One Golden Summer

Good things happen at the lake. That’s what Alice’s grandmother, Nan, always says—and Alice believes it. She spent one unforgettable summer at Nan’s cottage in Barry’s Bay when she was seventeen. It’s where she snapped that photo: three teenagers laughing in a yellow speedboat, an image that would change the course of her life.

Now, years later, Alice is a professional photographer, an observer rather than a participant. But lately, she’s felt a pull for something more. When Nan takes a fall and breaks her hip, Alice proposes a return to the lake for one more summer. 

But peace is short-lived. The sound of a familiar yellow boat breaks the quiet, and at the helm is Charlie Florek—the boy in the photo, now a man with the same easy charm and a flirtatious smile that rattles Alice more than she’d like to admit. Being with him feels like stepping back into a version of herself she thought was long gone. But Charlie doesn’t just make her remember—he sees her.