Meet Me at the Lake

A random connection sends two strangers on a daylong adventure where they make a promise one keeps and the other breaks,with life-changing effectsin this breathtaking new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After. 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 attractiveidealistic artista chance encounter that spiraled into a daylong adventure in the city. The timing was wrongbut their connection was undeniable: they shared every secretevery dreamand made a pact to meet one year later. Fern showed up. Will didnΓÇÖt. At thirty-twoFernΓÇÖs life doesnΓÇÖt look at all how she once imagined it would. Instead of living in the cityFernΓÇÖs back homerunning her motherΓÇÖs lakeside resortΓÇösomething she vowed never to do. The place is in disarrayher ex-boyfriendΓÇÖs the managerand Fern doesnΓÇÖt know where to begin. She needs a planΓÇöa lifeline. To her surpriseit comes in the form of Willwho arrives nine years too latewith a suitcase in tow and an offer to help on his lips. Will may be the only person who understands what FernΓÇÖs 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 somethingand FernΓÇÖs not sure she wants to know what it is. But ten years agoWill Baxter rescued Fern. Can she do the same for him?