About the Book
For twenty long years, Gigi Goldstein has been pining away for her best friend’s guy. She knows it’s wrong and it has to stop, but she hasn’t been able to let go ever since they all met on the bus to summer camp back when they were seven years old. The same week that her best friends finally announce their wedding date, Gigi loses her high-profile design job. With all of her dreams unravelling, she runs to the last place she remembers being happy.
Taking the Head Counselor position at Camp Chinooka, Gigi hopes to reclaim the joy she felt as a camper, but the job isn’t all campfire songs and toasting marshmallows. Gigi’s girls are determined to make her look bad in front of the boys’ Head Counselor—the sexy but infuriating Perry—and every scrap of the campground is laced with memories.
When Gigi finally realizes she can’t escape the present by returning to her past, she’s forced to reexamine her life and find the true meaning of love. But will she be able to mend fences and forgive herself before she loses her one real shot at happiness?
My Review
I do enjoy a good series, and I’m happy to say that I’ve found another one to recommend with The Campfire Series from Beth Merlin. The series kicks off with One S’more Summer, where we meet Gigi, who is having a pretty tough time in her personal life. She’s been in love with her best friend’s boyfriend since they were all kids, but Alicia and Josh are now about to get married, and on top of that, Gigi loses her job as a designer. With too much overwhelming her, she flees to her childhood camp to be a camp counselor at Camp Chinooka, trading in city life for campfires and s’mores. While there, Gigi is forced to take a hard look at her life and try to figure out how she can find happiness once again – and who all she will have to hurt along the way.
We also get a romance angle in here between Gigi and another camp counselor, Perry, who is dealing with his own personal issues from the past. Mix in a friendship holding on by a thread, a fun setting and plenty of fashion design knowledge, this really was a terrific read and had me itching to pick up the second book. I would highly recommend this series for contemporary romance fans!
4.5 stars
