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The Ro Bro Release Day Giveaway

  • June 20, 2023
  • 143 Comments
  • Giveaways, JA Huss, New Release, STICKERS

IT’S AUTHORS GONE WILD, readers staging a revolt, booktokers, bookstagrammers, and a dream date planned by an AI concierge at the biggest romance event of the year! And the best part is… you don’t even need a ticket to attend!

Essie Smith-Scott, the author known as SS, has been the number one spicy romance writer in the world for the past ten years. Movie deals, merchandise, dozens of books on the New York Times bestseller’s list, and the founder of the biggest romance convention to ever hit the planet.

Scoring an invitation to the Sin With Us Romance Convention in Las Vegas is the ‘big break’ every romance author hopes for and Cynthia Lear’s name just made it to the top of the wait list. She’s in. And she’s gonna make the most of it. This is her chance to shine and propel her career into the stratosphere.

But then she meets Essie’s twin brother, Steve. Not only is Steve Smith handsome, and charming, and loves her work—he’s also… lying. To the whole world. Literally everyone.

Because his twin sister, Essie, isn’t the one who’s been writing all those super-spicy Master Choke books all these years—it’s Steve.

Written by New York Times bestselling author JA Huss and actor, author, narrator, Johnathan McClain—The Ro-Bro is a rompy feel-good adventure through the secret life of romance authors and the conventions they attend. Prepare to laugh so hard you pee your pants. This is a story that will make you smile every time you think about it.

(P.S. – If you’ve never been to the biggest romance convention in the world, well now you don’t even have to go. Because they all happen just like this.) 😉

 

CLICK HERE TO GET THE RO BRO AT AMAZON

 

 

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NARRATED BY:

JOHNATHAN McCLAIN

ANNE PEPPERIDGE

JULIA WHELAN

 

READ AN EXCERPT

STEVE

I choose the white button-down instead of the blue button-down. Essie picked it up from the dry cleaner just yesterday, so it’s fresh, and crisp, and white enough to blind a person. This shirt is for my suit look, which I was going to wear tonight. But I’ve changed my mind.

Suit Guy is hot. No doubt. But work-is-over-now, sleeves-rolled-up guy is even hotter. His hair is sexily messy, there’s stubble on his jaw after a hard day’s work, and he’s a little bit weary.

Not tired. Weary. Big difference.

Tired is… ‘I need to go to bed early tonight. Alone.’

Weary is… ‘I need a neck massage and a good fuck.’

I debate the merits of wearing a tie in front of the mirror, smirking at myself as I do the whole with-without thing.

I go with ‘with.’ But I make it loose, like I’ve been working hard pushing paper around all day, complaining about clients, and calling for my assistant on the interphones.

I like this look. I think my next male lead needs this look. What should I call it? ‘Dirty office?’ No. That conjures up images of trash cans and janitors, who I am sure can be sexy. But that requires a lot of backstory for a romance novel.

I’ll call this look… ‘after hours.’ Mmm. Much better. This conjures up images of nightclubs and sex in the bathroom.

Dare I think about bedding lovely Cordelia tonight? Is she that kind of woman?

Probably not.

But it doesn’t hurt to send the right message. I mean, I’m totally up for sex on the first non-date if she is.

In this moment, I have a revelation. I am writing scenes in my head. I am building characters. And while yes, this is something writers do… it’s not something I have been doing. Not since that disastrous flirt with science fiction.

Could it be that Cordelia is my muse?

Could she be the inspiration I’ve been waiting for?

Is Cordelia Sarantopoulos my light at the end of a very dark tunnel of self-loathing? Will Steve Smith shed his insecurities after a calamitous run-in with murderous critics and live to write another sci-fi masterpiece?

Holy shit. I’m even writing blurbs in my head.

Maybe Terry was right?

Maybe my life is a romance novel?

Maybe that’s the secret to success? Live life like it’s fiction.

I might have to trademark that.

 

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TO ENTER VIA COMMENTS TELL ME IF YOU’VE EVER HAD A SUMMER ROMANCE BEFORE…

I did have a fun summer romance with a guy back in Ohio when I was a teenager. I was in to horses big time back then and one of the other girls who worked at my barn threw a part and I met a guy. He was a few years older than me and we spent the whole summer going camping, and fishing, and just hanging out doing fun summer stuff. It was pretty nice. 🙂

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I hope you enjoy THE RO BRO. This was a super-fun project – the perfect summer read!

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143 Responses

  1. Deanna Sutherland says:
    June 20, 2023 at 9:17 am

    Never a summer romance. Don’t even think I ever thought of one. This is why I love through your books.

    Reply
    1. Selena says:
      June 21, 2023 at 4:31 pm

      OMG my summer romance was almost 30 years ago now. Late nights, party at the beach cooking muscles over a fire and an honest to goodness maritime kitchen party complete with instruments and an award winning country singer I shall not name.

      Reply
    2. Brandi DeKay says:
      June 22, 2023 at 6:52 am

      No I have not, but a summer romance sure sounds like a good time! Love your books and your farm!!❤️

      Reply
  2. Diana Hardt says:
    June 20, 2023 at 9:17 am

    No, I have never had a summer romance.

    Reply
  3. Shelly says:
    June 20, 2023 at 9:22 am

    Never has a summer romance.

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  4. Angela says:
    June 20, 2023 at 9:24 am

    Never had a summer romance.

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  5. Crystal says:
    June 20, 2023 at 9:25 am

    Never had a Summer Romance but was dumped on Valentine’s Day

    Reply
  6. Mirele Dourado Pauly says:
    June 20, 2023 at 9:26 am

    I never had a Summer romance

    Reply
  7. Theresa says:
    June 20, 2023 at 9:28 am

    Sort of, I met a boy one summer at the beach in CA (during my family annual summer vacation) and we wrote letters all year (actual letters) – I went to Vegas the following summer to visit him (my mom thought I was visiting his younger sister who was my age). I ended up extending the trip for an extra couple weeks and hung out with his roommate instead. (He turned out to be a jerk but his roommate was super nice😉)

    Reply
  8. Nancy Jones says:
    June 20, 2023 at 9:38 am

    Never had a summer romance.

    Reply
  9. MJ Fryer says:
    June 20, 2023 at 9:39 am

    I had a couple of summer romances and one led to being married almost 33 years! Thanks so much and congrats on another winner!

    Reply
  10. Stacy Diane Vokes says:
    June 20, 2023 at 9:50 am

    I had one once as a teenager. I met him at an end of the year party the summer before high school he had gone to a different school and was heading to high school as well. back then I was a little rebel and a bit of a bad girl.

    We spent the summer hanging at the lake with our friends and going to other parties. Tragically he was killed in November by a drunk driver ending our relationship.

    Reply
  11. Jessica B. says:
    June 20, 2023 at 9:52 am

    I had a summer romance with a guy I met a dance club in NYC. We both lived in the same neighborhood and had a fun summer with lots of late night shenanigans.

    Reply
  12. Stephanie says:
    June 20, 2023 at 10:02 am

    It was the Summer before my junior year. He was my grandpa’s girlfriends grandson. He was a cute Virginia boy with a mullet and played the guitar! I was the wild California girl! We did fun youth group activities and pool parties. His parents even took me with them to the lake. Sneaking kisses when we could, catching fire flies and having the best summer until I had to go home. He made me a mixed tape 😍 of 80’s hair band songs. And later told me I broke his heart when I left!

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  13. Fatima Ross says:
    June 20, 2023 at 10:03 am

    Reading my favorite romance book during the summer is the closest I’ve had to a summer romance. Best thing about it I can have multiples.

    Reply
  14. Michelle says:
    June 20, 2023 at 10:05 am

    No summer romance in my past, but a 35 year romance with my husband with lots of summer adventures!

    Reply
  15. Cassandra says:
    June 20, 2023 at 10:10 am

    Congratulations on the new release!! I just downloaded it!

    I have not had a summer romance before.

    Reply
  16. reva coomer says:
    June 20, 2023 at 10:10 am

    I did when I was like 12 lol. We went camping for 2 weeks at a national park and there was a boy a year older than me there with his family. We “hung out” the whole time we were there and would sneak peck kisses whenever we could. We thought we were grown. We had big plans of staying contact, this was before cell phones was big, by writing each other. Lol…it was fun to remember those times for the post!

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    1. Edeth Conner says:
      June 21, 2023 at 12:36 pm

      I did have a summer romance, but I’m going to tell you about this other one instead! I went camping with my Young Explorers group and there was a boy scout troop from the neighboring county camping next to us. One of the boys was “the hottest” and flirted shamelessly with all of us girls. Oh, the swoon! The weekend was over and we all went our separate ways. Fast forward a few days and I go to stay with my cousin. Her boyfriend comes to pick us up, and guess who it was?? Yep! The same! He looked at me like his life was about to end, but I never said a word. After some casual convo with my cousin, I found out she had been at his house, helping him pack for that camping trip. He didn’t cheat, so I didn’t see any point in saying anything. I’m sure he was secretly grateful. That was my first real look at the treachery of “infidelity”. Ah, good times!

      Reply
  17. Jo Kennedy says:
    June 20, 2023 at 10:11 am

    Right after the “big hiatus” from two years ago, I was living in Madrid and decided to go for two weeks to the beach. I ended up staying for 4 beautiful months, making new friends, taking long walks at the beach with my son and reconnecting with myself. I’ve made life long friendships from that fated trip. It was perfect, it was what I needed and that place will forever be magical for me, there I found my inner peace.

    Reply
  18. Judy Neurauter says:
    June 20, 2023 at 10:19 am

    I did have a short summer romance when I was 16. My family went to Yosemite National Park every year. This year we got to take friends with us. My two brothers did and I was able to take my two best friends. There’s tons of fun things to do there. We went to parties and met up with all the other teens camping out. We had a blast and of course I met someone special. He was so handsome and he kissed really good. 😉 We went swimming as groups at a place called Steamboat in a natural made deeper area where the creek got wider and deep enough to jump of a hugh boulder. It was 2 weeks of paradise (with little parental supervision) and sweet summer love by campfires and some memories to last a lifetime. 💜💜💜

    Reply
  19. Gwana says:
    June 20, 2023 at 10:26 am

    The summer I graduated from high school, I had a summer fling with a long time friend. The romance never really went anywhere, but we had a fabulous summer. We traveled to see family in two states and just spent as much time together before heading to separate colleges. Lots of fast food, yogurt, roller skating, and movies! Oh…the sweet innocence of it all.

    My life right now: Not tired, but definitely weary! 🤦🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️😉

    Reply
  20. Ginelle Blanch says:
    June 20, 2023 at 10:50 am

    Nope…only via the written word! Happy release day, I hope the readers love it!

    Reply
  21. Karen Williams says:
    June 20, 2023 at 10:55 am

    Not really. I’ve been with my husband since I was 17 (40 years ago)

    Reply
  22. Judi East says:
    June 20, 2023 at 10:57 am

    I had a summer camp romance, is that close enough? I was a freshman in high school and it was “Band Camp” you know. For a week it was true love then you have to go home.

    Reply
  23. Alexis Lopez McNelis says:
    June 20, 2023 at 10:59 am

    I’ve never had a summer romance. I feel like I’m missing out 😭

    Reply
  24. Jeanette Pickinpaugh says:
    June 20, 2023 at 11:03 am

    I had a short summer romance at camp one year. So intense, so short…lol.

    Reply
  25. Lauren Gitelson says:
    June 20, 2023 at 11:41 am

    I did have a summer romance that turned into a forever romance! I met my husband at a summer house party in 1991! We have been together ever since!

    Reply
  26. Danyelle Wadsworth says:
    June 20, 2023 at 11:49 am

    I had a summer romance with a college boy back when I was in high school turned out he was at the end of the summer we just drifted apart

    Reply
  27. Sarah Pena says:
    June 20, 2023 at 11:54 am

    I did have a teenage summer romance. It was sweet and fun… then he went by to the state he lived in. We actually kept in touch with phone calls for a little while. I’m embarrassed to say that I can’t remember his name LOL.

    Reply
  28. Melonie says:
    June 20, 2023 at 11:58 am

    I’ve never had a summer romance. Did I miss out?

    Reply
  29. Ester Torres says:
    June 20, 2023 at 12:07 pm

    Yes I did when I was a teenager and it was hot and steamy. He was older than me and a bad boy. He had a tongue ding which was pretty awesome 🫢 lol. I think about it sometimes do t regret it but love where I’m at now.

    Reply
  30. Brenda Buschmann says:
    June 20, 2023 at 12:21 pm

    Nope…I haven’t had a winter one either. Lol

    Reply
  31. Carey Lopez says:
    June 20, 2023 at 1:03 pm

    I had a summer romance as a teen. It was so fun and exciting. I met Chris at the lake when my cousins and I were camping with our grandparents. It was a fun adventure, even sneaking out of our tent late at night to meet up. Got in trouble, but it was worth it. lol

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  32. Yasmyne McDonald says:
    June 20, 2023 at 1:07 pm

    As I recall, there was one. We were at summer camp together. It’s your typical super shy girl around boys and other human beings who aren’t family, Likes outgoing boy whose normal by her standards (i.e. doesn’t smell weird, pick his noses, or make farting noises with his arm). I was 11. He was 11 or 12.

    He sat next to me at the bonfire. The next few weeks we talked in mess hall and hung out every chance we could.

    Reply
  33. Amanda Prigge says:
    June 20, 2023 at 1:24 pm

    I did have a short summer fling when I was in high school. It didn’t last that long, but I was still pretty young.

    Reply
  34. Sherry says:
    June 20, 2023 at 2:21 pm

    No I have never had a summer romance.

    Reply
  35. Sheila McGinley says:
    June 20, 2023 at 3:04 pm

    Unfortunately I have never had a summer romance but I can’t wait to dive in to the Ro Bro!!!

    Reply
  36. Sharon says:
    June 20, 2023 at 3:14 pm

    Unfortunately no summer romances for me either!

    Reply
  37. Sharon Gilberti says:
    June 20, 2023 at 3:50 pm

    My husband is my one and only so no other summer romances, but I love reading about them in books. I can’t wait to read this.

    Reply
  38. Debbie says:
    June 20, 2023 at 3:53 pm

    I had a summer fling in high school. His name was Jerry and I lived in AZ and he lived in TN. He was in AZ visiting his aunt and we met at church. I was enamored immediately! When I look back on it (cough) 30 years later!!, I remember what a gentleman he was even at that age and that his single mom did a great job raising him. I was devastated when our summer ended.

    Reply
  39. Teri Tennison says:
    June 20, 2023 at 4:05 pm

    Only once; a guy I had a crush on visited my university my first summer break…a short but intense affair later, off he went, never to be seen again!

    Reply
  40. Janet B McCabe says:
    June 20, 2023 at 4:15 pm

    No unfortunately I never have had a summer romance

    Reply
  41. bn100 says:
    June 20, 2023 at 4:19 pm

    n/a

    Reply
  42. Lisa Cahill says:
    June 20, 2023 at 4:34 pm

    I used to spend every Summer at my Nana’s house in upstate NY. When I was 15 I met this awesome small town boy named David. We spent the entire Summer together and I lost my virginity to him. When I went home I knew the four hour time difference was not going to work out. It didn’t but I have some amazing memories!

    Reply
  43. Mary Preston says:
    June 20, 2023 at 4:46 pm

    No summer romances for me.

    Reply
  44. Mary H says:
    June 20, 2023 at 5:21 pm

    Hi
    I never had a Summer romance

    Reply
  45. Marcie L. says:
    June 20, 2023 at 5:22 pm

    Never had a summer romance 🙁

    Reply
  46. Julie Barker says:
    June 20, 2023 at 6:11 pm

    Alas, no sexy summer flings for me. 😞

    Reply
  47. Jessica says:
    June 20, 2023 at 6:54 pm

    No summer romances for me.

    Reply
  48. Cat Wright says:
    June 20, 2023 at 7:37 pm

    Unfortunately I have never had a Summer Romance.
    Thankyou so much for the chance.

    Reply
  49. Shannon Capelle says:
    June 20, 2023 at 7:49 pm

    Yes i did when i was 14 years old

    Reply
  50. Renee says:
    June 20, 2023 at 7:59 pm

    I was thirteen and met a boy at summer camp. It was sweet. When I was sixteen, I met my high school sweetheart. I always remember our summers the most since we lived cities away from each other and summers were mostly ours.

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  51. Molly says:
    June 20, 2023 at 8:36 pm

    I can’t really remember having a summer romance. My parents were pretty protective and I was shy so I wouldn’t have had many chances. I might have had “friendships” with guys during the summer but nothing with romance or spice. Guess I missed something.

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  52. Jenny B says:
    June 20, 2023 at 8:37 pm

    I did in college and it was a perfect summer!!!!

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  53. Marie says:
    June 20, 2023 at 8:46 pm

    I’ve had a few fun summer nights. I wouldn’t call them romances though ha ha

    Reply
  54. Shelley W says:
    June 20, 2023 at 8:50 pm

    Never had a summer fling/romance, but never say never. I could probably handle a short romance better now as an adult than I probably would have as a starry eyed teen.

    Reply
  55. Christina B says:
    June 20, 2023 at 9:08 pm

    Not yet… but never say never!

    Reply
  56. pampeters52 says:
    June 20, 2023 at 9:12 pm

    Yes, when I was teenager my family and I went to North Dakota to visit friends and I ended up getting my first hickie! Lol

    Reply
  57. Suzanne M Pfannenstiel says:
    June 20, 2023 at 10:33 pm

    Not yet. I’m 64. Still have time for one in my future. Maybe this summer. One can only hope!

    Reply
  58. Jolanda LovestoRead says:
    June 21, 2023 at 12:11 am

    No never, so far.

    Reply
  59. Andi H. says:
    June 21, 2023 at 3:45 am

    Yes, I’ve had. Years later He became my husband.😊💕 Thanks for the chance!

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  60. Lilah Chavez says:
    June 21, 2023 at 6:20 am

    No… And I’ve Been married now for bout more than 20years so I don’t think it matters what season you fall in Love

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  61. Rhonda ODell says:
    June 21, 2023 at 6:55 am

    Married young so no but now separated and with the beginning of summer who knows 😘

    Reply
  62. Irma Jurejevčič says:
    June 21, 2023 at 8:04 am

    No, never. I’ve had all but two boyfriends before I started dating the hunk who’s now my hubs!

    Reply
  63. Caroline says:
    June 21, 2023 at 9:10 am

    I met my husband on June 23rd, and was married on June 21st the next year!

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  64. Lisa H says:
    June 21, 2023 at 10:57 am

    Met a boy at a campground and started a summer romance that lasted a few years. Had a blast with a city boy since I’m just a small town girl

    Reply
  65. Sandra Dufoe says:
    June 21, 2023 at 10:57 am

    I met my husband at a summer Baseball dance been married 32 years.

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  66. Dawn Smoker says:
    June 21, 2023 at 11:04 am

    I’ve never had a summer romance before.

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  67. Tina R says:
    June 21, 2023 at 11:14 am

    No, I never had a summer romance.

    Reply
  68. Eve says:
    June 21, 2023 at 11:22 am

    I have enjoyed a couple of summer romances while on holiday. They were great experiences and shaped me into the woman I am today.
    Because I used to be shy, but thanks to these romances I came out of my shell and became more confident.

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  69. Roberta Bristol says:
    June 21, 2023 at 11:25 am

    In a way, yes. I met my husband in May so we were together before he was transferred to Turkey (Air Force) in September. We did the long distance thing and married the following May. He came back to the states then we went back together to Turkey.

    Thanks for the chance to win.

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  70. Lorey Christensen says:
    June 21, 2023 at 11:31 am

    I wish!

    Reply
  71. Kathi Soniat says:
    June 21, 2023 at 11:46 am

    No Summer romance – but LOVED this story!!

    Reply
  72. Jennie says:
    June 21, 2023 at 11:47 am

    I had a summer romance on Martha’s Vineyard the summer I turned 21. Romance may be a bit too strong, it was more of a physical relationship 🙂

    Reply
  73. Lisa says:
    June 21, 2023 at 11:49 am

    No summer romance. I met my husband on a February night.

    Reply
  74. Colleen C. says:
    June 21, 2023 at 12:07 pm

    Nope never had one… had a crush once though.

    Reply
  75. Kimberlee Wertens says:
    June 21, 2023 at 12:09 pm

    If summer romance can lead into marriage, then yes. My husband and I met in May and we’d bring him with us up to my gramma’s house at a lake. We’d go down to the dock and hide under the cover of their boat. And well…. That was a fun summer.

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  76. Michelle Harris says:
    June 21, 2023 at 12:21 pm

    No never had a summer romance.

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  77. Jessica Arnson says:
    June 21, 2023 at 1:22 pm

    Oh yes I’ve had summer romances. Plural. Never a good idea, long term anyway. 😝

    Reply
  78. Susan says:
    June 21, 2023 at 1:22 pm

    I had a summer crush. It was a guy who sang in the band at the campground we visited often. Fun summer!

    Reply
  79. Janeen Phillips says:
    June 21, 2023 at 1:24 pm

    Happy Release Day!

    Reply
  80. MJ Symmonds says:
    June 21, 2023 at 1:25 pm

    I thought I was having a summer romance with a guy who was going off to college I the fall. Well 29 years later & that fling is still going strong.

    Reply
  81. Maritza F. says:
    June 21, 2023 at 1:32 pm

    I’ve never had a summer romance, dated 2 men, married one.

    Reply
  82. veroticker says:
    June 21, 2023 at 1:40 pm

    Yeah, but he was an asshole. And he was 18 😀 (I was 16)

    Reply
  83. Jeri says:
    June 21, 2023 at 1:43 pm

    Yes. The summer after I graduated high school. He was older and in AA, I ended up going to a bunch of Alanon meetings and playing euchre after the meetings were over and we all hung out for awhile. We broke up when he decided that being around me and my roommate was making him too girly when he raised his pinky drinking his coffee. I later found out he committed suicide a year later when he was arrested for driving without a license.

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  84. Trudy Shutts says:
    June 21, 2023 at 1:49 pm

    I had a summer romance about 35 years ago. We never went out, were just fuck buddies, he was 7 years younger and we would just call each other when the mood struck. He was actually the last guy I was with before I met my husband!

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  85. Claire says:
    June 21, 2023 at 1:50 pm

    I wouldn’t say a romance, more of a flirtation. I’m dating myself, but it was the summer between my sophomore and junior year of college and we chatted over AIM and then a letter showed up in the mail. A few more came, but by the time school started up again things had fizzled out. We both went to the same college, but didn’t really run in the same crowds. We stayed friendly, but nothing real ever came of it!

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  86. legrand58 says:
    June 21, 2023 at 1:58 pm

    The summer of my 15th birthday was crazy wild and I hung out with the town…. shall we say, harlot? TINY town in upstate New York. We were hanging out with the neighbor down the street one weekend in his garage where he was working on his motorcycle. She left to go hang out with other people and I stayed with him. He was 24 and gorgeous and I fell madly in love with him that summer. Talk about taboo and forbidden, not to mention against the law? But man he was amazing and I was absolutely convinced we would get married one day. LOL I’m pretty sure my harlot friend must have ratted us out because he suddenly didn’t want to see me anymore, he even started parading another woman in front of me. To say I was devastated was an understatement. I spent like 2 weeks in bed and didn’t pull out of my funk until just before school started. My harlot friend had started dating a new guy who I got to know pretty well since the three of us would hang out together. She was seeing 3 other guys behind his back so I eventually told him about those other guys and he broke up with her. But we kept hanging out and then started dating, which ruined my friendship with her (no big loss). I ended up marrying that guy after we graduated high school.

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  87. Anna Paradox says:
    June 21, 2023 at 2:01 pm

    I think I fell for a guy every year at summer camp during high school! But it was all only longing glances and holding hands.

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  88. Anita Byars says:
    June 21, 2023 at 2:06 pm

    No I have never had a summer romance!

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  89. sonia m. roman says:
    June 21, 2023 at 2:17 pm

    I had a summer romance when i was about 20. It was glorious. I was home from college and met my college roommate’s friend and we hit it off. Beaches, parks, carnivals and all the fun all summer long. Then i had to go back to school and the distance took over. Never saw or heard from him again but l will always remember him.

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  90. Sheila says:
    June 21, 2023 at 2:17 pm

    I’ve never had a summer romance but I used to dream of having one someday.

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  91. Jennifer H. says:
    June 21, 2023 at 2:28 pm

    No, I haven’t. I wanted one when I was a teenager, I think. Romance novels that I would inhale made them seem so dreamy, but I was too shy and introverted to put myself out there. I’ve been with my husband for 22 years, so I don’t see any summer flings in my future.

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  92. sandra rodriquez says:
    June 21, 2023 at 2:36 pm

    yes every summer for the past 4 years with my neighbors Son…

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  93. Debbie Rice says:
    June 21, 2023 at 3:12 pm

    No I have unfortunately never had a summer romance but I did have a crush on one of our neighbors son he was a cutie but he showed no interest in me soo I just let it go!!
    LOL

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    1. Debbie Rice says:
      June 21, 2023 at 3:16 pm

      Happy Release Day to you and Johnathan

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  94. Sara Cunningham Pa says:
    June 21, 2023 at 3:17 pm

    No I have unfortunately never had a summer romance, have you had a summer romance and did it only last the summer? Maybe when my my daughter is 18 I look into having a fling.

    Thanks for letting me enter.

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  95. Christy Batchelor says:
    June 21, 2023 at 3:32 pm

    I did have a sort of a summer romance between my junior/senior year. He was an old ex of one of my friends and a friend of mine who’d come home to visit. He’d come by my job to see me and started flirting then came back after I got off to hang out. So we started hanging out and doing stuff together for a few weeks but I just couldn’t see it lasting so I broke it off.

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  96. Elizabeth Enselman says:
    June 21, 2023 at 3:41 pm

    Nope never 🙂

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  97. Amelyn says:
    June 21, 2023 at 3:46 pm

    I did have a summer romance in college. He broke up with me just before school started again, which I thought was weird. We were both living local to the university. He wasn’t from there, but was 22 and staying in an apartment through the summer between his junior and senior year. I think I was 19. Anyway, he told me I couldn’t tell anyone that we dated. Screw that. I told everyone. LOL We were in swing choir together and when he showed up he was pissed at first, except that I ended up getting elected president of the choir that year. It took him a couple of decades to apologize over Facebook. I was so over it.

    Oh, and when I was sixteen, I was a nanny and lived away from home for the summer. I made up a summer romance and wrote home to friends about the fictional him, trying to make a certain guy from home jealous. It didn’t work. LOL He was happy for me.

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  98. Brenda H. says:
    June 21, 2023 at 3:59 pm

    Yes. I had a summer romance when I was in my early twenties. It was sweet.

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  99. Peg says:
    June 21, 2023 at 4:01 pm

    I’ve never had a summer romance. Mainly because I was married at 19 and had been dating my hubby for 2 years prior to that.

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  100. Ellen Leighton says:
    June 21, 2023 at 4:05 pm

    Hi Julie,I’ve had a couple of summer flings-my favorite was with a guy in the summer I turned 24,he was a star on the basketball team at the local University and was staying at my friend’s house for the summer (he was from out of state). We had lots of fun going out with his teammates and my friends (3 of my friends married 3 of the guys). I saw him a few times during the school year,then he moved home,but we stayed friends and still keep in touch!

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  101. Tracy Urschler says:
    June 21, 2023 at 4:50 pm

    A few summer romances, but they never went any farther than that.

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  102. Diana Freeman says:
    June 21, 2023 at 4:53 pm

    Summer romance? Yes! I’ve had several. Sometimes multiples at the same time. Summer lovin is the best!

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  103. Rebecca Bowen says:
    June 21, 2023 at 5:13 pm

    I had a summer romance that turned into a 23 year marriage. Did I do it wrong? 😉

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  104. sidlaw0425 says:
    June 21, 2023 at 5:16 pm

    I have not but would like to.

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  105. Lynn says:
    June 21, 2023 at 6:12 pm

    Hmm, not a summer romance but a vacation one.

    Reply
  106. Tisha says:
    June 21, 2023 at 6:13 pm

    My entire ten age life was a summer romance. Never had the patience to stick with a guy any longer then 2 months until i met my husband the summer before I turned 18 and now we have been together 29 years and married for 23 of them

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  107. jennifer Beck says:
    June 21, 2023 at 6:41 pm

    Yes , I was just 14 and he was 18. He was a bad boy and it was trouble.

    Reply
  108. Liz says:
    June 21, 2023 at 7:29 pm

    I was about to day I never have, but then I remembered – ugh, yes, yes I have. did not end well

    Reply
  109. Chris Gutowski says:
    June 21, 2023 at 7:33 pm

    I call them “summer flings” rather than “romances”, but I suppose there was some romance going on, LOL…I’ve had a few back in the day…fun times…I remember them all fondly.

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  110. Heather Lamberson says:
    June 21, 2023 at 7:59 pm

    I had very taboo summer romance when I was 15 he was 17. He was my step father’s nephew. 🤦 I know right. My parents sent me to stay in Tennessee for “an undetermined amount of time” because they were not happy with the friends I was hanging out with and the church I was attending with them. They were strict Southern Baptist. I was not.🤷 My “cousin ” and I had always been somewhat close anytime I came down to visit. We had a lot in common and always seemed to be interested in doing the same things. Things started out as a normal visit to my “Aunt’s” His actual Aunt .Then she said William would be staying with us because him and his parents were not getting along and he needed a break. Cool. He started out teaching me how to drive a stick shift and kept his hand over mine on the gear shift the whole drive and I swear my whole body has been electrified. I would lay out on the deck to tan and he stayed right there with me the whole time just sitting in a chair talking to me playing music. Offer to reapply lotion or tell me I was getting too pink lol. I had a crush on him growing up but thought mh mind must really be sick he is family.. late one night we were on the couch watching a movie, and he threw a blanket over us complaining about My Aunt and her menopausal ice tundra of a home. But omg that blanket gave him access to put his hand on my inner thigh. Just sat it there . 🤯 I was like omg this can’t be right he can’t really like me too… It’s just my sick mind. But he leaned over and said is this okay I’ve been wanting to touch you for years now and I just can’t hold back anymore. My brain blew up no words I had no words. I just shook my head yes. We would sneak off ” driving” and go make out and talk omg he loves to talk. I learned so much that summer. We never went farther than hands. Because I think deep down we were both too scared of family issues. But two days before my parents called to say my mom has been in an accident and needed me home to help with my siblings he told me he loved me 😭 ask me to stay there permanently. I was going to. I ask my aunt she said yes and we were going to look into getty me in school the following fall. We had plans we were going to be together. Even if we upset our families. But life happened. I went back home 8 hours away. He stopped calling, wasn’t home when I called. My last call he answered he told me not to come down when my family was he couldn’t bear to see me he was not in a good place. My dad called me in his computer room 3 months later tear filled eyes made me sit down. Told me William killed himself. He has been struggling with drugs and he found out his mother was cheating on his dad confronted her and she told him she was not happy. They found him in his truck I learned to drive in on the side of a back road. I have a good idea where it was but no one would tell me exactly. I hold on to the guilt that if I had been there he would be alive. Even if we didn’t stay together we were still close and I could have helped him been there for him. But I wasn’t. Best summer of my life followed by the worst spring.

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  111. Kathy says:
    June 21, 2023 at 7:59 pm

    Never have

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  112. Marsha Bachmeier says:
    June 21, 2023 at 8:41 pm

    I’ve had summer crushes, but never a summer fling. I feel like I’ve missed out on so much! lol

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  113. Carrie-Lee Ash says:
    June 21, 2023 at 9:14 pm

    I would say a fantastic summer fling I had was at a summer camp I was wondering at! It was a camp for special needs kiddos in Honesdale Pennsylvania and all us staff were from all over the world! We had one night and one day off a week and worked for peanuts BUT the fun and shenanigans was fantastic once the teens were asleep in their bunks!!
    😜

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  114. Aline P says:
    June 21, 2023 at 9:17 pm

    Yes when I was younger had a summer romance. A cousin of my BFF. Lasted a few weeks. Then I had to go back home from vacation. Never saw him again. Burned hot like a flame then doused like a fire.

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    1. Saranna Greveling says:
      June 22, 2023 at 6:13 am

      I feel like most of my romances started in the spring or fall… No truly summer fling type experience :p

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  115. Tammie D says:
    June 21, 2023 at 10:56 pm

    No, fell in love with my husband of over 32 years after summer

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  116. Elisabel D says:
    June 21, 2023 at 11:05 pm

    Yes, for like two days 🤣 other than that, nothing!

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  117. skier4life says:
    June 22, 2023 at 1:13 am

    I was home for the summer from college and I met him at the beach club. He was home from college too. We went out dancing each night and swam in the ocean each day. Hot summer days and even hotter summer nights. We went back to our schools at the end of summer and I never saw him again.

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  118. Mary Forster says:
    June 22, 2023 at 4:21 am

    When I was in my teens I did have a summer romance. It lasted for a couple months and then we parted ways. I ended up seeing him again a few months later.

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  119. Heather Lindsey says:
    June 22, 2023 at 9:37 am

    Unfortunately,I have never had a summer romance.

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  120. Casey says:
    June 22, 2023 at 10:01 am

    I never had a a full blown summer romance but had summer crush!! We were in our teens and would hang out every weekend when we would go down to the river, oh how I wanted there to be more!!

    Definitely wouldn’t mind reading about a steamy full blown romance 😉🔥

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  121. Samantha C says:
    June 22, 2023 at 11:40 am

    I’ve never had a summer romance, but I met my husband in high school and the first summer we were together I knew I would marry him ❤️❤️

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  122. Lisa Mandina says:
    June 22, 2023 at 3:33 pm

    I’ve never had one. I wish I could some day!

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  123. Mel Maz says:
    June 22, 2023 at 4:54 pm

    It was a spring romance when I was 26 and here we are 32 years later and back to honeymooning 💕 I’m a very lucky lady! Thanks so much for this chance looks so amazing and congratulations on your new release! 💗📚

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  124. Amanda says:
    June 22, 2023 at 6:25 pm

    Never had any summer romances.

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  125. Deanna Dodge says:
    June 22, 2023 at 6:53 pm

    Sadly no..never did.

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  126. Tia P says:
    June 22, 2023 at 7:18 pm

    I have not had a summer (only) romance. I did meet my first love in the summer, though we did not break up at the end of it. We ended up dating for a year and a half.

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  127. Tonya Higdon says:
    June 22, 2023 at 8:37 pm

    Yes!! High school met the boy at the lake my family went to yearly. We spent 3 weeks together generally being silly love sick teens! Until…. His girlfriend showed up for the weekend. Heart broken and revenge is a real thing. I saw him a few summers later. He showed up at the camp next to ours in his fancy new truck. Needless to say sugar found its way into his gas tank. Ooos sorry not sorry! Love love love the book.

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  128. Penny Moore says:
    June 23, 2023 at 2:39 am

    No. I was too busy working.

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  129. Rebecca E. says:
    June 23, 2023 at 2:44 am

    Technically no.

    Reply
  130. Nicky Ortiz says:
    June 23, 2023 at 3:41 am

    No never had a summer romance.
    Thanks for the chance!

    Congratulations!

    Reply
  131. Amy Butterbaugh says:
    June 23, 2023 at 4:14 am

    No I’ve never had a summer romance

    Reply
  132. Sharon Royer says:
    June 24, 2023 at 11:33 am

    Closest thing I’ve had to a summer romance was when I was around 10 and “dated” a boy that came to visit his aunt (my neighbor) for the summer. We called each other bf/gf all summer and spent all of our time together, purely innocent but thought that we were dating lol. I was broken hearted when he came back the next summer and told me he had another gf that went to school with him. 🤦‍♀️🤣🤷‍♀️

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  133. Carissa says:
    June 24, 2023 at 3:52 pm

    No

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  134. Belinda Stanley Tasaico says:
    June 24, 2023 at 5:51 pm

    No summer romance for me, ever. Was too much of an introvert reader and dreamer. Never looked up and around enough to have a romance. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!

    Reply
  135. barbarakay1 says:
    June 30, 2023 at 10:05 am

    I just read whatever pops up next on my ARC calendar.

    Reply
  136. Kaitlyn Walas says:
    July 1, 2023 at 2:44 pm

    I never had a romance in general lol

    Reply
  137. andreadrake1 says:
    July 2, 2023 at 5:57 pm

    Yes, when I was a teenager I had a summer romance. It felt so important at the time but it didn’t last long lol. This is an awesome giveaway! Ty for the chance!

    Reply
  138. Jaana says:
    July 13, 2023 at 9:59 am

    Unfortunately no. I’d love to have some romance in my current life also! Where is the man for me?

    Reply

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