Welcome to Litsy!

A radiant escape to the lake from #1 New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After and This Summer Will Be Different Named a Most Anticipated book of 2025 by TODAY ? E! News ? Buzzfeed ? Us Weekly ? The New York Post ? SheReads ? and more! I never 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.