The Hottest Summer We Had: A Small-Town Second-Chance Summer Romance

When a record-breaking heat wave threatens to shut down her family’s struggling lakeside motel, Sadie Mercer returns to the small town she escaped ten years ago, intending to sell the property and leave before anyone realizes how badly her life in the city has fallen apart.

The problem is Cole Bennett—her former best friend, almost-first-love, and the local contractor hired to repair the motel’s failing electrical system.

Cole has spent years believing Sadie left without looking back. Sadie has spent just as long pretending that the night they nearly crossed the line meant nothing. Now they are trapped together in unbearable heat, working through rolling blackouts, water restrictions, irritable guests, and a town festival that may be the motel’s last chance to survive.

As the temperature climbs, so does everything they have avoided saying.