Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally, they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.
Publication Date: May 2, 2023.
Publisher: Berkley
Women’s Fiction
Synopsis:
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 didn’t.
At thirty-two, Fern’s life doesn’t look at all how she once imagined it would. Instead of living in the city, Fern’s back home, running her mother’s lakeside resort—something she vowed never to do. The place is in disarray, her ex-boyfriend’s the manager, and Fern doesn’t know where to begin.
She needs a plan—a 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 Fern’s 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 Fern’s not sure she wants to know what it is.
But ten years ago, Will Baxter rescued Fern. Can she do the same for him?
Why I Can’t Wait!
Carly Fortune’s debut book, Every Summer After was one of my favorite books of 2022, so I’m excited to read her next book.
What book or books are you anxiously waiting for? Comment below!
This sounds really good! I hope you love it and I can’t wait to see your thoughts about it.
This cover is so pretty and makes us want to pick it up!
This sounds like my kind of book! Love those second-chance romances! Enjoy!
I think you’d like this one, Jolene.
I hope you get to read it, and that it’s as good as it sounds!
Thank you, Lark
I have been seeing this book *everywhere* the last week or two. I’m thinking the universe is telling me I need to read it!
The authors debut book was so good, I hope this one lives up to that first book.
I’m already curious just from the blurb to know what happened and he no-showed. Great pick, Wendy!
I know! I’m so intrigued too.
Meet Me At the Lake sounds like it will be good, Wendy! I hope you will love it when you read it!
Thank you, Wendy
Great pick Wendy! I can’t Wait for this one too!
I hope it’s as good or better than the first book!
Your liking the other book by this author promises well for this one too.
I hope that’s true, Linda.
I’m definitely looking forward to this one too! In the meantime, I can’t wait for Your Place or Mine? by Portia MacIntosh.
Oh! I have that one on my TBR. It sounds wonderful
What a beautiful cover. Hope you enjoy it, Wendy!
Thank you, Teri!
I passed on the first one just because I had so many review books at the time. Glad to hear you loved it. Hope you love this one just as much! Such a pretty cover.
Thank you, Rachel!
The cover is gorgeous!! I hope you enjoy this one when you get a chance to read it!!
Thank you, Cindy!
First of all, the cover of that book is absolutely gorgeous. I love how it looks like a painting, so beautiful! The story itself also sound just wonderful. I think I’d love to read it!
That cover is very pretty! I have high hopes for this one
I still need to try this author. I hope you love this one!
Thank you, Deanna!
Hope you enjoy the book Wendy. It looks good–they are changed by time and yet perhaps the same at heart.
Yes, I hope so!
I had every intention of reading Every Summer After last year, but it didn’t happen (my libraries were all out of the book from release til like… November? haha!), so I’ll definitely be trying to pick it up this year. And if I love it, then I’ll definitely look into this one. The synopsis has me hooked!
I hope you get Every Summer After, it was one of my top books of 2022.
So excited for this one! I wish Netgalley would just approve me already!🤗📚💜
Hopefully, we all get approved soon!
I haven’t read any of her books but this one does sound lovely.
This is her second book. Her first book was so good it made my top books of 2022. I have high hopes for this one.
This sounds like it will be a lovely read, hope you enjoy 💕
Thank you, Jenny!