{"id":3498,"date":"2025-07-08T05:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=3498"},"modified":"2025-07-08T05:05:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T05:05:00","slug":"one-golden-summer-by-carley-fortune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=3498","title":{"rendered":"One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune"},"content":{"rendered":"

One Golden Summer<\/strong> by Carley Fortune<\/a>
on May 6, 2025
Genres:<\/strong> Fiction \/ Romance \/ Contemporary<\/a>, Fiction \/ Romance \/ General<\/a>, Fiction \/ Women<\/a>
Pages:<\/strong> 400
Format:<\/strong> Paperback<\/a>
Buy on Amazon<\/a>
Goodreads<\/a> <\/p>\n

Carley Fortune has done it again\u2014but this time, she\u2019s truly outdone herself. One Golden Summer<\/em> is a luminous, emotional escape to Barry\u2019s Bay, blending sun-drenched nostalgia with the kind of romance that lingers long after you\u2019ve turned the final page. This is, without a doubt, my favorite of hers so far.<\/p>\n

At the heart of the story is Alice, a photographer more comfortable behind the lens than in the center of the frame. When her beloved Nan breaks her hip, Alice decides to return to the lake cottage where she spent a life-changing summer at seventeen. She\u2019s searching for peace and perhaps a little reconnection with the carefree girl she used to be\u2014but she doesn\u2019t expect Charlie Florek.<\/p>\n

Charlie, once a teenage blur in the background of Alice\u2019s most iconic photo, is now a man who\u2019s impossible to ignore. Charming, flirty, and full of heart, he stirs something in Alice that even she can\u2019t capture on film. Their chemistry feels effortless, and their connection\u2014grounded in friendship, memory, and unspoken longing\u2014absolutely shines. Friends to lovers isn\u2019t usually my go-to trope, but Fortune nails it here, balancing emotional depth with swoony, lakeside moments.<\/p>\n

The setting is another star of the novel. I could practically feel the sun on my face and hear the hum of a boat motor skimming across the water. It was so vivid, I kept turning to my husband to ask when we could get our own boat out!<\/p>\n

What makes One Golden Summer<\/em> so special is how all the elements come together: the pitch-perfect pacing, the richer character development, and the emotional honesty Fortune brings to the page. It\u2019s a story about second chances, seeing and being seen, and the golden glow of a summer that just might change everything.<\/p>\n

If you loved Every Summer After<\/em> or This Summer Will Be Different<\/em>, this one will completely steal your heart. I think each of these books could be read as stand-a-lone but if you read them in order, you will have a better understanding of who the side characters are. In my opinion, you could start here!<\/p>\n

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One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune on May 6, 2025 Genres: Fiction \/ Romance \/ Contemporary, Fiction \/ Romance \/ General, Fiction \/ Women Pages: 400 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads Carley Fortune has done it again\u2014but this time, she\u2019s truly outdone herself. One Golden Summer is a luminous, emotional escape to Barry\u2019s Bay, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}