One Golden Summer

By Carley Fortune

Book Overview

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ A radiant escape to the lake from the beloved author of Every Summer After and This Summer Will Be Different, hailed as the "reigning queen of sun-soaked romance novels" (Bustle)

"The way that Carley Fortune can bottle up the feeling of summer and put it into a book needs to be studied. Her books are so transportive "--Glamour

I never anticipated Charlie Florek.

Good things happen at the lake. That's what Alice's grandmother says, and it's true. Alice spent just one summer there at a cottage with Nan when she was seventeen--it's where she took that photo, the one of three grinning teenagers in a yellow speedboat, the image that changed her life.

Now Alice lives behind a lens. As a photographer, she's most comfortable on the sidelines, letting other people shine. Lately though, she's been itching for something more, and when Nan falls and breaks her hip, Alice comes up with a plan for them both: another summer in that magical place, Barry's Bay. But as soon as they settle in, their peace is disrupted by the roar of a familiar yellow boat, and the man driving it.

Charlie Florek was nineteen when Alice took his photo from afar. Now he's all grown up--a shameless flirt, who manages to make Nan laugh and Alice long to be seventeen again, when life was simpler, when taking pictures was just for fun. Sun-slanted days and warm nights out on the lake with Charlie are a balm for Alice's soul, but when she looks up and sees his piercing green gaze directly on her, she begins to worry for her heart.

Because Alice sees people--that's why she is so good at what she does--but she's never met someone who looks and sees her right back.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593638913
• ISBN13: 9780593638910
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

The sequel you never knew you needed

This book would stand alone just fine. But it's wonderful, I felt like I was at the lake myself. Truely beautiful story I couldnt put it down

Lakeside escape!

I could smell the sunscreen and feel the lake breeze while reading this novel. I felt like I had spent an entire day on the water soaking up the sun. A beautiful continuation of Every Summer After, that also stands completely on its own.