep in pumpkins and petty chores-let alone feel those sparks reignite. But just as Val and Shaun begin to find comfort, and maybe something more, in each other, Fred's chemically enhanced fertilizer unleashes a nightmare. The pumpkins carve, the vines want blood, and the volunteers are first on the menu.

Now Val and Shaun must fight their way through one blood-soaked farm if they want to survive the night. Because in Blandville, KY...love might be the only thing strong enough to survive the smash.

Meet Lindsey-a self-proclaimed goofball with a love for the weird, the witty, and the wonderfully spooky, she thrives on corny jokes, jump scares, and way too much coffee. Lindsey's world is a swirl of bright colors, big imagination, and stories that bite-with love, of course. By day, she's a marketing manager, crafting stories that sell. By night, she trades email campaigns for creativity, bringing her own worlds to life. The result? A genre-blending mix of romance, humor, action, and just the right amount of creepy-because why settle for one flavor when you can have them all? When she's not writing, Lindsey is a proud mama soaking up outdoor adventures with her family. You can also find her lost in a book, enjoying a cozy video game, grooving to nineties music, cracking up at the latest pun, or indulging in her favorite pastime: watching scary movies with the lights off. (Obviously.)