Recommendations based on "Last Kiss of Summer"

There’s complicated. And there’s Rowen Sterling. After numbing pain for the past five years with boys, alcohol, and all-around apathy, she finds herself on a Greyhound bus to nowhere Montana the summer after she graduates high school. Her mom agreed to front the bill to Rowen’s dream art school only if Rowen proves she can work hard and stay out of trouble at Willow Springs Ranch. Cooking breakfast at the crack of dawn for a couple dozen ranch hands and mucking out horse stalls are the last things in the world Rowen wants to spend her summer doing. Until Jesse Walker saunters into her life wearing a pair of painted-on jeans, a cowboy hat, and a grin that makes something in her chest she’d thought was frozen go boom-boom. Jesse’s like no one else, and certainly nothing like her. He’s the bright and shiny to her dark and jaded. Rowen knows there’s no happily-ever-after for the golden boy and the rebel girl—happily-right-now is a stretch—so she tries to forget and ignore the boy who makes her feel things she’s not sure she’s ready to feel. But the more she pushes him away, the closer he seems to get. The more she convinces herself she doesn’t care, the harder she falls. When her dark secrets refuse to stay locked behind the walls she’s kept up for years, Rowen realizes it’s not just everyone else she needs to be honest with. It’s herself.

"I’d never met anyone quite like Mathias Wade.He was brooding and arrogant, but I loved him anyway.Together we were wild and uncontained—a hurricane raging.Then I had to leave and words were exchanged that could never be undone. But I was back, and Mathias better watch out, because this bitch wasn’t finished with him. Game. Set. Match. All is fair in love and war, right?" Mathias Wade, the lead singer of Willow Creek, is used to getting everything he wants. Except for Remy Parker—the one that got away. Childhood friends that grew into more, Remy was the one constant in his life until she moved away. In anger, he lashed out and broke the only girl he ever loved. With temptation around every corner Mathias drowns his sorrow in women and alcohol. When the band returns to their hometown for the holidays the last thing Mathias expects is to run into Remy—but she’s back, and she’s not done with him.Remy never forgot Mathias or the pain he caused her. When she moves back to the place she grew up to take care of her ailing grandma her heart is set on revenge. She’s determined to make Mathias fall in love with her all over again—only this time she’s going to break his heart.But Mathias never stopped loving Remy—and she soon discovers that her feelings haven’t disappeared either.Can two people too stubborn for their own good overcome their own demons and find the love they always deserved?

From the USA Today bestselling author of Fisher's Light comes a "heartbreaking and hopeful" (AL Jackson) standalone romance about first love and second chances. How much can a man take before he breaks? 1,843 days. That's how long I survived in that hellhole. They tried to break me, but I resisted. And I owe it all to the memory of warm summer nights, the scent of peaches, and the one woman who loved me more than I ever deserved to be loved. Now, I'll do anything to get back to her. Only Shelby Eubanks isn't the girl I left behind all those years ago. She's someone else, a stranger. My Shelby-my little green-eyed firecracker-would never give up her dreams, would never disappear into her mother's ambitions. But I won't give up on her. On us. I may be broken, and scarred, and not the man I used to be, but I will do whatever it takes to remind her of the story of us.

*Mikayla* In one night my fairytale ended. Or it may have begun. This is my story of friendship and love, heartbreak and desire, and the strength to show weakness. *Jake* One night I met a girl. A sad and broken girl, but one more beautiful than any other. She laughed through her sadness, while I loved through her heartbreak. *This is our story of a maybe ever after.* He was right. It made no difference whether it was 6 months or 6 years. I couldn't undo what had been done. I couldn't change the future. I couldn't even predict it. It was one night. One night when everything changed. It was so much more than just the betrayal. It was the Tragedy. The Deaths. The Murders. But it was also that feeling. The feeling of falling.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author S.C. Stephens comes a powerful and emotional contemporary romance featuring a young woman in a new city who finds herself torn between her handsome, reliable boyfriend and a sexy local rock star.For almost two years now, Kiera’s boyfriend, Denny, has been everything she’s ever wanted: loving, tender, and endlessly devoted to her. When they head off to a new city to start their lives together—Denny at his dream job and Kiera at a top-notch university—everything seems perfect. Then an unforeseen obligation forces the happy couple apart. Feeling lonely, confused, and in need of comfort, Kiera turns to an unexpected source—a local rock star named Kellan Kyle. At first, he’s purely a friend she can lean on, but as her loneliness grows, so does their relationship. And then one night everything changes…and none of them will ever be the same.

Years of love and heartbreak come to a head when two authors who parted as enemies in their youth are forced to reunite on the campus where it all started and confront their tumultuous past in this captivating debut romance by Kara McDowell. It’s been thirteen years since Mars Darling first met West Emerson on a bench outside their writing class. What started out as a friendly rivalry turned into a best friendship and then, for a time that felt all too brief, a romance. Now over a decade later, as Mars stands at their college campus as a once-esteemed YA fantasy author, ready to take on a book festival, she comes face to face with West. The muse behind her infamous trilogy’s heartthrob hero, the man who betrayed her in the worst way.Mars is determined not to let her comeback tour be ruined by the fact that West is also at the festival as an author. But the longer they are on the campus that holds so many shared memories, the more time they have to untangle their past, and Mars starts to question if maybe it’s not only her writing career that deserves a second chance.Told in two unfolding timelines—Mars and West’s frenzied college days where they grapple with their undeniable connection, and their tension-filled present of heartache and familiar yearning—this charming romance shows that while you can’t rewrite the past, it’s never too late to chase your happily ever after and get back the one that got away.

Ginger Winters is a gifted hairstylist with scars no one can see. The last thing she expects from the New Year is a new chance at love. Overcoming a childhood tragedy, Ginger emerges from the pain and trauma with a gift for bringing out the beauty in others. From the top big city salons to traveling the world as personal stylist to a country music sensation, success was almost enough to make Ginger forget she would never be one of the beautiful people. that girl, forever on the outside looking in. But she needs her confidence this weekend. She’s the acclaimed “beauty-maker” for the Alabama society wedding of the decade. When high-school crush Tom Wells Jr. also returns to town and shows up at her shop looking for a haircut, Ginger’s thinly veiled insecurities threaten to keep her locked away from love, Despite Tom’s best efforts, Ginger can’t forget how he disappeared on her twelve years ago and broke her heart. Can she ever trust him again? When Tom challenges her to see her own beauty, Ginger must decide if she will remained chained to the past or move freely into a new, exciting future.

Dacey Happa-Hewitt had no idea that traveling to India with her fiancé would end in their break-up. Worst of all, her scumbag ex left her while she was suffering from a serious illness. Now recovered and back in Moonrise Beach, Dacey needs to muster up the courage to not only face her ex again but to also explain her newly single status to her overprotective father. Just when she thinks things couldn't get any worse, her childhood crush, Greyson Blackbourn, comes back into her life, stirring up all kinds of emotions and desires she thought she'd long outgrown.Tasked with rebuilding the deck at the Happa-Hewitt's beach house, Greyson can't seem to help his sidelong glances at Dacey. It's obvious that he still holds a flame for her, but given their family pasts and her broken heart, he worries acting on his desires will damage their friendship forever.A quick romp in the sheets might just be what Dacey needs to get over her heartbreak. But will a hot night in the arms of her childhood best friend be a mistake? Or will everlasting love finally be within reach?

My sister died the night he snuck into our bedroom.I brought her back to life when I made sure he couldn't harm her again.I promised I'd always protect her, that I'd always watch out for her.I never thought I'd have to save her from herself...To the moon and back...From the stars to the ocean...That was Marley and Cameron Bowen's secret code.Twins born just five minutes apart, they have the perfect life... Until tragedy strikes just weeks after their eighth birthday and their father is killed by a drunk driver. Having trouble coping with the loss of her soul mate, their mother tries to find comfort in drugs and alcohol... And an abusive man with a penchant for underage girls. No longer able to stand listening to his sister's screams and cries every night for nearly three years, Cam takes matters into his own hands and they're finally able to escape the nightmare.They're finally able to start over...But the nightmare still haunts Marley. The years go on and she is forced to put on a smile, making everyone think she is the perfect, well-adjusted teenager she is supposed to be... Until she is faced with a painful reminder of her past during her senior year of high school and she's no longer able to keep on the mask she has been compelled to wear.Mature readers recommended.Topics: coming of age, suicide, depression, sexual abuse, strong heroine, mystery, twins, siblings, family, drugs, alcohol, myrtle beach, beach romance, high school, stress, urban romance, USA today, USA today bestseller, suspenseful romance, new adult romance, T.K. Leigh, T.K. Leigh romance, page-turner, amnesia, love, love books, kissing books, emotional journey, angst, sweet romance, intrigue, contemporary, contemporary romance, romance series, long series, long romance series, protect, damsel in distress, assault, drama, action and adventure, action romance, romantic, military, emotional, young love, strong female, angst, betrayal, fated love, psychological, tortured hero, corruption, ugly cry

He was the troubled kid with a bad reputation who would chase off bullies and bring back things I’d lose out in the woods. I didn’t care what people said about his messed-up family--or him. He was my first and only crush. A decade later, seeing Cole for the first time in years, I discover he's still fighting the dark shadows of his past. And I'm still the only one defending him in our small town. He’s still dangerously intense. Still able to make my heart race with a single brooding glance. The only difference? This living, breathing thing between us is now so much more than a crush. Note: ❤️ IF WE LEAP takes place ten years prior to the IF WE FALL & IF WE FLY duet. This is the very start of Josie & Cole's deep, all-consuming love, filled with unimaginable heartache, sacrifice, and redemption. The reading order of the WHAT IF series is: - IF WE LEAP (free for a limited time) - IF WE FALL - IF WE FLY "Overflowing with swoon-worthy romance...their chemistry simply pulses off the pages." -- Kindle Friends Forever "Gut. Punch. I had prepared myself for an emotional hurricane...but I was unprepared for all the twists and turns [in this series]." -- Sarah, Goodreads "Sweet, angsty and suspenseful all at the same time! A lovely window into Josie and Cole's youth." -- The Book Hoarder "Cole and Josie's story will melt you and break you and rip you to shreds a million times over." -- Rentastic Reads