Long Hot Summer

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Synopsis

Maya Drake has wonderful memories of her parents' cabin in the Door County woods and especially of the sexy Colbrick brothers who were their neighbors. Now that her parents have given her the cabin, she's come to spend the summer away from her stressful New York writing job. The sultry, stormy night that she arrives, Jason Colbrick shows up on her porch to check on her. Jason is the youngest brother, and if she's being honest with herself, Maya's favorite, although she's always kept those thoughts to herself since he's six years her junior. Now that they're both consenting adults, though, it becomes instantly apparent that the feeling is mutual on Jason's part, which leads to them not being able to keep their hands off each other. But is it just a one-night stand or could Jason possibly want to spend the entire, long, hot summer in her bed?

Review

Long Hot Summer is a stand-alone romance short story. Maya has great memories of the summers she spent in her parents' cabin in Door County, Wisconsin. Their closest neighbors were the Colbricks who had five drop-dead gorgeous sons who often starred in Maya's teenage fantasies. If she's being honest with herself, though, the youngest, Jason, was the one to whom she was most attracted, but he was six years her junior. Even during the summers she came home from college, he was still jail-bait, so she always kept her distance. Now, several years later, her parents have given her the cabin and she's come to take a summer break from her New York writing job. After getting caught in a sudden downpour, who should appear on her porch, but Jason, the guy she's never stopped thinking about, who has come to check on Maya. The pair are instantly aroused by the sight of each other's bodies in soaked clothes that don't hide much, leading to crazy-hot sex on the rug just inside the door. But Maya thinks it's probably just a one-time thing, while Jason is determined to make it last for the entire summer.

Long Hot Summer is a very short story, little more than a sexy snack. I liked Maya and Jason for as well as I got to know them, which isn't very, since their backstory is minimal. I like that an attraction had been simmering between them for years, which made the rapid progression of the story more believable. But even still, there isn't really any build-up to the love-scene, which dominates the narrative. They just see each other and suddenly can't keep their hands off one another anymore. There also isn't much in the way of conflict beyond the age difference and Maya finding it hard to believe that Jason finds her sexy and that their time together was great for him, but neither keeps them apart. There are no unrealistic declarations of love, merely a briefly expressed desire to spend the rest of the sultry summer together. For what it is, the story is pretty well-written, although a few more details to help envision things more clearly wouldn't have gone amiss. However, it was just way too short to be entirely satisfying. Unfortunately it appears that this short story is no longer available for purchase at this time.

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