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SAME TIME NEXT SUMMER

Annabel Monaghan

For fans of Carley Fortune's Every Summer After, from the author of Nora Goes Off Script comes the ultimate summer nostalgia read, about a woman whose return to her family's beach house to plan her wedding brings her and her fiancé unexpectedly face to face with her first love, who she hasn't seen in 12 years, but who she spent every summer with from age five to 17 when he broke her heart - calling into question everything she thought she knew about their love story, and herself.
Beach Rules:
Do take long walks on the sand.
Do put an umbrella in every cocktail.
Do not run into your first love.

Sam's life is on track. She has the perfect doctor fiancé, Jack (his strict routines are a good thing, really), a stable job in Manhattan (unless they fire her), and is about to tour a wedding venue near her family's Long Island beach house. Everything should go according to plan, but the minute she arrives, Sam senses a disturbance in the force.

Wyatt is here. Her Wyatt. But there's no reason for a 30-year-old engaged woman to feel panicked around the guy who broke her heart when she was 17. Right?

Yet being back at this beach, hearing notes from Wyatt's guitar float across the night air from next door as if no time has passed - Sam's memories come flooding back: the feel of Wyatt's skin on hers, their nights in the treehouse, and the truth behind their split. Sam remembers who she used to be, and as her wedding approaches, she'll have to decide:
Is the life she's created the one she wants?

Annabel Monaghan is the author of Nora Goes Off Script (Putnam, June 2022), two young adult novels, and Does This Volvo Make My Butt Look Big?, a collection of laugh-out-loud columns. She lives in Rye, New York, with her family.
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Published 2023-06-06 by Putnam

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Published 2023-06-06 by Putnam

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Hands down, my favorite book of the summer. It was beautifully written, full of delightful characters, and kept me feeling nostalgic for that fizzy, all-consuming intensity of first love. I absolutely adored it!

...Author Annabel Monaghan (Nora Goes Off Script) explores an interesting what-if scenario that, at some time or another, has occurred to approximately everyone on the planet. Read more...

Annabel Monaghan secures her spot on my auto buy authors list with this gorgeous second chance romance. Same Time Next Summer absolutely captured my heart from the very beginning and I couldn't help rooting for these characters to find their happily ever after. This book is the definition of a perfect beach read and should be on everyone's summer reading list!

[A] masterful romance....Monaghan nails the second-chance romance trope, allowing the love between her leads to rekindle slowly as they forge a satisfying path to forgiveness. This is a knockout.

The ultimate beach read, this heartfelt and romantic story will transport you to a place filled with ocean breezes and the crash of waves.

Annabel Monaghan has worked her alchemy again: With heart, humor, and the trademark wit that gives her writing a sophisticated zing, she's spun an irresistibly evocative tale of young love lost and, after some understandable but unfortunate missteps, deliciously found. Take this one to the beach, but be forewarned: you'll be so swept away by 30-year-old Sam, newly engaged and craving stability, and her first love, Wyatt, that you might not notice the tide coming in.

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Annabel Monaghan has done it again with impossible-not-to-love characters that stumble off the page in all their messy glory. This effervescent novel is perfect for anyone who's ever wished they could bottle up the magic of their first summer romance - and uncork it decades later.

Same Time Next Summer is Annabel Monaghan's expert-level entry for a perfect-for-the-beach summer romance. Read more...

SAME TIME NEXT SUMMER is Named a Best Book of Summer by Real Simple, Reader's Digest, Country Living, The Skimm

Fresh, fun and deeply romantic. This will be the love story of the summer.

UNFORGETTABLE READ... This cute summer read will whisk you away. Read more...

Annabel Monaghan's Same Time Next Summer is an unforgettable love story. Packed with longing and bursting with the magic of first love, it's everything I want in a summer romance. I devoured it!

Is there anything better than an oceanfront novel about the enduring power of summer love? Annabel Monaghan's witty, wild Same Time Next Summer has it all: beachfront parties, complex characters, and hearts that won't be silenced. I loved this fun, heartfelt book.

Pure summer sunshine, perfectly capturing the bittersweetness of first love. I could hear the waves and feel the summer breeze as I read. Annabel Monaghan is such a beautiful writer, and this story just swept me away.

British Commonwealth: Hodder & Stoughton

Deftly weaving past and present into a gorgeously-rendered tale of love, self-discovery, and the experiences - and people - that define our lives, Monaghan's Same Time Next Summer wrapped me in a nostalgic blanket of heart-melting romance warmer than a beach-side vacation. This is second chance romance at its absolute finest... a story you do not want to miss!

Every word of Same Time Next Summer draws you in, affecting on a deep, emotional level. Prepare for a journey through unforgettable first love, its marriage to music, and the wit and charm that make Monaghan's books fresh and original. Sam and Wyatt are the fated lovers readers will root for over and over again, a tale rich and heartfelt. This is the love story of 2023.