Say Goodbye To Summer With 5 Romantic Beach Reads

You can feel it. The sun is starting to go down just a little bit earlier.The air is starting to chill. The newest fall trends are starting to show up in stores. Summer is almost over. But if you're not quite ready to say "See ya!" to summer, read these five women's fiction books as you soak up those last rays of sunshine.

1. Clear to Lift by Anne A. Wilson

Lt. Alison Malone is a Navy helicopter pilot that’s just been assigned to a search and rescue team based in Nevada, but all she wants is to be transferred and resume her life back in San Diego with her fiancé. Soon, Alison meets Will Cavanagh and begins to find the beauty in the cold mountains of the Sierra Nevada. When a blizzard traps them in the mountains and Will risks his life to save hers, she begins to question the life she’s been leading and wonders if it’s too late to change course.

2. Daughters of the Bride by Susan Mallery

Sisters Courtney, Sienna and Rachel are preparing for their mother’s upcoming wedding. Courtney has always been the misfit and is hiding the fact that she’s having an affair with a music producer. Sienna’s boyfriend proposes but with two failed engagements already behind her, she’s not sure if she wants to say, “I do”. Rachel is still hurt from her divorce but her ex keeps begging for a second chance. Readers are invited to the wedding event of the summer, which is sure to be filled with tears, laughs, and love.

3. Falling: A Love Story by Jane Green

Emma Montague has left her British life behind for a busy one in finance in New York. When it gets to be too much, she retreats to Westport, Connecticut, and begins to renovate a rundown cottage. She soon befriends handyman Dominic and his 6-year-old son. As Dominic and Emma become closer and start to imagine life together, fate intervenes and Emma has to risk it all to fight for their love and learns who’s she really is along the way.

3. Anything But Love by Abigail Strom

On the day of her wedding, socialite Jessica Bullock is left at the alter. She’s left humiliated but an unexpected wedding guest, who was a childhood best friend and crush, offers to help her pick up the pieces. Ben Taggart can’t believe he’s escorting Jessica to Bermuda for her would-have-been honeymoon. It’s been years since they’ve seen each other but he couldn’t just leave her to fall apart. They agree to keep thing platonic but when an unexpected kiss sparks romance, the two must confront their feelings and the old secrets that could threaten them.

5. Nine Women, One Dress: A Novel by Jane L. Rosen

Natalie is a Bloomingdale’s salesgirl and is still swooning over her lawyer ex-boyfriend who’s engaged to someone else. Felicity has been in love with her boss for over seventeen years and is finally taking a chance to make the feelings mutual. The lives of these women, along with seven others- including a private detective, a Hollywood starlet and a young model- are about to be changed, all because of the season’s hottest fashion trend, a little black dress.