Beach Blondes: June Dreams, July's Promise, August Magic (Summer Series)

Three months. Three guys. One amazing summer.

Summer Smith is in for the best summer of her life. Between the cold weather and her boyfriendless existence in Minnesota, Summer is ready for sun, sand, and boys in the Florida Keys. And by the end of the first day, she has more than enough to keep her busy:

Adam, the senator's son, has looks, power, and all the money in the world.

Diver, the mystery man, is mellow, intriguing, and definitely unique.

And Seth, the perfect guy...only he has a girlfriend.

But with new friends, cute guys, and miles of hot white sand, Summer's in for more trouble than she thinks....

Three months. Three guys. One amazing summer.

Summer Smith is in for the best summer of her life. Between the cold weather and her boyfriendless existence in Minnesota, Summer is ready for sun, sand, and boys in the Florida Keys. And by the end of the first day, she has more than enough to keep her busy:

Adam, the senator's son, has looks, power, and all the money in the world.

Diver, the mystery man, is mellow, intriguing, and definitely unique.

And Seth, the perfect guy...only he has a girlfriend.

But with new friends, cute guys, and miles of hot white sand, Summer's in for more trouble than she thinks....

Children's Literature

Summer Smith lives in Minnesota, where everything is cold and there are no boys. Well, at least not in Summer's life. When her mother suggests spending the summer in the Florida Keys with her aunt and cousin, Summer does not hesitate. On the flight to Florida, Summer sits next to a fortune teller who reveals that she will meet three guys, one mysterious, one dangerous, and one just right. Not that Summer believes any of that. As soon as Summer arrives, her aunt, a romance author, takes off for a book tour and leaves Summer at the mercy of her unreceptive cousin, Diana. Besides Diana's attitude, Summer has another problem—too many boys. Within her first few days in the Keys, Summer has met three boys all interested in her, just like the fortune teller predicted—Adam, Diver, and Seth. With a summer filled with a new job, new friends, and hot guys, Summer has entered a new world where it is easy to forget about her cold and dateless life in Minnesota, but if Summer is not careful, she just might forget who she is too. Applegate creates a hard to put down read, perfect for summer beach reading. While this novel is candy sweet and occasionally redundant, the writing is witty, and the plot is sure to please. Reviewer: Melissa Joy Adams

After Katherine Applegate graduated from college, she spent time waiting tables, typing (badly), watering plants, wandering randomly from one place to the next with her boyfriend, and just generally wasting her time. When she grew sufficiently tired of performing brain-dead minimum-wage work, she decided it was time to become a famous writer. Anyway, a writer. Writing proved to be an ideal career choice, as it involved neither physical exertion nor uncomfortable clothing, and required no social skills.

Ms. Applegate has written more than one hundred books under her own name and a variety of pseudonyms. She has no children, is active in no organizations, and has never been invited to address a joint session of Congress. She does, however, have an evil, foot-biting cat named Dick, and she still enjoys wandering randomly from one place to the next with her boyfriend.