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...
One Golden Summer
One Golden Summer
Synopsis
Alice Everly is most comfortable behind a camera, letting other people take the spotlight. The summer she turns thirty-three, she brings her grandmother Nan to Barry's Bay, the Ontario lake town where Nan once spent a golden season of her own. Their quiet stay is upended by the roar of a familiar yellow boat, and the man driving it. Charlie Florek is all grown up now: a shameless flirt who makes Nan laugh and makes Alice long to feel seventeen again. As one slow lakeside summer unfolds, Alice has to decide whether to stay safely behind the lens or step into a picture of her own. A warm, nostalgic romance that returns to the world of Every Summer After while standing fully on its own.
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Genres
Characters
Alice EverlyProtagonist
A guarded photographer more comfortable capturing others than being seen herself.
Charlie FlorekProtagonist
A charming, shameless flirt who grew up on the lake and pulls Alice out of hiding.
NanSupporting
Alice's grandmother, who once spent a formative golden summer in Barry's Bay.
Sam FlorekCameo
A returning face from the earlier Barry's Bay story.
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Edition
One Golden SummerPaperback, May
401 pages
BerkleyLanguage: EnglishISBN: 97805936389104 editions available
