The Summer I Destroyed You
“Destroying other people isn’t going to make you feel any better.”
“That suggests you’ve never destroyed an enemy before. It’s actually quite fulfilling.”
EMMY
Elliott Springs has small-town values, cobblestone streets, perfect scenery. These are things I don’t care about. What I do care about: Revenge. And no matter how compelling I find Liam Doherty—the guy focused on saving Elliott Springs—I’m going to get it.
LIAM
What do you call a woman who wants to destroy everything you love, yet the sight of her sets you on fire? Nemesis or future wife…and since she can’t wait to leave California, I guess I know which one she is.
Emerson Hughes wants to be the villain in our town’s history, and the more I learn about her past here, the more I understand it.
I wanted to save Elliott Springs.I think I want to save her even more.
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Elizabeth O'Roark
Elizabeth O’Roark writes the kind of romance novels that pull readers in with sharp banter and irresistible chemistry, then keep them turning pages long after midnight with emotional depth and vulnerability. Best known for Waking Olivia and the bestselling Deal With the Devil, her stories often feature alpha heroes who hide their scars behind gruff exteriors and women who are complex, flawed, and fiercely alive.
Her path to writing wasn’t direct. Before publishing her first novel, she built a career as a medical writer, creating content about procedures and diagnoses. That precision with language and detail now slips into her fiction, giving even her most escapist plots a grounding in reality. She lives in Washington, DC with her three children, balancing family life with a steady output of romances that span from the sun-soaked beaches of The Summer Series to the time-twisting turns of The Parallel Series.
The Summer
The Summer consists of four books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
