School is out and summer is here! Gone are the days - for three months, anyway - of being forced to read books that you will eventually have to take a test or write a paper on. What better way to move away from the stingy scholarly reads than to move on to something you love: love!

1. Before We Were Strangers by Renée Carlino

Do you ever think about how your life would be if an event in your past happened in a different way or at a different time in your life? Matt and Grace were college sweethearts; from the second they met, they were inseparable. There connection is instantaneous, and they bond over mutual admiration for each other and certain musicians.

Post-graduate life rips the two apart when Matt leaves New York for an internship with National Geographic. The two go on their separate paths, both knowing in the back of their mind that they let the love of their life slip away.

Jump forward 15 years. As Matt waits for the F train on a regular old Wednesday afternoon, he catches his first glimpse of her green eyes and blonde hair. It's not until she has boarded the train and is disappearing down the dark tunnel of the subway that he realizes who he just saw.

Renée Carlino's love story brings warmth and sorrow to the page. It is a compelling story about missed opportunities and how love conquers all.

2. The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons

Tatiana and Dasha Metanova share a single room in a cramped apartment with their brother and parents. Their world is turned upside down when Hitler’s armies attack Russia and begin their unstoppable blitz to Leningrad.

Enter the glowing light in a dark and deadly situation. Alexander is a brave young officer in the Red Army. He is strong and confident, but guarding a mysterious past. As starvation, desperation, and fear grip their city during the fatal winter of the German siege, Tatiana and Alexander’s love threatens to tear the Metanova family apart.

Paullina Simons’ historical romance, The Bronze Horseman, is an epic tale that is impossible to put down.

3. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Eleanor & Park is a touching tale about two sixteen-year-old misfits. Eleanor and Park met on the school bus one day when they ended up sitting next to each other. At the beginning, they hardly communicate with one another. Eleanor calls him the “stupid Asian kid” and Park just pretends that she does not exist. One day, when Park realizes that Eleanor is reading his comics over his shoulder, a silent friendship is born.

Set over the course of one school year, Eleanor & Park will remind you what it felt like to be young and in love. It is funny, hopeful, pure, and heartbreaking all at the same time.

4. Vision in White by Nora Roberts

The first book of the Bridal Quartet series, Vision in White tells the story about a wedding photographer by the name of Mackensie “Mac” Elliot. While shooting a wedding, Mackensie bumps into the bride-to-be’s brother who just so happens to be an old classmate.

Carter Maguire is a geeky English teacher who just ran into the girl he crushed hard on in high school.

While Carter is not Mac’s type, she decides that a little fling might be exactly what she needs. Roberts offers readers a charming contemporary romance filled with clever, witty writing and realistically complicated characters.

5. Bully by Penelope Douglas

Tate and Jared used to be the best of friends. However, everything changed when they were 14 after Jared came back from visiting his father. All of the sudden, Jared went from loving best friend to bully for no reason. His main mission was to ruin Tate’s life.

When Tate comes back after studying abroad in Europe for a year, she wonders if Jared will go back to his usual antics. Tate promises herself that – regardless of what he does to her – she will not let him ruin her senior year. She is done hiding. It is time to fight back.

6. Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire

Abby Abernathy has a past, not that anyone at her new college would know that. As far as they know, Abby is a good girl who does not drink or swear, and has a closet filled to the brim with cardigans. She really believes that she has put her past behind her, but when she meets Travis Maddox one night, all bets are off.

Travis Maddox is exactly the kind of guys that Abby needs to avoid. He is covered in tattoos and spends his nights winning money in a traveling fight ring. Drawn to Abby because of her surprising resistance, he tricks her into his life with a bet. If he loses, he has to be abstinent for a month. If she loses, she has to live in his apartment with him for the same amount of time. Jamie McGuire's Beautiful Disaster is insanely addicting.

7. Remember When by T. Torrest

Go back in time to the 80's with this hilarious romantic comedy. Set on the shores on New Jersey, Remember When is a story about Layla Warren and Trip Wiley, who meet their senior year of high school in English class. Trip is the new kid in school, he is gorgeous, funny and witty, and sweeps Layla off of her feet. Remember When is a story of bittersweet change that everyone can relate to.

This book has the ability to draw you in so deep that you lose track of time. Trust me, I would know. I started it at 10 p.m. on a summer night, and the next thing I know the book is over, the birds are chirping and the sun is rising, and I didn’t sleep a wink.

8. Beautiful Broken Rules by Kimberly Lauren

The most important lesson Emerson Moore ever learned was from her parents: Never get too attached to someone else. Because of that, this party girl plays by her own rules in the bedroom and never stays with the same guy for long.

Emerson has three rules: “never sleep with someone that a friend has feelings for, never sleep with someone who is in a known relationship (when this isn't disclosed to me, it is not my fault), and finally, never sleep with someone more than three times."

When Jaxon Riley moves next door, she is not sure how long her vow against emotions will last. She is drawn to him, not only because of his tattoos, muscles, and sexy voice, but because he seems to really understand her. Emerson has to decide if she can handle going against everything she has put in place to protect her heart and try to have a real relationship, or if breaking her rules end in a broken heart.

9. Wait For You by J. Lynn

All Avery Morgansten wants to do is escape what happened at the Halloween party five years ago. That is why she traveled thousands of miles from home for college. All she has to worry about is getting to class on time, making sure the band on her left wrist remains on her wrist, and maybe make a few friends. One things she never planned on was catching the attention of Cameron Hamilton.

Cameron Hamilton, with his striking blue eyes and charm, has a remarkable ability to make her want things she thought she could never want. He brings out a side of her that she never knew existed, so would getting involved with him be the worst thing?

10. The Deal by Elle Kennedy

Garrett Graham has only ever wanted to play professional hockey after he graduates college, but his dream is being threatened by his plummeting GPA. That is where Hannah Wells come in. Hannah, while confident in other areas of her life, has a whole lot of issues when it come to sex and seduction.

Hannah and Graham strike up a deal. She will tutor him and help him get his GPA up as long as he helps her make another guy jealous. However, once they begin, Garrett realizes that he doesn't want their relationship to be pretend. Now he just has to convince Hannah that the guy she wants is right in front of her.

11. On Dublin Street by Samantha Young

Four years ago, Jocelyn Butler moved to Scotland and left the States and her tragic past behind. She enjoys her solitary life without any attachments. It works for her. Everything changes when she move into a new apartment on Dublin Street and meets the persistent and determined Braden Carmichael.

Braden knows how Jocelyn feels about relationships, so he proposes a no-strings arrangement that will satisfy both of their needs. Intrigued, Jocelyn accepts his proposition. What she doesn't realize is that the Stubborn Scotsman is not solely interested in getting to know her physically. He is determined to truly get to know the her, down to the very soul.