Books About Summer Romance to Add to Your Reading List
There is something truly special about the summer reading season. As a mood reader, some of my favorite books this time of year are books about summer romance. However, all summer romance books are not created equal. In this post, I’ve rounded up the best books about summer romance that I’ve read and rated with four or five stars.
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Say You Still Love Me by KA Tucker
Plot:
Piper Calloway is a 29-year-old VP at her dad’s real estate firm struggling to earn respect in a male-dominated industry. Just when she thinks her life at the office can’t get any more complicated, she runs into her first love, Kyle Miller, whom she hasn’t seen or heard from in thirteen years. Kyle is the newest security guard at Piper’s office but acts as if he doesn’t even remember her. Piper is determined to discover why Kyle is back in her life and what went wrong years ago that has kept them apart since the summer they met as camp counselors.
Read If You Like:
- Dual timelines
- Opposites attract & second-chance romances
- Strong female leads
Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover
Plot:
The sudden death of Beyah’s mother forces her to spend the summer with a father she barely knows in a beach town where he lives with his new wife and stepdaughter. Beyah arrives expecting to keep to herself until it’s time to leave for college, but her plan is disrupted by her new neighbor, Samson. Coming from two very different backgrounds of poverty and extreme wealth, Beyah is surprised to find herself forming a connection with Samson as the summer progresses.
Read If You Like:
- New-adult romances
- Stories set in beach towns
- Books that break your heart a bit but then put it back together
It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
Plot:
After instigating a party that goes wrong, LA “It Girl” Piper Bellinger is cut off from her wealthy family and is sent to a small fishing town of Westport to learn responsibility by running her late father’s bar. There she meets the grumpy sea captain Brendan who thinks Piper has no hope of lasting in his town and living up to her father’s legacy. To both of their surprise, Piper finds reasons to love Westport and begins questioning her life and connections back home in LA.
Read If You Like:
- Grumpy/Sunshine trope
- Schitt’s Creek
- Small-town romances
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
Plot:
Persephone (Percy) Fraser spent six summers of her childhood in the small lake town of Barry’s Bay. A decade ago, she made a mistake that kept her from the place she once considered a second home until she received a call that her childhood best friend, Sam Florek’s mom, had passed away. When Percy returns to Barry’s Bay, she has to confront the decisions of her past and the people she’s kept at arm’s length.
Read If You Like:
- Dual timelines
- Friends to lovers & second chance romances
- Summers spent on a lake
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