Colony
by Anne Rivers Siddons
Charlestonian Maude Gascoigne falls in love with Bostonian Peter Chambliss the night he takes her to the Saint Cecilia Ball. But it takes much longer to fall in love with Retreat, the Maine summer cottage of Peter's family. At first Maude hates Retreat and all that it stands for. But over the next seventy years she finds herself fighting to save the cottage and passing that love on to future generations. Some descriptions of sex.

Dancing at the Harvest Moon
by K.C. McKinnon
A recently divorced English professor, Maggie, impulsively decides to revisit the summer resort where she met her first love. There, the son of her former lover rekindles her passion. She debates whether to let her heart or her mind determine her future. Some descriptions of sex.

Object Lessons
by Anna Quindlen
It is summer in the 1960s and Maggie Scanlon turns thirteen. In this summer of changes, Maggie discovers illicit sex, romance, arson, power shifts, and new alliances, and begins to see the relationships among her relatives. It is also the summer of construction of the new subdivision. In later years, Maggie remembers that summer whenever she smells "the peculiar odor of new construction." Strong language.

Once Upon a Summer
by Janette Oke
Readers will laugh and cry as they follow the story of Josh Jones, an orphan growing up during the Great Depression. Josh has been raised by his 18-year-old Auntie Lou for as long as he can remember. When he hears his Grandpa and Uncle Charlie discussing wedding plans for Auntie Lou, Josh decides he will try everything he knows to prevent the wedding. Seasons of the Heart, Book 1.

Spirit of the Moon
by Earl Murray
In the summer of 1841, Spirit of the Moon prepares to travel with her father, a trapper for the Hudson's Bay Company, to the Southwest. She will also meet her betrothed, James Condon, son of a company official. But along the way, Spirit of the Moon meets Baker McLeod, a mixed-race trapper who steals her heart. Some violence and some descriptions of sex.

Summer in Eclipse Bay
by Jayne Ann Krentz
Gallery owner Octavia Brightwell hides her family history when she moves to Eclipse Bay, Oregon so when a painting is stolen, townfolk suspect her. Crime-writer Nick Harte helps find the true culprit and the painting. Eclipse Bay, Book 3. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex.

Summer Island
by Kristin Hannah
Second chance love of a different stripe, between mother and daughter, is the focus of this family drama. Well known talk show host Nora Bridge offers inspirational advice that appeals to listeners' family values. What Nora's fans do not know is that her youngest daughter, Ruby, now 28, has not spoken to her mother in years. But when the ugly truth about her past is uncovered, Nora retreats to Summer Island. There she and Ruby finally come to terms with each other. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex.

Summer Light
by Luanne Rice
Lonely, single mother May Taylor has a rocky new marriage with French-Canadian hockey star Martin Cartier, who struggles with his tragic past. May's six-year-old clairvoyant daughter, Kylie, tries to heal them. The child's insights help them cope after Martin is blinded by an injury. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language.

Summer Moon
by Jill Marie Landis
Kate Whittington, who grew up in a Maine orphanage, impulsively answers an advertisement for a mail order bride for Reed Benton of Texas. But when she arrives, she discovers that her husband knows nothing about her. And he has just recovered his son who was captured by the Comanche years earlier. Some explicit descriptions of sex.

Summer Pleasures
by Nora Roberts
In this series of short stories, two friends, who are employees of Celebrity magazine, find the man of their dreams while on assignments. In Second Nature, reporter Lee Radcliffe falls for author Hunter Brown. And in One Summer, photographer Bryan Mitchell spends an unforgettable summer with photojournalist Shade Colby. Some explicit descriptions of sex.

Tara Road
by Maeve Binchy
In Ireland, Ria's marriage falls apart when her husband leaves her for his pregnant girlfriend; in Connecticut, Marilyn, unable to cope with her son's death, separates from her husband. A phone call sets in motion a swapping of houses for the summer and the chance for each woman to rediscover herself.

That Camden Summer
by LaVyrle Spencer
In the early 1900s, divorcee Roberta Jewett, returning to her childhood home in Maine with her three daughters, is talked about and shunned by the community. Even Roberta's mother is ashamed of her. Then Roberta develops a friendship with the man repairing her home, and the neighbors are up in arms.

The Smoke Jumper
by Nicholas Evans
Julia Bishop meets Ed Tully first but soon is introduced to his best friend and fellow forest firefighter Connor Ford. That summer a catastrophic fire forces Julia to choose between the two men she has come to love. Some explicit descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language.

The Underground Stream
by Velda Johnston
Gail Loring, 24, is spending the summer at Hampton Harbor on Long Island recuperating from a nervous breakdown. Hampton Harbor has been the scene of tragic family history, and, in the house she rents from agent Martin Crowley, Gail finds herself drawn back into the l800s. There she relives experiences of her ancestor Martha Fitzwilliam and uncovers a secret of the past that affects her life in the present.