One Golden Summer

One Golden Summer (2025)

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One Golden Summer returns to the kind of lakeside setting Carley Fortune writes so well, but this time with a story that feels a little more reflective and quietly transformative. It follows Alice, a photographer whose life was shaped by one unforgettable summer in Barry’s Bay, where a single image changed everything for her. When she returns years later with her grandmother, she is pulled back into the atmosphere of that place—and into the orbit of Charlie, a familiar presence who is no longer just part of an old memory. The novel leans into nostalgia, attraction, and the way certain places seem to preserve unfinished parts of us. More than just a summer romance, it feels like a story about stepping out from the edges of your own life and finally confronting what you want.