Publisher: Berkley Publishing
Release Date: May 7, 2024
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5 Beautiful Hearts
This summer they’ll keep their promise. This summer they won’t give into temptation. This summer will be different.
Review:
THIS SUMMER WILL BE DIFFERENT is a perfect summer read. Think vacation, beaches, best friends, long days frolicking in the sun . . . and steamy nights with the local hot guy you'll never see again. Think about finding out that local hot guy you spent the best night of your life with is your best friend's younger brother. The one she explicitly warned you not to fall in love with. Oops! Too late.
I love a good best friend's younger brother romance story, and THIS SUMMER WILL BE DIFFERENT is the best one I've read in a long time. Lucy and Bridget are long time best friends. Each summer, Bridget invites Lucy to her family's beach home in Prince Edward's Island. The one-year Lucy arrives before Bridget, she has a one-nightstand with a local guy who rocks her world while threatening to wreck her heart. Imagine Lucy's shock when she realizes that guy is Bridget's brother. The chemistry is insane, the emotional connection real, but the one thing Lucy will not risk is her friendship with Bridget. And so Lucy and Felix vow to be friends and only friends . . . and they break that promise once a year when Lucy visits Bridget. As years pass, Lucy and Felix's feelings grow as they struggle with the guilt both feel over keeping secrets from Bridget . . . until the summer one unforeseen event forces everyone's hand.
Carley Fortune has crafted a sweet, heartfelt, love story in THIS SUMMER WILL BE DIFFERENT. She has an obvious gift for rendering real characters with depth that readers have empathy for. While the trope has been done many times before, Fortune draws readers into the setting with vivid descriptions of Prince Edwards Island that engages all the senses and feels. I love that the romance develops and matures slowly over the years until it consumes them, refusing to be denied any longer. The sense of family, both by blood and found, and friends is strong throughout and highly relatable. As much as I loved the relationship between Lucy and Felix, the love, respect and sisterly affection between Lucy and Bridget makes the story.
THIS SUMMER WILL BE DIFFERENT is different and highly entertaining. The emotional turmoil is real, the chemistry sizzling and the friendship beautiful. Highly recommended to fans of romance and a great forbidden love, best friend's sibling stories.
Synopsis:
Lucy is the tourist vacationing at a beach house on Prince Edward Island. Felix is the local who shows her a very good time. The only problem: Lucy doesn’t know he’s her best friend’s younger brother. Lucy and Felix’s chemistry is unreal, but the list of reasons why they need to stay away from each other is long, and they vow to never repeat that electric night again.
It’s easier said than done.
Each year, Lucy escapes to PEI for a big breath of coastal air, fresh oysters and crisp vinho verde with her best friend, Bridget. Every visit begins with a long walk on the beach, beneath soaring red cliffs and a golden sun. And every visit, Lucy promises herself she won’t wind up in Felix’s bed. Again.
If Lucy can’t help being drawn to Felix, at least she’s always kept her heart out of it.
When Bridget suddenly flees Toronto a week before her wedding, Lucy drops everything to follow her to the island. Her mission is to help Bridget through her crisis and resist the one man she’s never been able to. But Felix’s sparkling eyes and flirty quips have been replaced with something new, and Lucy’s beginning to wonder just how safe her heart truly is.
It’s easier said than done.
Each year, Lucy escapes to PEI for a big breath of coastal air, fresh oysters and crisp vinho verde with her best friend, Bridget. Every visit begins with a long walk on the beach, beneath soaring red cliffs and a golden sun. And every visit, Lucy promises herself she won’t wind up in Felix’s bed. Again.
If Lucy can’t help being drawn to Felix, at least she’s always kept her heart out of it.
When Bridget suddenly flees Toronto a week before her wedding, Lucy drops everything to follow her to the island. Her mission is to help Bridget through her crisis and resist the one man she’s never been able to. But Felix’s sparkling eyes and flirty quips have been replaced with something new, and Lucy’s beginning to wonder just how safe her heart truly is.
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