One Golden Summer
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! ā A radiant escape to the lake from the beloved author of Every Summer After and This Summer Will Be Different, hailed as the āreigning queen of sun-soaked romance novelsā (Bustle)
āThe 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!āāGlamour
I never anticipated Charlie Florek.
Good things happen at the lake. Thatās what Aliceās grandmother says, and itās true. Alice spent just one summer there at a cottage with Nan when she was seventeenāitās 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, sheās most comfortable on the sidelines, letting other people shine. Lately though, sheās 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, Barryās 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 heās all grown upāa 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 Aliceās 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 peopleāthatās why she is so good at what she doesābut sheās never met someone who looks and sees her right back.
āThe 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!āāGlamour
I never anticipated Charlie Florek.
Good things happen at the lake. Thatās what Aliceās grandmother says, and itās true. Alice spent just one summer there at a cottage with Nan when she was seventeenāitās 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, sheās most comfortable on the sidelines, letting other people shine. Lately though, sheās 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, Barryās 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 heās all grown upāa 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 Aliceās 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 peopleāthatās why she is so good at what she doesābut sheās never met someone who looks and sees her right back.
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This was a wonderful summer read. There was a lot of back and forth of the FMC and MMC that maybe got a little much in the middle but I really loved the storyline and the setting. Highly recommend as a fun summer read.
definitely loved this one more than every summer after!! Charlie is such a flirt and I find that I love that so so much. Alice Everly the lucky woman you are. Watching their relationship unfold was so cutesy and summery and fun. I also realized that I love a bucket list trope. I think i might eat it up every time. I read this via audio & found myself falling out of the story a few times but other than that, thoroughly enjoyed it.
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