Carley Fortune is a Canadian author and former journalist whose contemporary romances are set against Canada's lakes and coastlines. Before writing fiction she spent more than a decade in magazines, working as an editor at The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, and Toronto Life, and launching Refinery29 Canada, which she led as Executive Editor until leaving journalism in 2021. She holds a journalism degree from Toronto Metropolitan University. Her debut novel, Every Summer After (2022), became an inst...
Meet Me at the Lake
Meet Me at the Lake
Synopsis
Fern Brookbanks spent one unforgettable day in Toronto with Will Baxter, an idealistic young artist she connected with instantly. They made a pact to meet again in exactly one year. Fern showed up. Will didn't. Nearly a decade later, Fern is thirty-two and back home running her late mother's lakeside resort, a life she swore she would never lead. The resort is struggling, her ex manages it, and she has no idea where to start, until Will reappears, nine years too late, with a suitcase and an offer to help. Moving between that single day years ago and the present at the resort, the novel is a second-chance romance about grief, the gap between the life you planned and the one you got, and whether a missed connection deserves another try.
Vibe
Genres
Characters
Fern BrookbanksProtagonist
A woman running her late mother's lakeside resort, reunited with a man she met years earlier.
Will BaxterProtagonist
The man Fern spent one unforgettable day with, who missed their planned reunion.
Subjects
Places
Edition
Meet Me at the LakeUnknown, 2023
320 pages
Penguin Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishISBN: 97805934385585 editions available
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Frequently asked questions
Does Meet Me at the Lake have a dual timeline?
The story unfolds across two distinct timelines, alternating between the characters' past and present experiences to reveal how their relationship developed and changed over time.
How does this book compare to Carley Fortune's other novels?
Like Fortune's previous work, this novel features a strong sense of place and explores themes of second chances and missed connections, but it delves more deeply into the complexities of family legacy and the challenges of returning to one's roots.