Rich Girl Summer
Lily Chu, Phillipa Soo, Steven Pasquale
Rated: 3.32 of 5 stars
3.32
· Steam/Spice level: 2 of 5
Behind closed doors [?]
· 19 ratings · Published: 10 Jul 2025
Event planner Valerie Peng never planned on spending her summer sipping champagne at a lakefront estate, dodging suspicious socialites, or pretending to be anyone’s long-lost daughter. But when a very public, deeply mortifying mishap lands her in hot water—and her career in a hot mess—her uber-wealthy older client makes her an offer she can’t come to his glamorous summer home and pose as the long-lost daughter he believes his conniving family has hidden from him. In exchange? Time away from her actual life...and the chance to help uncover a long-buried secret.
But Cinderella needs some magic for this big of a makeover. Enter Nico her client’s maddeningly perfect right-hand man. He’s organized, meticulous, impossible to read, and infuriatingly handsome. But even though he claims this scheme is a capital-M Mistake, Nico’s the only person she can trust to have her back. As they navigate a world of eccentric matriarchs, class divides, and private family feuds, their chemistry is as undeniable as it is ill-timed.
Caught between pretending to belong and unexpectedly finding where she truly fits in, Valerie’s summer is about to get far more complicated than she ever planned.
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- contemporary 5
- multicultural 4
- mystery 4
- m-f romance 4
- funny 3
- forced proximity 3
- friends to lovers 3
- secret relationship 3
- found family 3
- east asian mc 3
- competent heroine 3
- independent heroine 3
- take-charge heroine 3
- nerdy hero 3
- insta-love 2
- workplace/office 2
- sweet/gentle heroine 2
- cheerful/happy heroine 2
- sweet/gentle hero 2
- childfree 1
- caretaking 1
- betrayal 1
- young adult 1
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- past child neglect 3
- misogyny 1
- slut shaming 1
- racism 1
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- canada 3
- north america 2
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- Audiobook
- dual pov 2
- male pov 1
- first person pov 1
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