The Gilded Age

The Gilded Age is one of the most interesting periods of time in American history, and I’ve been addicted to the HBO show. The late 1800s was an era of change where America saw unprecedented growth that led to wealthy tycoons and income inequality during the Industrial Revolution. Fans of The Gilded Age will love these historical romances!

It’s impossible to talk about the Gilded Age without mentioning Joanna Shupe’s incredible backlog of books. Her standalone romance inspired by Anastasia, The Gilded Heiress, is out in August!

We Raised $300 for The Queer Liberation Library!!!

Congratulations everyone! The Queer Liberation Library does a lot of important work. Since we’ve raised $300, we get to select a title to add to the Queer Liberation Library! Respond to this email with suggestions of queer authors and books you love. I’ll contact them with a choice today!

Romance Recommendations

The Heiress Hunt

The first of the Fifth Avenue Rebels series

Harrison returns home to New York find his estranged family bankrupt. To save them, he must marry an heiress, even as he secretly longs for his childhood best friend.

Marrying Winterborne

Only 99 cents!

Ruthless ambition led Rhys to build a reputation, a business, and wealth. But to keep the woman he loves by his side, he must work harder. Rhys Winterborne has the same deep love for his wife that George Russel has for Bertha in The Gilded Age. You’ll love it.

Rebel

The first of the Women Who Dare series

Valinda Lacy is rebuilding a school in New Orleans with Captain Drake LeVaq after thugs destroyed it. A perfect choice if you liked watching the Scott family fight for its Black schools. If you want to read Beverly Jenkins and haven’t started yet, this is a good place to start.

The Heiress Gets a Duke

The first of The Gilded Age series

American heiress August Crenshaw isn’t interested in being a dollar princess who marries a British Lord to keep his coffers full. The recent Duke of Rothschild, Evan Sterling, has inherited the title and the responsibility of keeping people employed, so he must find a way to marry her.

The Davenports

Paperback’s 25% off right now

It’s 1910 and the Davenports are one of the few immensely wealthy Black families in the U.S. Four young Black women in the Davenport family navigate love with different suitors.

💌 Romancelandia News

BookCon is back. The ComicCon of books is back in NYC April 2026. BookCon ran from 2014-2019 and was known for giving out lots of ARCs and hosting both traditional and indie authors. BookCon is happening the same weekends as the L.A. Festival of Books, so readers and authors will need to choose which to attend.
Conservative Magazine Evie Magazine is trash-talking romance. C.M Nascosta’s Morning Glory Milking was front and center in Evie Magazine’s criticism.
The Unmaking of Historical Romance. Traditional publishing is turning away from historical romances.
Milwaukee now has two romance bookstores: Thirst and The Well Read Damsel. Lovestruck in Seattle is opening July 13.
Here’s how to plan a reading vacation.
Illumicrate is offering its second reprint of the Bridgerton novels. The preorder is open to subscribers and nonsubscribers.
Build Evanston’s first Black feminist bookstore!
Sarah J. Maas has signed a licensing deal to get her literary franchises on apparel, games, food, and have immersive fan experiences
Reese Witherspoon is launching a new weekly podcast for her book club.
Smart Romance shares one-line breakdowns of metaphors, characterization, humor, and structure.
Are content creators being taken advantage of by publishers? Publishers are sending free books instead of paying creators.
Romance continues to be developed for TV and movies. Jac Schaeffer is eyed as the Fourth Wing TV showrunner. People We Meet on Vacation will release this January. Penn Badgley and Meghann Fahy will star in You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle. The CW is launching six Harlequin romance movies. The first, Walker: Independence, is releasing in theaters this August.

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Romancelandia Jobs

Goodreads (Seattle) needs a full-time product marketing manager

Elliana Rose needs illustrations for her F1 sports romance

Sara Rodriguez needs a designer for an Ingram Spark romcom book cover

Isabel Lucero needs a cover designer

Kirkus Media needs freelance copy editors to edit book reviews

Lovestruck Books (Cambridge, MA) needs a part-time bookseller

UCROSS Fellowship for Native American Artists is accepting applications until July 15 ($2,000)

Jessica Sydney needs a copy editor and a proofreader for a contemporary romance

Masha Sova needs a book formatter for stylish chapter headings

Courtney Rae needs a cover/character artist

Book of the Month (NYC) needs a full-time copywriter

Book of the Month (NYC) needs editorial assistants for its rotational program

Avid Reader Press Books Like Us First Novel Contest (US) is open to underrepresented groups ($50k book deal)

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The Flytrap needs pitches for fall and winter features (due July 5)

Felicia Choate needs a copy editor for a romance releasing on Halloween

Enna Hawthorn needs spicy book art

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Giuliana Victoria needs content pulls to create hooks on TikTok/Reels

Romance Releases

Contemporary
King, Enemy, Husband by Jackie Ashenden	How Freaking Romantic by Emily Harding	Destination Weddings and Other Disasters by M.C. Vaughan
Overruled by Lana Ferguson	Crash Test by Amy James	Behind Frenemy Lines by Zen Cho
Let’s Make a Scene by Laura Wood	Finding Mr. July by Anna E. Collins	The Friends-to-Lovers Project by Paula Ottoni