RIM's Reviews Hot Fun In The Summertime by Chicki Brown

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Hot Fun In The Summertime

 by Chicki Brown

Every summer six friends rent a home on the Jersey shore for rest and relaxation but yet still manage to work. Linda is an accountant and real estate broker, Shontae is a fiction author, Doc and Kip are professors, Kinnick a model, and Jo a hair stylist to the stars. However this year Kip brings a friend, Devon, with him. He too is a model, heating up with the women in the house. On the first day they pay rent, divvy up chores, set down the ground rules and pick out rooms.  As everyone finds their own corner of paradise and set out to venture the beach, some old memories transform into new ones.     

 Kinnick, working as a video model, is constantly looking for the next come-up which is normally in a baller’s pocket. She plays a deadly game of being a rappers lady yet flirty with a mogul expecting neither to find out about the other. However when the lies catch up to her will she learn that a woman can have it all and not need to sell her body in the process?

Linda is coming out of an ugly divorce and is not looking for new seat filler just yet. However Doc has his sights set on her again this summer and is not letting her use her year old divorce as a crutch. As hard as Linda tries to control the situations surrounding her, she might have to let go of her preconceived notions of Doc and blast through her post divorce thoughts of men.

Kip, the forever player, is scoping the beaches for young women to fill his summer calendar and bed; however he needs to keep an eye out for the cops because an older black man dating young white females still causes some upset to the community. Seems archaic, but racism is still evident.  Kip seems quite smitten however by this summer’s catch no matter the consequences.

Shontae was hesitant to come this summer due to last summer’s debacle with Kinnick. However she has two things to accomplish this summer, getting her new novel done and the purchase of a home, and no one is coming between those goals, or so she thought. Devon seems bound and determined to get her attention and to get her to give love another chance.

 Jo and Walter have been together for five years and he is ready to take it to the next step, a business partnership. Slightly disappointed Jo takes him up on his offer but not prepared for all the conditions that come with the hefty price tag. Will her dreams of being the best in the business leave her before they start?

Interesting how in three short months the issues that all the characters faced were things they had been using as crutches all their lives and as with any injury eventually the crutch is no longer useful.

My Rating: 3 ½ stars

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