One Golden Summer -- Carley Fortune

<b>A radiant, new escape to the lake from #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Carley Fortune. <p/>Named a Most Anticipated book of 2025 by TODAY &#8729; E! News &#8729; Buzzfeed &#8729; <i>Us Weekly</i> &#8729; <i>The New York Post</i> &#8729; SheReads &#8729; and more!<br></b><br><b><i>I never anticipated Charlie Florek.<br></i></b><br>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. <p/>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. <p/>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 hea