Problematic Summer Romance (Not in Love #2)
Ali Hazelwood
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· 420 ratings · 416 pages · Published: 27 May 2025
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.
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Tagged as:
- age gap 76
- sibling's best friend 69
- contemporary 67
- m-f romance 59
- sassy heroine 53
- ceo/tycoon hero 51
- friends to lovers 49
- forced proximity 49
- slow burn 46
- rich hero 45
- breeding 41
- grumpy/cold hero 40
- take-charge heroine 37
- competent heroine 34
- grumpy & sunshine 33
- cheerful/happy heroine 30
- possessive hero 29
- secret relationship 28
- found family 26
- silver fox 25
- forbidden love 25
- hurt/comfort 23
- new adult 21
- caretaking 21
- funny 20
- angst 20
- tortured hero 19
- sweet/gentle hero 17
- height difference 16
- independent heroine 16
- second chances 8
- insta-love 7
- early 20s fmc 4
- in his 30s 4
- class difference 3
- nerdy hero 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- death / grief 20
- substance abuse 5
- mental trauma 3
- religious trauma 1
- alcoholism 1
- geography
- italy 47
- europe 25
- texas 22
- scotland 21
- usa 5
- southern europe 5
- north america 4
- Format
- audiobook
- first person pov 45
- male pov 1
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The 'Not in Love' series
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super rich hero · independent heroine · humor · forced proximity · usa · nerdy-hero · death · new adult · forbidden love · competent heroine · found-family · audiobook · contemporary · m-f · insta-love · texas · mental-trauma · explicit-open-door · first-person-pov · north-america
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