Since its premiere on June 10, 2026, Prime Video’s new romance series Every Year After has taken the platform by storm. Either in the top spot or at #2 worldwide, just below Off-Campus, per FlixPatrol, the series is proving that sweet comfort stories can not only deliver in quality, but can bring in millions of viewers.
But while many of these streams might’ve tuned in simply for the lake town romance, plenty of others came directly to Prime Video to see the adaptation of their fan-favorite, bestselling book. The eight-episode series, which stars Sadie Soverall and Matt Cornett, is based on Every Summer After, a 2022 romance novel by Carley Fortune. And while this is the first novel of Fortune being adapted, another one is already underway.
Another Carley Fortune Adaptation Is in the Works
In August 2023, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle purchased the rights to another one of Fortune’s novels, 2023’s Meet Me at the Lake, on behalf of their production company, Archewell Productions. Since then, little was shared about the project as Markle embarked on a series of other projects, including her Netflix series With Love, Meghan, and her lifestyle brand, As Ever. With that said, however, Fortune recently opened up about the project on the June 18 episode of Open Book With Jenna in a chat with Jenna Bush Hager. During the talk, Fortune said the project is “still in development,” with a script “still being revised.”
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Love is in the air in Barry’s Bay.
And while that isn’t exactly the update fans were looking for, Fortune remembered the moment she entrusted the Duke and Duchess of Sussex with her story. “I felt like they really understood the story and what mattered about the story,” Fortune said of her “long call” with the Suits alum and Archewell film producer Tracy Ryerson. “It’s a romance, but it’s very much about a mother and daughter, too, and we talked a lot about parenthood, and also about how these love stories are about so much more. It’s a story about grief, it’s a story about mental health, and so I felt like it was in good hands with them.”
‘Meet Me at the Lake’ Will Follow Similar Themes
While Every Summer After and its Prime Video adaptation fit comfortably in the YA category, Meet at the Lake explores similar themes, but is a more mature, grown-up romance instead. The novel follows Fern Brookbanks and Will Baxter, two people who share a chemistry-defying day-long date in their early twenties but lose contact right after it. They even made a pact to show up one year later at the same place, but while Fern made it, Will never showed. Years later, when Fern is 32 and all of a sudden running her late mother’s lakeside resort, Will arrives “nine years too late,” offering to help. “Will may be the only person who understands what Fern’s going through,” the blurb reads. “But how could she possibly trust this expensive-suit-wearing mirage who seems nothing like the young man she met all those years ago?”
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From the synopsis alone, there are some clear similarities to Every Summer After. In addition to the idyllic lakeside setting, both stories have a main character going through their own journey with grief, an electrifying connection that spans years, and a trust that needs to be repaired for the main couple to finally reconcile and reunite. So, while there’s still plenty of time until Markle and Harry’s feature film comes out, fans can certainly expect another swoon-worthy romance.
Plus, with Season 2 of Every Year After already confirmed on Prime Video, Fortune’s novels will continue to expand into a major TV and movie franchise. The second season of the show will shift to Charlie (Michael Bradway) and be inspired by Fortune’s 2025 sequel book, One Golden Summer. In other words, while Fortune only started releasing her novels in 2022, the fan-favorite titles are already inspiring a number of ongoing projects in Hollywood, and fans are surely at the edge of their seats, especially after watching the first season of Every Year After.
- Release Date
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June 10, 2026
- Network
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Prime Video
- Showrunner
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Amy Harris, Leila Gerstein
- Directors
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Gillian Robespierre, Tara Nicole Weyr, Jeffrey W. Byrd
- Writers
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Julie Rottenberg, Elisa Zuritsky, Leila Gerstein, Amy Harris, Nikki Kashani
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