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Summer's Gift

Summer's Gift, June 2023
by Jennifer Ryan

Avon
384 pages
ISBN: 0063094150
EAN: 9780063094154
Kindle: B0BFX259VN
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"An easy, straightforward beach read with relatable characters"

Fresh Fiction Review

Summer's Gift
Jennifer Ryan

Reviewed by S. Lyn Collins
Posted June 20, 2023

Romance | Women's Fiction

Jennifer Ryan's new release, SUMMER'S GIFT, is a stand-alone contemporary romance. Raised by her spoiled, negligent socialite mother and demanding grandfather, Summer Sutherland Wesley is poised to run the billion-dollar family business. Through guilty manipulation, a DNA test submitted to a company subsidiary reveals a sister she wasn't aware of and brings to light a long-held secret about the father she never met.

Summer leaves Texas behind to get to know her father, stepmother, two teenage sisters, and her father's business partner, the sexy Cody Larkin in California. As Cody and Summer fall in love, drama ensues with new family dynamics and trying to overcome the logistics involved in joining their lives and professions in two different states.   On the downside, the premise and content didn't have as much depth as I've become accustomed to with Jennifer Ryan's novels. However, if you are looking for an easy, straightforward beach read with relatable characters, SUMMER'S GIFT is an enjoyable read. 

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SUMMARY

A young woman takes a DNA test on a whim and discovers the birth father—and half sisters—she never knew. New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Ryan returns with this dramatic and page-turning novel perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover and Lori Foster. 

A DNA test tells you who you come from, not who you are.

All her life, Summer Sutherland felt like the missing piece in a puzzle, left out and looking for the place she truly belongs. And when an at-home DNA test reveals her selfish mother and well-meaning grandfather lied about her father, Summer sets out to discover the truth.

Her new instant family comes with two half sisters: one who accepts her with open arms, the other resistant to the stranger staying in their house. But somehow Summer senses this is where she is meant to be—so she settles into her father’s Carmel home, ready to get to know them and find her place in the family she always wanted.

But while her newfound parent is thrilled to get to know Summer—and her romantic connection to his business partner, Cody, heats up—tensions rise within the family.

Will she ever fit in? Or should she return to her other life before tearing all their lives apart?


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