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Narrated by:
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AJ Bridel
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Carley Fortune
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Written by:
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Carley Fortune
About this listen
INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
*SHORTLISTED FOR CANADA READS 2024*
In this breathtaking new novel from the #1 bestselling author of Every Summer After, a random connection sends two strangers on a daylong adventure where they make a promise one keeps and the other breaks, with life-changing effects.
Fern Brookbanks has wasted far too much of her adult life thinking about Will Baxter. She spent just twenty-four hours in her early twenties with the aggravatingly attractive, idealistic artist, a chance encounter that spiraled into a daylong adventure in Toronto. The timing was wrong, but their connection was undeniable: they shared every secret, every dream, and made a pact to meet one year later. Fern showed up. Will didn’t.
At thirty-two, Fern’s life doesn’t look at all how she once imagined it would. Instead of living in the city, Fern’s back home, running her mother’s Muskoka lakeside resort—something she vowed never to do. The place is in disarray, her ex-boyfriend’s the manager, and Fern doesn’t know where to begin.
She needs a plan—a lifeline. To her surprise, it comes in the form of Will, who arrives nine years too late, with a suitcase in tow and an offer to help on his lips. Will may be the only person who understands what Fern’s going through. But how could she possibly trust this expensive-suit wearing mirage who seems nothing like the young man she met all those years ago. Will is hiding something, and Fern’s not sure she wants to know what it is.
But ten years ago, Will Baxter rescued Fern. Can she do the same for him?
©2023 Carley Fortune (P)2023 VikingYou may also enjoy...
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What the critics say
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“This novel, set in Toronto and on a nearby lake, is beautiful, charming, witty, poignant, and all the things you could want in a spring read.”—Katie Couric Media
"Unputdownable, witty, soulful and stirring."—Good Morning America
“A breathtaking tale of star-crossed lovers that gripped me from page one. Meet Me At The Lake is nostalgia, summer breeze, second chances and pure heart.”—Elena Armas, New York Times bestselling author of The Spanish Love Deception
What listeners say about Meet Me at the Lake
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- Mary Fiorella
- 2023-05-25
A beautiful escape
As a fellow Torontonian I loved the descriptions of the city in the summer. I loved the escape to the lake! I love Will & Fern and their messy beautiful story!
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- Jes
- 2023-06-22
Perfect summer read
Enjoy this book at the beach in between dips at the lake. I loved listening to the narrator, the resort characters were interesting and I enjoyed the story.
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- jennifer
- 2023-07-17
Slow but worth it
This book was a bit slow to get into. I liked the characters and concept from the jump but it just didn’t suck me in like some books do. However, the last two chapters make it all worth the read. And I never listen to anything after the epilogue but I listened to the “behind the book” and it made the book so much deeper and richer.
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- Shopper
- 2023-05-10
I wanted to love this
I just finished Every Summer After which which I loved so I was so hoping to love this one too. I had a hard time getting into it. Great narration and not bad but not great like Every Summer After.
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- Lindmar
- 2023-05-25
As Good As Her First Book
I thoroughly enjoyed Carley’s second book . I have to admit that I only read the first one because I vacation in Barry’s Bay every year since 1976 and have an emotional attachment to anything about the area . But I loved it so much that I decided to listen to her second book as well and it did not disappoint!
Thank you Carley , maybe we will see you at Wilno Tavern someday , but until then please keep writing!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-05-27
Review.
Excellent. Story line. Romantic I could imagine being there by the lake and in Toronto. I am from Ontario.
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- Aaron Urosevic
- 2023-06-28
Oh my God, amazing.
I'm in love with this book. The scenery. The characters. The author. The voice actress. This book made me feel so many things.. I cried at the end. I wish it wasn't over.
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- Anonymous User
- 2023-07-22
Very impressed
I actually read this book first and figured out about every summer after at the end, I’ll definitely be listening to that next. This book was great & I particularly love the characters especially will and fern. 10/10
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- Krystynec
- 2024-06-03
Great description of Ontario locations!
Good storey likeable characters, fun to have a story in two places close to my heart! Huntsville and leslieville!
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- Hannah
- 2023-05-27
Really wanted to love this ...
I was very excited to hear reference to Toronto and Muskoka (live in Toronto and grew up in cottage country) but I just could not get into this book. I found the story line mediocre. Maybe reading it would have been more captivating than listening to it. it is a very easy listen/read for the summer.
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