Problematic Summer Romance (Not in Love #2)
Ali Hazelwood
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
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· 334 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 63
- sibling's best friend 56
- contemporary 53
- m-f romance 46
- sassy heroine 45
- ceo/tycoon hero 41
- friends to lovers 41
- forced proximity 40
- slow burn 40
- breeding 37
- rich hero 36
- take-charge heroine 33
- grumpy/cold hero 32
- competent heroine 29
- grumpy & sunshine 28
- cheerful/happy heroine 25
- possessive hero 25
- secret relationship 23
- silver fox 22
- found family 22
- forbidden love 21
- hurt/comfort 21
- new adult 19
- caretaking 18
- funny 17
- tortured hero 17
- angst 16
- sweet/gentle hero 15
- height difference 14
- independent heroine 12
- insta-love 6
- second chances 4
- class difference 3
- Add topics
- content warnings
- death / grief 17
- substance abuse 5
- mental trauma 3
- geography
- italy 41
- europe 21
- texas 18
- scotland 17
- usa 3
- southern europe 3
- north america 2
- Format
- Audiobook
- first person pov 43
- male pov 1
romance tags
The 'Not in Love' series
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mental-trauma · forbidden love · new adult · found-family · m-f · contemporary · audiobook · competent heroine · forced proximity · humor · independent heroine · super rich hero · death · usa · secret-relationship · tycoon · angst · north-america · tortured hero · sweet-hero
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