Summer Ever After

Falling in love is easy. Finding the right guy to spend happily ever after with… that’s the hard part. 

But I have a foolproof plan. I’m taking the tropes that work in romance books and applying them to my love life.

Only one bed? Never fails.

Caring for someone when they’re sick? A classic.

“Who did this to you?” Seals the deal every single time.

So long, loneliness. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

But the more I try to force romance, the more feelings naturally progress with the one man who’s off limits: Walker Collins, the guy I’ve had a secret crush on since 7th grade, not to mention my best friend’s older brother. 

Dating Walker crosses BFF lines I swore I’d never cross. Plus, he hates Sunset Harbor, and his pro golf career will take him off the island as fast as he came, sending me back to the land of singlehood, loneliness, and broken hearts. 

At the end of the day, I don’t want to be the fool in my foolproof plan.

My Review:

Bwahahahaha! Just….insert lots of snort laughing. And what a brilliant concept for a rom/com — featuring every trope imaginable (and a few micro-tropes I’d never thought of!) in a desperate bid to find a happily ever after with somebody somehow and most definitely by the end of the summer. Oh Jane!

Think a series of worst first dates only themed. So many laugh-out-loud scenes as Jane tries to force sparks upon the unsuspecting single men of Sunset Harbor. Only, of course, those dreamy romantic tropes that play out so wonderfully in fiction don’t quite translate the same way in real life.

Unless it happens to be with the only man not on her list — Walker Collins. And the way that Keisel works Walker into the chaos that is Jane’s summer campaign is so well done! And oh my! The man is flirty and outrageous and knows how to rile Jane up without even trying. 🙂

And while ‘Summer Ever After’ is a lighthearted rom/com, it also has some deeper emotional layers that make the read even more satisfying. Oh — and that ending? — Wowza — silver screen worthy and toe-curling good!

I listened to the audio edition brilliantly narrated by Amanda Friday and Andy Harrington. They delivered the teasing banter to perfection and really captured the charm and eccentricities of these characters — especially Jane’s Pollyanna-on-steroids persona. Such an easy and captivating listen. Highly recommend.

My thanks to the author, Dreamscape Media and Net Galley for providing me with an audio edition of this book.

16 thoughts on “Summer Ever After”

  5. Can’t wait for the opportunity to read Jane and Walker’s story within the pages of “Summer Ever After”. Sounds like the perfect summer read to lift one’s spirits and bring a little laughter into the day. Thank you for your review and adding another book to my TBR list.

    2clowns at arkansas dot net

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  6. Look at you feeding my book obsession 😂 I’m going on a wee mini vacation by myself next week & was looking for a lighthearted read to take with me….well, I think this one will do rather nicely! This kind of story is great when you don’t want to take a heavier plot along on a trip, but still have a need to read something 😉

    And it’s on Kindle Unlimited so I am borrowing it….I also see there are SIX other books in this series. Might hafta check out the rest at some point in time 😁

    Thanks Kav, I always trust a book I’m not sure about when you practically drool over it….lol!! Your reviews help me dig up unknown treasures in books & they usually end up as favorite reads 💖

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    1. Yay — enjoy your mini vacation and this first book in the Falling For Summer series! I’ve read two of them so far and am enjoying the island setting and it’s really interesting because all the books take place at the same time so you get interesting glimpses of things happening with other characters. Very clever way to keep a reader’s interest and it must have taken some collaboration on the authors’ part to keep things straight. Must have been fun world building the island. I think all the books are on KU so you’ll be set for the summer. 🙂 Happy Reading, Trixi!

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  7. I’ve read five in the series so far and love each one and especially how they’re so interconnected. Really a fun summer series!

    Sandy

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    1. Yes — and they’re interconnected in a way that you can read them in any order. I’ve read three out of order and getting ready to read the fourth which will actually be the second, I think, 🙂 Happy Reading, Sandy!

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