Today’s Summer Reads Recommendations are all about Swoons and Giggles! These authors have managed to balance the beauty of ROMANCE with the release that LAUGHTER gives. So if you are looking for an amazing book to read this summer that is on the lighter side, check out these books!
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Jen Turano
Any book you pick up by Jen Turano is bound to leave you in stitches. A unique voice and engaging characters, you won’t want to miss her newest series!
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A USA Today Best-Selling Author, Jen Turano has written the critically acclaimed Ladies of Distinction series, and A Class of Their Own series, published through Bethany House Publishers. Her novel, After a Fashion, was chosen as a top pick from Romantic Times, as well as being named a top ten romance of 2015 from Booklist. It is also a nominee for Romantic Times 2015 Reviewers’ Choice Award. Her book, A Most Peculiar Circumstance, was chosen as a top ten romance by Booklist in 2013. Her seventh book, Playing the Part, released in the spring of 2016, and will be followed by a new four-book series, Apart from the Crowd. When she’s not writing, Jen spends her time outside of Denver with her husband and neurotic Cattle Dog, enjoying herself as an empty-nester since her son recently abandoned her for the college life.Mary Connealy
Who else can take cowboys (and cowgirls) mix in some comedy and add several helpings of romance? Mary Connealy has masted (and quite possibly created) the genre of Romantic Comedy Westerns…
Mary Connealy writes romantic comedy with cowboys always with a strong suspense thread. She is a two time Carol Award winner and a Rita, Christy and Inspirational Reader’s Choice finalist.
She is the bestselling author of 48 books and novellas.
Her most recent book series are: Cimarron Legacy, Wild at Heart, Trouble in Texas, Kincaid Bride for Bethany House Publishing. She’s also written four other series for Barbour Publishing and many novellas and several stand-alone books for multiple publishers.
Mary will be a published author for ten years in 2017 with nearly a million books in print. She has a degree in broadcast communications with an emphasis in journalism and has worked at her local newspaper.
Pepper Basham
Known for her swoony romance and #closetkisses, Pepper Basham is fabulous at intertwining humor and grace in her stories. You won’t want to miss these Romantic Comedies.
Pepper Basham is an award-winning author who writes novels inspired by her love for history and the Blue Ridge Mountains. Her Penned in Time series has garnered recognition in the INSPYs, Grace Awards, and the ACFW Carol Awards. Her contemporary romance novel, A Twist of Faith, received 4-stars from Romantic Times, and most recently, her newest release, Just the Way You Are, received a Top Pick from RT with 4 ½ stars. Her newest contemporary romance, When You Look at Me, releases Fall 2018.
Giveaway!
To kickstart your summer reading plans…I am hosting a THREE BOOK GIVEAWAY! 1 (One) winner will receive a print copy of The Accidental Guardian by Mary Connealy, Caught by Surprise by Jen Turano, and Just the Way You Are by Pepper Basham. Open to US mailing addresses only, please. Void where prohibited. Giveaway closes 7/18/18 11:59pm EDT. Please enter via the Rafflecopter form below.
*My thanks to Pepper Basham and Bethany House Publishing for providing the giveaway copies.
So what will YOU be reading this summer?
Roseanna M. White is a bestselling, Christy Award winning author who has long claimed that words are the air she breathes. When not writing fiction, she’s homeschooling her two kids, editing, designing book covers, and pretending her house will clean itself. Roseanna is the author of a slew of historical novels that span several continents and thousands of years. Spies and war and mayhem always seem to find their way into her books…to offset her real life, which is blessedly ordinary.
I'm currently reading Avalanche by Gayla Hiss. I've never read Pepper Basham so I would love to receive one of her books.
I am currently reading two books, one is paperback and the other ebook.
Some Courtney Walsh, Laura Frantz, maybe reread some of my fave Roseanna White books…. lol
Thanks for the giveaway! Love the authors featured on the list! I have a whole line-up of historical romance, romantic suspense, and some fantasy lined up for the summer.
Really like your list, thanks for all the suggestions.
I recently finished Sons of Blackbird Mountain by Joanne Bischof. Fantastic book! I loved it. Right now I'm reading Dead Drift by Dani Pettrey.
I love all the authors you listed. It's so much fun to read their books. I love books with humor in them and witty dialogue.
I just started Searching for Eternity by Elizabeth Musser.
I’ve read each of the authors in you giveaway, but only Pepper recently.
Paper Hearts by Courtney Walsh; The Fashion Designer by Nancy Moser; and In Places Hidden by Tracie Peterson
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Just got a whole bunch of book mail. I will finish Blind Betrayal by Nancy Mehl. I will be reading The Reckoning of Gossamer Pond by Jaime Jo Wright, More than Meets the Eye by Karen Witemeyer, Best of Intentions by Susan Anna Mason, River of Redemption by Ann Gabhart, Benearh the Surface by Lynn Blackburn, An Hour Unspent by you, Roseanna! I also have two book club reads that I will try to fit in.
I am reading Karen Whitmeyer's More than Meets the Eye!
So far this summer I have read The Backcountry Brides Collection by several authors including Carrie Fancett Pagels and Debra E. Marvin, and Tearoom for Two by Susan Page Davis. Now I am reading Ring of Secrets. I am so excited to be finally reading the Culper Ring Series.
I'm 75% through the "Timeless Love" collection for myself and reading through the Chronicles of Narnia with my oldest son. We just finished "Voyage of the Dawn Treader" yesterday.
Just finished Lynn H. Blackburn’s Beneath the Surface and have a new author to add to my favorites list 🙂
-Sarah C
I’m currently reading Fishing Lessons by Sherri Schoenborn Murray.
You know, I don't think I've read any of these authors! What a great giveaway!
I have a large stack on my TBR list for this summer. Everything from cozies by Edith Maxwell and Lena Greagory, romance and adventure from Karen Rock and Myra Johnson, touch the heart from Jody Hedlund and Lindsay Harrel to name just a few.
Thanks you for this fantastic giveaway and the chance to win three amazing books.
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I love all of these authors! I have been reading the novella collection of Timeless Love: Romantic Stories That Span the Ages. Also More Than Meets the Eye and A Rumored Fortune. Great books!
Currently I'm reading Against All Odds by Irene Hannon; it's intriguing so far!
Right now I am reading Things I Never Told You by Beth Vogt. Next will probably be an Amish book.
Merry
These all look so good!!
I’m reading Sackett’s Land and The Night Circus currently, but my TBR pile for the summer is ridiculously tall.
I'm currently reading two books but because they are nothing alike, I am actually managing pretty well switching between them. Thirst of Steel by Ronie Kendig is as usual an intense and insane thrill ride while My Heart Belongs in Galveston, Texas by Kathleen Y'Barbo has a mysterious and compelling quality about it.