Synopsis:
Ginny Masters manages a popular boutique hotel in Seattle and manages it with aplomb. But the daily challenges and irritations of a fast-paced job and a demanding boss are starting to get to her. Jacqueline Potter manages her grandfather’s fishing lodge in Idaho because it was the only job she could find after graduating with her hospitality degree. She’s grateful for the work but longs for a more sophisticated and cosmopolitan life she’s just not going to find in this backwoods town.
The solution to both their problems seems obvious. Just for the summer, they’ll swap jobs and lifestyles. But they never anticipated swapping love interests . . .
In this fabulous new twist on an age-old fable, award-winning and bestselling author Melody Carlson introduces you to two career-focused women who are about to discover that there’s more to finding happiness than just switching up the scenery.
My Thoughts:
I have read a lot of books by Melody Carlson and they never cease to be enjoyable reads. I can always count on her for clean books and she writes books in just about every genre under the Christian fiction umbrella.
Just for the Summer is a fun story that reminds me of the old reality show “Wife Swap”…2 women who are disenchanted with their job situations trade careers for a period of 60 days. You follow Jacqueline, a very bratty woman who manages her grandfather’s fishing lodge in Idaho but longs for more glamour and Ginny, who manages a swanky hotel in Seattle but is tired of the fast paced, workaholic life…not to mention her mean and demanding boss.
It was a lot of fun to see these 2 women experience each other’s jobs with a new set of eyes. I always enjoy camping stories so I preferred the fishing lodge setting. Ginny was a sweet character and it was impressive to see how she could improve things with little to no money. Jacqueline was a nightmare and at times her character took away from my enjoyment of the book. There was romance in the story that was sweet and paced well.
It was a very fun story and everything resolved in a satisfying conclusion. There was very little faith content but it was very clean. I also love the cover of this book, it’s very cute.
Overall, this was a fun, fluffy story. Another hit by Melody Carlson!
I received a copy of this book from the author/publisher to read and review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
My Rating
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