Summer's Never Over

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.

Author: Darby Bozeman
Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: 06/09/2026
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.23w x 0.82d
ISBN: 9780593953532


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/01/2026
Publishers Weekly 04/27/2026

About the Author
Darby Bozeman grew up in Portland, Oregon, but she's spent the better part of her adult life in the South. She has a master's in teaching from the University of Georgia and she taught middle school English for five years. When she's not reading or writing, she loves acting in community theater and discussing pop culture. She lives in Knoxville with her husband, Bryan, and their cat, Claude.