Audiobooks Like This Summer Will Be Different

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AJ Bridel's narration of *This Summer Will Be Different* has a sun-warmed unhurriedness to it — she lets the longing breathe, so the tension between Lucy and Felix accumulates the way a PEI summer does, slowly and then all at once. The dual-narrator setup, with Carley Fortune reading her own work alongside Bridel, adds an unusual layer of intimacy, like the author is in on the secret with you. The recommendations here match that same unhurried emotional pull — several are narrated by Bridel herself, a few more are Fortune's other novels, and every one runs close to eleven hours, long enough to really sink into, with the kind of Goodreads word-of-mouth behind them that tends to mean the feelings actually land.

10 audiobooks for fans of This Summer Will Be Different

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    Every Summer After

    Barry’s Bay • Book 1

    by Carley Fortune

    Narrated by AJ Bridel

    ★ 4.51 ABR Score (893.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.17 Goodreads (884.1K) ★ 4.63 Audible (9.6K)
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    A second-chance romance where absence makes reunion both inevitable and devastating. AJ Bridel captures the specific ache of loving someone from a different lifetime.

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    Meet Me at the Lake

    by Carley Fortune

    Narrated by AJ Bridel, Carley Fortune

    ★ 3.71 ABR Score (375.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.68 Goodreads (374.9K) ★ 4.12 Audible (945)
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    Carley Fortune voicing her own character in a second-chance romance transforms it into something confessional: you're inside her head as she reclaims what timing stole.

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    One Last Rainy Day: The Legacy of a Prince

    Ravenhood Legacy • Book 1

    by Kate Stewart

    Narrated by Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell

    ★ 4.81 ABR Score (59.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.53 Goodreads (55.7K) ★ 4.9 Audible (3.9K)
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    Arden and Mitchell's dual narration weaves romance and suspense as Dominic's dark secrets threaten the love story that will define the next generation of the Ravenhood.

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    Just for the Summer

    Part of Your World • Book 3

    by Abby Jimenez

    Narrated by Julia Whelan, Zachary Webber

    ★ 4.79 ABR Score (1.1M ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (1.1M) ★ 4.8 Audible (16.8K)
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    Justin's dating curse becomes internet famous: every ex finds their soulmate immediately after dumping him. Julia Whelan and Zachary Webber sell the ridiculous premise completely.

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  5. 5
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    Heartless

    Chestnut Springs • Book 2

    by Elsie Silver

    Narrated by Stephen Dexter, Vanessa Edwin

    ★ 4.65 ABR Score (589.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (585.5K) ★ 4.75 Audible (3.5K)
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    Dexter and Edwin capture the electric tension perfectly, especially when the gruff rancher finally reveals the tenderness beneath all that armor.

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    November 9

    by Colleen Hoover

    Narrated by Zachary Webber, Angela Goethals

    ★ 4.60 ABR Score (1.4M ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.7 Audible (25.0K)
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    Webber and Goethals trade off chapters in dual narration that makes the once-a-year meetings hit harder, and the final twist lands like a gut punch.

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    Funny Story

    by Emily Henry

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

    ★ 4.57 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.64 Audible (18.7K)
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    After her fiancé leaves her for his best friend, Daphne teams up with her ex's former girlfriend to navigate heartbreak and unexpected second chances.

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    Pucked Off

    Pucked • Book 5

    by Helena Hunting

    Narrated by Jacob Morgan, Rose Dioro

    ★ 4.55 ABR Score (24.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.34 Goodreads (21.4K) ★ 4.75 Audible (3.5K)
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    Dual narration makes the tension undeniable: a notorious player finally meeting his antidote and having to choose her over his chaos.

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    Butcher & Blackbird

    The Ruinous Love Trilogy • Book 1

    by Brynne Weaver

    Narrated by Joe Arden, Lucy Rivers

    ★ 4.55 ABR Score (679.8K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (646.0K) ★ 4.7 Audible (33.7K)
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    Arden and Rivers bring genuine tenderness to two killers finding their match, turning a dark premise into an unexpected love story.

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    Above All Things

    Carlisle • Book 2

    by Roslyn Sinclair

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    ★ 4.55 ABR Score (4.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.51 Goodreads (4.0K) ★ 4.88 Audible (806)
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    The second book deepens what made the first work: two people building something real while everything around them tries to burn it down.

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