Order of Carley Fortune Books

If there’s a literary wizard who can bottle the feeling of golden summer nights, unspoken second chances, and the bittersweet ache of time slipping through your fingers, it’s Carley Fortune. Born on July 26, 1984, in Toronto, Canada, Fortune didn't just wander into the world of storytelling—she practically cannonballed into it, armed with heartache, hope, and an uncanny ability to turn small moments into sweeping emotional epics.

And no, dear reader, she’s very much alive—thankfully, because we desperately need her next book.

Before becoming one of the most celebrated contemporary romance authors of the 2020s, Carley Fortune's path wasn’t the typical scribble-in-journals-until-famous story. She was a fierce voice in the world of journalism, holding heavyweight editorial roles at prestigious publications like The Globe and Mail and Refinery29. (That's right—before she was breaking our hearts on paper, she was shaping conversations in Canadian media.)

Education? Fortune graduated from King’s College at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with a degree in Journalism. It’s almost poetic—an education built on truth-telling, now fueling novels that tell even deeper emotional truths about love, loss, and the choices that haunt us.

But journalism alone couldn't contain her imagination. Fortune's heart was tethered to the idea of storytelling where characters fall apart, fall in love, and sometimes just... fall. Her breakout novel, "Every Summer After", catapulted her into the spotlight, making readers worldwide nostalgic for the love they lost—or the one they never quite found. It hit The New York Times bestseller list like a cannonball at a sleepy lakeside dock, splashing the literary world awake.

Fortune followed it up with more tearjerkers and swoon-worthy novels, weaving themes of second chances, homecomings, and the magic hidden inside the mundane. Her style? A little bittersweet, a little breathtaking, and utterly addictive.

Carley Fortune writes with the kind of honesty that feels like a whisper across a pillow in the dark—intimate, messy, hopeful. Her settings (often lakeside towns in Ontario) are characters themselves, steeped in memory and melancholy. And yet, there’s always a glimmer of hope—proof that even broken things can be beautiful.

Today, Carley Fortune lives in Toronto with her husband and two sons, managing to balance bestselling novels with motherhood, book tours, and (we assume) a very large coffee habit. She's also one of those rare authors who feels deeply connected to her readers, often sharing candid glimpses of her writing process, insecurities, and wins—reminding us all that the journey matters as much as the destination.

Fun fact? She once confessed that she never dreamed she would be a full-time novelist—it took a global pandemic and a leap of faith to make it happen. And thank goodness she did. Otherwise, we might still be combing bookstores looking for someone—anyone—who could capture the aching beauty of "what might have been" the way she does.

Carley Fortune isn’t just writing romance novels. She’s writing our summers, our regrets, our maybes. And as long as she keeps writing, we’ll keep reading—holding our breath, chasing the sunsets she paints in every chapter, and secretly hoping for a second chance of our own.