Carley Fortune’s Beach-Read Romances Are Heading to Netflix and Prime

Published January 4, 2026

BookTok favorite Carley Fortune is officially the latest romance author to make the jump from the beach bag to the big (and small) screen. Multiple bestselling novels from the Canadian writer—who has sold more than 3 million copies across just four books—are now in development for film and TV adaptations.

The first wave includes a Prime Video series based on her breakout hit Every Summer After and a Netflix film drawn from fan favorite Meet Me at the Lake, backed by none other than Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Archewell Productions.

Every Summer After Becomes Prime Video’s Every Year After

Fortune’s debut, the nostalgia-soaked lake romance Every Summer After, is being reimagined as a TV series titled Every Year After for Amazon Prime Video. The new name, Fortune has explained, lets the show expand beyond a single season of life into a longer, more flexible time frame. Prime Video first confirmed the project in 2025, revealing that Sadie Soverall will star as Persephone “Percy” Foster, opposite Matt Cornett as Sam Florek.

The series follows Percy back to her childhood lake town for a funeral—and a reckoning with the boy she once loved and the choices that tore them apart. Fortune has said the cast’s audition tapes made her “laugh, swoon, and cry,” promising an adaptation designed to land squarely in the feels for fans of second-chance romance.

The show also joins a growing slate of book-to-screen projects at Amazon. For readers tracking how streamers mine novels for loyal audiences, it sits neatly alongside other adaptation-forward moves, like the way Netflix leans on bestsellers to power its most-watched lists, explored in our deep dive into Netflix’s adaptation data.

Meet Me at the Lake Heads to Netflix—with Royal Producers

On the film side, Fortune’s 2023 novel Meet Me at the Lake is in development at Netflix after being optioned by Archewell Productions, the company founded by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The deal was first announced in 2023 and immediately signaled that Fortune’s blend of grief, second chances, and Canadian cottage-core was on Hollywood’s radar.

The novel centers on Fern Brookbanks, who’s unexpectedly running her family’s lakeside resort after her mother’s death, and Will Baxter, the man who once shared a single magical day with her in Toronto before disappearing. Years later, Will turns up at the resort with a plan—and plenty of secrets.

So far, no director, cast, or production start date have been publicly confirmed, and the project has stayed relatively quiet since the Archewell announcement. Industry coverage suggests the film remains in early development, making it one of several high-profile romance adaptations simmering at Netflix, alongside projects like Colleen Hoover’s expanding slate of screen deals, which we’ve rounded up in our guide to every Colleen Hoover adaptation in the works.