Summer Blaze (Summer Break #3)
Lizzie Peters
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
5.00
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 1 ratings · 343 pages · Published: 04 Jul 2025
Riley Alvares has a talent for keeping it calm—on the outside and typically only in her kindergarten classroom. On the inside, she’s anything but calm. A little high-strung, easily excitable, and prone to overthinking. Yoga helps, and so do her friends—including her best guy friend, Tanner Torres, who’s always grounded her and been her constant. Even if once upon a time she wished he could have been more than that.
Tanner has built a name for himself as a successful freelance architect who’s used to high stakes and even higher expectations. Knowing he’s due for some rest and relaxation himself, and knowing the rest of Riley’s summer break lines up with a lull in his workload, he invites her to spend the rest of it with him in Italy.
It should be simple. Just wine, sunshine, and good company. But the kiss they shared as part of a dare has Tanner struggling even more to hide his true feelings for Riley, convinced acting on them would risk everything they have.
As lazy afternoons turn into electric nights and every glance lingers a little too long, the line between friendship and something deeper begins to blur. Riley isn’t sure if she’s misreading everything. Tanner isn’t sure how much longer he can keep pretending. And the longer they keep their feelings locked away, the harder it becomes to ignore what’s been growing between them all along.
Will the match that’s been simmering slowly between them die out this summer? Or will it finally be set ablaze?
Summer Blaze is a contemporary romance and is book three of the Summer Break Series. It is the third of four interconnected standalones. As equally sweet as it is spicy. Recommended for 18+.
Sponsored links
Tagged as:
- contemporary 2
- m-f romance 1
- sassy heroine 1
- rich hero 1
- friends to lovers 1
- small town 1
- Add topics
- geography
- north america 1
- usa 1
- Format
- dual pov 1
romance tags
The 'Summer Break' series
4.58 · 6 ratings
super rich hero · dual-pov · north-america · usa · explicit-open-door · contemporary · m-f · small town · tycoon · humor · competent heroine · teacher-heroine · strong heroine · california
Summer Break reading order and complete book list ❯
