Elle Everhart

author of bisexual rom-coms

Hot Summer

This summer, things are about to heat up.

Cas Morgan has spent years of her life watching Hot Summer, the hit reality dating show that pairs together a bunch of sexy singles in an exotic island location. Like the rest of the TV-watching UK public, she’s captivated by the hot contestants, outrageous fights, and hilarious banter. But she never quite thought she’d be a part of it, until her company secures a partnership with the production team behind the show, and Cas is handpicked as a contestant. She won’t get any extra help making it through the eight weeks in the hot Cypriot sun, but if she does well and makes it to the finals, her long-awaited promotion will be secured.

Cas is ready to spend the summer trying to make herself more likeable to win over the voting public—and, if not likeable, then at least iconic. But just as she steps into the villa, her entire plan goes off course. She’s instantly smitten with fellow contestant, Ada, who shockingly appears to be on the show to find a genuine relationship, one Cas can’t give. Ada is gorgeous and charming, and seems to like Cas exactly as she is, sharp-edges and all. Cas isn’t used to the side of herself Ada brings out, and when their connection becomes undeniable—and Cas’s own standing in the villa precarious—she’s torn between listening to her heart or sticking to her strategy.

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The cover features two white women lying on a green and white striped pool float. The one on the left, Cas, is wearing a red strapless bikini, sunglasses, has short brown hair, and a sleeve of tattoos on her left arm. The woman on the right, Ada, is wearing a pink one piece, sunglasses, and has shoulder-length red hair. There are red and pink rose petals in the pool and, in the background, Femi, a black man with white sunglasses and a green necklace, is flirting with Sienna, a black woman with her hair in a ponytail with a red ribbon and a yellow bikini. The title, HOT SUMMER, is in pink neon capital letters over the pool in front of a white wall with a heart-shaped cut out so the sea is visible beyond. There are green leaves growing along the edge of the wall and a boom mic is dangling over the scene from the top left corner. At the bottom it says, “Elle Everhart, author of Wanderlust”.

Praise for Hot Summer

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“Everhart’s romance is made of reality TV dreams: juicy gossip, hot hookups, and drama, drama, drama. Cas and Ada are the fan-made stars of Hot Summer’s very own Hot Gay Summer, and their chemistry is both refreshing and steaming off the pages. With reality TV theatrics and a heartfelt queer romance, this is a can’t-miss book. Love Island meets its match in this steamy summer romance.” – Kirkus Reviews

“A guilty-pleasure dating show becomes the site of a sweet and hot queer love story. . . Reality TV fans will swoon over this well-crafted, entertaining contemporary romance.” – Library Journal

“[An] inclusive, pop-culture-forward romance. . . Everhart has a light touch with both plotting and prose, and her heroines’ bisexuality is refreshingly unsensationalized. Meanwhile, the supporting characters [feel] impressively real. This is one to throw in the beach bag.” – Publishers Weekly

“Taking on the traditional, heteronormative structure of dating shows and having the protagonist forced to choose between her heart and her growing fame, Everhart’s latest is a total winner.” —B&N Reads

“Everhart’s sophomore endeavor sizzles with will-they-or-won’t-they chemistry. The scorching slow burn between Cas and Ada is so hot it nearly had me reaching for the SPF. And what I loved most is that beneath the glitz and glam and cameras is beautifully sweet story about two women learning about their own inner strength all while going weak in the knees for each other. HOT SUMMER is a sexy and swoony Sapphic spectacle—a perfect gift to all of us wishing every tv reality dating show was a whole heckuva lot gayer.” —Andie Burke, author of Fly with Me

“All the fun of binge-watching your favorite reality show, wrapped up in a sexy, swoony love story. A perfect summer read!” – Elle Gonzalez Rose, author of Caught in a Bad Fauxmance

“I cheered for Cas and Ada from the moment they stepped on set. By the end of the show I want to hug them forever because I love them so frickin’ much. This is the reality TV romance I’ve been waiting for. Going on set with Cas and Ada was like falling in love on the best vacation of your life. The set of Hot Summer is a place you’d really like to be. Yes, there were overbearing producers and rankings and nice people voted off the show, but more than that, it was a place where people formed real friendships and lasting connections, a place to laugh and play and heal. Hot Summer is the perfect summer beach read. The perfect escape. And the perfect reality every romantic deserves. A book to make you believe in happily-ever-after. Cas and Ada’s chemistry sizzled and their love and tenderness could melt the hardest heart. If I hadn’t already been a hopeless romantic, Hot Summer would have made me one. Absolutely, hands down, one of the best romances I’ve read.” — Karelia Stetz-Walters, author of Satisfaction Guaranteed