One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune Summary
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Return to Barry's Bay in Carley Fortune's "One Golden Summer," a dreamy companion to her 3-million-copy bestseller "Every Summer After." With Amazon adapting her work, Fortune proves again why she's the queen of seasonal romance that haunts your emotions long after summer ends.
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Summer's Golden Light Beckons
When you look at a photograph, what do you see? A moment frozen in time, or something deeper? For Alice Everly, a professional photographer who specializes in capturing others while remaining invisible herself, one particular photograph changes everything. Discovered in her grandmother's dusty basement-a sun-bleached yellow boat carrying three laughing teenagers on Kamaniskeg Lake-this image from sixteen summers ago launches her on an unexpected journey back to Barry's Bay. When her grandmother Nan shatters her hip in a dance class accident, Alice clears her busy Toronto schedule to care for her at John Kalinski's lakeside cottage. What begins as a summer of recovery becomes something far more profound. The peaceful setting seems perfect for rehabilitation, but Alice doesn't anticipate how returning to these waters will force her to step out from behind her lens and finally allow herself to be seen-not just as the photographer who makes everyone else look beautiful, but as a woman worthy of being the subject of someone else's gaze.
The Man in the Yellow Boat
Beneath the Surface
Reclaiming the Artist's Eye
The Heart's Hidden Truth
The Courage to Be Seen
The View Through Love's Lens
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