Summer on Blackberry Beach 

June 28, 2022

by Belle Calhoune  (Author)

A faux summer fling seemed like the perfect solution . . . until they start falling in love for real.
 

Teacher Stella Marshall’s summer break has just began, but the gossip is already sizzling: Luke Keegan’s back in town! Stella’s high school crush is all grown up and smolderingly sexy. She might even consider a fling with the former Navy SEAL, if she hadn’t already sworn off all romantic entanglements. But there isn’t a single thing she can do to stop the rumor mill whispering about her and Luke being together—unless . . .

A showmance! Luke never thought he’d propose a fake relationship, but it’s the only way to stop the runaway speculation about their love lives. Pretending to date a woman as stunning as Stella is easy. Not actually falling for her is the hard part. Luke isn’t sure he deserves a hometown happy ending, when members of his SEAL team never made it back at all. But there’s real attraction buzzing between him and Stella . . . and he knows she feels it too. Could their faux summer romance lead to true love?

My thoughts: this book is a sweet Beach read that would be perfect for your Ocean side vacation. This is clean sweet romance set in Maine on the beach complete with the lighthouse. The characters are realistically developed and won my sympathy and I cared for what happened. I enjoyed reading the story and recommended for your summer vacation or any time of the year. It was perfect for a 4th of July read. I was given a copy free and all opinions are my own