Summer in the City by Robyn Sisman introduces us to Susan Wilding, the struggling Londoner who is ready to give up on men, and Lloyd Rockwell, the New Yorker living the good life with his perfect girlfriend. Both Suze and Lloyd are working for the advertising agency Scheider Fox; Suze trying valiantly to work her way up by showcasing her creative graphic talents, and Lloyd enjoying being a well respected hot shot executive at the top of his game. The two are in for an adventure when the company offers them a ‘house-swap’ opportunity, letting them try to adjust to life on the other side of the pond.
Suze and Lloyd couldn’t be further opposites, with differences in their style of living, work, and love lives. Suze meets a man in Manhattan who she falls fast for, but turns out he is a sleaze trying to make a name for himself in the celebrity world and simple using Suze as a toy. Lloyd proposes to his girlfriend Betty, all while knowing something is terribly wrong with the relationship. Deception plays a large role in this novel, with Suze trusting the wrong co-workers and inadvertently helping them get Lloyd fired. After be-friending Lloyd’s best mate, Jay, Suze realizes the terrible mistake she has made, and is determined to help Lloyd get his job back. Over phone calls, emails, and more talking with the middle man, Jay, a romance begins to show between Suze and Lloyd. But what does that mean for Lloyd and his fiancée Betty, who is well under way with their wedding plans? What happens when Suze and Lloyd return to their respective lives, thousands of miles from each other?
Robyn Sisman pens a delicious novel that transports the reader back and forth from London to New York, trying to keep up with the characters and the hectic lives they are leading. Get caught up in the drama, deceit, and unlikely romance as opposites truly do attract in Summer in the City.
