The Simple Wild
K.A. Tucker · 2018
Calla's guarded heart and her long estrangement from her father give the romance its emotional stakes, and the Alaskan setting supplies the same immersive, summer-only intensity the reader loved.
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It Happened One Summer
Tessa Bailey · 2021
Piper's growth from a shallow party girl into someone who can be trusted with love is directly tied to the stepfather who belittled her, and the small-town summer romance delivers a hard-won happy ending.
Things You Save in a Fire
Katherine Center · 2019
A firefighter with a guarded heart is forced to care for the mother who abandoned her, and the romance that grows alongside that reckoning matches the emotional stakes and warmth of Just for the Summer.
Funny Story
Emily Henry · 2024
A summer-only arrangement between two people nursing family wounds becomes real love, with a happy ending that takes a damaging parent seriously.
The Friend Zone
Abby Jimenez · 2019
This is not the same author's best known work but it is a strong fit: Kristen's fear of being a burden and her difficulty trusting Josh trace back to a mother who made her feel inadequate, and the book balances that pain with real warmth.
The Unhoneymooners
Christina Lauren · 1934
A sun-drenched enemies-to-lovers romance with a heroine learning to stand up to a belittling family, offering the light tone and emotional growth that fans of Abby Jimenez enjoy.
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