When a woman whoβd rather do anything than read meets a swoon-worthy bookworm, sparks fly, making for one hot-summer fling inΒ New York TimesΒ bestselling author Jenn McKinlay's new rom-com.
For Samantha Gale, a summer on Marthaβs Vineyard at her familyβs tiny cottage was supposed to be about resurrecting her career as a chef, until sheβs tasked with chaperoning her half-brother, Tyler. The teenage brainiac is spending his summer at the local library in a robotics competition, and thereβs no place Sam, who has dyslexia, likes less than the library. And because the universe hates her, the libraryβs interim director turns out to be the hot-reader guy whose book she accidentally destroyed on the ferry ride to the island.
Bennett Reynolds is on a quest to find his father, whose identity heβs never known. Heβs taken the temporary job on the island to research the summer his mother spent there when she got pregnant with him. Ben tells himself he isn't interested in a relationship right now. Yet as soon as Sam knocks his book into the ocean, he canβt stop thinking about her.
An irresistible attraction blossoms when Ben inspires Sam to create the cookbook sheβs always dreamed about and she jumps all in on helping him find his father, and soon they realize their summer fling may heat up into a happily ever after.