Summer Lovin'
Various, Jill Williamson EditorRomance anthology
Available from The Wild Rose Press
ISBN: 1-60154-621-1
May 2009
| Summer Vacation is a magical time and a teenage girl enters each one with high expectations. And highest of all is usually the hopes of a summer romance that may even carry over into a happily ever after. Summer Lovin' is an anthology of stories of six of these girls and what they did over their summer vacation. Paige is literally pulled from the flood waters that have swept over her home by Chase in Summer Storm. Robin in Wish Upon a Rock Star yearns to meet her idol, Brody X, but finds herself tongue-tied backstage. Natalie of Saddle up, Sweetheart is in danger of losing both the job she likes and the rancher's son she loves.
Summer Lovin is a perfect book to read poolside or at the beach. Or in your room if summer isn't too exciting this year. The heroines have enough adventures to fill anyone's vacation. Some have definitive plans for summer, which of course their clueless parents are likely to set awry, like Poor CJ in Just Perfect. A summer job, saving for college? Really? And some have already had to take on a lot of responsibility even at their young age, like Natalie the feed-store clerk/ranch hand. One of the best things in Summer Lovin' is the variety of locales. From a sand sculpture contest on Vancouver Island to a miniature golf course somewhere in middle America, the appealing heroines set forth. They are from different backgrounds, and all kinds of families, but each one is someone the reader would love to know. And of course, there are the boys. Cute boys, gorgeous boys, even kind and caring boys. And a few the reader hopes will go away before they cause any more trouble. But there are definitely boys, because how could a girl imagine her summer without at least the hope of one of these guys to make it special. And maybe a few kisses to make the summer extra sparkly. Read this book this summer, I think its magic is contagious.
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Reviewer: Sky |
