There’s nothing I love better than summer. Even living in Southern Cali where temps can soar into the mid 100’s, I still love it. I love the sunshine, the trips to the beach, the BBQ’s, the fireworks, moonlit walks on hot summer nights and reading. Is there anything better than laying by the pool with a cool drink and a hot book?

To help kick off summer, and to celebrate Independence Day, we here at Book Binge want to help you overload on good books. We’ve compiled a list of our favorite books by our favorite authors along with some new summer releases. We love nothing more than sharing our favorite books with our friends, and that’s exactly what we’re doing now.

We’ve each complied a list of our five favorite reads and we’re offering one lucky winner 2 books of their choice from each of our lists. That’s a total of 6 new summer reads.

But that’s not all!

We’re also offering two new releases of your choice. And the kicker? It can be any two new releases for the entire summer! Dying for the new Harry Potter book, but not too excited about spending the money for it? Well, we’ll take care of it. Want to try the new Linda Howard, but don’t want to pay the hardback price for it? We’ve got you covered. As long as the release date is between the months of June and August, it’s yours from us.

Holly’s List

• Paradise by Judith McNaught
• Virgin River by Robyn Carr
• Demon Moon by Meljean Brook
• Kiss An Angel by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
• Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie

Isabel’s List

• The Wedding by Julie Garwood
• The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
• One Night of Scandal by Teresa Medeiros
• To Tame a Highland Warrior by Karen Marie Moning
• Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas

Rowena’s List

• See Jane Score by Rachel Gibson
• The Kept Woman by Susan Donovan
• Heart of Fire by Linda Howard
• Heartbreaker by Julie Garwood
• The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann

Entering is simple and easy. We want to know what you love best about summer. Is it the lazy, hot summer nights with your significant other? The extra time with your children? The trips to the beach? Simply answer here in our comments section or on your own blog, and then leave us a link. Your name will automatically be entered and on July 1st we’ll draw the name of the lucky winner. Your books and tote will be mailed no later than the 2nd so you’ll have them for the July 4th holiday. Our international readers can enter, too, but unfortunately we can’t guarantee you’ll have your books by July 4th.

Enter today!

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