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A dreamy, laugh-out-loud summer romance that asks: What do you do when the life you''ve planned isn''t what you''ve dreamed? Camp Pine Lake has always played a central role in Clara Millen''s life, first as a camper and then as a counselor in her late teens. Even now that she''s thirty, she returns every August with her closest friends to help close up the camp for the fall and, more importantly, relive memories and experiences that fill her with joy. But when burn-out and an awful break-up inspire Clara to quit her job (in front of the entire office!), her annual vacation turns into a much-needed escape from reality. But when she arrives, she faces yet another unwelcome change: the owners are retiring, and selling Pine Lake Camp. The news turns her plans for revelry into a night of reminiscing . . . and prompts a surprise heart-to-heart between Clara and Mack, her childhood camp nemesis and constant competitor, who''s just as annoying (and annoyingly handsome). Soon the campfires aren''t all that''s throwing off sparks. And when one wildly passionate night turns into two (then too many to count!), Clara begins to see Mack in a new light and offers to help him put together a presentation to buy Pine Lake. But when Clara''s old job offers her everything she''s worked so hard for, if only she''ll come back, Clara will need to decide if the life she''s always wanted is the life that makes her feel truly alive.
About the author
Kate Spencer is the co-host of the award-winning podcast
Forever35 and author of the memoir
The Dead Moms Club.
One Last Summer is her second novel, following
In a New York Minute. She writes a bi-monthly column for
In Style, and her written work has been published by the
Washington Post,
Rolling Stone,
Esquire,
Cosmopolitan, Buzzfeed, and numerous other places. Previously she worked as a senior editor and producer at VH1.
She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two daughters.
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Kate Spencer is a master of writing fun rom-coms with oodles of heart. One Last Summer delivers steamy tension, summer camp magic, and a plot that will have you turning pages well past bedtime... This is a must for the beach read season! Erin La Rosa, author of Plot Twist
