Same Time Next Summer

“Bursting with the magic of first love, it’s everything I want in a summer romance.” —Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling author of EVERY SUMMER AFTER

Named a Best Book of Summer by Real Simple • Reader’s Digest • Country Living • The Skimm • BookBub • GoodReads

Beach Rules:
Do take long walks on the sand.
Do put an umbrella in every cocktail.
Do NOT run into your first love.

    Sam’s life is on track. She has the perfect doctor fiancé, Jack (his strict routines are a good thing, really), a great job in Manhattan (unless they fire her), and is about to tour a wedding venue near her family’s Long Island beach house. Everything should go to plan, yet the minute she arrives, Sam senses something is off. Wyatt is here. Her Wyatt. But there’s no reason for a thirty-year-old engaged woman to feel panicked around the guy who broke her heart when she was seventeen. Right? 

    Yet being back at this beach, hearing notes from Wyatt’s guitar float across the night air from next door as if no time has passed—Sam’s memories come flooding back: the feel of Wyatt’s skin on hers, their nights in the treehouse, and the truth behind their split. Sam remembers who she used to be, and as Wyatt reenters her life their connection is as undeniable as it always was. She will have to make a choice.

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Published Jun 6, 2023

320 pages

Average rating: 7.13

172 RATINGS

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literarily_occupied
Aug 12, 2025
8/10 stars
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 4 stars

If you like summer romance built around first love and second chances, then Same Time Next Summer is a book for you.

Family vacations are spent at the beach in Long Island and soon young love buds in the comfort of a backyard treehouse between Sam and Wyatt.

Sadly their paths and misunderstandings pull them apart, but as Sam is making plans to get married, Wyatt comes crashing back into her life.

Same Time Next Summer is a comfortably predictable read that will leave you with a smile on your face and sunshine in your heart.

Thanks to the Libro.fm Librarian ALC program, Penguin Audio, and the author for this complimentary Audiobook Listening Copy.
Beagledad#33
Jul 31, 2025
8/10 stars
I really enjoyed this one. It is fairly simple premise, but I loved the setting of the book, the characters were relatable, and it had the romance I am looking for. Simple, fun, beach read
stackedlibrarian
Dec 11, 2024
8/10 stars
3.5
Tania D
Aug 02, 2024
8/10 stars
Good chic lit.
Cheech Wiley
Jun 23, 2024
5/10 stars
Very cute love this read for the summer. It definitely transported me to a beautiful beach scene. Its an easy short read.

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