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 As featured in The
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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.
