The Pumpkin Patch Secret

Two years after her mother’s death, Teodora “Teddy” Marchetti comes to the family pumpkin patch to run her season, cast her vote to sell the farm, and then go back to the life she calls her own.

Belonging has never come easily to her, and she would rather carry everything alone than make a fuss or admit she needs anyone.

Kent Hillion, now the town vet, grew up with her as the quiet new boy no one made room for, and the small kindness she has forgotten is a favor he has waited thirty years to return.

In the thick of fall he looks past her self-reliance to the loneliness beneath it, while her work on the crumbling cider barn uncovers strange carvings and a hidden compartment that show still more of Rosalind’s secret past.

The town’s beloved “aunts” grow nervous as Teddy presses for answers.

When the locked cabinet finally opens, the four sisters will have to see their mother, and one another, in a new light, and Teddy will face the possibility that asking for help is braver than needing no one.