The Most Anticipated Romance Books of Summer 2025

From the USA Today bestselling author of Nora Goes Off Script, a novel about a former adolescent TV actress-turned-Hollywood producer whose “fake it till you make it” mantra sets her on a crash course with her past, forcing her to spend a week on Long Island with the last man she thinks might make her believe in love.

A band reunion on a themed cruise may be enough to change two musicians’ tune on love in this electric romance from USA Today bestselling author Alicia Thompson. With five days at sea, there’s a ticking clock on anything that might develop between them, and they’ll have to decide if their relationship is destined to be more than a one-hit wonder.

A decade apart, a painful secret — can two childhood sweethearts find their way back to a love that defies cultures and time? Told over the course of five years in the past and one summer in the present, one woman will discover that sometimes, the only way forward is through the heart’s deepest scars.

The USA Today bestselling author of The Worst Best Man is back with a fun and flirty rom-com about a pact between friends that goes awry when one of them suddenly decides to get married.

Two broken souls find a love worth fighting for in this captivating GhostWalker novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan.

A literary love story told through ten years in the life of one woman as she tries to build a longed-for family without also losing herself — an entertaining portrayal of the true, grown-up meaning of “happily ever after.”

A page-turning, irresistible novel of class, ambition, and bisexuality, this is the breathtaking story of a woman risking everything for a second chance at her first love. A sweeping romance, it is the story of two people trying to forge a path toward hope, bound by a love they discovered when they were too young to understand its power.

Mulan’s ready to get down to business. But when it comes to love, she hasn’t got a clue. Laugh and swoon with the next book in Disney’s Meant to Be collection by bestselling and award-winning author Jesse Q. Sutanto, whose novel Dial A for Aunties Emily Henry called “utterly clever, deeply funny, and altogether charming.”

Two unlikely allies search for the secrets of their pasts while on the run within the Alien world of Harmony in the thrilling new novel by New York Times bestselling author Jayne Castle.

A marriage of convenience threatens to go off track in this steamy Formula 1 romance from the USA Today bestselling author of Cross the Line.

Miz is not the marrying kind. She’s more of the no-strings-attached kind. Kal is one of Miz’s best friends, an aspiring actor who moved to Toronto from Ethiopia and is on the brink of his big break. But when he’s suddenly at risk of having to return home and leave Toronto forever, Miz panics. She can’t imagine her life without Kal. There’s only one solution: Miz will marry Kal to become his spousal sponsor. It’ll be a quick, only-on-paper marriage between friends, followed by a quick, easy divorce. Nothing will change, and life will go back to normal. Right?

A small-town waitress and a Hollywood star’s worlds collide in this new romance by Ashley Herring Blake, USA Today bestselling author of Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date.

A hitmaking songwriter and a bitter musician share a startling and inexplicable connection that they’ll do anything to shake, in the next sparkling, magical book from the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Year Slip and A Novel Love Story.

They come from different worlds, and yet they are meant for each other. A girl on scholarship at one of England’s most prestigious colleges gets caught up in rivalry, scandal, and love in the first book in the international bestselling Maxton Hall series — now an Amazon Prime streaming series — in English for the first time.

From New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean, These Summer Storms is a razor-sharp, wildly sexy novel about a wealthy New England family’s long-overdue reckoning … and the one week that threatens to tear them apart.

She doesn’t do second chances. But he’s not done writing their song. A sizzling exes-to-lovers second-chance romance from the author of Morbidly Yours, the “sweet, spicy, and fabulous” (Abby Jimenez) TikTok sensation.

Teaming up with your neighbor during a zombie outbreak is a no-brainer, but if it turns out he’s a vampire … the stakes couldn’t be higher, in this infectious new paranormal romance from the USA Today bestselling author of Spoiler Alert.

A Muscogee pop star and a cowboy who couldn’t be more different come together to strike a deal in this new romantic comedy by Danica Nava, USA Today bestselling author of The Truth According to Ember.

A millionaire and a house cleaner are a match maid in heaven in this sparkling new romantic comedy by Lynn Painter, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Happily Never After.

Romance is the biggest scheme of them all in this laugh-out-loud romantic comedy from beloved author Alexa Martin.

From the bestselling author of Funny You Should Ask comes an inspiring romance novel about honoring the past, living in the present, and loving for the future. Totally and Completely Fine illuminates what it means to find life-changing love and be true to oneself in the process.

The beloved characters from The Best Man movies and hit television series reunite for a sexy and soulful, heartbreaking and hilarious reckoning of love. Book one of The Best Man trilogy follows Harper, Jordan, and Robyn as they try to establish lives away from the hurts of the past and come to realize that some love is impossible to break. With support from their close-knit crew of chosen family — Quentin, Shelby, Lance, Murch, and Candace — they fight for a future that proves one’s second act can be the extended chapter worth it all.

The electrifying true story of a young couple shipwrecked at sea: A mind-blowing tale of obsession, survival, and partnership stretched to its limits. Taut, propulsive, and dazzling, A Marriage at Sea pairs an adrenaline-fueled high seas adventure with a gutting love story that asks why we love difficult people, and who we become under the most extreme conditions imaginable.

Temi and Wale meet in London. They flirt, date, meet each other’s friends. Then they break up. And Wale goes on a reality dating show … Instead of giving in to heartbreak, Temi throws herself into her dream: Writing. She’s within touching distance of a book deal that would solve all her problems. But publishers keep passing on her novel and bills still have to be paid. So, when the opportunity to ghost-write a celebrity memoir arises, Temi accepts. And, of course, the celebrity turns out to be Wale … Will Temi and Wale repeat the patterns of their past? Or can they write a whole new story?

A heartwarming and unforgettable collection of love stories set at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, exploring hope, endurance, and what it means to leave a legacy, from some of today’s most prominent Black writers and edited by the acclaimed author of Love Radio.

A scandalous arrangement between a hellion heiress and destitute duke reveals truths that neither can outrun …