One Last Summer

April 1, 2024
With this breezy contemporary, Spencer (In a New York Minute) takes readers on a nostalgic summer getaway. After burned-out Boston ad exec Clara Millen’s boss insists she take a weeklong “micro-sabbatical,” Clara agrees to attend a summer camp reunion in New Hampshire—made extra memorable by letters the campers wrote as teenagers, designed to be read 20 years later. Pine Lake Camp was where teenage Clara spent many happy summers with friends—including Mack Sullivan, her longtime nemesis (and crush). Now the camp has been sold, meaning this is the last chance for the group to reconvene in its cabins, and giving Clara the extra incentive she needs to be present in the moment, not tied to her work phone. As Clara reconnects with her friends, considers the things she wanted to do by 35 when she was a teen, and finally acts on her long-simmering sexual tension with Mack, she realizes just how thoroughly her job has taken over her life. But when she’s offered the promotion of a lifetime, she must decide what she wants her future to look like. Spencer’s driven heroine and competitive hero will delight readers, as will the fine supporting cast, including Clara’s pregnant bestie, Sam, and a bickering couple, Nick and Trey. This is second-chance romance done right.