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Problematic Summer Romance

by Ali Hazelwood

Ranked #97 in 100 Most Popular BookTok and Bookstagram Books

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About Problematic Summer Romance

What is wrong meets what feels right in this romance set in Italy by the New York Times bestselling author of Deep End. Maya Killgore is twenty-three and still in the process of figuring out her life. Conor Harkness is thirty-eight, and Maya cannot stop thinking about him. It’s such a cliché, it almost makes her heart implode: older man and younger woman; successful biotech guy and struggling grad student; brother’s best friend and the girl he never even knew existed. As Conor loves to remind her, the power dynamic is too imbalanced. Any relationship between them would be problematic in too many ways to count, and Maya should just get over him. After all, he has made it clear that he wants her gone from his life. But not everything is as it seems—and clichés sometimes become plot twists. When Maya’s brother decides to get married in Taormina, she and Conor end up stuck together in a romantic Sicilian villa for over a week. There, on the beautiful Ionian coast, between ancient ruins, delicious foods, and natural caves, Maya realizes that Conor might be hiding something from her. And as the destination wedding begins to erupt out of control, she decides that a summer fling might be just what she needs—even if it’s a problematic one.

Reader guide at a glance

Use these edition facts and spoiler-light notes to decide whether this book fits your mood, time, and preferred reading experience.

Audience
Adult/general
Commitment
Standalone or self-contained
Estimated reading time
10.5 hours at about 40 pages per hour
Length
Standard-length read
Best for
Readers seeking forbidden love, emotional, page-turner, swoony

Why readers are finding Problematic Summer Romance

Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood, published in 2025, is a 417-page book for readers who prefer to browse by the experience of a story, not only by its sales category. Its strongest discovery signals include Forbidden Love, Emotional, Page-Turner, Swoony.

This edition also appears at number 97 in our researched social reading top 100, reflecting current discussion across BookTok alongside longer-running reader interest. The ranking uses one verified English-language print ISBN per work so retailer links, cover metadata, and search results point to a real edition rather than a workbook, translation, or duplicate collector version.

Print ISBN
979-8-217-18812-3
Published
2025
Pages
417

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