#SRC2025 Ambassador

For our 2025 Summer Reading Challenge, each ambassador will receive one of the six tracks outlined below, each with four books, plus the exclusive chance to apply for additional #SRC2025 pop-up books. Please review the tracks below carefully then fill out the form at the bottom of the page by Monday, April 14 for a chance to be selected as an #SRC2025 Ambassador.

Out April 1 | Learn More

 A PR partnership between a pop superstar and a pro-athlete bad boy turns into so much more in this swoony romance from the acclaimed author of When I Think of You. “We are lucky to have this booming new voice in romance.” —Kennedy Ryan, USA Today bestselling author of Before I Let Go and This Could Be Us

Out May 27 | Learn More

 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.

Out June 10 | Learn More

 Bridget Jones fans will fall hard for this based-on-a-true-story, behind-the-scenes tale of a young woman’s calamitous adventures trying to break into the movie industry in 1990s Hollywood.

Out July 8 | Learn More

“Fans of Tayari Jones’ An American Marriage, Rebecca Searles’ In Five Years, and Allison Larkin’s The People We Keep will devour Amy Blumenfeld’s latest triumph.”—Samantha Greene Woodruff, best-selling author of The Lobotomist’s Wife and The Trade Off

Out May 13 | Learn More

 “Can’t Get Enough balances brutal emotion, whip-smart humor, and delicious spice. Moving, romantic, and thrumming with life, this is Ryan’s best work yet.” ―Talia Hibbert, New York Times bestselling author

Out May 27 | Learn More

 “A captivating and deeply moving retelling of Anne Boleyn’s dramatic fall . . . This beautifully written novel brings history to life with such emotional depth that it brought me to tears.” —Claire Ridgway, author of The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown

Out June 17 | Learn More

 For fans of Jennifer Weiner and Helen Fielding, a debut contemporary women’s fiction novel about a woman in the country music industry navigating the ins and outs of friendship, love, jealousy, and life on tour.

Out July 8 | Learn More

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.

Out April 29 | Learn More

 What would you do if you thought your coworker was getting away with murder—literally? “This compelling blend of romance and mystery is beautifully written and utterly unique—let the games begin!”—Joanna Wallace, USA Today bestselling author of You’d Look Better as a Ghost

Out May 20 | Learn More

It’s a thin line between love and love-hating in the newest laugh out loud, all the feels rom-com by New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center. “Madcap, laugh-out-loud, and adrenaline-packed” ―Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Out May 27 | Learn More

“This ultra-steamy, feel-good, and funny romance is filled with a large and lovable cast of characters and emotional family dynamics and is lovingly rooted in Latine culture.” —Library Journal (starred review)

Out July 29 | Learn More

From the author of The Art of Scandal comes a small town romance about the visibility of Black women’s voices in country music, for readers of The Final Revival of Opal & Nev.

Out April 29 | Learn More

 In this compulsive debut thriller perfect for fans of Lucy Foley and Liane Moriarty, one detective’s investigation into a family tragedy threatens to collapse a powerful dynasty.

Out May 27 | Learn More

“Southern bestselling sensation” (Katie Couric Media) Kristy Woodson Harvey returns with a delightfully moving new novel about a mother-daughter duo learning to lean on their community of women—and each other—after their world is turned upside down.

Out June 3 | Learn More

 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.”

Out July 1 | Learn More

An enchanting debut novel exploring second chances and blossoming romance in a charming port town in Maine, perfect for fans of J. Courtney Sullivan’s The Cliffs and Catherine Newman’s Sandwich.

Out May 6 | Learn More

For fans of Rachel Kushner and Gillian Flynn, a gritty contemporary debut novel that puts Katniss Everdeen into Euphoria. “In the moving novel The Untended, a community’s grit, hardiness, and sense of unity become apparent, even as its citizens struggle with addiction.”—Foreword Clarion Reviews

Out May 20 | Learn More

From Mary Dixie Carter comes an atmospheric, tense novel about the death of a glamorous garden designer, a widower trying to keep his secrets buried, and the beautiful young gardener who finds herself entangled in their lives.

Out May 27 | Learn More

 It’s an FDNY firefighter’s first – and possibly last – week on the job. “[An] emotionally gripping tale… crisp, gorgeous prose and sweat-inducing action scenes take readers into the heart of danger.” –Brianna Labuskes, bestselling author of The Librarian of Burned Books

Out July 1 | Learn More

An atmospheric and dramatic novel set in mid-century Montana by the acclaimed author of Six Days of the Condor. “Grady’s style is loose, colorful, challenging and fun. I sometimes thought of Orwell’s novel 1984, sometimes of the Dylan song ‘Desolation Row.’” —Patrick Anderson, The Washington Post

Out May 13 | Learn More

 When a reality show about former child stars overcoming addiction culminates in murder, their therapist must take a closer look into their lives―and her own, from USA Today bestselling author Lucinda Berry.

Out May 20 | Learn More

 On a trip to the tropical paradise where her fiancée died, a young woman begins to suspect the death was no accident—and the killer’s still on the island—in this twisty thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Reese’s Book Club pick We Were Never Here.

Out May 27 | Learn More

 Two New York artists’ tumultuous friendship gets turned on its head when one of them goes missing and the other may be to blame. A riveting debut novel for readers of Bunny, Luckiest Girl Alive, and “Who Is the Bad Art Friend?”

Out July 1 | Learn More

 She’s a new PI in a beautiful seaside town. It’s dirtier than it looks―and more dangerous too―in a twisting novel of suspense by the Anthony Award–nominated author of These Toxic Things.