One fake girlfriend. One uptight sister. One wild summer. Sasha Fox has been fired from seventeen waitressing jobs and has zero life plan. So when her gay best friend Ambrose Sullivan begs her to be his fake girlfriend for the summer, she figures why not? A free holiday in a literal mansion sounds way better than another stint on her couch. Victoria Sullivan just got fired from her banking job, but her family thinks she's still crushing it in the City. So when she arrives at the family estate for the summer, she's armed with her laptop, a stack of job applications, and no intention of telling anyone the truth. But nothing about a summer with the Sullivans is easy. There's Ambrose's secret affair with the gardener. His brother Archie's parade of unsuitable girlfriends. His teenage sister Sophie and whatever she’s hiding in her bedroom. And of course, a grandmother who could judge for Britain. Then a watery mishap leaves Sasha sharing a room with the uptight, gorgeous, and completely off-limits Victoria, and suddenly, things are about to get devastatingly real. Summer with the Sullivans is an opposites-attract sapphic romcom featuring fake dating, found family, burning gazebos (and bridges), and a guaranteed happy ending. From bestselling sapphic author Sienna Waters, writer of For My Finale, The Farmer Has a Wife, and The Wedding That Almost Wasn’t.
The Sullivans all have their secrets and they all unravel as we go through the story. There is a large cast of loveable characters and it’s a fairly light read to get to know them all. There’s a tiny bit of angst but you know there will be the HEA, which comes in the proper epilogue. This wasn’t my favourite SW book - I think maybe a touch repetitive in places - and let’s face it, it’s a high bar. It’s still a total recommend for a fun read.
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