One Hot Summer: A heartwarming summer read from the author of One Day in December

One Hot Summer: A heartwarming summer read from the author of One Day in December
Kat French

** A SIZZLING ROMP WITH A GREAT CAST OF CHARACTERS**Alice McBride’s husband Brad is super famous, totally gorgeous . . . and having an affair with his co-star. And now it’s splashed across all the newspapers.After kicking Brad out, Alice decides to rent out her beloved home for the summer. And the last person she expects to arrive at Borne Manor is a sexy cowboy called Robinson.Country music star Robinson has had his own share of heartache, and he’s come to Borne Manor to escape from it all. Neither Alice nor Robinson are looking for romance, but the spark between them can’t be ignored.Could a holiday romance help heal their broken hearts? And what will happen when their long hot summer together comes to an end?

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Source ISBN: 9780007577620

Ebook Edition © June 2016 ISBN: 9780007577637

Version: 2017-05-15

Dedication (#u495c94fe-d165-5c18-bda8-32a3396c5df9)

For my beautiful minxes –

Sally, Rose, Jojo, Romy, Suzanne, Lorraine, Sri and Lacey.

May the words be ever in our favour.

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Table of Contents

Cover (#ua454143f-dadc-5542-8e7f-5b242688492a)

Title Page (#ucf2ba12e-01c0-508b-9cd8-f3e9da4e5932)

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Dedication (#u77aafd72-1b74-5fd2-b8b5-587a6ba7e295)

Chapter One (#u6e8725df-9544-58da-bb90-d377b0324a2d)

Three Months Later … (#u7f36b52d-ba02-5c96-bd5c-b6ce13a2bb3c)

Chapter Two (#ud1cfb901-9c30-5d66-b5f8-994f671f74a2)

Chapter Three (#uc07ae426-7a32-586c-a0fe-b884d542b2e7)

Chapter Four (#u201d0f77-8d4c-5975-80b4-e84b6b0888b3)

Chapter Five (#u0e311cdb-19af-55f2-bda4-ff42681d5e25)

Chapter Six (#u76513e9b-6307-599d-8154-21506c70a461)

Chapter Seven (#ufe39ca53-90ba-5975-8729-115ec68efb1b)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty (#litres_trial_promo)