DIRTY DANCING MEETS THE NOTEBOOK IN THIS YA SUMMER ROMANCEWhen I snuck into a party on the wrong side of the beach, I never expected to meet anyone, especially not a guy as hot and confident as Duke Silvers.I thought we’d spend the entire summer together. And then I learned who he really was, and it destroyed us before we’d even begun.Then, Duke showed up on my doorstep… as my new basketball … doorstep… as my new basketball coach’s son.
I planned on spending the rest of the summer licking my wounds and staying as far away from Duke as possible. But, when a series of crazy dares pushed us closer than we’d ever thought possible, our war turned into an uneasy truce. And then, it turned into something more.
This is a novella in the Boys of Summer series, a collaboration between several YA authors. They are all standalone stories that take place in the same fictional town. Escape to Sterling Beach today!
Saving Hadley by Amy Sparling
Beach Town Bad Boy by Maggie Dallen
Riptide by Jordan Ford
Don’t Fall For The Summer Fling by Tammy Andresen
Flirting With The Enemy by Sally Henson
Beauty And The Beach by Kayla Tirrell
Falling For The Rich Boy by Yesenia Vargas
Summer Love And Basketball by Seven Steps
Summer Love and Basketball is a clean, young adult, enemies-to-lovers contemporary novella filled with beaches, romance, and of course, basketball. Buy it now!
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Extremely entertaining, captivating and interesting sexy read. I could not put it down. Wonderfully written with strong, intriguing characters. I want to read more from this author.
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I’ve read several books written by Seven Steps; she has done a great job at writing a good book; she is becoming one of my favorite authors. I can’t wait to read more of books her books.
The story line caught my attention at the very beginning and kept me interested throughout the entire book.
I loved the chemistry between the characters.
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A quick, entertaining, enjoyable story! Loved the characters and the witty banter between them. Fun, clean, YA romance!
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Seven Steps is one of a small group of authors who, for me, are tops at YA romance. What they write just feels totally genuine and “real” while also be great romance stories as well. That’s certainly the case with Summer Love and Basketball: A Love In Bloom Novella (Boys of Summer). Ignore the complex title. This book works wonderfully as a stand-alone. Great backstory between the parents. Rich vs poor clash. Basketball culture done to perfection. Romance beautifully done. I loved Indigo (Indy) and Duke’s tale. But for the fact that I’m literally dictating this review to my husband from my hospital bed I could go on and on with praises. The book definitely deserves it. Since I can’t do that I will simply note that the book is most definitely one to read, and it is easy to highly recommend.
Ideal read for summertime brake – gives positive vibes
Quick bittersweet story about summer love. A lot of people have come through such an experience when being young and on summertime brake. This one is funny, with witty banter and trash talk between main characters. They connected instantly and sparks started to fly. As in those cases the parents are getting involved and not always in the best way. It made me smile but I also shed some tears especially towards the end of the novella. Now I just want to read more of their story.
Hate to love romance summer read. Indy and Duke met at a beach party and it seemed like they’ll spend the summer together until they found out they’re each other training partner.
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The book is a good teen and young adult sweet romance read. The story has a good story line. The characters are good. The story is an enjoyable quick and cute romance read.
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Uplifting Teen Romance
This heartwarming and uplifting teen romance is why this is my favorite young adult author! I can’t wait to see where she takes this series. The story is sweet, clean and totally believable. The plot is well done. The emotions and motivations are quite realistic. I received this ARC book for free from Booksprouts and this is my honest review.
I gave this book 2,5 stars.
It is a clean ya romance book and ok cute. It has Dirty dancing and the notebook vibes.
I really didn’t like the first half of the book. Duke is so judgmental towards Indigo and both his and her parents are awful.
The ending gets better and gives me Dirty Dancing vibes (and I still love Dirty dancing). But it still feels more like a teenage obsession than a romance.
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So cuuuuuuute!!!! I was gushing over the characters and giggling at their playful banter. Although it did get a bit cheesy at some parts, I still enjoyed it very much. Now I want to go read everything this author’s written.
I really enjoyed this story! It was sweet and adorable and a very easy read. It flowed really well. It pulled me in from beginning to end. This is a short story and didn’t take me very long to read. I enjoyed the characters a lot. It was entertaining. We get to know them pretty well within this short story. I liked the twist at the end and would have loved to have gotten more of them afterwards. This is a clean young adult romance.
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Cute novella featuring sand, sun, beaches and basketball. Indigo, “Indy” comes from basketball royalty, her mother was a star player in the wnba and her dad was a coach, she has loved basketball all her life and wants to be a wnba star herself. The summer before senior year, her parents take her to Virginia Beach to have a private training from Janae, a former teammate of her mom’s. The night before practice starts, she finds a party and meets the cutest guy. He is kind and fun and just as a connection begins the party ends with the cops showing up. Surprise, the boy is her training partner, Janae is his mom but he isn’t so friendly when he finds out who she is. This is the classic tale of assumptions turning things difficult and the truth helping people grow together. Duke and Indy spend the summer together, practicing and dancing and walking the beach. Love grows and then summer ends. Happily things end well and it makes a nice link into other series, love in bloom. This is a sweet young adult love story that makes you smile.
Indy is almost seventeen ans she has big dreams about WNBA. But her parents thinks she has to toughen her play so she ends up in Virginia with her mother’s basket player as a coach for the summer. The she mets Duke, her coach’s son and stars sparkle between them. Can they have a chance together against all odd? Their different background, their parent past secret’s and their resolution to keep them apart?