02431cam a2200289 i 4500 1155135121 TxAuBib 20240226120000.0 220902s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022041943 9780593438558 trade paperback 0593438558 trade paperback 9780593638477 hardback 0593638476 hardback TxAuBib rda Fortune, Carley, author Meet me at the lake. Meet me at the lake [HARDCOVER] / Carley Fortune. New York : Berkley, [2023] 322 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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 and #1 Globe and Mail 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 Toronto. 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 Muskoka 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?"-- Provided by publisher. 20240226. Novels. lcgft TXSTC