Sophia Rose is here with a review of The Summer I Found You by Jennifer O’Brien. A recently divorced woman returns to her family’s North Shore home to restore it and uncovers family secrets and maybe a second chance in this summer beach story.
I enjoy slipping into Kristy Woodson Harvey’s summer reads, and Summer State of Mind transports us to Cape Carolina, North Carolina, and into the lives of burnt-out NICU nurse Daisy Stevens and high school baseball coach Mason Thaysden. The two cross paths when an abandoned newborn is discovered. Character growth, romance, and small-town charm pulled me in and transported me.
“These Summer Storms,” a contemporary fiction by Sarah MacLean, was among my most looked-forward-to books of 2025. When I found out Julia Whelan was narrating, I knew I had to listen along. MacLean delivered the perfect beach read filled with family, new beginnings and loss.
If you love small-town romances with heart, you’ll want to grab The Guest Cottage by Lori Foster. This charming tale takes us to Bramble, Kentucky, a lakeside community with some quirks. It is where our heroine, Marlow Heddings, heads to heal and find herself. Perfect for your beach tote!
Beach House Rules by Kristy Woodson Harvey delivered a feel-good, heart-felt summer women’s fiction with all the small-town charm and feels. Grab an iced coffee and your beach bag cause we are headed to the mommune house!
