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「湖邊總有好事發生」外婆總如是說。
Alice17歲那年，祖孫兩人在湖畔小屋度過了一段美好夏日。那張足以改變她人生的照片也是當時拍下的：黃色快艇上，三個年輕人笑得燦爛。
如今的攝影師Alice安於守在鏡頭後方，把焦點留給他人，但最近，對改變現狀的渴望，令她的心蠢蠢欲動。
外婆摔斷了髖骨需要休養，於是這對祖孫決定故地重遊，回到那年充滿魔力的巴里灣渡個假。孰料才安頓好，那艘熟悉的黃色快艇便劃破寧靜而來，而艇上的人，Alice同樣熟悉。多年過去，如今的Charlie調情起來臉不紅氣不喘，對長輩更是有一套，把外婆哄得呵呵笑。
Alice從遠方按下快門的那年，生活簡單得多，拍照只為興趣，而與Charlie共度的，那些被湖畔的落日餘暉與溫暖夜晚填滿的日子，持續潤澤著Alice的心靈。
Alice善於觀察別人，這或許是她之所以能成為優秀攝影師的原因，但她從未遇過回應她的注視，將她看進去的人…但當她抬起頭，見到那對碧綠色的灼人目光釘在自己身上時，潤澤心靈？喔不，這根本對心臟有害。
湖濱戀曲女王Carley Fortune繼One Golden Summer, Meet Me at the Lake之後再次為讀者獻上一段波光粼粼，餘韻悠長的美好夏日時光。
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I never anticipated Charlie Florek.
Good things happen at the lake. That’s what Alice’s grandmother says, and it’s true. Alice spent just one summer there at a cottage with Nan when she was seventeen—it’s where she took that photo, the one of three grinning teenagers in a yellow speedboat, the image that changed her life.
Now Alice lives behind a lens. As a photographer, she’s most comfortable on the sidelines, letting other people shine. Lately though, she’s been itching for something more, and when Nan falls and breaks her hip, Alice comes up with a plan for them both: another summer in that magical place, Barry’s Bay. But as soon as they settle in, their peace is disrupted by the roar of a familiar yellow boat, and the man driving it.
Charlie Florek was nineteen when Alice took his photo from afar. Now he’s all grown up—a shameless flirt, who manages to make Nan laugh and Alice long to be seventeen again, when life was simpler, when taking pictures was just for fun. Sun-slanted days and warm nights out on the lake with Charlie are a balm for Alice’s soul, but when she looks up and sees his piercing green gaze directly on her, she begins to worry for her heart.
Because Alice sees people—that’s why she is so good at what she does—but she’s never met someone who looks and sees her right back.
