‘Every Year After’ Series Based On Romantic Novel ‘Every Summer After’ Ordered By Prime Video

Prime Video has handed a series order to Every Year After, based on Carley Fortune‘s bestselling romantic novel Every Summer After, with Hart of Dixie and Saint X creator Leila Gerstein attached to pen the adaptation and serve as showrunner.

The pickup marks the latest expansion into the contemporary romance genre where Prime Video has found success with hit TV series and movie titles like The Summer I Turned Pretty and The Idea Of You, both also based on popular books.

Every Year After is described as a fun, sweeping, romantic story that asks the question, what if your first love actually was your soulmate?

Fortune will executive produce alongside Gerstein.

“We are thrilled to bring the beautifully crafted story, Every Summer After, to our global Prime Video customers as Every Year After,” said Vernon Sanders, head of television, Amazon MGM Studios. “Carley Fortune’s wildly successful book is the perfect blend of heartfelt nostalgia and poignant romance. With Leila Gerstein’s vision the audience will go through an exploration of this remarkable narrative in a way that captures its essence and emotional depth.” 

Every Summer After, which spent 14 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list, has sold 1M+ copies to date. The book gained popularity through BookTok, with Every Summer After hashtag getting over 81.4M views on TikTok.

In addition to Every Summer After, Fortune also is the author of This Summer Will Be Different and Meet Me at the Lake. The three books combined have sold 2M+ copies to date, have been translated into 30 languages in over 50 territories. She is currently working on her fourth book. Fortune is repped by Root Literary, WME, and Lichter Grossman Nichols Feldman Rogal Shikora & Clark.

“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,” Fortune said. “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.”  

In addition to creating Hart of Dixie and Saint X, Gerstein shared an Emmy and Golden Globe for her work on Hulu/MGM Television’s The Handmaid’s Tale. She is repped by WME, Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment and Yorn Levine.