Hot Mess Summer

By: Melissa Foster

Narrated by: Ava Erickson, Aaron Shedlock

Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

From New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster comes a funny, sexy romantic comedy featuring a twice-divorced, stressed-out romance writer who finds out that sometimes true love can be a hot mess.

Who buys a cottage in a New England fishing village on a whim? A stressed-out, twice-divorced romance writer and single mother looking for a fresh start, that’s who. Despite what my besties say about my three-year dry spell, I’m not looking for a man. Or drama. Or sex. I’ve got enough on my plate with writer’s block and a daughter who refuses to grow up. Community. That’s what I need. Unfortunately, it seems the universe has other ideas. Either Chatemup, Massachusetts, has a serious shortage of single women, or I’ve become a hot mess magnet for the male species.

At least I’ve found one funny, good-hearted friend: fish peddler Declan Miller, my brainstorming adventure buddy who stirs my creative juices. I’m his Writer Girl. He’s my Dimple Dude. Just scruffy, granite-chested, deep-voiced, ex-military brawn who happens to be—oh, Nicole, what are you doing to yourself?—stoking a long-neglected fire without even trying.

A self-confessed hot mess, divorced single dad Declan is too old for relationship games. Not interested. Same here. So why do I keep thinking about him? Preferably naked. Because I’m a hot mess, too? At least he’s inspiring me to write. If only real life were like one of my novels. At least then I’d have a better idea of how this was going to end.

©2023 Melissa Foster (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Enjoyed

I enjoyed going along the journey of Nic and Declan. It was a sweet adventure. They were the perfect match. Was a nice way to relax and listen to the audiobook. Aaron and Ava are two of my favorite narrators. They always bring the story to the next level.

How to turn a hot mess into hot love

Melissa never disappoints with her novels. She writes real life characters with really life problems that we all face. Nicole moves to a beach town to spend the summer and finish her next novel. She doesn't expect to learn how to love herself again and find someone to love. Declan has lived here his whole life and spends most of it saving all of those around him. Together Nicole and Declan learn to stand up for themselves and how to love again.
Good dual POV narration.

Melissa's book scores again!

this has to be a new favorite for sure! I loved the adventure and story. I couldn't put it down, I only wished it never ended! I would definitely re-read this! a great starting over and truth in this story, jump in now!

Older people

I loved that the older people in the book were not hot messes! The main character was honest and not annoying! Not that any of Meliss’s characters are annoying!

Fun and flirty

Lovely sweet book with a bit of spice. Very neatly wrapped at the end with a big happy ending for everyone. I found it a nice reprieve.

Emotional and fun!

I’ve read books by Melissa Foster before, enjoyed them, and moved on. Hot Mess Summer won’t let me go!
I love the community of characters Nic found at her new beach house. I enjoyed her adventures with Declan. I love how mature they are…and how deeply they fell in love.
The narration of the audiobook totally fits the vibe of the book. Next, please!

Fun Romcom with Some Hefty Emotions

lol... another book about a writer writing a book... This was a light and fluffy happy read. I've been reading way too many murder mysteries lately and needed the break.
Part of Kindle Unlimited catalog.

divorce and life changes make for new steps

Divorce. Life changes. Critical decisions. Self-love. Self-warmth. Selfishness. Everything has it time place and truth. Sometimes we have to let go to let love in. Sometimes we have to let go to grow. Sometimes we have to be selfish to open to others and their true needs.

If you have recently gone through a divorce or even a bad breakup of a toxic relationship it can be scary to move forward. You may even feel that you one to test the water for a fling. Then things begin to feel more real. You find yourself feeling all those special feeling. This would be a great book to venture to. I found it realistically relatable to life bumps, bruises, and hiccups.

New England was the place that Nic chose to make some life changes and to revamp her romance writing career. She was not so certain about her life in general. She had taken a few blows. This summers fling adventure gave us laughs, truths, sorrow, sadness, a new beginning, a fresh start. Melissa Foster has showed us that there can be life after a divorce or two. Nic's life had many changes but the biggest one was her finding herself among all the chaos in her world.

Loved it!

❤️My review: Hot Mess Summer-Audiobook❤️❤️
by @melissafoster_author

❤️📖 This is a standalone, with no connection to other books by Melissa 📖❤️

I loved this book very much! This was my first audiobook, when I didn’t read the paperback first and the experience was great. The narrators @avaundercover and @aaronshedlock are perfect, they brought the story alive and I think I enyojed this book made more than I would by reading.

Buying a cottage far from your home, to find an escape, can lead to many unexpected situation and changes in life.
Nicole makes this decision, she thinks it is only for short time, she doesn't expect to find new friends, new inspirations and ideas to write books and start to live again, especially with help of one hot Dimple Dude Declan.
They make together a team-adventure buddies, they want only to have fun, no love no relationship. But the longer they are togwther the stronger the chemistry is and feelings are involved.
But life is not only adventure and fun, as closer they become the more they make each other admit and face the problems they didn’t want to solve or tried to oversee. But that's actually what makes them realise they're buddies not only for adventure but maybe if they believe and fight hard enough they can be buddies for life too.

I like to read/listen to books with mature characters, who have many life experiences and find themself givong rheblove second chance and shows lovelife is not only for 20 years old 🤪. This story has everything, romance, little drama, real-life daily problems we have to face, funtime, adventure, hot time in not only bedroom 🌶️🌶️🥵🥵, what it means to have loving family and friends and no matter how broken we can feel there is always a chamce for love if we believe a little bit 🤩.

And my favourite scene is definitely-mission stealing cookies 😁.

Fun read

Fun and steamy story. Great characters and the plot was good. This author writes a good story