Books like Hot Summer Nights by Joan Elizabeth Lloyd

Twenty‑five year‑old Belly Conklin returns to the family summer home on the coast, where a cancer diagnosis forces her to confront love, loss, and growing up amid the familiar rhythm of beach life.

A daring examination of love and desire set against the backdrop of early twentieth‑century England, where complex relationships between women and the struggle of coal‑miners illuminate social change and intimate psychological conflict.

A provocative retelling of the Sleeping Beauty tale, exploring the depths of sexual desire and bondage in a modern twist on an age-old story.

Written in debtor's prison in 1784, Memoirs of Fanny Hill is the first modern English erotic novel that follows a young woman forced into prostitution by poverty, who navigates love, betrayal, and personal growth to find her own ending.

A Most Passionate Revenge - Jacqueline Baird She can't resist her husband... After ten years Xavier Valdespino has appeared again in Rose's life, only to whisk her away to Spain and blackmail her into, marriage. It's clear to Rose that Xavier blames her for something she didn't do, and now he's using the intense sexual attraction that still exists between them to take his revenge -- through passion. Hero: Xavier Valdespino Heroine: Dr./Doctor Rosalyn "Rose" May Remarried in Haste - Sandra Field Back to the altar...! For the first time in his life, Brant Curtis had acted on impulse. He'd arranged to meet Rowan Carter, his ex-wife... one last time! Only, now that she was in front of him, he found he needed to kiss her so badly that he could taste her lips. But, as Rowan pointed out, it took more than physical attraction to make a marriage work. Marriage? Brant hadn't bargained on another trip to the altar, but he wanted Rowan back in his life -- whatever it took! Hero: Brant Curtis Heroine: Rowan Carter Aunt Lucy's Lover - Miranda Lee A dark desire... When, Jessica wondered, was she ever going to learn that men lied when it came to sex and money? Why, she'd almost fallen for Sebastian Slade's smooth story that he'd wanted nothing more than friendship from her aunt Lucy, before the lonely, wealthy, middle-aged widow had died. Perhaps Sebastian was planning to make love to Jessica, now that she was set to inherit Aunt Lucy's fortune? Jessica was determined to ignore her treacherous longings. Maybe the disturbing attraction she felt toward him would wear off, once she got used to his incredible charm and looks.... Hero: Sebastian Slade Heroine: Jessica Rawlins

In the exclusive Barrington Library, Portia Carew stirs forbidden longing, while the charismatic Mark Knightson is ready to indulge her deepest desires.

Hot Summer Nights is a collection of four contemporary romance stories, each centered on women discovering summer love in unexpected places.

When the beloved glassblower Claire Danner Crispin agrees to co‑chair Nantucket’s Children Summer Gala, she must juggle fundraising, a rekindled romance with ex‑high‑school sweetheart Max West and a passionate affair with the event’s Executive Director, Lockhart Dixon, all while keeping her family and business afloat.