Summer Camp Secret

Kait Nolan — 2024

Pretending to be the fiancée of some random guy in a bar isn't the kind of thing Aspen Fairchild would normally do. Ever. But when a medical scare sends her reeling onto a path of "live life to its fullest," and she sees an opportunity to do a good deed, she figures she can use all the good karma she can get. Pro hockey player Brooks Hennessey was just taking time off, working through his grief, trying to do a good deed. But now his fake engagement has gone viral, and his publicist wants to know what he's going to do about it. He knows what he'd like to do: spend his week at grown-up summer camp with the woman he can't stop thinking about. She knows what she'd like to do: spend her week at Camp Firefly Falls with the guy who unexpectedly rocked her world. But the girl of his dreams is hiding something, keeping him at arm's length. Because the guy who makes her heart beat is oh-so-vulnerable to the last thing she'd want to burden him with. Will she give them a chance, or will she run away before he can learn her summer camp secret?

Reviews

Nicola Sarah Brooks@nikkisbooknook

Apr 12, 2024

Brooks may be king of the ice but his heart can break just like any other man's. Drowning in grief at the loss of his mum, he needs somewhere quiet where he can lick his wounds and gain some equilibrium. Enter Camp Firefly Falls - adult sleepaway camp which claims to have everything he could need.

Aspen understands what it's like to lose a parent. She lost her mum a decade ago but she still feels her loss. She made it her life's work to keep her dad healthy and around for as long as possible. But a jarring medical issue means that she wants an adventure - one which may be her last.

Wow, what a story. Dealing with grief, fresh and scarred over, healing emotionally and mentally and finding and taking enjoyment from every day. Aspen and Brooks have sizzling chemistry and the sweet mixes well with the smexy. You will need a tissue or two, so if you're not in the headspace for a sniffle or two maybe skip this one until you can handle it.