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Summer Reads Book Summaries

Every Summer After

by Carley Fortune

Twelve years after breaking him, his mother's funeral brings her back to their lake.

4.16

900k+

🖤 Childhood Sweethearts ☀️ Summer Cottage Romance 🔥 Slow Burn

Immersive

Every Summer After

Twelve years after breaking him, his mother's funeral brings her back to their lake.

by Carley Fortune 2022 320 pages

4.16

900k+ ratings

🖤 Childhood Sweethearts ☀️ Summer Cottage Romance 🔥 Slow Burn

The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy

by Jenny Han • 2011

Belly has loved Conrad for years, but this summer his brother loves her back.

4.18

43k+

☀️ Summer Romance 💘 Love Triangle 💕 First Love

The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy

Belly has loved Conrad for years, but this summer his brother loves her back.

by Jenny Han 2011 896 pages

4.18

43k+ ratings

☀️ Summer Romance 💘 Love Triangle 💕 First Love

What Happens in Paradise

by Elin Hilderbrand • 2019

A widow's tropical inheritance: the villa, the mistress, and the FBI agent her husband left behind.

4.03

100k+

🔍 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Secret Double Life 💕 Widow'S New Love

What Happens in Paradise

A widow's tropical inheritance: the villa, the mistress, and the FBI agent her husband left behind.

by Elin Hilderbrand 2019 432 pages

4.03

100k+ ratings

🔍 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Secret Double Life 💕 Widow'S New Love

Summers at the Saint

by Mary Kay Andrews • 2024

At a Georgia beach resort, a niece's murder forces the owner to suspect her own family.

4.05

60k+

🏖️ Coastal Resort Mystery 💰 Class Divide 🔍 Family Secrets

Summers at the Saint

At a Georgia beach resort, a niece's murder forces the owner to suspect her own family.

by Mary Kay Andrews 2024 448 pages

4.05

60k+ ratings

🏖️ Coastal Resort Mystery 💰 Class Divide 🔍 Family Secrets

Summer Romance

by Annabel Monaghan • 2024

After her divorce, a professional organizer's tidy plans unravel when a summer fling gets serious.

4.01

100k+

🧒 Single Mom Romance 💔 Post-Divorce Romance ☀️ Summer Fling

Summer Romance

After her divorce, a professional organizer's tidy plans unravel when a summer fling gets serious.

by Annabel Monaghan 2024 321 pages

4.01

100k+ ratings

🧒 Single Mom Romance 💔 Post-Divorce Romance ☀️ Summer Fling

The Summer of Yes

by Courtney Walsh • 2024

An editor shares a hospital room with a cosmetics mogul. Their pact: a summer of risk.

3.97

21k+

👭 Cross-Generational Friendship 🏠 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy / Sunshine

The Summer of Yes

An editor shares a hospital room with a cosmetics mogul. Their pact: a summer of risk.

by Courtney Walsh 2024 384 pages

3.97

21k+ ratings

👭 Cross-Generational Friendship 🏠 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy / Sunshine

The Summer Place

by Jennifer Weiner • 2022

A rushed Cape Cod wedding exposes family secrets, strains a marriage, and rekindles an old love.

3.56

75k+

🖤 Family Secrets 🏖️ Beach House 👰 Summer Wedding

The Summer Place

A rushed Cape Cod wedding exposes family secrets, strains a marriage, and rekindles an old love.

by Jennifer Weiner 2022 432 pages

3.56

75k+ ratings

🖤 Family Secrets 🏖️ Beach House 👰 Summer Wedding

Summer in the City

by Alex Aster • 2025

To break her writer's block, she fake-dates the billionaire who once mistook her pride for greed.

3.70

100k+

🎭 Fake Dating ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 💼 Billionaire Romance

Summer in the City

To break her writer's block, she fake-dates the billionaire who once mistook her pride for greed.

by Alex Aster 2025 304 pages

3.70

100k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 💼 Billionaire Romance

It's a Love Story

by Annabel Monaghan • 2025

A former TV star needing a win collides with a cinematographer who sees past her performance.

3.83

99k+

🎬 Hollywood Romance ❤️‍🩹 Healing Journey ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

It's a Love Story

A former TV star needing a win collides with a cinematographer who sees past her performance.

by Annabel Monaghan 2025 368 pages

3.83

99k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Romance ❤️‍🩹 Healing Journey ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

The Summer of Broken Rules

by K.L. Walther

Grieving her sister, a teen falls for the boy she must eliminate in a family game.

3.88

300k+

🏖️ Summer Romance 🌱 Grief And Healing 💕 Meet-Cute

Immersive

The Summer of Broken Rules

Grieving her sister, a teen falls for the boy she must eliminate in a family game.

by K.L. Walther 2021 359 pages

3.88

300k+ ratings

🏖️ Summer Romance 🌱 Grief And Healing 💕 Meet-Cute

Alex, Approximately

by Jenn Bennett • 2017

An online crush lured her to town. The distracting surfer at work wasn't part of the plan.

3.93

55k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💻 Online To Real Life 🏖️ Summer Romance

Alex, Approximately

An online crush lured her to town. The distracting surfer at work wasn't part of the plan.

by Jenn Bennett 2017 391 pages

3.93

55k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💻 Online To Real Life 🏖️ Summer Romance

Better Than Before

by Lynn Painter • 2023

The boy Bailey clashed with mid-flight just became her next-door neighbor for the summer.

4.13

16k+

🌞 Ya Summer Romance 💘 Rivals To Lovers ✈️ Meet Cute

Better Than Before

The boy Bailey clashed with mid-flight just became her next-door neighbor for the summer.

by Lynn Painter 2023 42 pages

4.13

16k+ ratings

🌞 Ya Summer Romance 💘 Rivals To Lovers ✈️ Meet Cute

Just Friends

by Haley Pham • 2026

Her aunt's final summer pulls her back to the beach town and her estranged childhood sweetheart.

3.52

38k+

💞 Second Chance Romance 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏖️ Small Beach Town

Just Friends

Her aunt's final summer pulls her back to the beach town and her estranged childhood sweetheart.

by Haley Pham 2026 317 pages

3.52

38k+ ratings

💞 Second Chance Romance 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏖️ Small Beach Town

Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds

by Allison Brennan • 2025

A book lover finds coded blackmail in a beach read. The writer washes up dead.

3.58

6k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📚 Books About Books 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery

Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds

A book lover finds coded blackmail in a beach read. The writer washes up dead.

by Allison Brennan 2025 390 pages

3.58

6k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📚 Books About Books 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery

The Five-Star Weekend

by Elin Hilderbrand

A widow's Nantucket weekend with four friends implodes when she learns one was her husband's lover.

4.01

300k+

🌊 Bittersweet Summer 🥂 Girls' Weekend 💕 Old Flame Returns

Immersive

The Five-Star Weekend

A widow's Nantucket weekend with four friends implodes when she learns one was her husband's lover.

by Elin Hilderbrand 2023 384 pages

4.01

300k+ ratings

🌊 Bittersweet Summer 🥂 Girls' Weekend 💕 Old Flame Returns

This Summer Will Be Different

by Carley Fortune • 2024

A florist's island summer collides with the best friend's brother she promised to forget.

3.95

300k+

🫣 Best Friend'S Brother 🤫 Secret Relationship 🏘️ Small Town Romance

This Summer Will Be Different

A florist's island summer collides with the best friend's brother she promised to forget.

by Carley Fortune 2024 368 pages

3.95

300k+ ratings

🫣 Best Friend'S Brother 🤫 Secret Relationship 🏘️ Small Town Romance

Don’t Forget to Write

by Sara Goodman Confino • 2023

Exiled to her matchmaker aunt's, a co-ed falls for a lifeguard with a secret.

4.48

78k+

☀️ 1960s Summer 👵 Matchmaker Aunt 🏊 Summer Fling

Don’t Forget to Write

Exiled to her matchmaker aunt's, a co-ed falls for a lifeguard with a secret.

by Sara Goodman Confino 2023 334 pages

4.48

78k+ ratings

☀️ 1960s Summer 👵 Matchmaker Aunt 🏊 Summer Fling

Slow Burn Summer

by Josie Silver • 2025

An actress with nothing left pretends to write a bestseller. The lie changes her life.

3.40

9k+

📚 Publishing World 🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Slow Burn Summer

An actress with nothing left pretends to write a bestseller. The lie changes her life.

by Josie Silver 2025 352 pages

3.40

9k+ ratings

📚 Publishing World 🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Summer State of Mind

by Kristy Woodson Harvey • 2026

A burnt-out nurse and a hometown coach share a rescued newborn and a slow-burn Southern romance.

3.80

6k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Romance

Summer State of Mind

A burnt-out nurse and a hometown coach share a rescued newborn and a slow-burn Southern romance.

by Kristy Woodson Harvey 2026 384 pages

3.80

6k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Romance

Love Overboard

by Kandi Steiner • 2026

A reality superyacht show reunites a chief stewardess with the ex who broke her heart.

3.82

12k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 💼 Workplace Romance 🔒 Forced Proximity

Love Overboard

A reality superyacht show reunites a chief stewardess with the ex who broke her heart.

by Kandi Steiner 2026 464 pages

3.82

12k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 💼 Workplace Romance 🔒 Forced Proximity

The Summer of Serendipity

by Ali McNamara • 2017

Sent to find an Irish dream home, a guarded woman discovers a house that finds people.

3.90

1k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ✨ Magical Realism Romance 🇮🇪 Irish Setting

The Summer of Serendipity

Sent to find an Irish dream home, a guarded woman discovers a house that finds people.

by Ali McNamara 2017 368 pages

3.90

1k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ✨ Magical Realism Romance 🇮🇪 Irish Setting

Winter in Paradise

by Elin Hilderbrand • 2018

A widow uncovers her husband's secret Caribbean life: a villa, a lover, and a daughter.

4.08

100k+

🌴 Tropical Mystery 🕵️ Secret Double Life 🔍 Domestic Suspense

Winter in Paradise

A widow uncovers her husband's secret Caribbean life: a villa, a lover, and a daughter.

by Elin Hilderbrand 2018 310 pages

4.08

100k+ ratings

🌴 Tropical Mystery 🕵️ Secret Double Life 🔍 Domestic Suspense

Maine Characters

by Hannah Orenstein • 2025

Half-sisters who never met inherit a Maine lake house and one summer to become a family.

3.50

20k+

🗝️ Family Secrets 👭 Secret Sister 👯 Sisterhood

Maine Characters

Half-sisters who never met inherit a Maine lake house and one summer to become a family.

by Hannah Orenstein 2025 400 pages

3.50

20k+ ratings

🗝️ Family Secrets 👭 Secret Sister 👯 Sisterhood

The Last Sunrise

by Anna Todd

One summer in Mallorca: a dying heiress falls for a fisherman whose family her mother ruined.

3.54

4k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💊 Chronic Illness Romance ☀️ Summer Fling

Immersive

The Last Sunrise

One summer in Mallorca: a dying heiress falls for a fisherman whose family her mother ruined.

by Anna Todd 2025 384 pages

3.54

4k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💊 Chronic Illness Romance ☀️ Summer Fling

Well Met

by Jen DeLuca • 2019

Reluctant tavern wench. Rigid Faire organizer. Their fake handfasting feels anything but pretend.

3.82

78k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌤️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity

Well Met

Reluctant tavern wench. Rigid Faire organizer. Their fake handfasting feels anything but pretend.

by Jen DeLuca 2019 335 pages

3.82

78k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌤️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity

Have a Great Summer

by Francesca Cocchi • 2026

Her high school heartbreak is getting married, and she just signed the license as his bride.

3.85

2k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏖️ Small Beach Town

Have a Great Summer

Her high school heartbreak is getting married, and she just signed the license as his bride.

by Francesca Cocchi 2026 305 pages

3.85

2k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏖️ Small Beach Town

Worse Than Strangers

by Kyleigh Leddy • 2026

Lily returns to Nantucket adrift. The stranger in the cottage: her mother's long-lost first love.

3.92

236

🏠 Generational Story 📜 Austen Inspired 💕 Second Chance Romance

Worse Than Strangers

Lily returns to Nantucket adrift. The stranger in the cottage: her mother's long-lost first love.

by Kyleigh Leddy 2026 320 pages

3.92

236 ratings

🏠 Generational Story 📜 Austen Inspired 💕 Second Chance Romance

Hello, Summer

by Mary Kay Andrews • 2020

Career in ruins, she returns to her Florida hometown and witnesses a congressman's fiery death.

3.87

36k+

🔍 Small Town Secrets 💕 Friends To Lovers 🤫 Family Secrets

Hello, Summer

Career in ruins, she returns to her Florida hometown and witnesses a congressman's fiery death.

by Mary Kay Andrews 2020 472 pages

3.87

36k+ ratings

🔍 Small Town Secrets 💕 Friends To Lovers 🤫 Family Secrets

Summer's Never Over

by Darby Bozeman • 2026

She inherits a summer camp and her best friend's fatal fire. Everyone there is lying.

3.58

7k+

🏕️ Summer Camp 🧠 Psychological Thriller 👭 Female Friendship

Summer's Never Over

She inherits a summer camp and her best friend's fatal fire. Everyone there is lying.

by Darby Bozeman 2026 368 pages

3.58

7k+ ratings

🏕️ Summer Camp 🧠 Psychological Thriller 👭 Female Friendship

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