{"id":163,"date":"2021-04-01T11:12:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T11:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mvpthemes.com\/zoxnews\/?p=163"},"modified":"2021-04-09T17:23:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T17:23:51","slug":"5-romance-books-to-dive-into-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thehappilyeveraftercorner.com\/?p=163","title":{"rendered":"5 ROMANCE BOOKS TO DIVE INTO THIS SUMMER"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s nothing better than laying on the beach or relaxing by the pool with a book in your hand. Listening to the sound of the waves as you flip the page with your toes in the sand. Even if you\u2019re not at the beach, it\u2019s always a fun time to read a hot steamy romance in the comforts of the air conditioner. We love to escape into a new world for a little while, especially when things get hard. Here\u2019s five of our favorite summer romance reads that we think you will enjoy!<\/p>\n

The Unhoneymooners by: Christina Lauren<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo credit: https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/42201431-the-unhoneymooners?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=4xZySUuYHQ&rank=1<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

This is one of our all time favorite enemies to lovers books. After food poisoning ruins her twin sister\u2019s wedding, Olivia is forced to embark on her island honeymoon with the best man, Ethan, who also happens to be her enemy. They decide to put their differences aside because it\u2019s an all expense paid vacation, all they need to do is pretend they\u2019re newlyweds. How hard could it be to avoid each other and do their own thing? What happens when pretending to be married is why the vacation ends up being so much fun? Obviously these two fall in love and it\u2019s just as hilarious and fun as it sounds!<\/p>\n

Beach Read by Emily Henry<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo Credit: https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/52867387-beach-read<\/em><\/p>\n

Beach Read is a recent release and a little deceiving at first because after reading the synopsis and seeing the cover, readers figure it would be a light, fluffy summer read. It ends up being the opposite and deals with family betrayal, tragic pasts, and lies. It follows the main character January, a hopeless romantic author, who moves into her father\u2019s old beach house and ends up meeting neighbor and fellow author, Gus. The two are polar opposites and strike up a challenge to write a book that the other would write. Gus needs to come up with a \u201chappily ever after\u201d romance and January needs to write a more dark, horror genre book. It\u2019s interesting reading how complex they both were as characters and how much they grew throughout the book.<\/p>\n

Well Met by Jen Deluca<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Well Met was one of our favorite books we read last year, it\u2019s so much fun! It follows Emily, who moves to a small town to help her sister out post car accident. Her teenage niece ends up getting her involved in volunteering for the annual Renaissance Fair where she meets stuck up, irritating Simon. This faire is important to him as it\u2019s his family’s legacy and he takes it very seriously. The two bump heads a lot backstage, however when the faire is going on they constantly flirt while in character and soon their characters end up faking their relationship which makes their outside real relationship a bit confusing in the best way. Simon also plays a pirate who Jen Deluca mirrored off of Captain Hook from Once Upon A Time<\/em>, which just makes him that much more irresistible, pirate smolder and all!\u00a0 Another fun tidbit about this story is the appreciation towards Shakespeare and books. While Emily is a tavern wench at the faire, she works at a bookstore and readers get to watch her slowly rebuild her life which makes her extremely relatable. This book is charming, funny, adorable, and so much more!<\/p>\n

On the Island by Tracy Graves<\/strong><\/p>\n

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On the Island<\/em> is kind of the black sheep on this list because it isn\u2019t your typical boy meets girl romance. The book deals with a significant age gap romance, which can be tricky to write. However, Graves wrote it wonderfully. Thirty year old teacher Anna is offered a job tutoring high schooler TJ during the summer at his tropical vacation home. She agrees to travel there with her student and meet the family, but when the plane crashes they find themselves stranded with only each other to rely on to survive. They learn how to live on this island together and as time passes, TJ also is becoming a man. Prior to the crash, he is in recovery from cancer, meaning even though he is young, he has a much more mature outlook on life than most people his age. Their relationship begins to grow and one of the really interesting things about this is the question of: What happens when the normal rules built in from society are stripped away and these two need to rely on each other for survival because they are all each other has? Its intense, and readers truly watch these two people fall in love even in the most extreme circumstances.<\/p>\n

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo Credit: https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/36199084-the-kiss-quotient?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=6wP81t0gdD&rank=1<\/em><\/p>\n

This is a heartwarming story about a woman who is on the spectrum, her entire world revolves around math, numbers and that\u2019s her way of finding logic. She’s extremely successful in her job and because of that, her dating life is pretty lacking. Love and romance is one thing that she has no experience in or even understands so her solution is to hire an escort to help her learn the mechanisms of kissing and all the physical things that come with being in a relationship. This is how we meet Michael who teaches her all about foreplay and as the story progresses, these two fall in love and the feelings that develop throughout this book makes it so special. Michael is such GOALS and the consent shown throughout this book is so important. He\u2019s patient, caring, and absolutely perfect for Stella. It will melt your heart watching these two fall in love. Highly recommend picking this one up!<\/p>\n

Be sure to let us know if you pick up any of these romance novels and what some of your recommendations are!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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