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Books like One hot summer

A sun-drenched vintage romance where a stolen purse leads to a tangled web of masquerade and simmering Mediterranean tension. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with One hot summer.

sun-drenched
tense
escapist
mysterious

01
One Summer in Italy…
Lucy Gordon
A lush, sun-drenched escape into an Italian villa where hidden sorrows give way to a sweeping, healing romance.
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- sun-drenched
- mysterious
- earnest
- romantic
02
In name only
Roxanne Jarrett
A sultry, high-stakes battle of wills where stubborn pride melts under the heat of unexpected desire.
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- tense
- escapist
- earnest
03
Heat of the Night
Charlotte Lamb
A sun-drenched, angsty escape to Florence where bitter heartbreak is cured by overwhelming, dramatic passion.
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- sun-drenched
- tense
- escapist
- dramatic
04
Across the lagoon
Roumelia Lane
A sun-drenched Venetian escape where a spirited heroine clashes with her brooding, impossibly handsome employer.
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- sun-drenched
- escapist
- earnest
- romantic
05
Island Fiesta
Jane Corrie
A fiery battle of wills set against a sun-drenched backdrop, where pride and passion collide in a high-stakes game of emotional surrender.
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- sun-drenched
- tense
- earnest
- forced proximity
06
In the Italian's Bed
Anne Mather
A sun-drenched Italian romance where hostile accusations melt into irresistible, simmering desire.
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- sun-drenched
- tense
- dramatic
- earnest
07
Mediterranean boss, convenient mistress
Kathryn Ross · 2009
A sun-drenched, high-stakes office romance that trades quiet yearning for explosive, glamorous passion under the Tuscan sun.
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- sun-drenched
- escapist
- dramatic
- earnest
08
Devil in Paradise
Joanna Mansell
A sun-drenched summer of forced proximity and fiery clashes in a shared French villa.
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- sun-drenched
- escapist
- dramatic
- romantic
09
Miss High and Mighty
Margaret Rome
A sun-drenched Cinderella fantasy where a sudden windfall leads to a whirlwind European romance shadowed by the anxiety of a hidden past.
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- sun-drenched
- escapist
- dramatic
- earnest
10
Roman Summer / The Flamboyant Tree / Black Niall
Jane Arbor
A nostalgic trio of vintage romances that sweeps readers from sun-drenched Rome to the Scottish Highlands on a wave of comforting, dramatic tension.
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- escapist
- dramatic
- earnest
- romantic
11
The Italian's trophy mistress
Diana Hamilton
A high-stakes battle of wills wrapped in the glamorous, emotionally intense trappings of a classic billionaire romance.
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- tense
- earnest
12
Stormy Masquerade
Ann Hampson
A sun-drenched, vintage romantic romp where a stubborn disguise leads to a tangled web of tropical seduction.
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- sun-drenched
- earnest
- romantic

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