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Summer Days (Fool's Gold #7)

by Susan Mallery (Goodreads Author)

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Locked in an unexpected land dispute, Rafe Stryker is trapped in the one place he vowed never to return to--the Castle Ranch in Fool's Gold, California. He made millions facing ruthless adversaries in the boardroom, but nothing could've prepared him to go head-to-head against stubborn, beautiful Heidi Simpson. No one is more surprised than Rafe to discover that he's findin...more

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Published May 29th 2012 by Harlequin (first published January 1st 2012)

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May 29, 2012 Kaetrin rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks, contemporary, dnf

A rant.

I've just started CHAPTER 2. I'm not sure how I'm going to be able to finish this one. The narration is excellent but the story - first, heroine is Heidi - she has blonde hair which she is wearing in two pigtail plaits and she raises goats and was raised by her grandfather (sound familiar?) I haven't read any of the other Fool's Gold books so I thought maybe the childhood books/fairy tale theme is a gimmick of the series but a quick browse here on GR indicates not. Okay, this is perhaps c...more A rant.

I've just started CHAPTER 2. I'm not sure how I'm going to be able to finish this one. The narration is excellent but the story - first, heroine is Heidi - she has blonde hair which she is wearing in two pigtail plaits and she raises goats and was raised by her grandfather (sound familiar?) I haven't read any of the other Fool's Gold books so I thought maybe the childhood books/fairy tale theme is a gimmick of the series but a quick browse here on GR indicates not. Okay, this is perhaps cute and I could live with it but...

The set up is that Heidi lives with her grandfather Glen, who has sold (all or part, this is not clear to me) of Heidi's farm to May Stryker, mother of hero (I assume he's the hero at least) Rafe. May has paid $250,000 for the farm which Glen did not legally own. It's okay because Glen only did it to raise money for a friend who was dying from cancer and needed treatment. And he's okay now, so it was all worth it! Right?! I don't know how land transactions are done in the US, but here they are done by licensed conveyancers/lawyers and the FIRST thing that happens is a TITLE SEARCH to check who is the legal owner and whether there are any encumbrances (ie a mortgage) on the property. So, I don't even know how this transaction could have taken place. Then I'm told that the successful businessman with the mad skills Rafe SIGNED THE DOCUMENTS TOO!

Rafe comes to town at his mother's request to help her sort it out. Except, when he arrives, she's been talking to Glen and even though he's in his 70's and doesn't have a job and doesn't have any money and Heidi doesn't have any money and most of the farm is in fact owned by the bank who holds her mortgage, May feels confident that they can sort everything out without getting the police involved. When Rafe objects to this, he is shot down by May and Heidi as being cruel and awful. Glen WHO HAS COMMITTED FELONY FRAUD is treated with aw,-shucks,-he-didn't-mean-anything-by-it and that-Glen!-he's-always-getting-into-scrapes type statements.

So, Rafe, who clearly isn't the amazingly astute businessman he is presented as being, is the only one who seems to understand the gravity of the situation. And, this is just CHAPTER ONE.

Chapter two starts with Heidi consulting a lawyer who suggests that Heidi try and come to some arrangement to repay the money (um, okay, as far as it goes, that MIGHT be something that would be relevant to sentencing, because honey, Glen is GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY but how the heck is Heidi going to do this anyway? She's paying a mortgage and has very little money and now she's got a $250,000 debt too?) and also to get the ex-cancer patient in to testify (because then the Judge will have to undersand and let Glen off right?) and THEN, she ADVISES HEIDI TO HAVE SEX WITH RAFE to try and sort it out as that will be the "easiest way". **whimpers**

I needed a break before continuing on.

Tried again. Nope. The plot is so full of WFTery. I don't like any of the characters and I just can't suspend my disbelief enought.

Narration is Tanya Eby's usual very good standard. Story is a fail for me.
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May 28, 2012 Jeanette rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Sep 06, 2012 Heather rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporaryromance

I found myself having a love/hate relationship with this book, and it all revolves around the main plot.

Heidi’s grandfather, Glen, sells May ranch land for $250,000. Well meaning, the only problem is…it isn’t his land to sell. Rafe returns to Fool’s Gold to help his mother (May) sort out the problem. May feels like the ranch can be shared, and this isn’t a big deal. Rafe, however, sees this as illegal and wants the property or the money back – period. Heidi is upset, but loves her grandfather an...more I found myself having a love/hate relationship with this book, and it all revolves around the main plot.

Heidi’s grandfather, Glen, sells May ranch land for $250,000. Well meaning, the only problem is…it isn’t his land to sell. Rafe returns to Fool’s Gold to help his mother (May) sort out the problem. May feels like the ranch can be shared, and this isn’t a big deal. Rafe, however, sees this as illegal and wants the property or the money back – period. Heidi is upset, but loves her grandfather and knows he didn’t mean to harm anyone

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Now, if you ignore the glaringly obvious flaws in the ranch situation, Rafe and Heidi are true opposites, and I think it lends well to their romance.

There is obvious sexual tension and chemistry, and it was great to see Rafe think about someone else. When he attempts to help Heidi in building her business, it’s not because he sees that as a threat, but rather he likes her enough that he wants her to succeed. He’s not completely heartless, he just wants what he feels (rightfully so) he is owed.

And Heidi doesn’t want to love him; she fears love just as much as he does, despite seeing such healthy relationships amongst her good friends. I loved the interaction we got between Heidi and her girl-friends. They helped add some lightness, and some bumbling assistance to throw some extra curves at Rafe and his “plot” to get Heidi and her grandfather out of the ranch.

If you like the other Fool’s Golds books, you’ll probably like this one. For me, though, the big plot piece just took this book down a few stars for me.
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Jul 28, 2012 Romancing the Book rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary, romance

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Reviewed by Stacey
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It is good to be back in Fool’s Gold! Susan Mallery takes us back to her wonderful fictional town with some new faces and many familiar ones. We met goat farmer Heidi Simpson in the previous series and she now has the starring role in Summer Days.

Like the Heidi from children’s classic, Heidi Simpson has grown up with her grandfather. Mallery’s Heidi comes complete with the braids but also with the quirky career...more Posted on Romancing the Book's blog
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It is good to be back in Fool’s Gold! Susan Mallery takes us back to her wonderful fictional town with some new faces and many familiar ones. We met goat farmer Heidi Simpson in the previous series and she now has the starring role in Summer Days.

Like the Heidi from children’s classic, Heidi Simpson has grown up with her grandfather. Mallery’s Heidi comes complete with the braids but also with the quirky career choice of being a goat farmer and cheese maker. She’s not your typical romantic heroine but her vulnerable yet independent personality make you want to see her succeed in whatever she wants.

Unfortunately, Heidi’s grandfather is a little eccentric. He’s a former carny (yes, of the traveling carnivals) and is a real love em’ and leave em’ type of guy who also dabbles in swindling people. This time, he’s swindled a widow out of a quarter of a million dollars and the farm she thought she was purchasing and now her son is in Fool’s Gold to press charges.

Rafe Stryker has a history of his own with Fool’s Gold and would seemingly rather be anyplace else but there. His devotion to his mother brings him and keeps him in town where the four of them have to figure out how to amicably work out who is going to get the farm and how the money is going to be paid back.

Two more opposite character’s, I couldn’t imagine. Heidi is a farm girl and Rafe is a slick business man. With her running around in her braids and milking goats, it’s hard to imagine a city man like Rafe being attracted. As the story develops, however, Susan Mallery gives us a glimpse in to Rafe’s humble beginnings and it soon becomes very easy to see why these two characters can work.

As with all of Susan’s books, this was a great read from start to finish. We got to catch up on some of the inhabitants of Fool’s Gold from previous books while getting a glimpse of what is to come in the series all the while getting to know Rafe and Heidi.

If I had one complaint about the book it would be that I would have loved to see more of the actual relationship between Rafe and Heidi. We are privy to their thoughts when they are alone but once they become involved (and it took a while for that to happen), they had immediate obstacles to overcome that got in the way of a real relationship growing.

Being that Fool’s Gold is the land of happy endings, Summer Days certainly gives you one. It’s nice to read a book where the character’s are real people with real issues and I lift a glass to Susan for giving her readers yet another enjoyable read while keeping us in a place that we continually wish was real.
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Jun 24, 2012 Susan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012-books-read, romance

Another excellent Fool's Gold book. I loved Heidi and her goats when I met them in the last book. After a life on the road with a carnival, she is more than ready for a real home. She put down a deposit on the ranch and moved in with her grandfather and her goats, where she is making a living selling cheese and handmade soaps. Her grandfather is a charming old rogue, who sold a part of the ranch to May Stryker to raise money for a friend with cancer. Problem is, it wasn't his to sell. Rafe has c...more Another excellent Fool's Gold book. I loved Heidi and her goats when I met them in the last book. After a life on the road with a carnival, she is more than ready for a real home. She put down a deposit on the ranch and moved in with her grandfather and her goats, where she is making a living selling cheese and handmade soaps. Her grandfather is a charming old rogue, who sold a part of the ranch to May Stryker to raise money for a friend with cancer. Problem is, it wasn't his to sell. Rafe has come to fool's gold to either get the land or the money back. He grew up poor and Fool's Gold and swore never to come back. Now a judge has said they must share the property until she can decide what to do. Soon May has she and Rafe moving into the ranch house with Heidi and Glen. Glen is putting the moves on May, and she has plans for the ranch that do include Heidi and Glen. Rafe is attracted to Heidi, but doesn't believe in love. He's looking for a business partnership type of wife. He also looks around at the land and sees prime development property for housing -- good for the bottom line. He also finds that as he is stuck on the ranch doing the work his mom wants done that he's enjoying it far more than he thought he would, and his San Francisco business is looking less appealing. When Heidi finds out about his plans for the land, she does something dishonest that she knows she shouldn't do, but does it anyway as a way to delay his plans. When it comes out, she's embarrassed and Rafe is angry. As the oldest when his father died, Rafe found himself (at the age of 10) being the man of the family and trying to take care of his mom and siblings. The people of the town helped also, but Rafe hated being an object of charity. Since then he has taken his job as oldest too far and been controlling and inflexible, alienating his two youngest siblings. Heidi had a friend who fell in love and was so badly hurt that she killed herself, plus her grandfather always claimed love didn't exist. Both of them have to confront their demons before they can find their HEA. I loved Heidi and how optimistic she usually was. Her goats were fantastic. I loved the scene where she came home drunk. I really liked Rafe too, especially once he started getting into the ranch life and spending more time with Heidi. He was also very good to his mother, even though she drove him nuts.(less)

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Jun 21, 2012 Tracy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Summer Days is book 7 of Susan Mallery's fools gold series. Now all the Hendrix's brothers and sisters are married off it's time for some of the secondary characters to get their turn.

Heidi is a resident within fools gold who manages goats on her ranch. She's quite simple and honest and a very sweet girl who wants the simple things in life and all she's ever wanted was to have a place to call her own.

Rafe Stryker is a business tycoon that grew up in fools gold. He left fools gold many years ago...more Summer Days is book 7 of Susan Mallery's fools gold series. Now all the Hendrix's brothers and sisters are married off it's time for some of the secondary characters to get their turn.

Heidi is a resident within fools gold who manages goats on her ranch. She's quite simple and honest and a very sweet girl who wants the simple things in life and all she's ever wanted was to have a place to call her own.

Rafe Stryker is a business tycoon that grew up in fools gold. He left fools gold many years ago and his mother has now returned. He has returned to help his mother get back the ranch that Heidi lives on as it was promised to her by her old employer before he died. However Heidi's grandfather Glen had tricked Rafe's mother out of some money to help his friend get his treatment for cancer. They then end up in court trying to battle out who gets the ranch. Rafe stays behind in fools gold to help his mother get what she wants and battle with Heidi to win the ranch.

Heidi and Rafe were good characters. Heidi was sweet and had an innocence about her. Rafe was a good looking man but not totally flawless which made him more relatable and it was more fun watching him fall for Heidi. They both have quite mixed up versions of what happens when people fall in love and they both battle these to deal with them and make their relationship stronger which means both of them made mistakes. I thought this was quite refreshing and made it slightly different from the other books in the series as they were kind of getting a bit predictable.

I really enjoyed learning about Rafe's family and can't wait to meet his brothers and also his sister! Rafe's mother would drive me nuts! She was so imposing and so used to going around and doing her own thing and getting her own way! I couldn't really see where she fit in but it didn't take away from the rest of the story and to be honest her little love story with Heidi's grandfather Glen is kind of sweet.

This book is perfect for a light hearted summer read. Susan Mallery has a way of writing which really makes you feel like you are actually there in Fools Gold with the characters. It makes you feel like you are on vacation there or returning home after a long spell away. Susan Mallery is a great comfort read and I look forward to reading the next 2 books in the series very soon!(less)

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Jun 04, 2012 Lizz Wodrich rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Jun 02, 2012 Donna rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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May 29, 2012 Michele rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

If your looking for a great beach or rainy day book to read...

than look no further than "Summer Days" by Susan Mallery. She's back and continuing her very successful "Fool's Gold" series with three books this summer starting with "Summer Days." I absolutely loved this book and devoured the book in one session. Ms. Mallery has a way of making you sure you want to hate the "bad guy", in this case Rafe Stryker, but still infuses him with enough hidden sensitivity that hating him becomes impossible....more

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May 29, 2012 Claire Sax rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Another home run for Mallery! Fool's Gold is the land of happy endings and we are lucky enough to get to read another one with Summer Days.

Rafe Stryker, the first of the Stryker brothers featured in Fool's Gold, is a perfect hero. He's tough, rough under his polished exterior, and throughout the book you see his softer side coming through. The book begins with Rafe heading to his mother's rescue over a dispute regarding the home of a new Fool's Gold resident, Heidi. Heidi owns a goat farm. Real...more

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May 29, 2012 Brie C. rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Originally posted at Romance Around the Corner

Note: this review is long, contains spoilers and is a bit ranty. You have been warned.

Summer Days is the newest installment in a series that’s become a representative of small town romances joining the likes of Virgin River, Shelter Bay and Destiny. This is the 7th book in the series, and although the characters were introduced in the previous books, it stands alone perfectly well.

Heidi Simpson and her grandfather are the most recent residents of Foo...more

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Apr 05, 2012 Manda Collins rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary

For the past two years I've spent at least part of my summer vacationing (in my mind) in Fool's Gold, California. Now that the Hendrix triplets are married off, it's time for some of the other peripheral characters to get their HEAs. First up is Heidi, the "goat girl," so nicknamed because she keeps a herd of goats and sells cheese and soap made from goat's milk. Her hero is Rafe, a business tycoon whose mother has been swindled by Heidi's grandfather, who "sold" Rafe's mother Heidi's ranch to p...more

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Mar 11, 2012 Julie Barrett rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

read 3/10 pub may 29, 2012 Summer Days By Susan Mallery
Feb 15 edition
Rafe Stryker has come back to Fool's Gold, he just couldn't say no to his mother.
Heidi Simpson came to get her goat that had blocked Rafe from going any further.
She sold goat products and that made the mortgage payments.
Fool's Gold is a town where the fire chief is a woman, the police chief is a woman,
lawyer who is a female, Judge is a woman, baliff is a woman, you get the picture.
This is the first Fool's Gold book I've read an...more

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Dec 17, 2012 Kimberly rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-romance

I'm usually a big fan of Susan Mallery's books. I have all of her Fool's Gold series & I've enjoyed them all, but I hated this story! My main problem was with the characters. The hero - Rafe, was the only character I liked. I found Heidi to be childish & wanting everyone else to fix her problems for her since she can't seem to find any solutions on her own. The worst was the secondary characters of Rafe's mother May & Heidi's grandfather Glen. The story begins with Glen having swindl...more

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May 19, 2012 Kimberly rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Oh, how I adore Fool’s Gold! Summer Days is a new direction in the Fool’s Gold series. This book is #7 in the series and takes on a character that we had only just met in the last book. Heidi is sweet and innocent in her own way and just wants to have a home to call her own and when her grandfather sells her land a big court battle takes place and that brings in Rafe to protect his mom from the “thief” who took her money and won’t give her the land. Rafe...more

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Jun 19, 2012 Felicia rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Overall Rating: 4.25
Story Rating: 4.00
Character Rating: 4.50

First thought when finished: I think I am going to love the next 3 books with more of the Stryker family :)

What I Loved: Rafe was a complicated leading man who had a lot on his shoulders from a young age. He fought and clawed his way out of the small town and into a place of prestige (in his eyes). I love that Susan wrote him with both good and bad traits. He was stubborn by a mile and pigheaded to a fault. His int...more

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Mar 16, 2012 Jess rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, net-galley, susan-mallery

When I saw this book available on net galley I was really excited and pretty much started reading it as soon as I received the approval email. I just couldn't help myself. I really love this series with it's quirky town and sometimes insane but always lovable characters.

In this book we meet Heidi, a goat raiser who lives on the Castle Ranch farm with her grandfather. All she wants in life is to keep raising her goats, make cheese and sell her goat milk but that is all about to change. Her grandf...more When I saw this book available on net galley I was really excited and pretty much started reading it as soon as I received the approval email. I just couldn't help myself. I really love this series with it's quirky town and sometimes insane but always lovable characters.

In this book we meet Heidi, a goat raiser who lives on the Castle Ranch farm with her grandfather. All she wants in life is to keep raising her goats, make cheese and sell her goat milk but that is all about to change. Her grandfather swindled money from May Stryker by telling her he would sell her part of the ranch (which wasn't his to sell). So not only does May not get the ranch, but she also won't be getting her money back because it was given to a man named Harvey so he could get cancer treatment. Still with me? So May is obviously upset because what she's wanted all her life is to have a home and she has always wanted to live on the ranch. So she calls her son Rafe, who happens to be really wealthy, cosigned on the "Sale" of the ranch and he also hates Fools Gold. So once he hears what happens with his mother it's full steam ahead to get her out of trouble and get their money back or the ranch. He doesn't care which. Meanwhile, poor Heidi doesn't know what to do with herself. She realizes that her grandfather made a big mistake but she also knows she doesn't have the money to pay back Rafe and his mom. When the court declares that it needs more time to think about the situation, Heidi thinks she might be in the clear. Until of course, Rafe and May decide that they will be living at the ranch until a decision is made. Rafe living in the same house as Heidi? I just knew there would be sparks flying!

I thought Heidi was a terrific character from the moment we saw her trying to catch up with her goat Athena. She was innocent (think milk maid), funny and also a free spirit. She had her dream and knew what she wanted and would do anything to keep that dream alive. It was funny watching her clash with the staid Rafe. Although, I have to say he loosened up real quick. Just the idea of the millionaire broker taking off his suit and getting into ranch clothes was awesome, but watching him come to realize he actually might like the jeans better was priceless. Especially since he was so confused about it, it just made it even better when he finally realized what the heck was going on.

The sparks between Heidi and Rafe were flying, sexually and also they argued a fair amount of times. I also liked the verbal sparring between each other and that Heidi refused to be another woman or person that just agreed with everything that Rafe said.

The book also made me interested in Heidi's two friends, Annabelle and Charlie, who we saw quite a bit through this book. I'm assuming the next two in this part of the series will be about them and I can't wait to see the man who is going to take on Charlie's rough and tumble personality.

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Apr 04, 2013 Jessica rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013, romance, series

The next 'mini trilogy' of stories set in Fools Gold, CA are told about the three Stryker brothers, whose mother is May, a lovely woman who longs to own Castle Ranch. Rafe is her eldest son, a businessman who worked his way from the very bottom to where he sits now, at the very top.

Heidi Simpson and Glen, the gentleman who took her in as a child, are now living at Castle Ranch. In a dire attempt to raise funds quickly for his friend's cancer treatment, Glen sold May a portion of Castle Ranch pro...more

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May 20, 2012 Mlpmom (Book Reviewer) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Let me start off by saying that I love Mallery's work. Her books are so heartwarming and the characters are compeltely memorable and real.

Some of my favorite books by her are from the Fool's Gold series, I just love the town and the people and the whole atmosphere.

So I jumped at the chance to read and review her 7th book in the series Summer Days.
Thankfully this one was just as good as some of her others in the series and did not disappoint at all.

Heidi was feisty and such a fun character. I re...more

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Mar 16, 2012 Dannielle rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Jul 06, 2012 Jeannie L rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I was already tickled when Heidi and Athena appeared in the previous book so I was excited to know she's gonna have a own story.

Rafe grew up in Fool's Gold but left when he became of age as Fool's Gold reminded him of the charity he received as a boy. Being the successful business tycoon he was now, he definitely don't wanna be reminded of those times. Not that he was being ungrateful or anything. Still, Fool's Gold didn't give him many good memories so when his mum was caught up with a fake pur...more

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Jun 16, 2012 Jessi rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, 2012-challenge, appealing-characteristic-story, contemporary, part-of-a-series, romance

Rafe Stryker has some troubles. His mother loaned a man $250,000 for a ranch that the man didn't own. She isn't really interested in prosecuting but it's his name on the line. To add to the troubles, the ranch is the one where he grew up with his two brothers and sister; they were dirt poor. It was a hardscrabble existence and Rafe doesn't want to be reminded of those times. But maybe some good can come out of it. After all, the swindler's granddaughter (the actual property owner)isn't hard to l...more

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Jun 02, 2012 Michelle rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It wouldn’t be summer without a new series from Susan Mallery! This is a great continuation to the Fool’s Gold series, started six books ago. You don’t need to start from book one, but I would recommend starting at the beginning of each trilogy. There are a lot of great continuing characters from the earlier books so there may only be some minor confusion.

Rafe started out with not much growing up so now that he’s become successful he’s not looking to come back to his home town of Fool’s Gold. B...more

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Jun 07, 2012 Wanda (Good Choice Reading) rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Susan Mallery has never disappointed me, from the Chasing Perfect to Summer Days, she has always left me satisfied. Summer Days will take you on a journey from fraud to property lost and just finding the right one for you. She took Summer Days to a whole new level. In fact I feel this is Susan's sexiest novel, at least from the ones I've read. She definitely had me saying "Whoa, that's hot!" a few times.

In Summer Days, you meet some new characters. And I embraced them right along with Fool's Go...more

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Aug 11, 2012 Fiona Marsden rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Looking for a lightweight read

Recommended to Fiona by: Net Galley

This is my first Fool's Gold story and an enjoyable read. The characters are fairly typical of the small town romance. Heidi, the heroine, is a quirky orphan goat girl living on a mountain in Switzerland with her granddfather. Except she's actually living on a property outside Fool's Gold in the U.S. with ex-carny granddad who is a bit slippery in the wealth and morals area.

Yes indeedy, the premise for this story is that granddad sells Heidi's heavily mortgaged property to the hero Rafe's, mothe...more

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May 29, 2012 Julie rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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(Just a heads up before I begin my review: I am not going to write actual spoilers in this review (as in I will not tell you about how things turn out) but I will be talking about many events that occurred in the book.)

Summer Days is the seventh book in Susan Mallery’s Fool’s Gold series. I have not read the previous books and I didn’t feel as though I was missing any vital information. I deem this book a stand-alone. I have heard countless wonderful thi...more

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May 22, 2012 Lisa rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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This is book 7 in Susan Mallery's Fools Gold series. We get some fresh faces in this set of 3 books coming out this year. Rafe Stryker left Fools Gold years ago to make his way in the world and be something. He's forced back to Fools Gold when his mom is swindled by a local man when she tries to buy the ranch they used to live on years ago. Rafe and his family lived on Castle Ranch when Rafe was a kid and when his dad passed away he was forced as the oldest to work hard to take care of everyone....more This is book 7 in Susan Mallery's Fools Gold series. We get some fresh faces in this set of 3 books coming out this year. Rafe Stryker left Fools Gold years ago to make his way in the world and be something. He's forced back to Fools Gold when his mom is swindled by a local man when she tries to buy the ranch they used to live on years ago. Rafe and his family lived on Castle Ranch when Rafe was a kid and when his dad passed away he was forced as the oldest to work hard to take care of everyone. The man that owned the ranch at the time promised to leave the ranch to Rafe's mom. He didn't though he died and they had to leave. Now Heidi Simpson owns the ranch or at least she's making payments. She has led a life as a carny wander around the country with a slightly out there grandfather Glen to take care of her when her parents died when she was very young. The ranch is Heidi chance for a home. She's got her goats and her small business and she's making it although just barely. The her grandfather sells part of the ranch that he doesn't even own to raise money for a friend who is fighting cancer. That's when the trouble starts. Rafe comes in now all rich and successful to claim the ranch for his mom The money is gone so Heidi can't pay it back. She might lose her first and only real home. The judge decides to make them share for a while and look into the case more and that's when the fun stars. This was a fun book. Like I said there are a bunch of new characters. Heidi was introduced in a previous book but many of the other characters are new along with some old favorites. I've wondered if Ms. Mallery could keep this series fresh. It's looking pretty good she is on a good path for that. I love that Rafe nicknames Heidi "Goat Girl". Normally it's not a cute name but the way he does it, it is. There are some hard lessons some wounded hearts and souls and some fun stuff too. Rafe's mom is a hoot with all her crazy animals she adopts. Can't wait to see where this series goes next! 4 out of 5 Modokker Book Pick stars for Summer Days by Susan Mallery.

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May 29, 2012 Kortney rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

To be honest I never used to be a Romance reader. Then one day after I was bored with all the vampire/werewolf books that were coming out I decided to start reading the first book in the Fool's Gold series by Susan Mallery. Since that day I have not only been a Susan Mallery Fan but also a reader wanting to find out what is going on in the town of Fool's gold.

The story starts out by Rafe Stryker returning to Fool's Gold after leaving so many years earlier. He is back to save his mom from the de...more

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Oct 05, 2012 Ana rated it 2 of 5 stars

I had a hard time with this one. I read a handful of the Fool's Gold series. (i read backwards, so I already knew how most of this one would end)

What I couldn't understand throughout the book was how Rafe became the bad guy? I guess having your mother conned of 250k makes you a jerk.

I also could not wrap my head around Heidi complaining each time that Rafe was trying to take her home away. Technically it was his mother's now.

If I let all those issues aside, in the end I like the story between...more

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Feb 21, 2013 Nancynova rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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more in reading the series out of order. This is #7. May and Rafe Stryker believe they have bought their old home, Castle Ranch. But not so fast - seems that Glen, grandpa, took the May's ranch money and used it to help a friend with cancer. Heidi, the grandaughter, raises goats and doesn't have the money to pay May and Rafe back. Both move into the ranch house with Glen and Heidi, and never mind she doesn't own the place - May starts making improvements and starts taking in old animals, includi...more

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New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery has entertained millions of readers with her witty and emotional stories about women and the relationships that move them. Publisher’s Weekly calls Susan’s prose “luscious and provocative,” and Booklist says, “Novels don’t get much better than Mallery’s expert blend of emotional nuance, humor and superb storytelling.” While Susan appreciates the crit...more

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