Summer at Firefly Lake is a story of second chances. Mia needs a second chance from a controlling, cheating, loveless husband and Nick needs a second chance from a cheating marriage and bad role model father. Neither of them were looking for each other, yet they had been in each other’s sights forever. The chemistry was slow, worth the wait, and real. Both characters fought the attraction, took steps to avoid falling in love yet love won out.

The small town setting was wonderful. The all knowing mother, the neighbors who know all your secrets and the gossip that spread like wild fire is exactly how every small town is. Jen Gilroy did a great job portraying the small town and bringing it to life. I could picture the quaint diner, the beautiful lake with the diving platform, and the wonderful cabins surrounding it. Firefly Lake is somewhere I’d love to visit again and again.

I would recommend picking up your own copy of Summer at Firefly Lake and falling into this wonderful story full of small town charm.

Unfortunately this wasn’t the book for me. I have a hard time with romances sometimes and this was one of those times. I so appreciate the opportunity though!

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3.5 Stars

I enjoyed this book overall. I liked Mia and Nick and I mostly believed their attraction to one another. I definitely bought into the motivation for both of them, and I liked the idea that this was initially a summer romance, with Nick always planning to return to the city.

I thought the writing was easy to relate to and flowed well, and the characters were realistic. Unfortunately, I thought the plot of this one was a little uneven. I think the challenge of a small town romance is the balance of the romance with the other characters in the small town. You have to have the other characters, or it is not a small town romance...but too much time with them and the main story is diluted, which I thought it was a little here.

Mia and Nick had a lot going on, a lot to deal with, and a lot to handle. I thought there was not quite enough time in the narrative with them and the resolution to some of the things felt a little fast and I was hoping for a little more depth with some of the story.

I do recommend this book, and I enjoyed the writing. I will read other titles by this author

I love second chance romances and if ever someone deserved a second chance at love it was Mia. Oh, and I just loved seeing Nick change his mind about his future and what makes life worth living. Mia was married to a man that no one deserves. And it was pretty sweet to see her grow and realize that she deserved a better life. Though this was a great book to pile up in a hammock and read this summer, it's the type you'll enjoy anytime. As you know, if you've read any of my reviews, I hate multiple POVs. The POVs are changed with each chapter so they are less jolting than general. I enjoyed visiting Firefly Lake again and though this is part of a series, it'll definitely stand alone. So pile up and enjoy a great read.

Jen Gilroy takes us back to Firefly Lake in the second captivating installment of her enchanting and enjoyable small town series!

Mia Gibbs has spent most of her marriage putting her husband and his plethora of needs and demands first and herself last. Mia has spent years being the perfect wife and catering to her husband’s every whim and fancy – and in the process she lost sight of who she really is and what she really wants. When her marriage comes to an end, Mia finds herself lost, vulnerable and desperate for a fresh start. Heading back home to Firefly Lake is just what she needs to lick her wounds, figure out what she is going to do next and find herself. After the break-up of her marriage, the last thing she wants or needs is a relationship. Having burnt her bridges when it comes to romance, Mia wants to give affairs of the heart as wide a berth as possible – but she hadn’t counted on a steamy kiss with handsome attorney Nick McGuire turning her whole life upside down…

Hotshot lawyer Nick doesn’t do relationships. Being a family man has never been high on his list of priorities as he’d much rather put all of his time and energy into his career. Nick cannot wait to escape the stifling confines of Firefly Lake and go back to the big city, but Mia’s arrival in town has shaken things up for him and unearthed feelings deep within him which he’d never experienced before. Keeping his hands to himself soon proves easier said than done and when he and Mia kiss, Nick soon realises that keeping things strictly platonic between them is going to be absolutely impossible. But with his life in the city, what is Nick going to do? Is he going to listen to his heart and sacrifice everything for the sake of a woman he simply cannot stop himself from thinking about? Or will he listen to his head and go back to his lonely life in the metropolis?

Mia hasn’t been this happy in a very long time. But is she ready to give up her newfound independence for Nick? Is she ready to put her heart on the line again? Or will she forego this unexpected chance at happiness and stay single…forever wondering what might have been with Nick…

I adored Jen Gilroy’s debut novel, The Cottage at Firefly Lake, and I am pleased to say that Summer on Firefly Lake is an even better book. Heartwarming, compelling and wonderfully feel-good, Summer on Firefly Lake is an outstanding tale of hope, second chances and taking a chance on love that I found very hard to put down.

Jen Gilroy creates wonderfully realised characters readers can relate to and emphatize with. Mia is a terrific character readers will enjoy getting to know and Nick is a gorgeous hero they cannot help but love. Add a wonderfully idyllic setting, a fantastic cast of supporting characters and plenty of emotional drama, pathos and charm and together they make this book one of the summer’s must-reads!

Jen Gilroy continues to get better with every book she writes and Summer on Firefly Lake is an irresistible contemporary romance guaranteed to delight and entertain!

Mia Gibbs left an indelible impression in Jen Gilroy’s first Firefly Lake novel, The Cottage at Firefly Lake. She was brittle, nervous, trapped in an unhappy marriage, but over the course of the summer, she started to change. Here’s a summation of how her life has evolved.

Mia Gibbs spent her marriage putting her husband's needs before her own. And now, after a painful divorce, she's building a new life for herself and her two daughters back home at Firefly Lake. The last thing she needs is a man to complicate things. But former bad boy turned friend Nick McGuire-and the one kiss they've shared-has turned everything upside down...

What is a mid-life restart without a resurgence of feelings from long ago? Feelings for someone you knew long before life got complicated. New York City attorney Nick McGuire is back at Firefly Lake for the summer because his mother needs his help. Gabrielle Brassard is recovering from cancer and the prognosis is promising but she is struggling to regain her strength. Nick thinks his mother needs to downsize, and he knows who to hire to help make that happen—Mia Gibbs.

“I couldn’t work set hours,” She smiled in return. The kind of smile she’d perfected as the doctor’s daughter, the executive’s wife, and the queen of more beauty pageants than she could count.

“Completely flexible. You’d be doing me a big favor.” Nick pulled at his tie, took it off, and stuffed it in the pocket of his suit jacket.

“I can start today if you want.” Mia’s stomach churned.

“Mom will be thrilled. I knew we could count on you.”

Everyone had always counted on her. First her parents, then her husband and daughters and all the organizations where she’d volunteered in each new city her husband’s job had taken them to. She was helpful and dependable Mia. But she was also a thirty-nine-year-old woman, and it was more than time she learned to count on herself. Depend on herself.

It’s so tempting to count on Nick though. Back when they were teens, he was “the only male friend she’d ever had who didn’t want something she couldn’t give.” It’s a memory she returns to often, especially when Nick is using his charm to get her to do something or other she’s reluctant to do, like visiting Camp Rainbow, once her childhood cottage and now a summer camp cum refuge for needy kids. Saying yes is sometimes as hard for her as saying no, in the brave new world she’s created for herself and her two daughters.

Her smile hit him full force. “Did anybody ever tell you you’re pushy?” She unclipped her seat belt and slid the car door open while he was still blindsided by that smile, the way it changed her face and wiped away the sadness he’d grown used to seeing there. How it wiped away the mask she usually wore to keep the world at a distance.

“All the time.” He got out of the car to join her and tried to smile back, even though the ground had dropped from under his feet. “It’s one of the reasons I’m a good attorney.”

Mia is a tad slow to see the grown-up benefits of a good friend-with-benefits but Nick is all in—all in for a lusty, affectionate fling, to be exact. His career is in New York City and he is only in New England for the summer. Mia is still reeling from a very difficult divorce and when she looks back on her past, it’s with a lot of pain. She appreciates Nick’s listening ear so much, though, and tells him so, with a “quick hug.”

“Thank you for being my friend and, like today, comforting me even when I didn’t think I needed it.”

Except friendship and comfort hadn’t been at the top of Nick’s mind. He’d wanted to take her here in his office, on the desk or the table. Or pull her onto his lap in his desk chair and wrap those endless legs of hers around his waist. He bit back a groan as he pictured her head thrown back as he ran his hands through her cloud of dark hair. Her eyes and hands on him too.

Mia and Nick are so likable, so honorable, and honest—they are overdue for an affectionate, passionate, exciting relationship, even though they have to wear and respect the labels they carry around with them like son, mother, ex-wife, sister. But who you are on the outside shouldn’t determine how you feel on the inside and it’s to the applause of everyone who loves them that Nick and Mia finally let down their defenses. Viva summer romances and their second acts, even if they are decades in the making.

4.5 Stars
I really enjoyed this book. It gave me plenty of feels. After finishing this book it made my heart feel happy. I just loved the characters. They are well developed and they suck you in to make you feel like you're part of the community. My favorite character is Mia. The inner strength she has. Plus with what life has dealt her she could've become bitter, but she is still the caring woman with a heart of gold. That is the reason why I love her character, She didn't lose her true self along the way though she's looking for a fresh start for herself and her family. Poor Nick. He's one troubled soul who thinks he doesn't deserve the HEA, but with the help of those who care about him he may just find right where he belongs.

It's been said that you can't go home again, but sometimes, home is exactly where you need to be. And, sometimes, home is more than a place...

Firefly Lake once represented everything that Mia Gibbs didn't want. Reminders of a childhood filled with dishonesty and betrayal made it more a prison than a respite. As an adult, though, the idyllic spot in Vermont is just what Mia needs as she rebuilds a life for herself and her girls.

Nick McGuire knows himself. Disappointed again and again by those closest to him, and destined to keep love at arm's length, he's only back at Firefly Lake long enough to help his mother get her life in order. But life, and love, happen when we're least expecting it, and soon enough the feelings that he's having for Mia are more than he could have anticipated.

Small town romances with a second-chance twist are some of my favorites, and author Jen Gilroy does not disappoint with SUMMER ON FIREFLY LAKE. Healing, the stripping away of hurts, and people becoming exactly who they're destined to be abound in this story of love lost and love found.

Both Nick and Mia have suffered at the hands of the people that were supposed to be their safe place, and, while it's left Nick wary of opening himself up to anything deeper than a fling, it's given Mia the strength to know her worth, and to refuse to settle for anything less than she deserves. The more time they spend together, the more evident it becomes that both of them are exactly where they're supposed to be, even if it takes one of them (cough, cough, Nick...) longer to realize it.

SUMMER ON FIREFLY LAKE is rich with family, friends, small town life, and the feeling that second chances are waiting just around the corner. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing Mia and Nick find their way back to each other, and see some unexpected new relationships bloom. I'm looking forward to getting Cat's and Luc's story soon, because there's definitely something brewing there. In the meantime, 4 stars and a recommendation for SUMMER ON FIREFLY LAKE to lovers of contemporary romances with that small-town twist. You'll be happy that you visited.

Summer on Firefly Lake is the second book in the Firefly Lake series. I hadn't read the first book, but I thought this one held up well as a stand alone. The author gave enough background on things that happened in the first book so that I didn't feel like I was missing anything. This is Mia and Nick's story. It was a cute friends to lovers story. Both Mia and Nick had been seriously hurt by love in the past. Mia needed to learn that independence didn't mean you had to give up on love. Nick had to learn how to open his heart and love without fear of loss. They were sweet together and I did find myself rooting for their HEA.

The other relationships in the story were equally as fun to watch. I especially liked the relationship between Nick and Kiley. We are also treated to a secondary romance between Gabrielle, Nick's mom, and a mysterious traveler. I only wish that there was more of them together in the story. It was seriously really adorable. I am hoping that Cat's story is next. I'm really intrigued at her reaction to seeing Luc again. This is the first book by this author. I look forward to reading more form her in the future.

This is the second book in the series. It is set in a small town and is a second chance at finding true love.

Mia Gibbs spent her marriage putting her husband's needs before her own and lost sight of who she was and what she wanted from life. Now, after a painful divorce from her cheating, she's building a new life for herself and her two daughters back home at Firefly Lake. She’s near her very pregnant sister, who she’s recently become close to again. She’s gotten a temporary job teaching music, her passion, and helping a friend’s mom sort through many generations of clutter. She’s becoming someone she likes and respects again.

Nick McGuire is an attorney and friend. He’s divorced from his cheating wife and not looking for a relationship or to remarry. He was a wild child growing up, and then spent his adulthood proving he’s nothing like his dad.

Nick knows Mia needs an income now that she’s divorced, so he hires her to help his mom declutter her house as he tries to convince her to sell it and move to a retirement community. Once he accomplishes this, he’s blazing a trail back to his life in New York.

The more time they spend together, the harder it is to deny their attraction to each other. One kiss changes everything. They can be friends with benefits while he’s in town and return to friends when he leaves, right?

Dual POV is given. Nick did an awful lot of whining and waffling in this story. It got old in a hurry. It took awhile for Mia to admit what she really wanted and to go after it. The story dragged for me in parts and took me a little longer to finish than usual because of it.

It’s very obvious to me who the next book is about and the secret that will be exposed.

I voluntarily reviewed an ARC provided by the publisher and NetGalley.

Summer on Firefly Lake is a heartwarming contemporary romance with a friends to lovers story. With writing that is fun and uplifting the main characters are revealed as victims of failed relationships because of partners who cheated. Learning to love and trust again are two big hurdles for anyone to overcome, but somehow doing it in the security of a friendship makes that battle a little less daunting. Mia and Nick are perfect together, they just have to learn to communicate. The HEA is a great one and the story is one that sure makes you appreciate the journey to falling in love.

I received an ARC of this book, from the publisher, via NetGalley, in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Sometimes love is better the second time around.
Mia Gibbs spent her marriage putting her husband’s needs before her own. And now, after a painful divorce, she’s building a new life for herself and her two daughters back home at Firefly Lake. The last thing she needs is a man to complicate things. But former bad boy turned friend Nick McGuire has turned everything upside down.
Attorney Nick McGuire wasn’t meant to be a family man. His career has always been his focus, and after taking time out to help his mother, he’s ready to get back to the city…until Mia and her daughters arrive at Firefly Lake. Mia is beautiful and intriguing, and it doesn’t take long to realize being “just friends” will never be enough. As the summer nights turn colder, Nick will have to choose between the life he’s always wanted…and the woman he can’t live without.

I really loved Mia in this book. I thought I wasn't going to because in the last one...she kind of got on my nerves! However, her and Nick together was just too much good chemistry for you not to like them. Nick is a fabulous hero! The constant will they, won't they is what drove me a little batty lol - in a good way. They've both been there and done that and Mia already has two kids so she has to think about them. The one thing I did have an issue with was the wrap-up...it was just done too quickly but I wouldn't knock that too much because I found the story so engaging!! Overall, this is definitely one to let and tell others to read.

I was given an ARC from the publisher/author/NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed are my own and do not reflect anyone else's.

Firefly Lake is clearly a lovely place to live. It also seems to be just down the road from Mary McNear’s Butternut Lake, in spirit if not in miles. And both of these little towns seem to be perfect places to find a second chance at love, and a second chance at being sisters.

The first book in this series, The Cottage at Firefly Lake, focused on Charlie Gibbs, her teetering relationship with her sister Mia, and her rekindled romance with local resident Sean Carmichael It was a lovely story, with happy endings almost all around at the end. It also feels like it leads directly into this second book in the series.

In this Summer on Firefly Lake the focus shifts from Charlie to her older sister Mia, and Mia’s long-ago crush on Sean’s best friend, the former town bad boy Nick McGuire. Except that Nick has changed from the town rebel to a workaholic lawyer with a failed marriage behind him and a strong desire to leave Firefly Lake again as fast as he can.

He just needs to get his mother settled first. And that’s where Mia comes in.

Nick is absolutely certain about what his mother should do. Gabrielle McGuire is widowed, 62, and has just survived a bout of cancer. Nick is sure that her big rambling house is just too much for her. And while he may be right, it’s not what Gabrielle wants and moving to a retirement bungalow is not what she’s ready for. It’s also not the only possible solution – it’s just the only that Nick can see in his rather desperate tunnel vision.

Nick needs someone to help his mother clean out all the old closets and attics and storage rooms and cabinets and cubby holes at Harbor House that are filled with over a century of family junk. Mia, recently divorced and looking for work, is happy to step in and help. Her daughters will be spending the summer with their dad, her house is currently under renovation, and she needs both a place to stay and the money the job will bring her.

And Mia loves Gabrielle almost as much as Nick does. She’d help Gabrielle anyway, so it’s nice to get paid much more than the job is worth for something that would be a labor of love.

It also provides a reason for Nick and Mia to spend time together. They are friends now, but once upon a time she was the town princess and he was the local bad boy, and of course they had the teenage hots for each other. Nothing ever came of it, but those feelings are still there, down deep. But at the moment, each of them is convinced that their friendship is too important to risk, that neither of them has the time or inclination for a relationship, and that the other is only interested in being “just friends”. And they’re both certain that they are too damaged to be capable or worthy of being loved.

But as the summer goes on, many, many issues, not just between Nick and Mia, but also Gabrielle’s health, Sean and Charlie’s impending baby, and most especially Mia’s relationship with her pre-teen and teenage daughters and the mess that her ex has already made of their lives and wants to make again, change the dynamic.

Nick and Mia both agree that all they want is friendship “with benefits”. But the closer they get, the harder it is to keep their hearts behind that line. Even if only one of them is able to admit it.

Escape Rating B: At heart, this feels like a story about lessons. And not just lessons in love.

Nick needs to learn to let go, which may seem a bit contradictory for the hero of a romance, but really isn’t in his case. Nick is holding onto a whole lot of things that he shouldn’t, as well as trying to hold onto something that he simply can’t.

His mother’s health scare reminded him just how fragile life is. He’s not ready to lose her, so he’s trying his level best to wrap her in cotton wool and protect her however he can. But life happens, and bad things happen in it, and there’s no way to protect someone you love from cancer. It takes Nick a lot of the book, along with a lot of help from Mia, to stop arguing with his mother over what he thinks is best and listen to what she really wants.

He also needs to let go of his resentment at and anger with his father. Not because the man doesn’t deserve every scrap of opprobrium Nick has in his heart, but because the negativity is hurting Nick way, way more than it could ever hurt his old man. Mia, on the other hand, needs to learn to stand on her own two feet and advocate for what she wants and what she needs, instead of placating the strongest voice in the room – usually her ex-husband.

Speaking of Jay, he’s a douchecanoe. And saying that is actually kind of an insult to douchecanoes. He’s not evil, he’s just awful. It’s also ironic but so often true that women see their father’s big flaws (and did her late, unlamented father ever have a ton of them) and say that they won’t marry a man like dad. Then they end up marrying a man just like dad, and he’s just as awful and in just the same ways.

Mia couldn’t stand up to her father, and she didn’t stand up to Jay as he cut her down at every turn, tried to erase her personality, was a constant cheater who in the end got one of his many, many side-pieces pregnant and finally divorced Mia to marry her. As I said, Jay is a douchecanoe. And Mia was his doormat, but she isn’t any longer.

Mia is way better off without him, and she knows it. But when he threatens her custody of their daughters, both covertly and overtly, Mia has to steel herself for the challenge. Not just because she can never be with the asshat again, but because seeing her cave in to him when they all know he’s a lying, cheating, selfish scumbag is bad for her daughters.

It’s terrific watching Mia take charge of her life, even if she does dither a bit about the past at times. She finally learns to go after what she wants. And if Nick is too stuck in the past to see what’s right in front of him, she’ll manage. It will hurt, a lot, but she’ll manage. And that’s just the example he needs to kick him where it hurts enough for him to finally see the light.

In this book we follow Mia Gibbs whose recently divorced and is helping Gabrielle McGuire clean out her house getting ready to move atleast that's what Nick and his sisters want when Mia first begins but she learns quickly that Gabrielle isn't about to give up her house. The last thing Mia counted on was Mia falling for Nick. She had one date with Nick when she was a teen, but the date got cut short when Mia walked out on him. Nick never knew why, but he finds out why in this book.

Nick McGuire thought he had it all figured out. Being a lawyer not getting attached to any women after his failed marriage to Isobel. What he didn't count on was Mia and the sparks that fire between each other. Nick has convinced himself he's not worth alot when it comes to Mia or anyone else?

Also in this book is Kylie a foster kid who has had such a hard time floating from foster care to foster care unless of course she ran away. She ends up at Camp Rainbow but it's not having a great affect on Kylie until she meets Mia and Nick. Kylie connects with Nick on a level deeper than just a stranger. He does what he can to help Kylie but can't help the bond he feels for her and the bond Kylie has for Mia and Mia's kids.

This book was fun reading it brough you in and wouldn't let you go no matter how hard you tried. You felt like you were right along with everyone else in Firefly Lake. Seeing Charlie's new baby, watching the characters you met in the first book continue in this book. Definitely a great book up there with Sherryl Woods, and many others. I can't wait for the next one to come out this one definitely had me hooked. I'll be looking for other books by this author!

Summer on Firefly Lake is a sweet and wonderful second chance love story. As the second book in Jen Gilroy's Firefly lake series, we met Mia and Nick in her January release of Cottage at Firefly lake. There was always something there between them and I was excited that we'd get their background and to explore a potential future for them. Once again, we get a heartrending story about love, family, and community.

In Cottage at Firefly lake I was very intrigued with Mia and her daughters, and the anguish the was experiencing from her marriage. Like her parents, she seems to have found herself in a marriage filled with deceit and he challenges of shielding her daughters from the hurt and betrayal she feels. There's also the challenge of Nick and the developing feelings between them. Nicks story has it's own set backs in heartache, both marital and from a tragedy far in the past. As he struggles to come to terms with his new reality helping Gabrielle, his mother, and his re-connection with Mia, he faces down his past and works towards self acceptance and forgiveness.

Mia really comes out of her shell, she faces down adversity and works hard to move on and stand up for herself. The young woman who played it safe and let social and parental expectations drive her decisions Charlie and Sean now play secondary characters that move the plot forward with an well thought out twist and again, Mia's eldest daughter Naomi and Ty, Seans' son play a part in supporting Mia's new path forward.

This is a very enjoyable read where characters spanning three generations all find themselves working on their second and sometimes third chances at love. With the slow burn and friends to lovers tropes added to the mix, Mia and Nick finally get to work towards their happy. 4 stars, and my recommendation for both the book and series.

4.5 Stars
Recently divorced Mia Gibbs has returned to her child hood summer vacation spot firefly lake to build a new life with her two daughters. She spent most of her marriage putting her husbands need before hers so she is now trying to adjust and get her life back on track. She runs into Nick McGuire an old friend from the past and they share one kiss and her world is turned upside down.

For Nick his career in law in the city has always been his focus but when he returns to firefly lake to help his mom who is sick, he runs into an old friend Mia. It does not take him long to realize that being just friends will not be enough.

Will Nick be able to choose between his career in the city and the life he always thought he wanted or the girl he cannot live without?

I have truly enjoyed the books of this series so far and can't wait to read book 3.

Advanced copy provided in exchange for an honest review.

What a wonderful, heartfelt and satisfying read!
As you all know sweet romances are not generally what I read, but with that said when I read the premise of this story I was intrigued and this made a lovely fresh change from my usual reading, it’s great to get a different genre and break things up a little.
This is a really nice, easy to read romantic story with lovely characters who feel very realistic and natural, it was a teensy bit predictable but in a nice cosyish way. While reading Summer at Firefly Lake, it felt like I was catching up with family & friends. The characters were amazing and relatable. The writing was captivating and vividly descriptive.
Can two lost souls find happiness again after their disastrous relationships, you will have to read Jen Gilroy's book to find out!
All in all this was an extremely enjoyable read and I am looking forward to reading the other titles in the Firefly Lake Series.

Like eating stew and dumplings on a cold day in winter, reading the second book in Jen Gilroy's Firefly Lake series left me feeling happy, warm and satisfied.

Actually “reading” is probably the wrong way to describe what happened when I opened Summer On Firefly Lake because it felt more like I’d been invited to pull up a chair and sit for a while. Jen's writing is so rich in colour that the place felt like home and the characters like friends.

I could use words such as gentle, heartwarming, charming and sweet and still not really cover just how lovely this book is. That’s not to say the story is without action and drama, oh no, there’s plenty of that. While the main characters are Mia and Nick, a wonderful supporting cast definitely help throw in a few twists and turns - and they certainly earn their happy ending.

As I said, this is book two in the series - and several of the characters from the first book, The Cottage At Firefly Lake, make a welcome reappearance - but it works well as a standalone.

And while I might have mentioned a winter stew at the start, this book is perfect whatever the season.

I'm already looking forward to book three.

Readers are welcomed back to the lively small town of Firefly Lake where the residents find that there's nothing greater than love and family.

Mia is rebuilding her life after spending years in a loveless marriage. She's finally gaining true independence for herself, and her darling little girls who are spending the summer with their father and his new family. Nick McGuire is helping her gain some of that independence by hiring her to help his mother organize his childhood home. Never one to mix business with pleasure, Nick tries in vain to keep Mia at arm's length. However, their past and Mia's nurturing disposition entices him to take their friendship to a new level and possibly pave the way for a future together.

Summer on Firefly Lake is a small town romance with layers that readers will love digging into. From the drama that Mia's ex-husband brings to town to Mia and Nick's whirlwind relationship, Jen Gilroy fashions this story into the romance to read this summer! It's one of those stories that gives all its special characters a chance at happiness and leaves readers tingling in the aftermath, ready for more.

There's no doubt the Firefly Lake series will continue with the small town's sense of nostalgia and romance in the next installment, Back Home at Firefly Lake.
*ARC provided in exchange for an honest review*