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A Pack for Autumn by Emilia Emerson

Cozyverse indeed! This is book one in a four book series by Omegaverse authors Emilia Emerson and Eliana Lee (starting here with Emilia). They promoted this series as low-angst, cozy Omegaverse and it definitely followed through. It is simultaneously the comfiest, sweetest fall in Stars Hallow-esque read and the spiciness expected of Omegaverse with all the regular aspects. Olive Autumn Harvest has moved to small coastal town Starlight Grove to be their new lighthouse keeper. She is an omega who has experienced the loss of family and lives with chronic illness, so she believes she's better off alone. But right from chapter 1 in this multi-POV story we find out that Easton, the first of the three alphas who eventually pursue her, is already obsessed (very specifically not in a creepy way, he'd like you to know). Things fall into place with the help of the meddling town cat, Felix, so that he and his pack brothers, Lars and Finn, are working every day to restore the lighthouse.
Olive is fiesty and sometimes cranky, but is timid and vulnerable under it all. She hates socizliing but the town, including her new instant friend group (the other three ladies who will have books in the series), won't let her keep herself hidden. But even with her eventual pack, her friends, and other townsfolk (including a Taylor Dosey type pushy older man in charge of the town's many festivals), Olive is unsure that people will continue to want her around when they find out about her physical and mental health conditions that other people have said are "too much" before. 
I absolutely loved life in this little town, trying to catch all the Gilmore Girls references, and Felix the seemingly sentient cat. Don't be fooled by the cute cover (which is super adorable by the way and I love both covers I've seen so far), the spice in this book is spicy (and excellent) and follows pretty established alpha/omega tendencies (knots, heats, ruts, etc.). I myself just got into reading Omegaverse earlier this year and these two authors were some of my favorites, so I was pumped when I found out they were creating this series together. The first book did not disappoint and I look forward to the next book when it is released in December. But first, you can read A Pack for Autumn when it's out Nov 13/24. Thank you to Emilia for the arc!