{"product_id":"the-boo-next-door-paperback","title":"The Boo Next Door - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnnie Carlisle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI came home to save my grandmother's house. I declared war on the neighbor instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLila Merriweather builds monsters for a living - or did, until the theme park \"sunsetted\" her whole department. Now she's back in Hollow Creek with a leaking roof, a judgmental cat, and one shot at the $10,000 prize in the town's legendary Halloween decorating contest. The contest her grandmother won twelve years running.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only thing standing between Lila and the Golden Gourd is Grady Ellis: volunteer firefighter, three-time champion, owner of a two-story animatronic dragon and the most infuriating shoulders in New England. He rescues cats. He coaches youth soccer. He posed her own skeletons into the words GIVE UP.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's war. It's extension-cord theft and fog-machine sabotage and a meddling committee that sentences them to build the kids' Haunted Walk together. It's a nor'easter, one tiny shed, and a kiss that changes absolutely nothing, she'll destroy him anyway, on the merits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Grady is keeping a secret in his garage - forty-one secrets, actually, and a letter with her grandmother's handwriting on it - and when it all comes out on Devil's Night, Lila has one day to decide what Halloween is actually for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA steamy, laugh-out-loud enemies-to-lovers novella about grief, gourds, competitive decorating, and coming home. Standalone. HEA guaranteed. Cat approves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 134\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 18, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45978171113607,"sku":"9798237253306","price":23.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/wP1YHVFIVD9798237253306.webp?v=1790779824","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-boo-next-door-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}