Same Time Next Summer - Annabel Monaghan

Same Time Next Summer

By Annabel Monaghan

  • Release Date: 2023-06-06
  • Genre: Contemporary Romance
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 360 Ratings

Description

“Bursting with the magic of first love, it’s everything I want in a summer romance.” —Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling author of EVERY SUMMER AFTER

Named a Best Book of Summer by Real Simple • Reader’s Digest • Country Living • The Skimm • BookBub • GoodReads

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 great 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 to plan, yet the minute she arrives, Sam senses something is off. Wyatt is here. Her Wyatt. But there’s no reason for a thirty-year-old engaged woman to feel panicked around the guy who broke her heart when she was seventeen. 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 Wyatt reenters her life their connection is as undeniable as it always was. She will have to make a choice.

Reviews

  • Just ok

    3
    By xhjmtkt
    Nothing special about this book- typical love story
  • 💖

    4
    By Dia💫🌟
    Great summer read!
  • First Love

    5
    By Yo yo mar
    All the feels…First love in their adolescence stage and decades later to fall back in love again…that’s all you need to know 🤭
  • Binge read this in a day

    5
    By danety targaryan
    Such a perfect escape — exactly what I was hoping it would be. Obsessed.
  • Best Summer Read of 2023

    5
    By kkflower_21
    Read this in a day - wanted it to continue for another 500 pages
  • I love this book with all my heart!! Magnificent!!

    5
    By Romance213
    “Same Time Next Summer" is a beautifully written, visual wonderland of delight. The dialogue is poetically delicious, the beach setting intoxicating, and the characters are entertaining and endearing. Second chances are in the air for everyone, family drama is front and center, and beautiful music is the backdrop for it all. From the minute Sam and Jack drove through the Lincoln Tunnel on their way to her family’s beach house I knew I was in for the vacation of a lifetime. “You can’t turn around in the tunnel” Sam commented, as she admitted to herself that she dreaded this visit with her parents. But at the same time, part of her yearned to relive her younger days when life was simple, sunny and never planned or scrutinized. The beach house was full of happy chaos as her parents welcomed them into paradise. It wouldn’t be the same if the atmosphere was staid and orderly which was exactly how Sam was living her life. Where was the carefree young girl who started each day with a brisk swim in the ocean, smiling as the waves washed over her? The longer she spent at the beach the more she missed her younger self and the happiness that was always in her heart. Seeing her first love Wyatt again after all these years confused her and forced her to reflect on the past and how much she had changed. Wyatt was even more perfect than she had remembered and hearing him sing made her feel like the starry-eyed girl she once was. Sam thought she had her life all planned out but the allure of the beach, the peacefulness of the waves along with her memories, brought back feelings she once thought were gone. Her love for Wyatt all those years ago was magical, pure and one she had never forgotten. Why was he back at the beach and what should she do about it?
  • A Fun and Entertaining Read!

    4
    By akbaird
    Do you need a Summer Read that will keep you entertained for hours? Sam is engaged to be married and brings her fiancé, Jack, to her family’s summer home on Long Island for the first time. When her high school boyfriend, Wyatt, who crushed her heart reappears, will this bring back feelings she can not deny? After all, they had spent every summer together growing up! When the wedding planning comes down to all the important decisions, Jack doesn’t have time to help make those. This makes Sam reexamine her relationship with Jack. Is this the person she is meant to be with? Is it too late to call off the wedding? A fast-paced Rom-Com that will have you turning the pages to find out what Sam ultimately decides! Is she able to create a life that makes her happy? A fun, entertaining,and refreshing read that leaves you feeling satisfied in the end! A great book to take on vacation or to read by the pool!