The Summer Love Strategy

Ray Stoeves Summer Love Strategy is a sweet and swoony YA rom-com about two friends making a pact to find summer romance like theyve seen in the moviesand 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 lovea girl from her basketball teamgets a boyfriend, she decides shes done falling for girls who are unavailable. Her best friend, Talia, wants romance too, but rarely gets crushes on anyone, and shes tired of watching Hayley get her heart stomped on over and over. So the two girls make a pact: theyll 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 cant catch a breakthey dont 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 forit 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?