With Rio’s Tokyo pals mingling with Ginzo’s, Ueko has gone from quaint village to full-blown summer camp… and what summer camp is complete without a test of courage? Rio’s going to need THAT in spades, after being randomly paired with Kanno of all people! Meanwhile, Ginzo can’t stop glaring at the guy, and that’s only making her MORE confused!

Rio was looking forward to spending her summer vacation in Tokyo, meeting boys and going out with friends. But after a change of plans forces her to stay the (whole!!) summer with her grandmother in the countryside, she’s devastated…until she meets Ginzo, a handsome, mysterious guy with incredible talent and a hidden past…

Rio’s a temporarily displaced Tokyoite destined for the big city once summer’s over, and Ginzo’s a country boy, through and through. Even though Ginzo turned down her advances once before, Rio can’t help but notice that he still treats her as someone special. But just as things start looking up for our heart-struck heroine, trouble comes charging in on a train straight out of Tokyo!

Twelve-year-old June Farrell spends the summer at her Vermont home getting used to the woman her mother is planning to marry and practicing her pie-baking skills, as she hopes to win the blue ribbon at the fair.

At forty, Cal Shaw has seen better days, that's for sure, but it wasn't always like this. He grew up with his brother, Alvin, and his sister Julia, in the small Maine town of Baxter, confident in his own capabilities, especially regarding music. He took his happy life for granted, as lucky children often do. But everything changed when he was ten and his dad died in a freak accident. Soon, trouble, mostly in the form of a violent stepfather, found a home -- his home. As an escape, the Shaw kids turned to music lessons with family friend Uncle Gus, but it turns out no one can escape the violence and grief that rains down on the Shaws.

As their lives take them in different directions, Lena, Tibby, Carmen, and Bridget discover many more things about themselves and the importance of their relationship with each other.

Summer break is down to its final week, and Rio is determined to spend it all with Ginzo! Unfortunately, he’s too busy with the liquor store and the summer festival to even look at her texts. But when Ginzo invites Rio to visit his school, something happens that brings them closer together than ever before! Caught between her feelings for Ginzo and their impending separation, a single sentence slips from Rio’s mouth, and then… Find out more in the exciting 7th installment of the fateful summer love story that’s hot and pure, all at the same time!