Darby Bozeman

Darby Bozeman has the perfect beach read in this sinister summer camp thriller, where the paradisical woods of Dread Cove hide not only hot bodies and cold waters, but dark secrets. Summer’s Never Over is like the best campfire s’mores: layered, singed by flame around the edges, a little dark, a little sweet, and a whole lot addictive. Thriller lovers will gobble this up.

Ashley Winstead, USA Today-bestselling author of This Book Will Bury Me

Equal parts sultry romance and gripping mystery, SUMMER’S NEVER OVER pulled me under like a riptide, each twist sharper and each revelation more satisfying than the last. A shimmering debut about the love that won’t let you go, the friendships that change you, and the long-buried secrets that threaten to ignite it all.

Kelsey Cox, bestselling author of Party of Liars

A book that feels like August sun on your skin and spooky nights by a crackling fire, Summer’s Never Over lives up to its nostalgic title. A must-read for anyone chasing that high of a sparkling summer on the lake—or the spine-tingling chill that awakens after sundown.

Ande Pliego, USA Today Bestselling author of YOU ARE FATALLY INVITED

SUMMER'S NEVER OVER is the perfect book to curl up with after a long day spent in the sun, when all you want to do is hide under the covers with a page-turning mystery. The atmospheric summer camp setting is a dreamy backdrop for the threads of romance and mystery that Bozeman so expertly weaves throughout the plot.

Olivia Muenter, USA Today Bestselling Author of SUCH A BAD INFLUENCE

Darby Bozeman’s SUMMER’S NEVER OVER is a mesmerizing story about friendship and secrets that will keep you riveted until the very last page. Reading this book is like returning to summer camp, full of new best friends and whispered confidences… except in this version, not all is as it seems, and it dawns on you that those hidden truths just might lead to your horrific demise. Bozeman’s writing succeeds on both a level of incredible tension and lyrical prose, making it sure to be your next unputdownable thriller.

Jessica Payne, author of NEVER TRUST THE HUSBAND

Eerie and propulsive. A fantastic debut that will have you racing toward its final pages.

Jessica Goodman, NYT bestselling author of THE COUNSELORS

Darby Bozeman’s debut is simmering with suspense and summer camp nostalgia. Packed with emotional tension and haunting imagery, SUMMER’S NEVER OVER is the perfect vacation read!

Miranda Smith, author of SMILE FOR THE CAMERAS

SUMMER’S NEVER OVER has everything you want in a summer thriller: a tight-knit summer camp setting, long-buried secrets, sizzling romance, and tension that crackles from every page. Darby Bozeman’s debut is as intoxicating as the intense, all-consuming female friendships at its center—I couldn’t put it down!

Olivia Worley, author of SO HAPPY TOGETHER

An addicting mix of family secrets, sweltering summer love and the ever twisting strands of female friendship, in SUMMER'S NEVER OVER, Darby Bozeman skillfully weaves heart-panging romance with a gripping murder mystery. I couldn't read it fast enough.

Catherine Walsh, author of HOLIDAY ROMANCE

Get hooked on the most addictive summer camp suspense coming this year . . . 
 
Not all their secrets were lost to the fire. 
 
Five years ago, Greer left her family’s summer camp 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 when Greer’s mother dies, she 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. 
 
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.

Darby Bozeman

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