
A six-summer love story turned global phenomenon with 3 million copies sold, "Every Summer After" captivates with its second-chance romance in idyllic Barry's Bay. Now headed to Amazon Prime, this BookTok sensation asks: can one weekend heal a decade of heartbreak?
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Have you ever wondered what would happen if you could go back and fix your biggest regret? This question beats at the heart of "Every Summer After," where one phone call shatters Percy Fraser's carefully constructed life. At thirty, Percy has built walls around her heart since the devastating end of her relationship with Sam Florek twelve years ago. When news arrives that Sam's mother has died, Percy returns to Barry's Bay, the lakeside town where she spent her formative summers-and where Sam still lives. Their reunion crackles with unspoken words and lingering glances, as if their bodies remember what their minds have tried to forget. "You came home," Sam whispers as he embraces her, and Percy realizes that returning means confronting the truth she's been running from all these years. Some mistakes leave marks that time alone cannot erase.
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