Overview
Hollywood's biggest movie star Summer Holiday's career crashes as her latest film becomes the most expensive flop in cinema history. Facing bankruptcy and industry exile, she's offered one last chance-star in a Netflix reality series that promises to solve an impossible mystery. Fifteen years ago, Summer fled her Texas hometown after a tragic accident, leaving behind high school heartthrob, Taft Williams, and a web of secrets. Now, Summer's striking ex-boyfriend has no memory of their relationship, friendship, romance, or even her existence. As cameras follow Summer's return to Silsbee, Texas, she must navigate hostile interviews, small-town gossip, and her own buried trauma to uncover the truth. Are her memories too painful to face, her secrets too damning to reveal? As the show becomes a global phenomenon, Summer realizes the price of redemption might be higher than she's willing to pay-and the man she's trying to save might be beyond her reach. This ultimate beach read blends contemporary fiction, romantic-comedy, sharp dialogue, and family drama. Forgotten Summer allows readers to explore the cost of fame, the power of forgiveness, and the courage required to unlock the past.
Full Product Details
Author: Timothy Gene Sojka
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
Imprint: Black Rose Writing
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.481kg
ISBN: 9781685137557
ISBN 10: 1685137555
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 04 June 2026
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
""The sentence experimentation, conscious breaking of rules, beautiful alliterations, all make me think I'm reading a guy who thinks like a Texan and writes like Elmore Leonard."" -Cam Torrens, award-winning author of the Tyler Zahn mystery/suspense novels ""Forgotten Summer explores themes of genuine connection versus surface relationship."" -Leah Miles, author of Baby ConSealed
Author Information
Timothy Gene Sojka's star-crossed novel and thrillers visit his childhood home-southeast Texas's Big Thicket, Piney Woods, and the Neches River. A child jerked between two worlds-Baptist deacons and Sunday school vs. juke boxes and beer joints-Sojka paid and therefore understands the cost of youth's secrets. In Forgotten Summer, Sojka displays his award-winning touch for suspense, wit, and dialogue, while performing a delicate mash-up of Hollywood vs. Hometown. Sojka writes for enjoyment, paddleboards for stress relief, and runs so he can eat Tex-Mex. When not hanging out with his wife and daughter, he doubles as a real estate broker.
