Meet Me at the Lake

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! A Most Anticipated Book by Today Oprah Daily Katie Couric Media BuzzFeed SheReads Zibby Mag PopSugar BookRiot Culturess Her Campus The Everygirl and more! 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, in 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 attractive, idealistic artist, a chance encounter that spiraled into a daylong adventure in the city. 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 didnt. At thirty-two, Ferns life doesnt look at all how she once imagined it would. Instead of living in the city, Ferns back home, running her mothers lakeside resortsomething she vowed never to do. The place is in disarray, her ex-boyfriends the manager, and Fern doesnt know where to begin. She needs a plana 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 Ferns 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 Ferns not sure she wants to know what it is. But ten years ago, Will Baxter rescued Fern. Can she do the same for him?