The Summer We Ran

The Summer We Ran

Audrey Ingram

Coming June 3, 2025

 

Does your past define your destiny? Told through multiple perspectives, rich with emotion and immersive dual timelines, The Summer We Ran weaves together a story of lost love, devastating secrets, shocking sabotage, and the painstaking decision two people must make in order to fulfill the futures they each desire.

 

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In the summer of 1996, teenage Tess Murphy’s mom gave her two rules to abide by: keep quiet and stay out of trouble. Her mother landed a new job as a cook at an affluent Virginia estate and didn’t want anything to risk the opportunity, least of all her outspoken daughter. What no one saw coming was Tess falling deeply in love with the boy next door, high-society Grant Alexander.


Over a few wondrous and heat-filled months, Tess and Grant’s love blooms so ferociously it feels utterly impossible that anything can keep them apart, until tragedy strikes and the teenagers find themselves pained by betrayal with little hope to repair the damage that’s been done. 


Now, two decades after their epic teenage romance abruptly ended in heartbreak, Tess and Grant are both running for governor of Virginia, where secrets from that summer threaten to shatter their families, futures, and the love they once shared.

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Audrey Ingram

Audrey Ingram is a native of Alabama and a graduate of Middlebury College and Georgetown University Law Center. She practiced law in Washington, DC for fifteen years. She is the author of the forthcoming, THE SUMMER WE RAN, with Zibby Books. Her other work includes THE RIVER RUNS SOUTH and THE GROUP TRIP.

When not writing, she can be found digging in her garden or hiking the Blue Ridge mountains. Audrey currently lives in Virginia with her husband and three children.

What people are saying...

"The Summer We Ran is a perfectly nostalgic story of love, loss, and secrets that refuse to stay buried. It’s exactly what I hope for in a summertime read."

Annabel Monaghan

author of Same Time Next Summer