SCPL Reads: Lesser known summer romances

Podcast producer Cecily Foster reluctantly agrees to host a show documenting her dating life under the guidance of an influencer coach. Now, she must reconcile her growing feelings for a kind photographer with her coach's conflicting advice.

Librarian Chloe Sampson has been struggling to take care of her younger siblings, find herself, and make ends meet. At a local flea market, she stumbles across a rare edition of a book from the 1960s. She takes it home with her—only to be shocked when her cranky hermit of a neighbour swoops in and offers to buy it for an exorbitant price. Intrigued, Chloe takes a closer look at the book only to find notes scribbled in the margins between two young lovers back when the book was new…one of whom is almost definitely Jasper Holmes, the curmudgeon next door.

A professional organizer and newly single mom Ali Morris meets a man who looks at her like she's a version of herself she hasn't been in a long while and decides there's no harm in a little summer romance...or is there?

Former soap actress Kate Elliott craves to get back into the game after almost two decades away from the big screen. When an attractive young talent agent Charlie Francisco offers her an unusual job - to be the name and face of a ghostwritten romance novel - Kate knows this is her break into the acting scene again.

Kate and Charlie's working relationship is all friction and sparks. But as the summer heat ups and the lies get bigger and bigger, can they stick to their lines . . . or will they go off-script?

Becoming media sensations after a meet-cute moment in lower Manhattan, Franny Doyle and Hayes Montgomery III are the most disastrous match until repeated chance meetings lead to unexpected love.