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One Golden Summer

One Golden Summer

Summary

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I never anticipated Charlie Florek. But Charlie Florek changed my life.

Good things happen at the lake. That's what Alice's Nan always says. And it's true. It's where Alice took that photo, the one that catapulted her career.

Alice has always been happiest behind the safety of her lens. But when her Nan takes a fall, Alice brings takes a break from her photography career to take them back to Barry’s Bay. Though their peace is disrupted by the roar of a familiar yellow boat.

Charlie Florek was nineteen when Alice unknowingly took his photo and now he’s all grown up. Sun-kissed 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 blue 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.

Return to the world of EVERY SUMMER AFTER, but this time it's Charlie's turn to fall in love...

People love Carley Fortune:

Crackling sexual tension THE TIMES

‘This swoon-worthy romance is one for the beach bag’ WOMAN & HOME

Radiant’ Emily Henry

© Carley Fortune 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

About the author

Carley Fortune

Carley Fortune is the #1 New York Times and #1 Globe and Mail bestselling author of EVERY SUMMER AFTER and MEET ME AT THE LAKE. Her third book, THIS SUMMER WILL BE DIFFERENT, comes out May 7, 2024. Carley is an award-winning journalist and worked as an editor at some of Canada’s top publications, including The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, Toronto Life, and The Grid. She was most recently the Executive Editor of Refinery29 Canada. She lives in Toronto with her husband and two sons.
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