The Summer I First Saw You

The Summer Series, Book 5

By: Elizabeth O'Roark

Narrated by: Samantha Brentmoor, Jason Clarke

An angsty, age gap, forbidden romance from bestselling author, Elizabeth O'Roark.

Once upon a time, my buddy’s niece was a toddler in a swim diaper following me around the beach. Now Daisy’s twenty-one, the loveliest thing I’ve ever laid eyes on, and blackmailing me into letting her stay for the summer.

If she’s not bent over on my deck in yoga pants, she’s in a bikini that covers far less. She makes me laugh when I want to stay pissed off and forces me to remember all the things I used to love. If only she wasn’t so damn young and so incredibly off-limits.

The tension between us is getting harder to resist, but giving in would destroy some of my oldest friendships. Worst of all, though?

It might destroy Daisy too.

©2024 Elizabeth O'Roark (P)2024 Elizabeth O'Roark

A cute summer romance

The romance between these two is just so good! They kept me wanting more! A 5 star for sure!

GREAT

This is performed in duet style narration. It was fantastic to listen to. Beautiful love story with some spice.

Loved it

Hot age gap. Hot narrators. Great story. Loved the way the narrators portrayed it the characters.

I’m so sad it’s over

Loved the narrators and the story, but what I loved most is that this was a story about living the life they makes you happy and about learning that who you are is always going to be enough for those who love you.

Angst filled, steamy and emotional!

The way I devoured this book because I could not stop listening once I started. “The Summer I First Saw You” is an angst filled, steamy and emotional age gap forbidden romance that has easily moved up to my favorite of the series.

To say Harrison had a rough year is understatement. His marriage is over after his wife left him for another man and he’s been hiding out in his beach house because he’s not ready to face his friends. Daisy is back home after her mom says she’s leaving her husband but at the last minute, they reconcile. Daisy doesn’t want to stay in the same house and since everyone thinks Harrison is out of town, she invites herself over there until she can figure out her next move. And both are surprised when they see each other in his house. Daisy slyly blackmails Harrison into letting her stay for the summer. But the crush she had on him while growing up has her looking at him in a different way and Harrison is seeing her more than his best friend’s younger niece.

The angst for this book is top notch and had hooked me in from the beginning. Daisy has always felt the pressure from her mom to excel at school and have a career she can fall back on. But Daisy is a simple woman; she wants to surface and find someone she can have a family with. Harrison had been working his adult life and wanted to take the next steps with his then wife to have a family. But her cheating and leaving him was crushing to him. Daisy “breaking in” to his house was exactly what he needed. She was the much needed sunshine to his grumpy. The age gap between the two is eleven years and Harrison struggled with his attraction to Daisy since he had known her since she was a kid. Nothing happened until she returned home at 21. I loved the banter between these two and I found myself laughing out loud more than once at these two. Daisy found all of Harrison’s buttons and knew how to push them in the best ways. These two were destined from the moment she snuck into his house and I just loved them together. These two had so much growth as individuals and as a couple. The ending was so perfect for them.

Samantha Brentmoor and Jason Clarke narrated this audio in duet and I loved them together so much. Samantha’s narration was perfect, she brought Daisy’s fun yet vulnerable side alive perfectly. Jason was amazing as the grumpy yet kind and caring Harrison. Jason brought his all in his narration and I loved listening to him as Harrison.