Ray Stoeveâs Summer Love Strategy is a sweet and swoony YA rom-com about two friends making a pact to
find summer romance like theyâve seen in the moviesâand 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 loveâa
girl from her basketball teamâgets a boyfriend, she decides sheâs done falling for girls who are unavailable.
Her best friend, Talia, wants romance too, but rarely gets crushes on anyone, and sheâs tired of watching Hayley
get her heart stomped on over and over. So the two girls make a pact: theyâll 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 canât catch a breakâthey donât 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 forââit 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?