When a woman whod rather do anything than read meets a swoon-worthy bookworm sparks fly making for one hot-summer fling in New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlays new rom-com. For Samantha Gale a summer on Marthas Vineyard at her familys tiny cottage was supposed to be about resurrecting her career as a chef until shes tasked with chaperoning her half-brother Tyler. The teenage brainiac is spending his summer at the local library in a robotics competition and theres no place Sam who has dyslexia likes less than the library. And because the universe hates her the librarys 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 hes never known. Hes 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 isnt interested in a relationship right now. Yet as soon as Sam knocks his book into the ocean he cant stop thinking about her. An irresistible attraction blossoms when Ben inspires Sam to create the cookbook shes 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.
