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🎉 Romance Releases

Contemporary

Honor by Danielle Baker

Rafferty by Sawyer Bennett

Unromance by Erin Connor

When We Dare by J.H. Croix

Let’s Call a Truce by Amy Buchanan

The Apple Tree by Jewel E. Ann

Fantasy

The Starlight Heir by Amalie Howard

The Uncrowned King by Donna Grant

The Legend of Meneka by Kritka H. Rao

Historical

Earl Crush by Alexandra Vasti

Seducing the Widow by Jane Walsh

My Inconvenient Duke by Loretta Chase

💌 Romancelandia News

  • McDaniel College’s Romancing the Novel exhibition explores the cultural impact of romance novels. The exhibition runs until March 7.

  • Writing Day Workshops is offering the First Pages Contest where literary agents will judge the first page of adult romance, adult historical fiction, and adult women’s fiction. You can submit for free but you must share the contest on social media first.

  • Is the love song dying? Another hit by the Pudding as always that explores the heartache, good riddance, pursuit, and serenades of love songs.

  • Did a Best-Selling Romantasy Novelist Steal Another Writer’s Story? The New Yorker digs into Lynne Freeman’s suit against Tracy Wolff for copyright infringement.

💾 Romancelandia Jobs

Penguin Random House needs artists for book covers, illustrations, and maps

Love Radio needs pitches for its radio show

Salon needs pitches on TV, film, and culture trends

K.J. Sutton needs a book cover designer

Arianne Nicks needs character art

S.C. Muir needs artists to commission portraits from

The Stage/The Bookseller (London) needs a features editor for a maternity cover

The Pudding is always open to visual stories

C.E.J. Greveson needs art for an upcoming book

Lindsey G.’s Books and Banter YouTube channel needs a graphic designer for a pixel art YouTube intro

🥰 Free Books

The Bride Price by Anne Mallory

The Walsh Brothers by Kate Canterbary

Good Guy by Kate Meader

Undeniable by Raymond Francis

Wrong Text, Right Love by Claudia Burgoa

Defender of Walls by Tanya Bird

The Work of Art by Mimi Matthews

The Fling in Panama by Liz Alden

The Governess Affair by Courtney Milan

Pucking Vacation by Katie Strong

His To Ruin by Ashley Reyes

This Crazy Love by J.H. Croix

After Care by L.B. Dunbar

💫 The Classifieds

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