Cruel Summer (Summer Love #2)

Sarah Brenton

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Explicit open door [?] · 1 ratings · 329 pages · Published: 17 Nov 2025
Cruel Summer by Sarah Brenton
Clayton Bastien is not the kind of guy who’d ever set foot in a small-town dive bar, let alone own one, but ten million dollars in illegal poker winnings has a way of ruining a man’s life. Slinging low-carb beer and hard seltzers while quietly laundering money through the bar isn’t his ideal for laying low, but it’s only temporary. Or so he thinks, until sharp-tongued Louisa Gallo shows up, claiming the bar is hers.

Back from an unsuccessful attempt at tracking down the ex who emptied her bank account, Lou is stunned to find her cousin sold her bar out from under her. The maddeningly hot Clay might be willing to share, but she isn’t. Luckily, making a man miserable is free.

Except Clay refuses to walk away, and those hot summer nights tempt them to explore the even hotter chemistry building between them—but can two people afraid of being burned by love find Happy Ever After, or will it go up in smoke before summer’s end?
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