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Summer's Never Over
Overview
In this addictive dual-timeline debut novel, a woman confronts her past at the remote Southern summer camp where the tragic death of her fellow counselor may not have been an accident after all. Five years ago, Greer left her family's summer camp in the mountains of Georgia and vowed she'd never return. An idyllic season had turned into a nightmare after a mysterious Phantom began stalking the camp--and ended with Greer's friend and fellow counselor dead. Losing Steph shattered everything, and Greer's been fleeing from the grief ever since. But then Greer's mother dies, and Greer finds herself back at Dread's Cove, surrounded by the people she was closest to that intense summer. Two ex-boyfriends--one a childhood sweetheart, the other the guy she's never gotten over--and old friends. Including Margo, Steph's best friend. Greer and Margo didn't leave things on the best of terms. But now, Margo needs her. Margo never believed that Steph's death in that horrific fire was an accident--and she's on the trail of an explosive secret Steph took to her grave. Greer has to make a choice: keep the Cove's secrets and her own, or finally face the truth about that summer.
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- ISBN-13: 9780593953532
- ISBN-10: 0593953533
- Publisher: Berkley Books
- Publish Date: June 2026
- Dimensions: 8 x 5.23 x 0.82 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.59 pounds
- Page Count: 368
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Greer grew up in Dread’s Cove, Georgia, on the grounds of the family summer camp that was started by her late grandfather and taken over by her divorced mother. However, the seemingly serene area harbors years of buried secrets, as readers of Summer’s Never Over quickly learn. From the jump, tension in Darby Bozeman’s novel simmers as numerous enigmas are revealed in dual timeline chapters focusing on the present and a summer five years ago, when Stephanie, a camp counselor, died in a fire. Before that tragic summer, Greer’s life seemed to be marching ahead smoothly. She had just graduated from college and would likely take over her mom’s role as camp director, with her longtime best friend, Chelsea, at her side. However, Greer remains haunted by the summer of Steph’s death, which had first been tainted by numerous acts of vandalism that campers attributed to a mysterious “Phantom” of the woods. For the past five years, Greer has been working in Atlanta, but now she returns to Dread’s Cove for her mother’s memorial service as the camp tries to reopen. Not only does Greer worry that she’ll be seen as “a washed-up bartender, nepo baby with no experience, the sole heir to an infamous, possibly haunted summer camp,” she fears that the Phantom has returned. Bozeman excels at gradually turning up the heat as the narrative rolls along. With fairly short chapters, the dual timelines flow seamlessly back and forth, leading to a final explosive showdown full of surprises. While readers may shudder at the thought of sending a child to the tempestuous Dread’s Cove summer camp, it’s an entertaining place to experience some summer reading thrills and chills.
Greer grew up in Dread’s Cove, Georgia, on the grounds of the family summer camp that was started by her late grandfather and taken over by her divorced mother. However, the seemingly serene area harbors years of buried secrets, as readers of Summer’s Never Over quickly learn. From the jump, tension in Darby Bozeman’s novel simmers as numerous enigmas are revealed in dual timeline chapters focusing on the present and a summer five years ago, when Stephanie, a camp counselor, died in a fire. Before that tragic summer, Greer’s life seemed to be marching ahead smoothly. She had just graduated from college and would likely take over her mom’s role as camp director, with her longtime best friend, Chelsea, at her side. However, Greer remains haunted by the summer of Steph’s death, which had first been tainted by numerous acts of vandalism that campers attributed to a mysterious “Phantom” of the woods. For the past five years, Greer has been working in Atlanta, but now she returns to Dread’s Cove for her mother’s memorial service as the camp tries to reopen. Not only does Greer worry that she’ll be seen as “a washed-up bartender, nepo baby with no experience, the sole heir to an infamous, possibly haunted summer camp,” she fears that the Phantom has returned. Bozeman excels at gradually turning up the heat as the narrative rolls along. With fairly short chapters, the dual timelines flow seamlessly back and forth, leading to a final explosive showdown full of surprises. While readers may shudder at the thought of sending a child to the tempestuous Dread’s Cove summer camp, it’s an entertaining place to experience some summer reading thrills and chills.