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Long, Hot Summer is a FREE anthology featuring the following full length contemporary romances:
Back to You by Kimberly Kincaid
Sugarcoated by Erin Nicholas
Wild Child by Audrey Carlan
Dare to Resist by Carly Phillips
Every Sweet Regret by Lexi Ryan
Love on a Summer Night by Zoe York
Mr. Dirty by Nana Malone
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Back to You by Kimberly Kincaid
Sugarcoated by Erin Nicholas
Wild Child by Audrey Carlan
Dare to Resist by Carly Phillips
Every Sweet Regret by Lexi Ryan
Love on a Summer Night by Zoe York
Mr. Dirty by Nana Malone
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First published May 14, 2021
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Kimberly Kincaid
62 books2,676 followersUSA Today best-selling author Kimberly Kincaid writes romantic suspense that sizzles and contemporary romance with heart and heat. Equal parts action and emotion, her firefighters and first responders always save the day. When she's not finding adventure with her family and naughty Whippets, Olive, Daisy, and Jack, she can be found practicing obscene amounts of yoga, whipping up anything from enchiladas to éclairs in her kitchen, or curled up with her nose in a book.
Kimberly's series include The Intelligence Unit, Remington Medical, Station Seventeen, and her brand-new Remington Rescue Squad series. All titles stand alone for easy reading.
Kimberly's series include The Intelligence Unit, Remington Medical, Station Seventeen, and her brand-new Remington Rescue Squad series. All titles stand alone for easy reading.
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May 18, 2021Calling all contemporary romance fans! I'm so excited to be part of this amazing collection of FREE books. My super-sexy medical romance (and series starter!) BACK TO YOU is in here, along with fantastic summer reads from Erin Nicholas, Audrey Carlan, Carly Phillips, Lexi Ryan, Zoe York, and Nana Malone.
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May 26, 2021
4 Sweaty Fun Stars-LIMITED TIME FREE!!!
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The Summer months, the sun baking your back, bodies revealed with relish diving into the water...
Those we thought nothing of, suddenly make us look a second time with different eyes...
Summer Love, Hot Love...
Seven Talented, Best Selling Authors have put together the Best Summer Reads just for you...Seven full-length novels AND IT IS FREE!!! But only for a LIMITED TIME.
Once June 1, 2021, comes, poof, it will be gone.
Back to You by Kimberly Kincaid
Sugarcoated by Erin Nicholas
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Wild Child by Audrey Carlan
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Dare to Resist by Carly Phillips
Every Sweet Regret by Lexi Ryan
Love on a Summer Night by Zoe York
Mr. Dirty by Nana Malone
Long, Hot Summer
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* * * * Spoiler Free
The Summer months, the sun baking your back, bodies revealed with relish diving into the water...
Those we thought nothing of, suddenly make us look a second time with different eyes...
Summer Love, Hot Love...
Seven Talented, Best Selling Authors have put together the Best Summer Reads just for you...Seven full-length novels AND IT IS FREE!!! But only for a LIMITED TIME.
Once June 1, 2021, comes, poof, it will be gone.
Back to You by Kimberly Kincaid Sugarcoated by Erin Nicholashttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Wild Child by Audrey Carlanhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Dare to Resist by Carly Phillips Every Sweet Regret by Lexi Ryan Love on a Summer Night by Zoe York Mr. Dirty by Nana Malone Long, Hot Summer https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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May 20, 2021
Such a fantastic way to discover new to me authors! I’m a huge Audrey, Carly and Erin fan. Look forward to reading more from the other authors as well!!
September 16, 2021
Usually anthology are filled with short stories. This was the opposite this a collection of books. Took me atleast a week to read it but so worth it. I gave it 4 stars only because two books were ok. The others I absolutely loved and will definitely look into the authors.
Back at you by Kimberly Kincaid. 3 stars
I found myself losing interest in this story. I feel like it dragged a bit and needed some drama.
Sugar Coated by Erin Nicholas. 4 stars
I love the relationship Zoe had with her bestfriends Josie and Jane. I did skim some parts of this book but definitely love the ending.
Wild child by Audrey Carlan. 5stars
I've been waiting to read this book. I'm so excited to finally read it. Wow what a book definitely took me on a emotional rollercoaster. Towards the end I found myself crying. One because the love between Jonah and Simone second my heart was breaking for the sisters. Its been a few weeks since a book grabbed my attention this one did it from the first page. Definitely a series everyone should read.
Dare to resist by Carly Phillips. 5 stars
This read was really captivating. It reminded me how much I love the Dare family. Carly Phillips knows how to get you addicted to the characters.
Love on a summer night by Zoe York. 4.5 stars
First read by this author I did notice this is book 4 in the series. I'm hoping I can read it as a standalone. I definitely was able to read it as a standalone. The beginning started off a bit slow. Definitely fell in love with this story.
Every sweet regret by Lexi Ryan 5stars
Love me I'm in love with my bestfriend's brother books. When Stella was hurting boy did I feel it too. I absolutely loved this one and instantly want to read the next book in this series. It can be read as a standalone and you won't feel lost.
Mr. Dirty by Nana Malone
This is book 3 in the series. I haven't read the others so I'm hoping I won't be lost. I loved their story and how they learn they can be happy in life.
Back at you by Kimberly Kincaid. 3 stars
I found myself losing interest in this story. I feel like it dragged a bit and needed some drama.
Sugar Coated by Erin Nicholas. 4 stars
I love the relationship Zoe had with her bestfriends Josie and Jane. I did skim some parts of this book but definitely love the ending.
Wild child by Audrey Carlan. 5stars
I've been waiting to read this book. I'm so excited to finally read it. Wow what a book definitely took me on a emotional rollercoaster. Towards the end I found myself crying. One because the love between Jonah and Simone second my heart was breaking for the sisters. Its been a few weeks since a book grabbed my attention this one did it from the first page. Definitely a series everyone should read.
Dare to resist by Carly Phillips. 5 stars
This read was really captivating. It reminded me how much I love the Dare family. Carly Phillips knows how to get you addicted to the characters.
Love on a summer night by Zoe York. 4.5 stars
First read by this author I did notice this is book 4 in the series. I'm hoping I can read it as a standalone. I definitely was able to read it as a standalone. The beginning started off a bit slow. Definitely fell in love with this story.
Every sweet regret by Lexi Ryan 5stars
Love me I'm in love with my bestfriend's brother books. When Stella was hurting boy did I feel it too. I absolutely loved this one and instantly want to read the next book in this series. It can be read as a standalone and you won't feel lost.
Mr. Dirty by Nana Malone
This is book 3 in the series. I haven't read the others so I'm hoping I won't be lost. I loved their story and how they learn they can be happy in life.
July 21, 2021
This anthology is worth reading for Back to You, Love on a Summer Night, and Every Sweet Regret, each of which earns 5 stars from me. Sugarcoated and Mr. Dirty earn 4 stars. I couldn’t finish Wild Child or Dare to Resist, so I’m giving them 1 star each, because I can’t give them 0. Keep reading for individual reviews.
Back to You - Kimberly Kincaid
5 stars
When it comes to anthologies, I expect some of the books to be good and some not so good, but I rarely expect one to be as lengthy and well-developed as this one is. The characters are multifaceted and realistic while the plot is quite believable. I don’t have much medical expertise, but the realism was such that I felt like I could be reading the script for a medical drama with the level of detail offered. I feel I can safely assume the author has some experience in the medical field because she managed to explain things clearly without being condescending or overly simplistic. The love story between Charlie and Parker is relatable and sentimental. It’s relatively predictable, but that’s how you get a happy ending.
There were a few clever lines that made me chuckle, like this one: “Karma hadn’t so much bitten him in the ass as it had shanked him and left him to bleed out on the linoleum.” And I loved the description of a guy “who held a cup of soda big enough to do the backstroke in one hand and a cheese Danish the size of a football in the other.” At one point, Charlie is described as “a great, big indecision casserole.” It was prose like this that kept me engaged and enjoying the story.
Sugarcoated - Erin Nicholas
4 stars
This was a cute friends-to-lovers romance with smalltown-boy-makes-it-big-and-becomes-a-billionaire thrown in for good measure. Aiden and Zoe have been friends forever, practically siblings. Zoe takes over the family bakery and makes it her own. Meanwhile, her older brother Cam and Aiden, along with a few other college friends, create a wildly successful video game and become billionaires.
Because Zoe owns a bakery, Buttered Up, and because Aiden and his friends have decided to purchase a local business specializing in mass-produced snacks, Hot Cakes, there’s lots of sweet innuendo and fun with frosting. The reader is introduced to Zoe’s group of friends and Aiden’s group of friends/investors with the obvious intention of creating a series of romances featuring each of the characters. They’re fun characters so I have no problem with that. In fact, Erin Nicholas does an impressive job of piquing my interest and making me want to read more about them.
Wild Child - A Soul Sister Novel - Audrey Carlan
1 star
I couldn't finish this one. I felt it was poorly-written and conceived, not to mention a romance between an FBI agent and a victim of an ongoing investigation was absolutely unprofessional.
There were trite statements, grammatical errors (“I'd have it no other way.”), grammatical errors (“Her and Rory will be here this evening.”), unimaginative phrasing (“My sister smiled softly, her entire face softening at the sign of my savior.”), and plot points that just didn't make sense. Why was Simone struggling to survive with multiple jobs while her "mama" said there was plenty of room for her to stay there and her sister was a state senator? Meanwhile, she and Jonah act like love-struck teens. The whole thing was just ridiculous.
Dare to Resist - Dare Nation Novel #1 - Carly Phillips
1 star
Sorry, I got about one page into this before I gave up in disgust. It felt like reading from the POV of a serial sexual harasser and I had no interest in that. Yuck.
Love on a Summer Night - Zoe York
5 stars
I read this book a few years ago and loved it, as I have loved every book from Zoe York. This anthology is worth it, just for this book.
Every Sweet Regret - Lexi Ryan
5 stars
I absolutely loved this story of Stella and Kace. Reading it is effortless and the story is packed with well-developed and engaging characters. There are absolutely no loose ends when you reach the end of this one because Lexi Ryan addresses every relationship and how it affects Stella and Kace. The plot is long and involved and the pacing is perfect.
There is one particular character who struck me as especially funny and the definition of a “character.” Smithy is a good-natured bartender/owner who seems clueless, but actually is very observant. He will joke about anything and is happy to make a spectacle of himself. During a party, Kace says, “My attention is pulled off Dean when I spot Smithy sauntering across the yard, sucking on a Popsicle in the most lascivious way. I blink, and he winks at me. Because that’s who Smithy is.”
There’s a wonderful description of heartache that differs from the usual: “My internal organs feel like they’re rearranging themselves. My stomach is where my lungs should be, and my lungs are all twisted up with the shattered bits of my heart that have been festering low in my stomach.”
Truly, I think this anthology is worth the price for the book alone and I will be looking for more from Lexi Ryan.
Mr. Dirty - Nana Malone
4 stars
This book was enjoyable, but I hate romances that base the conflict on an easily explained misunderstanding. It was obvious that Nathan and Sophie were going to fall in love, and their friends could see it pretty clearly too. Still, Sophie allows a misunderstanding to drive her away from him, and her best friend advises her, multiple times, that the best way to get over a guy is to get under another one. Even though Sophie insists she doesn’t want to do that, Gemma thinks she knows better so she calls another guy who has expressed interest in Sophie, forcing her to meet him. As the saying goes, “With friends like these, who needs enemies?”
Meanwhile, Sophie refuses to talk to Nathan even though he repeatedly tries to explain to her what happened. Gemma makes some passing comment that doesn’t make sense about Sophie’s father, and in the midst of her angst over losing Nathan, she runs into him, and this man who has had little to do with her life suddenly offers her the wisdom she has needed to get past her issues with Nathan. C’mon.
I liked much of the book, but parts of it were just silly and annoying.
Back to You - Kimberly Kincaid
5 stars
When it comes to anthologies, I expect some of the books to be good and some not so good, but I rarely expect one to be as lengthy and well-developed as this one is. The characters are multifaceted and realistic while the plot is quite believable. I don’t have much medical expertise, but the realism was such that I felt like I could be reading the script for a medical drama with the level of detail offered. I feel I can safely assume the author has some experience in the medical field because she managed to explain things clearly without being condescending or overly simplistic. The love story between Charlie and Parker is relatable and sentimental. It’s relatively predictable, but that’s how you get a happy ending.
There were a few clever lines that made me chuckle, like this one: “Karma hadn’t so much bitten him in the ass as it had shanked him and left him to bleed out on the linoleum.” And I loved the description of a guy “who held a cup of soda big enough to do the backstroke in one hand and a cheese Danish the size of a football in the other.” At one point, Charlie is described as “a great, big indecision casserole.” It was prose like this that kept me engaged and enjoying the story.
Sugarcoated - Erin Nicholas
4 stars
This was a cute friends-to-lovers romance with smalltown-boy-makes-it-big-and-becomes-a-billionaire thrown in for good measure. Aiden and Zoe have been friends forever, practically siblings. Zoe takes over the family bakery and makes it her own. Meanwhile, her older brother Cam and Aiden, along with a few other college friends, create a wildly successful video game and become billionaires.
Because Zoe owns a bakery, Buttered Up, and because Aiden and his friends have decided to purchase a local business specializing in mass-produced snacks, Hot Cakes, there’s lots of sweet innuendo and fun with frosting. The reader is introduced to Zoe’s group of friends and Aiden’s group of friends/investors with the obvious intention of creating a series of romances featuring each of the characters. They’re fun characters so I have no problem with that. In fact, Erin Nicholas does an impressive job of piquing my interest and making me want to read more about them.
Wild Child - A Soul Sister Novel - Audrey Carlan
1 star
I couldn't finish this one. I felt it was poorly-written and conceived, not to mention a romance between an FBI agent and a victim of an ongoing investigation was absolutely unprofessional.
There were trite statements, grammatical errors (“I'd have it no other way.”), grammatical errors (“Her and Rory will be here this evening.”), unimaginative phrasing (“My sister smiled softly, her entire face softening at the sign of my savior.”), and plot points that just didn't make sense. Why was Simone struggling to survive with multiple jobs while her "mama" said there was plenty of room for her to stay there and her sister was a state senator? Meanwhile, she and Jonah act like love-struck teens. The whole thing was just ridiculous.
Dare to Resist - Dare Nation Novel #1 - Carly Phillips
1 star
Sorry, I got about one page into this before I gave up in disgust. It felt like reading from the POV of a serial sexual harasser and I had no interest in that. Yuck.
Love on a Summer Night - Zoe York
5 stars
I read this book a few years ago and loved it, as I have loved every book from Zoe York. This anthology is worth it, just for this book.
Every Sweet Regret - Lexi Ryan
5 stars
I absolutely loved this story of Stella and Kace. Reading it is effortless and the story is packed with well-developed and engaging characters. There are absolutely no loose ends when you reach the end of this one because Lexi Ryan addresses every relationship and how it affects Stella and Kace. The plot is long and involved and the pacing is perfect.
There is one particular character who struck me as especially funny and the definition of a “character.” Smithy is a good-natured bartender/owner who seems clueless, but actually is very observant. He will joke about anything and is happy to make a spectacle of himself. During a party, Kace says, “My attention is pulled off Dean when I spot Smithy sauntering across the yard, sucking on a Popsicle in the most lascivious way. I blink, and he winks at me. Because that’s who Smithy is.”
There’s a wonderful description of heartache that differs from the usual: “My internal organs feel like they’re rearranging themselves. My stomach is where my lungs should be, and my lungs are all twisted up with the shattered bits of my heart that have been festering low in my stomach.”
Truly, I think this anthology is worth the price for the book alone and I will be looking for more from Lexi Ryan.
Mr. Dirty - Nana Malone
4 stars
This book was enjoyable, but I hate romances that base the conflict on an easily explained misunderstanding. It was obvious that Nathan and Sophie were going to fall in love, and their friends could see it pretty clearly too. Still, Sophie allows a misunderstanding to drive her away from him, and her best friend advises her, multiple times, that the best way to get over a guy is to get under another one. Even though Sophie insists she doesn’t want to do that, Gemma thinks she knows better so she calls another guy who has expressed interest in Sophie, forcing her to meet him. As the saying goes, “With friends like these, who needs enemies?”
Meanwhile, Sophie refuses to talk to Nathan even though he repeatedly tries to explain to her what happened. Gemma makes some passing comment that doesn’t make sense about Sophie’s father, and in the midst of her angst over losing Nathan, she runs into him, and this man who has had little to do with her life suddenly offers her the wisdom she has needed to get past her issues with Nathan. C’mon.
I liked much of the book, but parts of it were just silly and annoying.
August 28, 2021
There wasn't one book in this collection that I didn't like! They were all so good in their own ways and kept me busy for a while!
September 10, 2021
Read Wild Child by Audrey Carlan
November 6, 2021
Great anthology
Great mixture of lovely books enjoyed everything got to read new authors I want to follow up with their other books
Great mixture of lovely books enjoyed everything got to read new authors I want to follow up with their other books
November 19, 2021
Please see individual stories for review.
July 23, 2023
The best story in this bunch - by far - is Love on a Summer Night, by Zoe York - a five star story, for sure. Also good was Sugarcoated by Erin Nicholas. The others were average or worse.
August 20, 2021
This was a great collection of hot summer reads. Lots of drama, lots of love and plenty of heat!
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