Summer Reads – Books for Summer Reading

Her only goal in taking the camp counselor job far from home was to escape everyone who knew anything about her past. So how does a camper know about her brother…

Sixteen-year-old Nina hates everyone from her school and town, save a single best friend. She’s desperate for a respite from her parent’s divorce and scandal that made her a hermit. But her campers divulge odd things, details of her history they couldn’t guess. Believing there’s no way the girls know her secrets she chalks their behavior up to being sensitive kids. Trying to avoid reminders of her prior trauma, she diverts her attention to a live-on-the-edge social crowd and one hot hunky bad-boy counselor.

When things take a dangerous turn, she’s forced to divulge her past, and the truth about what makes some of her campers very special comes to light.  

Can Nina face her trauma, open up to new friendships, and a world she never imagined possible? Download the magical Drops of Sunshine here.

“summer camp, lollipops and rainbows – Wonderful complex characters but all with an underlying love that allows for joy at rainbows, campfires, and music.” – 4* hlp on Amazon

She chose who she couldn’t live without. But how far will she go to stand by him…

Saying Amanda’s freshman year started out rocky would be an understatement. She finishes her first term solid though, making good marks despite a near-death injury and complicated personal life. So when her father decides she’s headed in the wrong direction she’s blindsided.

With the tension at home, she can’t wait to get back to school. What waits for her there she’d never imagined and her relationship is thrown into turmoil. As Doug spirals, she turns to his best friend, and her ex, for support.

Follow Amanda from Chicago to California and back again. How will her summer end? I dare say it could be magical! Get If I Could Fly to root for true love today.

He landed his dream job and is ready for a fresh start. But is he destined to fall for someone who can’t commit to him…

Zack Walters spent too much time pining for a girl who chose his best friend. He’s put all that behind him and is ready to find someone who makes him happy. An Irish redhead with a quick tongue and fiery confidence catches his eye. When they end up on a camping trip together, he seizes the opportunity to get to know her. He’s drawn to her down to earth nature and chances an invitation to a first date. Their idyllic evening leads to a second, third, and sparks fly. When her father shows up unannounced, Zack learns she’s been keeping secrets.

With his track record of falling for unavailable women, Zack wants to bolt. But what if she is the one? Shouldn’t he give her a second chance? Deciding she may be worth the risk, he allows her to explain and learns of her tragic past.

Can Zack trust his heart with a girl whose own is mending?

Follow Zack and Liz to Arizona to see if love can overcome all! Line dance your way into Deepest Scars, Strongest Hearts here.

A naturally immune girl. A genetically modified boy. A search for a cure that may cost them everything…

Fifteen-year-old Jema Walker would do anything to protect her sibling. But she never imagined they’d be facing another global flu pandemic. Sent to a remote desert location for safety, Jema is horrified when her sister contracts the deadly virus.

Caught in a conflict of impossible choices, Jema teams up with a specially bred eighteen-year-old boy to find a remedy. But when they’re forced to go rogue and abandon their community, she fears the ruling adults only want them for their uniquely protected DNA.

Can the duo hunt down an antidote before they fall victim to ruthless experiments?

Follow them across the desert to help her sister and stop the evil regime hording the cure in Lovelock Ones now!

They can save the human race. To do it, they must take down their own government…

Sixteen-year-old Jema is on the run. Branded a traitor for trying to share a DNA-based cure for a lethal contagion, she and her friends are hunted by forces loyal to her sinister uncle. And unless they force him to release the formula, she fears a worldwide war to claim the antigen.

Forced to fight like soldiers in the desolate desert, Jema learns there could be sympathizers who will support a coup. But with only scavenged food and fading hope, she and her small group of grimly determined teens face a deadly trek across dangerous territory.

Can Jema get the cure in the public domain before the planet descends into bloodshed and chaos?

Torch is the second book in the thrilling Lovelock YA dystopian science fiction series. If you like intense action, courage under pressure, and races against time, then you’ll love Tricia Copeland’s fast-paced novel.

Find out what readers say about Torch below and descend into this adventure here.

**** – “Those who love a good fast-paced plot will be pleased with the pacing and no-nonsense story line. As an added bonus, and especially endearing in a plot-driven book, are a couple of rare scenes in the midst of the action when varying characters truly make an emotional connection through dialogue and physical actions that rattles the heartstrings of readers.” – Casey Hays, YA and NA Author

**** – “If you like dystopian novels with strong characters and on-the-run action, you’ll want to add the Lovelock Ones series to your list.” – Kelly Risser, YA Author

**** – “Action-packed, intense read that I had trouble putting down!” – Books According to Abby