S08.16: Winter 2026 Preview

Your discoverabilibuddies are back! It's a new year which means we're dropping our Winter 2026 reads episode, in which we talk about the million trillion 2026 romance books coming out in January, February and March (ok, not a million trillion, but enough that Eric came out of his studio this morning with a thousand-yard stare!). As a reminder, we have not necessarily read all these books, but they are on our TBRs and should be on yours!

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Our next read along will be Ruby Dixon's Ice Planet Barbarians (you’re welcome). Get it at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, from your local indie or with your monthly subscription to Kindle Unlimited.

January 2026 New Releases

1. Champagne Taste on a Bad Boy Budget by Zuri Day
2. Drive me Crazy by Lizzy Dent
3. Silver & Blood by Jessie Mihalik
4. A Scandal Changes Everything by Josie Johns
5. Dom-Com by Adriana Anders
6. Only on Gameday by Kristen Callihan
7. Janae Sanders’ Second Time Around by LaQuette
8. The Lust Crusade by Jo Segura
9. The Ex Dilemma by Elle Wright
10. Wish I May by Hannah Murray
11. Almost One Night Stand by AJ Pine
12. The Re-Do List by Denise Williams
13. Definitely Maybe Not a Detective by Sarah Fox
14. Chasing the Ring by Lauren Rowe
15. Last First Kiss by Julian Winters
16. Playing for Keeps by Alexandria Bellefleur
17. Falling for the Fake Lumberjack by Sara Ney
18. Into the Midnight Wood by Alexandra McCollum
19. We Who Have No Gods by Liza Anderson
20. Wild Russian Storm by Odette Stone

February 2026 New Releases

1. Falling for the Rabbi by Jennifer Wilck
2. Skate it Till You Make It by Rufaro Faith Mazarura
3. Subatomic Love by Shannon Kirk
4. Over and Over by Becky Hunter
5. Whispers and Wildfire by Claire Kingsley
6. The Lovers by Kristen Cast
7. One and Only by Maurene Goo
8. Only Friends by Lydia San Andres
9. The Regency Switch by Helen Gaskell
10. It’s All in Your Head by Sabina Nordqvist
11. Books & Bewitchment by Isla Jewell
12. A Little Buzzed by Alys Murray
13. In Her Spotlight by Amy Spalding
14. Get over it, April Evans by Ashley Herring Blake
15. Personal Bodyguard by Danielle Haas
16. Free Falling by Jill Shalvis

March 2026 New Releases

1. Rears & Vices by EM Caro
2. Stolen by Her Viking Enemy by Roxy Harper
3. Hold Me Like a Grudge by Celine Ong
4. Sparring Partners by Erin Rose
5. Fallen Hero by Riley Edwards
6. The Starter Ex by Mia Sosa
7. A Change of Pace by JA Stevens
8. A Lady for All Seasons by TJ Alexander
9. Casually Yours by Vivian Jia Lac
10. In My Tudor Era by Kate Bromley
11. Second Chance Duet by Ana Holguin
12. It Seemed Like a Good Idea by Lauren Blakely
13. Thirty Love by Tom Vellner
14. Convenient Wife Conditions by Rebecca Hunter
15. Anderson in Bloom by Jennifer Dugan
16. Things That Break Us by Michelle Heard

Sponsors

1. The Steamy Bookworms Box, a book box, featuring dark and monster romances with special edition covers, original art, stickers and more. Learn more at SteamyBookworms.com.
2. Lucy Morris, author of Reclaiming His Viking Queen, available in print, ebook and audio at Amazon, B&N, Kobo, Apple Books or wherever you get your books.
3. LYX Books, publishers of Selina Mae's Lessons in Faking, available in print, ebook and audio at Amazon, B&N, Kobo, Apple Books or wherever you get your books.
4. Eve Silver, author of Darkest at Dusk, available in print, ebook and audio at Amazon, or with your monthly subscription to Kindle Unlimited.

The Rest

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