Dahlia Adler
Summer Camp Romance
coming July 6, 2027
(St. Martin's Griffin )
Cover design by Olga Grlic
Beach Read meets Wet Hot American Summer in this nostalgic summer romance where a woman returns to work at her old camp to find her happiest single self—only to fall in love.
Fresh out of a life-derailing six-year relationship, Dana Becker would love nothing more than to turn back time. She'll have to settle for the next best thing: returning to the last place she was truly happy—the summer camp she attended as a kid. But running sports staff in your thirties is a whole lot different from being a camper as a teen, especially when you’re trying to re-learn how to be on your own and everyone keeps trying to set you up with the only other single thirty-something staffer.
Between an ultra-religious upbringing that didn’t fit and a mistake in his twenties he’s still paying for a decade later, Zeke Harris has resigned himself to a consistent, solitary life that leaves no room for relationships. But when Dana Becker pushes past his defenses without even meaning to (or wanting to), he finds himself open to possibilities he never thought existed for him.
Together, they break all their personal rules, and even a few of the camp ones. But when the heartbreaks they’ve left behind come calling as the fantasy land of Camp Moriah comes to a close, they’ll have to grapple with the pasts they’ve been avoiding if they want a chance at a future.
"I've been a fan of Dahlia Adler's writing for a long time, and her signature heart and heat are all over Summer Camp Romance. I can't think of two people who deserve a camp fling more than Zeke and Dana, and I'm so glad they get it -- and so glad they decide it's more than a fling. From the friction between them when they get off on the wrong foot to the friction when they just plain get off, I was rooting for them from page one." - Alicia Thompson, USA Today bestselling author of In Every Possible Way
"Every reader can now step into their own Summer Camp Romance―Dahlia Adler delivers a breezy dose of nostalgically universal summer love that is as spicy as it is sweet." - Ali Rosen, bestselling author of Recipe For Second Chances and The Apparent Trap
"A tender and very sexy story about the power of approaching life, love, and faith on our own terms. Dahlia's prose leaps off the page with wit and wry humor that had me laughing from page one. I'm a Dahlia Adler superfan for life" - Sarah T. Dubb, author of Birding With Benefits
“A superbly satisfying romance with inferno levels of sizzle!” - Heidi Shertok, author of Unorthodox Love and Match Me If You Can
"Dahlia Adler does it again. Summer Camp Romance delivers a sizzling hot summer escape. When Zeke Harris and Dana Becker arrive at the sleepaway camp of their youth, the pair have sworn off love. But their chemistry has other plans, and as the summer heats up, so does their undeniable attraction. Until the past meets the present. And there are explosions. All kinds. Rife with Jewish representation, sexy banter, and impossible-to-put-down romance, Adler packs plenty of heat in this perfect beach read." - Rochelle B. Weinstein, USA Today bestselling author of We Are Made of Stars