One Golden Summer
By Carley Fortune
- Release Date: 2025-05-06
- Genre: Romance
Description
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! ∙ A radiant escape to the lake from #1 New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After and This Summer Will Be Different
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I never anticipated Charlie Florek.
Good things happen at the lake. That’s what Alice’s grandmother says, and it’s true. Alice spent just one summer there at a cottage with Nan when she was seventeen—it’s where she took that photo, the one of three grinning teenagers in a yellow speedboat, the image that changed her life.
Now Alice lives behind a lens. As a photographer, she’s most comfortable on the sidelines, letting other people shine. Lately though, she’s been itching for something more, and when Nan falls and breaks her hip, Alice comes up with a plan for them both: another summer in that magical place, Barry’s Bay. But as soon as they settle in, their peace is disrupted by the roar of a familiar yellow boat, and the man driving it.
Charlie Florek was nineteen when Alice took his photo from afar. Now he’s all grown up—a shameless flirt, who manages to make Nan laugh and Alice long to be seventeen again, when life was simpler, when taking pictures was just for fun. Sun-slanted 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 green 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.
Reviews
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5By trlombardi13Love how she tied this into another we needed to know how Charlie’s story went <3 always need more of her books feel good and can’t put them down!Awesome
5By In Paris ReadingA very good read.Great Summer Read
5By aa-angryamericanmomSuch a sweet story! Loved this family and felt like I was visiting the lake with them. Great Summer Read!Good things happen at the lake
5By Jbong68A love story with benefits.!!!!
5By TayaielloI had the best time of my life reading this!! One of the few books that actually made me feel like I was there<3 I wish I could have the experience of reading this again for the first time!A lovely love story
4By TedbuA beautiful love story. Also, learning to find and love yourself. I’ll read this author againSO GOOD
5By deeregina5Her stories are so easy to get lost in! She has such a way of describing people’s emotions and feelings, and I’m always surprised to find bits of myself than others in them, just not knowing how to put it in words as she does so effortlessly! 10 out of 10 !Just what I needed after Every Summer After
5By JoleyannaI loved this book so much, I feel like it took me right back to where I wanted to be, in the comfort of Barry’s Bay. This was the perfect sequel, it starts off a little slow but just stick with it, it’s so worth it.Adore it
5By GrnakrsLove her writing and love these characters so muchPerfect summer romance read!
5By evefromthelakeIt's the perfect sequel! Honestly, I didn't realize it was a sequel and once I did, I couldn't put it down.Love it!
5By Carla CohenIf you enjoy romances like I do and if you have read Every Summer After, you will absolutely love One Golden Summer. We finally understand a little more about the carefree Charlie Florek and he doesn’t disappoint. So far my favorite book by Carley Fortune. Love the references from her other books, even though you don’t need to read them to get into this one.Perfect distraction
5By rachelhpayneRead this in two days. Loved finishing Charlie’s story. Alice Everly was the loveliest of characters. I was so pleased with her transformation. The descriptions made me feel like I was there in the treehouse, out on a float, in the dark room, jumping from a cliff. The slow romance was fun and took me back to falling in love. Perfect book to distract me from the real world.Read it in 2 days
5By TralalaloleeGorgeous read. Love this author.Wow!
5By AmybluegoldI really liked Every Summer After and I think this book has the perfect amount of Percy and Sam, BUT I LOVED One Golden Summer! I am talking Mhairi McFarlane levels of LOVE. I too was waiting for Charlie’s love story and One Golden Summer delivered! Aliice was such a joy to read about and see the lake and Barry’s Bay through her eyes was a story I didn’t even kniw I needed. I was rooting for her from page 1. I also love how this story feels real, it feels authentic, it feels honest, and it feels refreshing. Life is full of perfectly imperfect moments and I love that Alice embraces this. I also love the idea of her photos and all of the photographs referenced throughout the story are exactly this, glimpses and snapshots into life. I also love how plans can change, expectations can change and these changes can affect all of us in different ways. I never write reviews, so this may speak to how much I loved this book! 5 STARS all the way!!Eh
3By BuffaloRBCute story. Took a really long time to pick up steam. Very belabored & then everything was rushed and neatly wrapped up in a package with a bow.So precious
5By cfedaSo so preciousFantastic!!
5By Kdsmith7Her best book yet!So enjoyed this book!
4By Sth yoga girlA perfect beach read. I couldn’t put it down!! Loved all the people in the book. What a wonderful romance of Alice and Charlie becoming such friends and falling in love.love love loved
5By HolyyyycowwwsgomooThe banter between Charlie and Alice was sooo fun and cute and this story was just so beautifully written
