Something Like Summer

Something Like..., Book 1

The best-selling gay romance novel that will leave your heart shaken!

Love, like everything in the universe, cannot be destroyed. But over time it can change.

The hot Texas nights were lonely for Ben before his heart began beating to the rhythm of two words; Tim Wyman. By all appearances, Tim had the perfect body and ideal life, but when a not-so-accidental collision brings them together, Ben discovers that the truth is rarely so simple. If winning Tim’s heart was an impossible quest, keeping it would prove even harder as family, society, and emotion threaten to tear them apart.

Something like Summer is a love story spanning a decade and beyond as two young men discover what it means to be friends, lovers, and sometimes even enemies.

©2011 Jay Bell (P)2025 Jay Bell

Exceptional in the genre

Tim and Ben's story is both individualized and at the same time possesses archetypal depth. The first half of the book is absolutely brilliant in its pacing and action; the second half is slightly less taut, and Jace rather less interestingly described, but still contains many fine moments and encounters. The positive self-awareness of the leading character offers a good antidote to stories that are too full of misery; in Tim, Bell has created something remarkable--a genuinely complicated yet fundamentally appealing character. Chapters often end on a pithy, clever moment of insight, and the book's ending is supremely affecting.

Some issue...

I’ve encountered some parts (words) that does not match the book; nevertheless very good and entertaining...

Perspective altering....

my words do not do this story and the subsequent sequels justice. If you are a gay man living in this day and age, you will see all or part of yourself in these characters and grow better from their stories.

Thank you Jay Bell for giving us this series which I treasure deeply! 💜

great story

loved the story. the voice acting was a little off putting as he used stereotypes for some poc.

One of my favorite authors!

If your looking for a good lgbt emotional romance series, the something like series is a must! Jay Bell did an amazing job on all of his book. Can’t wait to see more from him.