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by Carley Fortune
Six summers to fall in love. One moment to fall apart. A weekend to get it right.
They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life a decade ago, that has felt too true. Instead of glittering summers on the lakeshore of her childhood, she spends them in a stylish apartment in the city, going out with friends, and keeping everyone a safe distance from her heart.
Until she receives the call that sends her racing back to Barry's Bay and into the orbit of Sam Florek—the man she never thought she'd have to live without.
For six summers, through hazy afternoons on the water and warm summer nights working in his family's restaurant and curling up together with books—medical textbooks for him and work-in-progress horror short stories for her—Percy and Sam had been inseparable. Eventually that friendship turned into something breathtakingly more, before it fell spectacularly apart.
When Percy returns to the lake for Sam's mother's funeral, their connection is as undeniable as it had always been. But until Percy can confront the decisions she made and the years she's spent punishing herself for them, they'll never know whether their love might be bigger than the biggest mistakes of their past.
Told over the course of six years and one weekend, Every Summer After is a big, sweeping nostalgic story of love and the people and choices that mark us forever.
What are you reading this week? And what did you think of last week’s books? (4/09/2026)
...ve. My book on The Trees: An Exploration is by Robert Moor which sounds a little heavy for me now. I don't remember when but I ordered the audio book Every Summer After by Carley Fortune. I feel asleep and woke up to the voice describing an explicit sexual encounter ….not really what I expected to hear at the age of 75!
-Lynne_G
"A spectacular debut…Alternating between the past and present, the story flawlessly conveys the lovers' growth both together and apart, and the summery setting provides an idyllic backdrop to their path back to each other. Centered on redemption and forgiveness, this sweeping, heartfelt romance proves impossible to put down." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Readers who enjoy a steamy love story in the mold of Jill Shalvis won't be able to put this novel down." —Booklist
"Fortune's debut novel is filled with nostalgia and heart. Percy and Sam's history is compelling and nuanced, making the story fly by faster than the summer months themselves. Although just like the places we spend our summers, and the people we meet along the way, Percy and Sam just might stay in your heart far beyond the last page." —USA Today
"A sweet story about second chances, and how the future we imagine for ourselves is never quite what it turns out to be." —Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Two Ways and Wish You Were Here
"Carley Fortune perfects the nostalgia of young summer love and the choices that change us forever in Every Summer After, a smart and delightful novel that will tug on your heartstrings, and more than satisfy fans of Emily Henry. This is your next must-read beach-read from an exciting new voice. A total joy to devour!" —Ashley Audrain, New York Times bestselling author of The Push
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Any "Author Information" displayed below reflects the author's biography at the time this particular book was published.
Carley Fortune is an award-winning Canadian journalist who's worked as an editor for Refinery29, The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, and Toronto Life. She lives in Toronto with her husband and two sons. Every Summer After is her first novel.
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