Hot Summer

Praise

One of Los Angeles Times’s 16 Romance Novels to Heat Up Your Summer
One of Book Riot’s Best LGBTQ Beach Reads of 2024
One of B&N Reads’ Summer Romances for Emily Henry Fans
One of BookBub’s Best Books to Read If You Can’t Stop Watching Reality TV
One of Best Life‘s 25 Romance Books to Take to the Beach This Summer

“Hot Summer is the perfect summer beach read, the perfect escape, and the perfect reality every romantic deserves—a book to make you believe in happily-ever-after. Cas and Ada’s chemistry sizzled and their love and tenderness could melt the hardest heart. If I hadn’t already been a hopeless romantic, Hot Summer would have made me one. Absolutely, hands down, one of the best romances I’ve read.” —Karelia Stetz-Walters, author of Satisfaction Guaranteed

“Love Island is out, and books about shows like Love Island are in….Best read in a bikini by the pool, duh.” —Betches

“Addicting.” —NBC Out

“Sure to be one of the most talked about queer rom-coms of the summer….it’s ratings gold.” —Scary Mommy

“Frothy romantic fun.” —Parade

“Everhart’s romance is made of reality TV dreams: juicy gossip, hot hookups, and drama, drama, drama. Cas and Ada are the fan-made stars of Hot Summer’s very own Hot Gay Summer, and their chemistry is both refreshing and steaming off the pages. With reality TV theatrics and a heartfelt queer romance, this is a can’t-miss book. Love Island meets its match in this steamy summer romance.” —Kirkus Reviews

“[An] inclusive, pop-culture-forward romance…Everhart has a light touch with both plotting and prose, and her heroines’ bisexuality is refreshingly unsensationalized. Meanwhile, the supporting characters [feel] impressively real. This is one to throw in the beach bag.” —Publishers Weekly

“A guilty-pleasure dating show becomes the site of a sweet and hot queer love story…Reality TV fans will swoon over this well-crafted, entertaining contemporary romance.” —Library Journal

“Taking on the traditional, heteronormative structure of dating shows and having the protagonist forced to choose between her heart and her growing fame, Everhart’s latest is a total winner.” —B&N Reads

“Everhart’s sophomore endeavor sizzles with will-they-or-won’t-they chemistry. The scorching slow burn between Cas and Ada is so hot it nearly had me reaching for the SPF. What I loved most is that beneath the glitz and glam and cameras is a beautifully sweet story about two women learning about their own inner strength, all while going weak in the knees for each other. Hot Summer is a sexy and swoony sapphic spectacle—a perfect gift to all of us wishing every tv reality dating show was a whole heckuva lot gayer.” —Andie Burke, author of Fly with Me

“All the fun of binge-watching your favorite reality show, wrapped up in a sexy, swoony love story. A perfect summer read!” —Elle Gonzalez Rose, author of Caught in a Bad Fauxmance