Summer at Willow Lake

Olivia Bellamy works in real estate, and she has a Manhattan summer lined up. Instead she heads to the Catskills, where her family owns an old resort camp. Her grandparents want one last summer there with friends and family around them, and Olivia has the job of getting the bungalow colony ready.

The camp was once a posh resort, but it has fallen into disarray. Olivia has no choice but to hire a contractor, and the one available is Connor Davis. He is also someone she knew from her own summers at the camp, and the feelings between them have not entirely burned out.

This is a contemporary romance with a family thread and a lakeside setting. The renovation gives the days a practical shape, while the attraction between Olivia and Connor heats up as the weather does. Secrets are also waiting to come out, and some of them are shocking.

The tone is warm and nostalgic, built around summer memories and the pull of a place that matters to several generations. Willow Lake sits at the center of it, and the story follows one season at the camp and the hope that what is rebuilt there will outlast it.