It’s time to gear up that summer TBR and what better way to start than to add some binge-worthy romances to your shelves! 2025 is going to be a huge year for publishing and these are all of the romances featuring your favorite tropes that are full of swoon and spice!
Wild Side by Elsie Silver (3/4)
In order to secure her nephew’s guardianship, Tabitha has married Rhys Dupris. Rhys is secretive and infuriating. His work takes him away for weeks and he comes back covered in bruises but refuses to talk about it. But the way he stares at Tabitha is borderline indecent and the tension is becoming unbearable. She thought she could never forgive Rhys and as much as she hates her new husband, she’s beginning to see sides to him that makes it even easier to love him.
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Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez (4/1)
Samantha thought she’d found the perfect man in Xavier Rush—gorgeous, compassionate, and a veterinarian who dotes on tiny kittens. But then he opens his mouth and leaves a disastrously bad first impression. Yet, when Xavier admits his mistake, sparks fly, leading to an unforgettable night together. Just when it seems like their connection could turn into something real, Samantha pulls away, knowing her family’s crisis makes a relationship impossible. She begs Xavier to forget her, but some loves refuse to fade.
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Wild and Wrangled by Lyla Sage (4/15)
Camille Ashwood thought she had it all figured out. Get married and she can secure her daughter’s future, get her parents off her back, and build the life she wants in Meadowlark, Wyoming. When the groom doesn’t show up to the wedding, Cam is not only heartbroken, but has nowhere to live. When she finds the house she’s loved since high school is available to rent, she’s disappointed to learn her neighbor would be none other than Dusty Tucker. Cam was Dusty’s first love and now he’s back in his hometown and thinks things may turn around when Cam moves in next door and she’s newly single. As the two find themselves drawn to one another, they begin to wonder if a second chance is what is meant to be.
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Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry (4/22)
Alice Scott needs her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winner. What could bring the two together other than the opportunity to write the biography of Margaret Ives, a celebrity no one has seen in years. This is a huge opportunity, so when the two are invited to Little Crescent Island by Margaret, they have to have their head in the game as only one person will be chosen by Margaret to write her biography. To make things trickier, Margaret is only giving them each pieces of her story and they cannot talk to put them together due to an NDA. What is forming is a strong desire each time Alice and Hayden are in the same room and just like the story they are trying to write, it could be a mystery, love story, or tragedy.
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King of Envy by Ana Huang (4/29)
Vuk Markovic is the billionaire who steers clear of human interactions outside of his small social circle. The exception to his rule? Supermodel Ayana Kidane, the woman who is engaged to his best friend. As the wedding gets closer, Vuk feels himself ready to risk it all for the woman who he wants the most. Ayana’s career is taking off, but she’s harboring a secret; the man she’s engaged to is strictly a business arrangement. Once they wed, he gets his inheritance and she gets the money to leave her abusive agency. This should be cut and dry, but she keeps finding herself drawn to the best man, Vuk.
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One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune (5/6)
Alice’s Nan always said Barry’s Bay was a magical place and Alice believed it after spending a summer there when she was seventeen. Barry’s Bay is where she took that photo of three happy teens in a yellow speedboat that changed her life. Now as an adult, Alice is a photographer. When Nan falls and breaks her hip, Alice plans a summer back in Barry’s Bay. Shortly after arriving, they see the famous yellow boat again and the man driving it. Charlie Florek was nineteen when Alice took that photo of him years ago. Now as an adult, Charlie is charming and can not only make Nan laugh, but makes Alice feel like she’s seventeen again. As Alice is wrapped up in Charlie, she worries for what’s to come because Alice has never had someone look back at her the way she looks at them like Charlie does.
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Audre & Bash Are Just Friends by Tia Williams (5/6)
Audre is the junior class president of Cheshire Prep, Brooklyn’s elite academy and her desire to go to Stanford is jeopardized when her father cancels her summer visit to his Malibu beach house. Now, how is she going to finish writing her self-help book to win over Stanford’s admission board? The only answer is Bash Henry – the tall, hot senior who is the king of fun. Audre enlists Bash’s help as a “fun consultant” in order to give her some inspiration to finish her book. What Audre didn’t expect? The undeniable connection between the two of them.
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Can’t Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan (5/13)
Hendrix Barry has everything a person could want including a loving family, great friends, and a successful career in entertainment. The one thing that’s not in her life right now is love, and how could she have time for it between her career and caring for an aging parent? When Hendrix meets tech mogul, Maverick Bell, she is immediately captivated by him. Because of her career, Mav should be the last man she finds herself drawn to, but they do say the most forbidden fruit is the juiciest.
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Dream On, Ramona Riley by Ashley Herring Blake (5/13)
Ramona Riley’s dreams of becoming a costume designer to the stars in Hollywood was ripped away when her father had a car accident and she had to return home to Clover Lake, New Hampshire to take care of her younger sister. It’s now been twelve years and Ramona has given up on her dream until a big budget romcom comes to film in Clover Lake. The problem? The star is none other than Dylan Monroe, Ramona’s first kiss. When Dylan agrees to shadow a local waitress for her role, she is shocked to find Ramona in Clover Lake. As the two spend more time together, they must decide if the sparks between them will help or harm the dreams they both have.
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Courtroom Drama by Neely Tubati Alexander (5/20)
When Margot Kitsch, a star of a popular reality show, is arrested after her husband Joe’s death, Sydney Park is shocked to be a part of the jury in her case. Sydney’s fangirl excitement is dwindled when she realizes being part of the jury of a high-profile case isn’t what she was expecting, especially when her childhood best friend, Damon, is also on the jury. Now, Sydney finds there’s much more to the case than she originally thought and although she shouldn’t fraternize with other jury members, she is drawn to Damon. As the two get closer, Sydney finds herself forced to confront the past and why they stopped talking to begin with.
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The Love Haters by Katherine Center (5/20)
Katie Vaughn is trying to focus on her career after being unlucky in the love department. With her career as a video producer in trouble, she finds herself taking a career-making assignment profiling Coast Guard rescue swimmer, Tom “Hutch” Hutcheson. The only drawback? Katie wasn’t really honest when she said she could swim. Upon arriving, Katie is taken back with how sexy Hutch is and gets wrapped up in swim lessons, helicopters, drinking contests, and stolen kisses. Will Katie risk it all to tell the truth?
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It’s a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan (5/27)
Jane Jackson’s career has been playing “Poor Janey Jakes” on an American sitcom, but now she wants to be taken seriously as a Hollywood studio executive. In an attempt to get her first project greenlit by the arrogant cinematographer Dan Finnegan, Jane claims she could get Jack Quinlan to write a song for the movie. Jack is the biggest pop star, so this will be no easy feat given the history between he and Jane. Jack was not only Jane’s first kiss, but the two haven’t spoken in twenty years. When Jack is set to play a festival in Dan’s hometown, Jane needs just one week of putting up with Dan to make this happen, but she might just be surprised what can happen in a week with someone she never thought she’d fall for.
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The Friendship Fling by Georgia Stone (6/3)
Ava Monroe is a cynical barista in London who is strictly about no strings attached relationships. Ava knows she has to change her routine when her best friend Josie is going to be leaving for a year, but she is nervous to shake up her controlled life. All of that changes when she meets the outgoing and handsome Finn O’Callaghan. Finn needs help with his bucket list so he proposes a friends-only summer fling. To Ava’s surprise, she ends up having a lot of fun with Finn and starts to find herself dreading the day that Finn has to go back home.
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He’s to Die For by Erin Dunn (6/3)
Detective Rav Trivedi is the youngest member of the NYPD homicide squad, but feels like an outsider. The ivy-league educated gay Brit who has a penchant for designer suits may not be what you’d expect, but his rise and solve rate is nearly perfect. When he is assigned the high-profile murder of a record executive, he can avoid the distractions from tabloids and social media, but can he keep his eyes off the hot rock star with no alibi and a clear motive? The only thing that could screw this up is falling for his number one suspect.
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Winging It with You by Chip Pons (6/10)
Asher Bennett has just been dumped at the worst time. Right in the middle of the Boston airport where he and his boyfriend were supposed to compete in the reality show The Epic Trek. Drowning his sorrows in mimosas and mozzarella sticks, he finds himself talking to a pilot, Theo Fernandez. Theo’s career is in jeopardy when the airline tells him he has to make changes to his work-life balance and take a vacation. Could the guy in front of him be the key to a vacation he needs? Now Theo and Asher must fake-date for the cameras while the world watches their chemistry onscreen skyrocket with each episode.
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If I Told You, I’d Have to Kiss You by Mae Marvel (6/10)
Some rules for an international superspy? Don’t blow your cover, don’t accept the first plan, and don’t fall for anyone at the agency, especially your ex-girlfriend. Yardley Whitmer is a legendary spy nicknamed The Unicorn. Now, if she could only break up with her girlfriend as easily as she could take on some of the most dangerous tasks. KC “Tabasco” Nolan is an expert hacker who doesn’t know how to confess to Yardley what her job is. When a job goes wrong, the two discover they have both been working for the agency for years. Can they break the rules and still keep their love if they are finally honest with one another?
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Caught Up by Navessa Allen (6/10)
Lauren Marchetti is off limits for Nico “Junior” Trocci. While she’s sweet and full of laughter, he lives in a world of violence. This is why he’s kept his distance since pushing her away in high school. When his curiosity gets the best of him, Junior looks Lauren up on social media and finds that the shy, bookish girl is gone and replaced by a beautiful woman posting scantily clad pictures of herself and connected to a play club. Now, his curiosity is borderline obsession. Lauren is intrigued by the mysterious stranger showing up at the club and finds herself developing real feelings for the person she’s been flirting with online. Now, she wonders who is going to be the first one to make a move as desire reaches a boiling point.
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Sounds Like Love by Ashley Poston (6/17)
Joni Lark is one of the most popular songwriters in LA but she’s going through something that doesn’t allow her to write. In an attempt to get her spark back, she returns to her hometown of Vienna Shores, North Carolina hoping she can write her next hit. Upon he return she finds that her best friend is hiding something from her and her family’s music venue, The Revelry is closing. When she hears something in her head, a melody and a voice to go along with it, she thinks it’s her imagination, until she runs into a mysterious man dealing with his own demons. There’s a huge difference in the man’s voice in Joni’s head and the one in front of her but then Joni wonders if the melody bringing them together is part of a bigger plan.
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Overruled by Lana Ferguson (7/1)
Danica Pierce is one of the top lawyers in Austin and has always put her career before love. When a big case lands on her desk and gives her the chance at making partner, nothing will stop Danica from getting what she wants. What she doesn’t expect? Ezra Hart is who she has to battle it out with in the courtroom…and Ezra is the man she’s been sleeping with. While Ezra’s attempts at winning Danica’s heart have failed, she finds herself warming up to him as the battle in the courtroom gets more intense. Maybe Ezra isn’t the playboy she made him out to be after all.
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Love Is a War Song by Danica Nava (7/22)
Pop singer Avery Fox didn’t expect being on the cover of Rolling Stone in a feather warbonnet would find her being a national joke. She thought this would be a good statement of her success being a Native American singer and now her career is being threatened. Escaping to her grandmother, Lottie’s ranch in Oklahoma to live on the rez was not what she expected. Working in the blazing sun to earn her keep is one thing, but the man who runs the ranch can’t stand her. Lucas Iron Eyes has considered Red Fox Ranch his home since he was sixteen years old and will do anything to protect it. While he can’t stand Avery Fox, for some reason he can’t keep his eyes off her. When the ranch is in danger of being shut down, the two must work together to raise money to save the ranch and the closer they get, they can’t deny the attraction between them.
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Gabriela and His Grace by Liana De la Rosa (8/26)
Gabriela Luna Valdés is the youngest and most rebellious of the Luna sisters and her latest adventure finds her on a ship toward her homeland to escape a bunch of British suitors. While Gabriela may escape some of these men, she can’t escape her father’s wishes for her to find a good husband. Sebastian Brooks, the Duke of Whitfield, is on his way to Mexico to handle his family’s estate when he runs into Gabriela. After the sparks fly, Sebastian agrees to help Gabriela but wonders if the two really will find love.
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