Everything We Know About 'Every Year After,' the TV Show Adaptation of 'Every Summer After'

There’s never been a better time to be a fan of book-to-movie adaptations of summer romance novels. Between Jenny Han’s The Summer I Turned Pretty, E. Lockhart’s We Were Liars, and the upcoming series based on Carley Fortune’s Every Summer After, we’re up to our eyeballs in core-shaking first loves—and loving every second of it.

Deadline reported in July 2024 that Amazon MGM Studios is adapting a series based on Fortune’s debut novel, Every Summer After, which follows two teens falling deeply in love, one magical lakehouse summer at a time. The series is one of the streamer's many romance projects in development and will be titled Every Year After.

Set in Canada’s Barry’s Bay—a.k.a. Fortune’s own personal Cousins—the show will follow Percy and Sam, childhood besties-turned-lovers who were inseparable until a dark secret tore them apart. Considering the book spent 16 weeks on The New York Times Best Sellers List and has sold more than 1 million copies, it's safe to say the adaptation is highly anticipated.

As we wait for the romance show to hit our screeners, we're rounding up everything we know about the Every Year After series.

What is 'Every Summer After' about?

Every Summer After is about that over-the-moon, first kiss, fireworks exploding in the sky kind of love that hits you like a ton of bricks as a teenage girl. For Persephone “Percy” Fraser, that love is Sam Florek—a.k.a. the boy she’s spent every summer with at her family's Barry's Bay lake house. However, their blossoming romance comes to a screeching halt when Percy makes an irreparable mistake.

Now, as an adult, she’s being called back to the picturesque scene of their love, where she’ll have to face the man she left behind, along with her heart, all those years ago.

When will 'Every Year After,' the 'Every Summer After' series adaptation, be released?

Summer is just around the corner—and so is the release of Every Year After. In late March, Prime Video announced in a press release that its Every Summer After TV series adaptation will premiere on Wednesday, June 10. All eight episodes will hit streaming on that date.

To get fans excited, the streamer shared the news along with a series of first-look photos, which you can see throughout this story.

The series had a relatively quick production: According to an Instagram post from Prime Video in July 2025, filming began in summer 2025. It makes sense that not only was production relatively low-lift on the romance show, but that it's coming out in time for summer 2026. It won't be too much longer until the perfect vacation binge-watch is on our screens!

Why does 'Every Year After' have a different title than the book it's based on, 'Every Summer After?'

If you’re wondering why the show’s title is different from that of the book, you’re not alone. Fortune herself explained the decision in an interview with Swooon, saying, “The thinking behind that was that Every Summer After was, like, too confining as a season for a series, and Every Year After allowed them to open this up to a broader story."

Showrunner Amy B. Harris has all but confirmed that if Prime Video renews the series, she's game to keep it going for many future installments. "This is a series that I think should go on and on and on for as long as Amazon will have me and have the show," she told ELLE in a March preview interview. "I personally would love the show to live in many seasons. The book is obviously Every Summer After and takes place during the summer, and the first season does take place in the summer. But what I was intrigued by is that it isn’t just every summer that [these characters] have been…dealing with the ramifications of their behavior. That doesn’t just affect your summers; it affects every year of your life."

If Prime Video is eyeing multiple seasons of swoon-worthy TV, we'll take it!

Who is in the cast of 'Every Year After,' the 'Every Summer After' TV show adaptation?

In mid-July 2025, Amazon MGM Studios announced its main cast on Instagram: Newcomer Sadie Soverall will play Percy, Disney alum Matt Cornett stars opposite her as Sam, and Chicago Fire’s Michael Bradway has been cast as Charlie.

In late September, the cast continued to fill out, with Elisha Cuthbert (Girl Next Door, Happy Endings) landing the role of Sam's mom, Sue.

According to a press release, the rest of the ensemble features Aurora Perrineau (Kaos, Westworld) as Chantal, Abigail Cowen (Fate: The Winx Saga) as Delilah, and Joseph Chiu (Motorheads) as Jordie.

What has Carley Fortune said about 'Every Year After?'

Fortune shared the good news that her book was being made into a TV series back in July 2024. “I’m wildly excited to announce that I’m going [to be] working with Amazon Studios to turn ESA into a series for Amazon Prime,” she wrote on Instagram. “This project has been in the making for two years, and I’m so delighted to be able to shout about it.”

For the author, who penned the novel in July 2020 before its spring 2022 release, the announcement was a full-circle moment. “I was at the cottage then, and it’s where I am right now,” she explained.

Fortune closed her message to fans by saying, “I can’t wait to see Percy and Sam’s love story expand and evolve for the screen.”

She also shared a more official statement, per Deadline: "Every Summer After holds a very special place in my heart and in the hearts of readers all over the world who deeply connect with Sam and Percy’s love story...I’m excited to partner with Amazon to take their journey even further—beyond the pages of the book, onto the screen, and into the hearts of audiences across the globe."

She's also assured fans that one beloved scene won't be left on the cutting room floor. While speaking to Swooon, the writer said it's essential to her that the line, "You came home," makes it in. "When Sam says, ‘You came home,’ that is so, so important," she shared.

While nothing is confirmed, Fortune has also alluded to the ESA sequels being adapted. "I mean, I would love to see Alice and Nan on the screen," she told Swooon, referring to the characters in One Golden Summer. We'd love it, too!

Who is involved with 'Every Year After' behind the scenes?

In addition to Fortune, who will serve as the show’s executive producer, Amy B. Harris will serve as showrunner and executive producer. Harris is among the masterminds behind some of our all-time favorite comfort series; she previously produced Sex and the City and its glorious spin-off, The Carrie Diaries, for The CW, as well as Gossip Girl.

The showrunner has spoken about how important it was for her to get the adaptation right. While speaking with ELLE, she described the development process as Prime Video and herself "trying to figure out how to create a series that really is a love letter to Carley’s book."

Drawing from the source material, Harris described it as important for the show's production to be in Canada, keep Sam and Percy's romance (and palpable chemistry!) at the story's center, while also expanding upon their worlds and the people in them. She and Fortune didn't skimp on including fan-favorite Easter eggs either! So, it's safe to say that Fortune's heartwarming story is in good hands.

Is there a trailer for 'Every Year After?'

Prime Video has yet to unveil a trailer for Every Year After, but there is footage available to tide you over. In late April, the streamer dropped a teaser for all of its upcoming YA and romance projects (Off Campus! The Love Hypothesis!), and Every Year After was among them. The video features some wholesome and steamy(!) shots of the upcoming series, including Percy riding in a car, looking longingly out the window, and she and Sam sitting on a picturesque dock. But that's not all: There's also a sweet clip of them smiling at each other in bed and a passionate kiss at work. That should be enough to keep our hearts racing until a full-length trailer drops soon!

Which of Carley Fortune's other books are being adapted?

Every Summer After isn't Fortune's only novel we'll be seeing on screen. Both her 2023 novel Meet Me at the Lake and the 2024 book This Summer Will Be Different are being adapted.

Meet Me at the Lake is being turned into a Netflix movie by Archewell Productions, the production company helmed by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Yes, you read that right—we’ll soon be getting a royal take on one of Fortune’s romances!

“[It’s] still in development, so that is moving along really nicely behind the scenes,” the writer told Swooon of the project in June 2025. “There’s a beautiful script. It’s moving along.”

This Summer Will Be Different, meanwhile, will be a TV show. The romance set on Canada’s Prince Edward Island will be a 10-episode series at Netflix, though details are currently limited.

We can't wait for so much Carley Fortune on our screens—but in the meantime, we're looking forward to bingeing Every Year After.

You can buy Every Summer After and the rest of Carley Fortune's books on Bookshop.