Ray Stoeve’s Summer Love Strategy is a sweet and swoony YA rom-com about two friends making a pact to

find summer romance like they’ve seen in the movies—and finding love where they least expect it along the

way!

Hayley always has a crush. The problem is, her crushes never like her back. After her latest unrequited love—a

girl from her basketball team—gets a boyfriend, she decides she’s done falling for girls who are unavailable.

Her best friend, Talia, wants romance too, but rarely gets crushes on anyone, and she’s tired of watching Hayley

get her heart stomped on over and over. So the two girls make a pact: they’ll help each other find summer love

by putting themselves in situations that always lead to romance in movies.

To help carry out their summer love strategy, they make a list of all the places they could find their real-life

rom-com: the beach, the Pride parade, the pool, a MUNA concert, and a party. But as they go to each place

and try to find the one, it seems like they just can’t catch a break—they don’t know how to talk to cute strangers,

someone mistakes Hayley as straight, and Hayley does a truly unfortunate DIY haircut (that she cannot be held

responsible for––it was a crisis!). But when Talia and Hayley finally manage to score dates, will they be able to

get out of their own way and really dive into the romances they deserve? Or is summer love not as far off as

Hayley thought?