Summer After Summer: A Novel

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A woman returns to her family's Hamptons beach house for a final time-and a final chance at the love she's lost before, in this contemporary retelling of Persuasion, perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Rebecca Serle. Olivia Taylor's marriage is in a death spiral when she agrees to come home to the Hamptons to help her father and sisters pack up the family estate. If it looks like she's running away from her soon-to-be-ex Wes and New York City, well, she is. But someone has to take care of things and that's always been Olivia's role in the family. After years of financial trouble, someone's finally bailing them out with a huge offer to buy their beachfront property, which is a good thing, although it means losing the home she grew up in, where her mother died, and where she first met Fred, the love of her life. It's been five years since the last time things blew up between Olivia and Fred, but much longer since the first time. At this point, Olivia fears it was never meant to be, so there's no reason to feel butterflies in her stomach at the idea of seeing him again. They've already tried, and tried again...and again...but she's newly single, and she isn't the same person she was the last time-and Fred has changed, too. This time, things will be different. Maybe, just maybe, the fifth time's the charm.

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Praise for Summer After Summer:
Sometimes the boy you meet the summer you turn sixteen just might be the one . . . A charming story of tennis dreams, a beloved beach house in the Hamptons, and second chances, Summer After Summer is a romantic, delightful read.
Heather Webb, USA Today bestselling author of Strangers in the Night

This book is going to be a hit next summer because its an absolutely perfect summer read. Olivia and Fred keep swinging into each others orbits, but fate is meddlesome and for some inexplicable reason or another, the timing is never right for these two. They obviously love each other deeply, but their flaws, fears, and circumstances intervene summer after summer. Its all the hearts: breaking, wrenching, and warming. And that twist! Its subtly woven throughout the narrative and makes for quite a dramatic ending. Retellings can be hit or miss, but for me, this modern-day retelling of Persuasion is fully on the mark. A wonderfully plotted, fast, romantic read I found thoroughly entertaining and engaging.
Kerry Lonsdale, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Side Trip and Everything We Keep

Fifth Times A Charm is an excellent going-home novel full of absorbing characters, twists youll never see coming, and page after page of fantastic writing. Smart, wonderfully plotted, and entertaining from start to finish, you wont want to put it down.
Matthew Norman, bestselling author of Charm City Rocks

Lauren Bailey has written a romantic comedy that has everything I love in a book: a strong, independent heroine with a funny best friend, a sexy hero, another sexy hero, secrets, a great house, and plenty of twists and turns you won't see coming. Do yourself a favor and clear your calendar before you read it: you're not going to want to put it down. Summer After Summer is a real winner!
Maddie Dawson, bestselling author of Matchmaking for Beginners and Snap Out of It

Summer After Summer is an irresistible romp of a novel that asks the question: can you really ever go home again And if you do, is it possible to escape your past One thing is for sure: you won't want to miss this gem of a book.
Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke, authors of Forever Hold Your Peace

Author Bio

Lauren Bailey has been an avid reader since the age of three when her father taught her how to read. After twenty years in the corporate world, she told that job to shove it, and wrote Summer after Summer, a novel she'd been dreaming about for years. When she's not writing, you can find her on the tennis court.