#137 in Romance
Problematic Summer Romance
- 402
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 8 weeks on the list, peaked at #3
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About the book
What is wrong meets what feels right in this romance set in Italy by the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of Deep End. Maya Killgore is twenty-three and still in the process of figuring out her life. Conor Harkness is thirty-eight, and Maya cannot stop thinking about him. It's such a cliché, it almost makes her heart implode: older man and younger woman; successful biotech guy and struggling grad student; brother's best friend and the girl he never even knew existed. As Conor loves to remind her, the power dynamic is too imbalanced. Any relationship between them would be problematic in too many ways to count, and Maya should just get over him. After all, he has made it clear that he wants her gone from his life. But not everything is as it seems - and clichés sometimes become plot twists. When Maya's brother decides to get married in Taormina, she and Conor end up stuck together in a romantic Sicilian villa for over a week. There, on the beautiful Ionian coast, between ancient ruins, delicious foods, and natural caves, Maya realizes that Conor might be hiding something from her. And as the destination wedding begins to erupt out of control, she decides that a summer fling might be just what she needs - even if it's a problematic one.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 255 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 63% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Romance average of 7.7. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 255 | 100% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“I have rarely been more irritated at all the characters in a book than I was here. Maya does come off as immature! Connor is painfully holier than thou, even though you're glad he's not preying on younger women. But of course this young woman…”
Frequently asked
How long is Problematic Summer Romance?
It has 402 pages — longer than 53% of the ranked books in Romance.
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