Summer Fling Romance Books Can Binge in a Weekend

This work combines four romance novellas by a quartet of acclaimed authors, tied together by summer and love in paradise. From fun diversions on extended work trips to one magical week at a luxury resort, these stories are fun and messy in all the best ways. 

Jane Porter is newly divorced. Her ex got the holiday home and the Porsche. She got the kids and all the responsibility. Now, as she heads towards her 40th birthday, she needs a vacation to clear her head and plan her future. Soon, she's falling for Kai, her surf instructor who's gorgeous, charming, and much younger than her. 

Back home in Seattle, Jackie has to struggle with single parenthood and memories of that perfect Summer. Kai hasn't forgotten her either. Separated by thousands of miles and an age difference their friends disapprove of, they wonder if they can make this love last.

Victoria Beaumont is looking forward to relaxing at the family summer home on Mackinac Island, Michigan, with nothing to distract her but the ebbs of the water and ice in her drinks. But her peace is disturbed before it can even begin when her father, Charles, invites Dirk Ramsey to the island. 

Dirk is a ruthless reporter with an ego the size of the island, and he's been a thorn in the side of Charles’s political career for years. Charles is hoping to sway the writer to his side. Victoria wants nothing to do with any of this, even if Dirk is extremely attractive and intellectually stimulating. Dirk can't cross professional lines, but surely Victoria would be worth it... 

College student Cassie Soul hasn’t spent an entire summer in Avalon Bay since her childhood, in the halcyon days before her parents divorced and her mother shipped her off to Boston. Now that her grandmother is selling the boardwalk hotel that’s been in their family for five decades, Cassie returns to the picturesque beach town for one last Summer with her family as she turns 21. 

On her first night in town, she meets Tate Bartlett, sailing instructor, the golden boy of Avalon and the ideal candidate for a summer romance. Tate loves a casual romance, but the moment he meets Cassie, he knows that he wants more than one summer. The pair spend the season as sorta-friends and sorta-lovers, in a liminal space as they navigate their complicated feelings. Avalon has a few tricks up its sleeve, and some secrets that could change both of their lives.

Justin is cursed. Every time he dates a woman, she breaks up with him and then immediately finds her one true love. After a Reddit thread telling all went viral, Justin's now a star, the good luck charm to any woman looking for their soulmate. Emma is also cursed with the same affliction. So, she comes up with a plan: date Justin for the summer, break up mutually, and hopefully their curses will be fixed. 

Now, Justin and Emma are hanging out and having a breezy summer romance in a cottage on a private island on Lake Minnetonka. If only her toxic mother hadn't turned up and Justin wasn't saddled with guardianship of his three siblings. What does fate have in store for them?

Kai is living the dream as the starting pitcher for Chicago's top baseball team, but he's stretched thin between his job and his duties as a single father. He's too much of a micromanager to let anyone else take over, but his coach is demanding that he hire someone to help, someone who he can't fire: the boss's daughter. 

Miller is a high-end pastry chef who recently won the most prestigious award in her field. But it's left her with a creative block she can't shift. Her dad convinces her to do some nanny work for his team's star player in the meantime. It's only two months, and maybe it'll inspire her. Neither she nor Kai expect things to get personal, but living together and bonding over his son leaves them wondering about what could come next.

Maya Killgore is twenty-three and a struggling grad student who's on her way to Taormina for her brother's wedding. Conor Harkness is her brother's best friend, a biotech mogul who she's had a crush on for years. It's such a cliche to have the hots for the older guy, not to mention super problematic, and she has no desire to give into her worst whims. 

But when she and Conor end up stuck together in a romantic Sicilian villa for over a week, they can't ignore the heat between them. Maybe a summer fling is exactly what they need, some chance to blow off some steam on the Ionian coast. 

Dr. Janelle Cross does not want to go to her sister's destination wedding in Tulum, a nightmare of an event where the groom is her ex. With everyone around her running wild to satisfy the Bridezilla's demands, all Janelle wants to do is let off some steam. Enter Rome Martin, the best man, who makes her an irresistible offer: one week of no-strings-attached fun in paradise until the event is over and they go back to their regular lives. 

Rome has adored Janelle from afar for years but she's always been off-limits. Now, he has a chance to win her over, because one week isn't enough for him. He's determined to show Janelle that they can have something that exists beyond the moment, if she's willing to take the leap.