OwnVoices: New romance books by BIPOC authors
Last updated: August 18, 2025
Love stories by Black, Indigenous, and people of color authors. Featuring new releases by Jayci Lee, Nana Malone, Nicole Falls, Posey Parks, Milly Taiden, Milly Taiden, Milly Taiden, Milly Taiden, Brenda Jackson, Brenda Jackson among others.
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The Dating Dare: A Novel by Jayci Lee
Buzzfeed's 2021 Romance Novels You Need To Read This Summer With witty characters and heartrending romance, Jayci Lee, author of A Sweet Mess, returns with The Dating Dare—where two people might just find out how hard it is to resist falling in love with the right person.No serious relationships... -
![High Stakes: A Forced Proximity Romance by Nana Malone]()
High Stakes: A Forced Proximity Romance by Nana Malone
A marriage of convenience is the only way to get her back...and to keep her safe. The beautiful Morgan doesn't need to know how dangerous the NYC waters have become. She doesn't need to know that old family debts have come to be settled.She doesn't need to know the way I've longed for her. We can keep things cordial...at least until night falls... -
![Departures and Arrivals by Nicole Falls]()
Departures and Arrivals by Nicole Falls
Veronica “Roni” Covington is taking her life back. Five years ago, after leaving an unhealthy relationship, she has a chance encounter on a beach with a stranger that leaves an indelible mark. Years removed, every now and again the man with the kind eyes crosses her mind... -
![Ruthless Obsession: RBMC by Posey Parks]()
Ruthless Obsession: RBMC by Posey Parks
I'm Mavis Ruthless Marticon, a lethal enforcer for the Royal Bastards MC Chicago chapter.If you cross my brothers, you'll never see another sunrise on these unforgiving streets. While tracking down the latest asshole who dared to cross us, I stumble upon an unexpected a woman who greets me in a way no woman ever has, with her fist. Feisty Sophie is nothing like I anticipated... -
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Whisker me Away by Milly Taiden
Freya Bloom wanted to sell tinctures, avoid commitment, and pretend her grandmother’s roses weren’t weeping black sap.Instead, the town’s magical plants are dying, an ancient dryad is waking up cranky, and Hollow Oak has decided she’s their last line of defense.Enter Kieran tiger shifter, reluctant hero, and aggressively hot in a “built my porch and ruined my boundaries” kind of way... -
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![Howl For A Kiss by Milly Taiden]()
Howl For A Kiss by Milly Taiden
She should’ve known the mission was a trap.Elena moved like a shadow, struck like lightning—and still lost everyone. Her second-in-command, her base, her belief that survival was enough. Now, the High Council has her marked for death. But they made one fatal mistake.They sent him.Damon Gray was born for loyalty. Forged into a Beta by fifteen years of blood, duty, and silence... -
![Marked For A Bite by Milly Taiden]()
Marked For A Bite by Milly Taiden
She thought her birthday would bring cake.Instead, it brought claws.Zoe Raymond was a museum curator with a passion for ancient wolf totems and a tendency to break out in hives under fluorescent lighting. But on the morning she turned twenty-five, her fingertips became claws, her molars sharpened into fangs — and a primal growl she couldn't control nearly got her arrested. Again.Enter Logan Cross... -
![Unbearable Attraction by Milly Taiden]()
Unbearable Attraction by Milly Taiden
Luka Ashe was perfectly content being Hollow Oak’s resident grizzly grouch.He had a quiet workshop, a collection of haunted woodworking commissions, and zero interest in mating, dating, or feeling anything deeper than oak grain. Until a necromancer with too much eyeliner and a snark problem summoned half the spirit world—and his inner bear got very interested in sharing territory... -
![No More Playas by Brenda Jackson]()
No More Playas by Brenda Jackson
Lance Montgomery, renowned relationship expert, has perfected the art of being a playa. His acclaimed workshops and bestselling books prove it. His most popular title, The Playa's Handbook, caused a major uproar among black women and men, and shot to the top of the bestseller list. Then he met Dr. Asia Fowler, a colleague whose views on love are vastly different from his own... -
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![Slow Burn by Brenda Jackson]()
Slow Burn by Brenda Jackson
ONCE YOU FIND Everything in attorney Skye Barclay's life is fitting smoothly into place until she makes the startling discovery that she was adopted. Not only does she learn that her birth mother has died, but now Skye finds out that she has a biological Vincent. Skye wants to track him down, and her parents support her... -
![His Scarlette Obsession by Marian Tee]()
His Scarlette Obsession by Marian Tee
What if the Big Bad Wolf of Wall Street is secretly a billionaire royal sheikh…and he’s starving for you? Scarlette Hood faces an impossible lose her innocence or watch her grandmother’s bakery crumble. Sheikh Lykan Qahiri, corporate predator and ruthless royal, always gets what he wants. And right now, he wants Scarlette. Badly... -
![A Promise of Forever by Sheryl Lister]()
A Promise of Forever by Sheryl Lister
Perfect for fans of Jill Shalvis and Before I Let Go, this heartwarming novel explores the sisterly friendship between a group of women and a second chance at love—all set in the idyllic small town of Firefly Lake. Terri Rhodes loves her husband—when he’s actually present. Their whirlwind marriage was a steamy fairy tale for about a year. They moved to Firefly Lake, made amazing friends . . -
![Honey & Smoke: A Small-Town Cowboy, High-Spice Romance by Vera Roberts]()
Honey & Smoke: A Small-Town Cowboy, High-Spice Romance by Vera Roberts
Tattooed cowboy x Pregnant chef. Small-town western heat in Montana—protective hero, filthy-sweet spice, found family, guaranteed HEA.A steamy western cowboy romance set on a Montana ranch—small town, found family, and a protective hero who actually shows up.He’s a tattooed cowboy with a wild streak. She’s single, pregnant, and off-limits. That’s never stopped Evan Calhoun before... -
![The Sistahood of Shopaholics: Four Novellas by Reon Laudat]()
The Sistahood of Shopaholics: Four Novellas by Reon Laudat
Shameless by Leslie Single mother Della Mitchell is going to Victoria's Secret for the first time after a year of abstinence from shopping. . .and men. But now it's time to get her groove back on. Then she meets Byron Fulton, buying a "breakup" gift for his girlfriend. Things are cool, until the brother tries to put the moves on her... -
![All I Ever Wanted by Francis Ray]()
All I Ever Wanted by Francis Ray
All I Ever Wanted Francis Ray Naomi Reese is a divorced mother with a small daughter named Kayla, a new life in Santa Fe, and, finally, some distance from her abusive ex-husband. All she wants now is a home of her own where she and Kayla can finally feel safe. With one bad marriage behind her, she can't even dream of falling in love again. Until she meets Richard..
This page aims to highlight the work of authors that identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or people of color who write romance books regularly featuring protagonists that are people of colour themselves. That being said, some of the books listed here can feature white or white-appearing couples.
We are aiming to include as many writers as possible. If you feel that an author you are expecting to see here is missing, please drop us a line with the name of the writer, the title of the book, and a link to their social media, blog, bio, an interview or anything publicly accessible in which a BIPOC identity is mentioned.
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