Pumpkin King
Stormy O’hara
Publisher: Self-published
Publication date: Sept. 10, 2026
Genre: Paranormal Romance
A virgin lights a candle summoning a hot pagan god who only wants one thing in this cozy, spicy, small-town, 90s, paranormal Halloween romance novella.
Jack
One hundred years after the mortals stopped believing in me, a virgin lights the orange candle and I’m back.But the only way I can regain my full power and return to the mortal realm for good is to deflower the fair maiden who lit the candle.
Now I have just two days to convince small-town girl Clementine to give up her mortality and become my queen for all eternity.
If I can’t, this Halloween will be my last and I’ll become nothing but pumpkin dust.
Clementine
When I inherit my great aunt’s old house, I’m looking forward to a new start, even if it means sorting through all her weird old junk first.Next thing I know, my cousin is daring me to light an old orange candle and say “Pumpkin King” three times to make him appear.
It’s just an urban legend, right?
Except it’s not.
The Pumpkin King is real, and if I don’t let him deflower me by midnight on Halloween, he’ll be gone forever, and this could be the last good harvest. Ever.
My thoughts…
This was a fun read. It was really short, as most novellas tend to be. So a lot of crammed into a short period of time and you need to just let your sense of reality go. Because, honestly, would a woman decide to not only give her v-card to, but be stuck with a man for eternity when she just met him not even 24 hours ago? No. No sane person would do such a thing. So don’t go into this book expecting real-world decisions, because you’re not gonna get it here.
What this book offers is a fun fall harvest pagan god romance. The FMC is kind forgettable but let’s be honest, we aren’t here to read about her… we’re here to read about him. Jack, the pagan god of harvest. He is responsible for bountiful crops, but when people stop believing in him, his power disappears. Back in the 1800’s he used to be worshiped and honored every year with rituals and offerings of pumpkin pie, but that’s not the case anymore. So when over 100 years later he is summoned, well, let’s just same homeboy is eager. He’s got 24 hours to make a virgin fall in love with him or he disappears.
Now, I’m not overly sure on the whole deflowering thing to find a queen for eternity. It was said that he was worshiped hundreds of years ago, which makes me wonder… was no one ever successful in summoning him before? They say he’s very handsome, which leads me to believe that someone summoned him at some point and laid eyes on him, but if that were the case, his bride would be immortal and he wouldn’t be on earth in this book looking for a bride. So I suppose previous attempts were unsuccessful?
This story was a fun mix of fall vibes, small-town feel, and spicy times.
