The Summer We Forgot
YA Mystery with a Touch of Romance
- Fiction
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Published: 2025
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Publisher's Description
Set against a haunting coastal backdrop, award-winning author Carolina George's The Summer We Forgot weaves suspense, mystery, and friendship into an unforgettable story of trust, forgiveness, and self-discovery. Darby and Morgan haven't spoken for two years, and their friend group has splintered. But when the body of their former science teacher is found in the marsh where they attended camp that summer, they realize they have more questions than answers... and even fewer memories. The group of reunited friends suspects that a murderer is stalking the coastal highway 30A, and they are desperate to recover their memories as quickly as possible... before their history they can't remember repeats itself. As tensions rise and time runs out, Darby and Morgan begin to wonder if they can believe one another... or if they can even trust themselves. Perfect for readers who enjoy young adult suspense, psychological mysteries, fractured-friend-group dynamics, and clean and wholesome romance, The Summer We Forgot is a captivating story that will keep readers guessing until the final page.
Endorsements (3)
“Dearest Josephine is an epistolary novel about grief and coming of age, disguised as a paranormal gothic romance. It is a sweet, clever, beautiful book, and I adored it . . . This book transported me to the Yorkshire moors; it made me laugh, and it made me gasp, and it kept me up way past my bedtime. I loved it.”
“Caroline George infuses an epistolary love story with a romance and charm that crosses centuries. Touching and inventive, it bursts with wit, warmth, and a blending of classic and contemporary that goes together like scones and clotted cream. Dearest Josephine is a delight.”
“Dearest Josephine is more than an immersive read. It is a book lover’s dream experience. Josie’s residence in a gothic English manor and her deeply romantic connection to Elias, who lived years in the past, is as chillingly atmospheric as Rochester calling across the moors. This story is George’s treatise on the power of books and character to creep across centuries, to pull us close and invite us to live in a fantasy where we find love—literally—in the kinship of ink and binding. But it also acknowledges the dangers of letting ourselves fall too deeply when sometimes an equally powerful connection is waiting next door. This love letter to books, and the readers who exist in and for them, is a wondrously singular escape.”
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