Books to read when you've finished The Summer I Turned Pretty

Magdalen has done pretty well in her first year at university, building a life for herself away from the past she has done everything she can to forget. Theo was the golden boy of their home town who disappeared seven years ago on a 5am flight to Connecticut and never looked back. Now, they both have to go home. Confronted with the ghosts of their pasts, they must face both the growing tension between them and the long-buried secrets that threaten to tear their worlds apart – secrets that could separate them for ever . . .

Aiden Valentine is jaded, tired and has lost his faith in love. And as the host of Baltimore radio’s romance hotline, that’s a bit of a problem. But when a girl calls in seeking dating tips for her single mother and the interview unexpectedly goes viral, both Aiden and said mother, Lucie, are thrust into the spotlight. Lucie has a successful career and a wonderful family, but the sudden attention on her love-life forces her to question her own happiness. As sparks fly between Aiden and Lucie off-air, she’s faced with the difficult decision of whether to embrace a media-friendly picture-perfect love story or pursue something real, but more complicated, with the man sitting next to her.

Childhood nemeses to lovers? Yes please. Clara Millen returns to Lake Camp every summer, and this year it's particularly important. Burnout and a horrible break up have conspired to make Clara quit her job and turn her annual vacation into a longer term break from reality. But when she arrives, she discovers the camp is being sold, and escape turns to reminiscence, and a surprising encounter with Mack, her annoyingly handsome childhood enemy. 

Ex-footballer Alfie Harding gets pushed into selling his memoirs, despite his reluctance to reveal absolutely anything about his past or his emotions. In steps ghostwriter Mabel Willicker, skilled in bantering and bickering her way into extracting details from Alfie for his biography. When their professional partnership is misconstrued as romance, they play along to feed the public's hunger for a fairy-tale-like story. But eventually they must decide: is it all really fake?

Formula 1 driver Dev Anderson faces a career crisis after a social media scandal angers his team and threatens his sponsorships. So when he meets Willow Williams, who he knows can help mend his shattered image, at a Monaco party, he hires her immediately. However, she's not just a really great, digitally savvy assistant. She's also his best friend's sister. Who he kissed last year. And can't stop thinking about. Willow and Dev are determined to keep things strictly professional, regardless of old feelings and the blazing chemistry between them, but in the glittering and high-stakes world of Formula 1, some lines are meant to be crossed. 

A buttoned-up, chino-wearing, corporate man.
An untamable tattoo artist who's easily distracted.
A small town of meddling friends, and enough tension to set their hearts on fire . . .

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'I can confidently say Business Casual is Borison’s best work – I remain enchanted by everything she writes' – Hannah Grace, author of Icebreaker

'Everything I'd hoped for and so much more. Scorching-hot sexual tension, divine banter, beautifully vulnerable emotions, this was crammed with everything I love about Becs' writing' – Chloe Liese, author of Two Wrongs Make a Right

Business Casual is the final book in the wholesome Lovelight rom-com series by TikTok favourite B.K. Borison, for fans of Elena Armas and Hannah Grace.

Charlie Milford is a betting man. As the top executive at the investment firm his dad almost ran into the ground, he has to know when to play it close to the chest and when to go all in. So, when Nova Porter proposes one night – no strings – to get their inconvenient attraction out of their systems, he does what he does best. He puts it all on the line.

Nova Porter has no explanation for her attraction to buttoned-up, boat-shoe-owning Charlie Milford. Maybe it’s his charm? Or maybe it’s his determination to help her fledgling business any way he can. Either way, she’s distracted and she needs to be focused. She’s about to expand her homegrown tattoo business and she doesn’t have time for frivolous flirtations.

Too bad her one-night solution doesn’t work out as planned. If anything, their explosive night together leaves her wanting more. And, with Charlie in town temporarily overseeing Lovelight Farms for his sister Stella, there’s no way to avoid him in the tiny neighbourhood of Inglewild. Add in a meddling small town, some close quarters and a mischievous duckling – and all bets are off.

Business Casual is a standalone romance set in the wholesome town of Inglewild and is also the final book in the interconnected Lovelight series.

Discover more Inglewild magic in Lovelight Farms, In the Weeds and Mixed Signals, by 'master of cosy romance' B.K. Borison.

Summer

‘Just friends’ is all that Brooke and Dylan have ever been. Except for that one night in high school, but they don’t talk about that. . .

Growing up, Dylan was the one guy Brooke could always trust. No longer the kids they once were, she’s a successful marine biologist working toward her PhD in California, and he’s a hot-shot underwear model in New York. But now Dylan’s in town for a few days, crashing on Brooke’s couch and repaying the favour by acting as her date to a friend’s wedding. Soon the pair can’t untangle the fake flirting from the real and their friendship gains some heart-racing benefits. . .

And it’s all going great . . . until it isn't. Dylan’s got a ticket back to New York at the end of the week, and Brooke may have accidentally broken his heart. Could this be the end of their friendship or the beginning of something much more?

A #FriendstoLovers Stem Rom Com in the Chemistry Lessons Series, originally published as Experimental Marine Biology. Each book in the series features a brand-new couple with their own HEA and can be read in any order.