Hot Fun In the Summertime [Kindle Edition]

Chicki Brown (Author)

Book Description

Seven very different singles – four women and three men – rent a New Jersey beach house for the summer: author Shontae Nichols, self-employed accountant and realtor, Linda Harris, Linda’s sister, hip-hop video dancer Kinnik Watkins, cosmetologist, Jovita Blassingame, Calculus professor Curtis “Doc” Whetstone, actor and drama instructor, Kip Lee, and new housemate, up and coming film actor, Devon Burke.

During their two month stay, romances bloom friendships are tested and when a tragedy strikes one of the housemates, they all learn the answer to the age-old question: Can men and women ever be just friends?

Product Details

• File Size: 595 KB
• Print Length: 370 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Chicki Brown (November 22, 2010)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B004DI7KI0
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #353,870 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Drama in Love! February 24, 2011

By Jennifer Coissiere "The Tough Critic" VINE™ VOICE

Format:Kindle Edition

Sunscreen will not be the only thing found on the beach in Hot Fun in the Summertime by Chicki Brown. Drama! What else could happen when seven people from different walks of life vacation together in a beach house for two hot summer months? The women are the writer, video vixen, real estate agent/accountant, and the hairstylist/cosmetologist. It is through their voices the story is told. What a story it is!

Aside from Jovita, who is helplessly in love, the other three women are content in living their life as is. Shontae has buried herself into the world she creates for her characters. Considering she writes romance, she should be the one who believes in love. Due to previous bad relationships she does not give real love a chance. Even with Linda, the one who is the most levelheaded of the bunch, she too has not given love very much thought since her divorce. She keeps herself busy with her real estate and accounting career. As for Linda's younger sister, Kinnik, men are good for one thing...keeping her in fancy designer clothes and paying her bills.

While their time on the beach is supposed to be fun and relaxation, this summer will prove to be anything but. Eyes begin to open and things change fast for all the people in the beach house. Whether good or bad, this is a summer they will not forget is one thing they all can agree on.

Chicki Brown has done it again. Hot Fun in the Summertime is the second e-book she has released and it is full of romance and drama. Ms. Brown takes great care in describing the setting. By the time I was finished with the book, I longed for the same beach house and the various other places the characters enjoyed. I coin the title and dub Ms. Brown, Queen of e-book romance. Romance readers will love this book.

The author provided a copy of the e-book for review purposes.

Jennifer Coissiere
APOOO BookClub

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Chicki Brown is a rising star! December 7, 2010

By Anonymous

Format:Kindle Edition

Author Chicki Brown puts up another great book. Hot Fun in the Summertime is about a groups of friends who gather at a beach house for the summer on the Jersey Shore. Each of them lead very different lives with different, three-dimensional personalities to create a complex and intriguing story. Sparks fly, old rivalries surface and love blooms in the vacation house for each of its occupants. Ms. Brown keeps the reader interested as she focuses an equal amount of time on every character, giving each of them their own unique story.

With the release of her second book, Chicki Brown proves to us she can tell sassy, one-of-a-kind stories with characters we all can relate to. Keep an eye on this one she is sure to make a name for herself.

Erin Kern
author of Looking For Trouble

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyed It June 23, 2011

By str8Kim

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

3.5 Stars
This is my first book by this author, and I really enjoyed it. I do have to say there was a lot going on because there were so many characters in the house, but the dynamic was really good. The book picked up for me following Kinnik's attack. This happens about 65%-70% into the book. The book was really just floating along until that point, with nothing really attention holding happening. Shontae and Devon's story was a good one. I loved how their relationship evolved slowly. You could really see Devon's feelings for her from the very beginning. Jo and Walter were also one of my favs. Every time Walter's appearance was described with his matching cane I could just picture him in my head with his leisurely stroll. I think if the book concentrated on less characters it would have been more successful, but it was good nonetheless....off to read Hollywood Swinging.

More About the Author

Chicki Brown, winner of the Shades of Romance Magazine 2011 New Author of the Year, is the author of six published novels and one novelette. She is currently working on A WOMAN'S WORTH, the first book in her upcoming six-book series.

An avid reader, Chicki's favorite authors are Beverly Jenkins, Eric Jerome Dickey, Lisa Kleypas, J.R. Ward and Suzanne Brockmann.

A New Jersey native, Brown and her family relocated to suburban Atlanta, Georgia in 1994, and she now calls herself a "Georgia peach."

Her many homes in cyberspace include:

http://sisterscribbler.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/chicki.brown
@Chicki663 on Twitter
http://pinterest.com/chicki663/
http://www.chicki663.webs.com