Cover of Hot Summer

Affiliate links — we may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. Learn more

Hot Summer

Elle Everhart

395 pagesromantic comedy
(3k)Steamy

A strategy-driven woman on a Love Island-style show falls for the one contestant who likes her sharp edges.

Description

Sparks fly when a young woman finds herself cast on a Love Island-inspired reality show and has to choose between her heart and her strategy in this sizzling new queer romantic comedy from the beloved author of Wanderlust.This summer, things are about to heat up.Cas Morgan has spent years of her life watching Hot Summer, the hit reality dating show that pairs together a bunch of sexy singles in an exotic island location. Like the rest of the TV-watching UK public, she’s captivated by the hot contestants, outrageous fights, and hilarious banter. But she never quite thought she’d be a part of it, until her company secures a partnership with the production team behind the show, and Cas is handpicked as a contestant. She won’t get any extra help making it through the eight weeks in the hot Cypriot sun, but if she does well and makes it to the finals, her long-awaited promotion will be secured.Cas is ready to spend the summer trying to make herself more likeable to win over the voting public—and, if not likeable, then at least iconic. But just as she steps into the villa, her entire plan goes off course. She’s instantly smitten with fellow contestant, Ada, who shockingly appears to be on the show to find a genuine relationship, one Cas can't give. Ada is gorgeous and charming, and seems to like Cas exactly as she is, sharp-edges and all. Cas isn't used to the side of herself Ada brings out, and when their connection becomes undeniable—and Cas's own standing in the villa precarious—she's torn between listening to her heart or sticking to her strategy.

Books like this

Cover of The Unhoneymooners (Unhoneymooners, #1)

The Unhoneymooners (Unhoneymooners, #1)

Christina Lauren · Unhoneymooners #1

432 pagesromantic comedy
(1.1M)Warm

Sworn enemies forced to fake a honeymoon in Hawaii — what could possibly go wrong?

7 tropes in common

Cover of The Love Hypothesis

The Love Hypothesis

Ali Hazelwood

384 pagesromantic comedy
(1.9M)Steamy

A panicked PhD student kisses a grumpy professor and accidentally starts a fake relationship with him.

5 tropes in common

Cover of Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)

Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)

Helen Fielding · Bridget Jones #1

337 pagesromantic comedy
(1.0M)Warm

A chaotic, self-deprecating singleton navigates her disastrous love life between a cad and a seemingly stuffy lawyer.

5 tropes in common

Cover of Great Big Beautiful Life

Great Big Beautiful Life

Emily Henry

384 pagesromantic comedy
(753k)Steamy

Two rival biographers, one island, one legendary woman's story — and feelings neither of them planned for.

6 tropes in common

Cover of Delilah Green Doesn't Care

Delilah Green Doesn't Care

Ashley Herring Blake · Bright Falls #1

375 pagesromantic comedy
(126k)Steamy

A jaded photographer returns to her hometown and can't resist charming her stepsister's buttoned-up best friend.

10 tropes in common

Cover of The Hating Game

The Hating Game

Sally Thorne

387 pagesromantic comedy
(839k)Steamy

Two rival executive assistants play petty office games — until a stopped elevator changes everything.

6 tropes in common

Cover of Total Dreamboat

Total Dreamboat

Katelyn Doyle

336 pagesromantic comedy
(3k)Steamy

A broken-hearted woman and a reluctant workaholic chef find a ten-day Caribbean fling turning into something real.

9 tropes in common

Cover of Here for the Wrong Reasons

Here for the Wrong Reasons

Annabel Paulsen

336 pagesromantic comedy
(5k)Steamy

Two women competing for a bachelor on a reality dating show fall for each other instead.

10 tropes in common

Cover of Satisfaction Guaranteed

Satisfaction Guaranteed

Karelia Stetz-Waters

336 pagesromantic comedy
(9k)Steamy

Two opposites inherit a sex toy shop together — one buttoned-up, one free-spirited, both trying not to fall.

9 tropes in common

Cover of The Worst Wedding Date

The Worst Wedding Date

Pippa Grant · Three BFFs and a Wedding #1

424 pagesromantic comedy
(28k)Steamy

A good-girl bridesmaid is stuck babysitting her best friend's bad-boy brother — in Hawaii, sharing a room.

7 tropes in common

Cover of Till Summer Do Us Part

Till Summer Do Us Part

Meghan Quinn

432 pagesromantic comedy
(170k)Steamy

She lied about having a husband at work — now she's at summer marriage camp with her very fake, very hot spouse.

7 tropes in common

Cover of The Spanish Love Deception

The Spanish Love Deception

Elena Armas · Love Deception #1

487 pagesromantic comedy
(821k)Steamy

She needs a fake boyfriend for her sister's wedding in Spain — her infuriating office nemesis volunteers.

6 tropes in common

Cover of Tangled (Tangled, #1)

Tangled (Tangled, #1)

Emma Chase · Tangled #1

357 pagesromantic comedy
(121k)Steamy

A shameless playboy meets the one woman he can't have — his brilliant new colleague who's already taken.

7 tropes in common

Cover of The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)

The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)

Graeme Simsion · Don Tillman #1

304 pagesromantic comedy
(599k)Mild

A socially challenged genetics professor designs a scientific wife-search — then meets the woman who breaks every rule.

6 tropes in common

Cover of He Loves Lucy

He Loves Lucy

Susan Donovan

212 pagesromantic comedy
(9k)Steamy

A sharp-tongued marketing exec becomes the reluctant guinea pig for Miami's hottest personal trainer — and his heart.

7 tropes in common

Cover of The Love Haters

The Love Haters

Katherine Center

309 pagesromantic comedy
(127k)Warm

A landlubbing video producer fakes her way into profiling a gorgeous Coast Guard swimmer in Key West.

7 tropes in common

Cover of It's a Love Story

It's a Love Story

Annabel Monaghan

368 pagesromantic comedy
(88k)Warm

A former TV punchline must spend a week in Long Island with her pompous one-time crush to cover up a career-ending lie.

9 tropes in common

Cover of The Worst Best Man

The Worst Best Man

Lucy Score

448 pagesromantic comedy
(84k)Steamy

A sassy Brooklyn maid of honor vs. a billionaire best man — may the worst person win.

7 tropes in common

Cover of The Paradise Problem

The Paradise Problem

Christina Lauren

352 pagesromantic comedy
(462k)Steamy

A starving artist must pretend to be the perfect wife to her not-so-ex-husband — a secretly rich Stanford prof.

6 tropes in common

Cover of A Not So Meet Cute

A Not So Meet Cute

Meghan Quinn · Cane Brothers #1

404 pagesromantic comedy
(277k)Steamy

Desperate and just-fired, she agrees to be his fake fiancée — then accidentally falls for the gorgeous ogre.

5 tropes in common

A work in progress, built for my wife with love. Suggestions welcome