"Summer Boys" is a 2004 novel dealing with the romantic adventures three female cousins go on during their summer vacation at their family's beach house. Ella has developed a major crush on her sister's boyfriend, Beth is falling in love with her best friend and Jamie has suddenly been dumped by her partner. "Summer Boys" was the first book in the "Summer Boys" quartet. Subsequent releases were 2005's "Next Summer," "After Summer" in 2006 and "Last Summer," published in 2007.
"Summer Girls" is the first book in the "Summer Girls" series. Similar to the "Summer Boys" quartet, it follows three cousins from the Tuttle family who spend their summer at Pebble Beach. Jessica is trying to prove she's girlfriend material to a boy called Liam. Greer is annoyed she has to spend the summer with her family. And Laura is struggling with her forbidden love. The book was followed by a sequel, "Girls in Love," in 2010.
"The Bridesmaid" is a 2005 romance novel about 15-year-old Abby Beaumont. The book deals with the events surrounding the marriage of Abby's sister Carol to a mysterious man named Tucker Robb. Over the course of the novel Abby struggles to cope with the arguments her parents have over the cost of the wedding reception, her sister's increasingly insane bridal demands, revelations about Tucker's true nature and her feelings for a boy named Noah, who works at her father's bakery.
"Flirting with Boys" is a 2009 novel published by Harper Teen. The book's main character is Celeste Tippen, the "It Girl" of her high school. Her boyfriend pulls a prank at her school's graduation ceremony and as punishment has to work off the damage with a job at Celeste's parents' holiday resort. While Celeste is delighted to get the chance to spend the summer with her boyfriend, she's less enthusiastic about him seeing Nick, the resident bad boy of the holiday resort, flirting with her.