12 Latinx Romance Authors To Read This Month
Hello friends and lovers!
It’s that time of year again! Happy Hispanic Heritage Month :) Viva la communidad de Latinx!
Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated between September 15th to October 15th. It’s going to be a great month to celebrate your favorite Latinx romance books and authors.
I asked on instagram recently what your favorite Latinx romance books/authors are and I was sad to see there were no recommendations. As a community it seems like we need and crave diversity, but it doesn’t seem to be top of mind when it comes to recommendations. And while there weren’t any recommendations, that’s ok, because I got you! While this is a short list of 12 authors/books to start your reading, I encourage you to discover new Latinx authors!
Below is a great starting list to read this month, the rest of the year, the new year, etc!
Yours truly may or may not be in this list ;) (of course I am!)
Let’s diversify our reading!
*The authors are in no particular order.*
What is Hispanic Heritage Month?
“Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.
The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period starting on September 15 and ending on October 15. It was enacted into law on August 17, 1988, on the approval of Public Law 100-402.
The day of September 15 is significant because it is the anniversary of independence for Latin American countries Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on September 16 and September18, respectively. Also, Columbus Day or Día de la Raza, which is October 12, falls within this 30 day period.”
SOURCE: hispanicheritagemonth.gov/about
For more information, this link has great information to learn more! https://nationaltoday.com/hispanic-heritage-month/
Vicious Union : A Cartel Romance (Flor de Muertos Series Book 1)
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The son of the most dangerous Kingpin in Mexico.
The heir to the throne.
The man that individuals fear the most, next to my father.
According to my father those are things that I should be proud of. I should be proud of my heritage and wear it on my back with honor.
I’ll honor my heritage but I will not honor the path that is set out for me. The life that my father lives is not for me. I will do anything in my power to walk away from that life, and that apparently includes getting married in Vegas after a night of drinking.
She’s beautiful, everything that I have ever wanted, but I can’t have her. Not with the life that I live.
Not with the blood I have on my hands.
** VICIOUS UNION is book#1 of the Flor de Muertos Series. This story can be read as a completely standalone and at anytime in the series. **
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The Curse of a Kingdom: A Soulmate Romance (The Wicked Kingdom Book 2)
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HER SOULMATE IS IN DANGER.
When Arkimedes is kidnapped by The Dark Ones, Nava is forced to make a bargain with the devil. Sneaking into prison, she releases her archenemy Devon Black. Nava prays the life debt she places on Devon is enough to ensure his help.
Nothing is more shocking than when Nava finds her beloved again. Arkimedes has returned to his birthplace and has no memory of Nava and their lives together—or the past eleven years of his life.
Under the cover of a fake engagement, Nava must hide her soulmate bond, navigate the Copper Kingdom’s deadly court, and field off demon attacks in the nearby forest. Her plan is to trigger her soulmate’s memories and convince him to flee. But this new version of Arkimedes is cold, ruthless, and determined to solve the mystery of why he was abandoned as a child.
Yet the soulmate bond won’t be denied. Nava and Ark are drawn to each other, and her delicate web of secrets is threatening to unravel…
AUTHOR NOTES:
Reader advisory: This book contains mature themes and adult language.The Curse of a Kingdom is the second book of the Wicked Kingdom series. This book is part of an ongoing tale and some storylines don’t resolve at the end.
Nava and Arkimedes story will continue and wrap up in book 3.
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The American Roommate Experiment
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A Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Cosmopolitan, Goodreads, PopSugar, and more!
From the author of the Goodreads Choice Award winner The Spanish Love Deception, the eagerly anticipated follow-up featuring Rosie Graham and Lucas Martín, who are forced to share a New York apartment.
Rosie Graham has a problem. A few, actually. She just quit her well paid job to focus on her secret career as a romance writer. She hasn’t told her family and now has terrible writer’s block. Then, the ceiling of her New York apartment literally crumbles on her. Luckily she has her best friend Lina’s spare key while she’s out of town. But Rosie doesn’t know that Lina has already lent her apartment to her cousin Lucas, who Rosie has been stalking—for lack of a better word—on Instagram for the last few months. Lucas seems intent on coming to her rescue like a Spanish knight in shining armor. Only this one strolls around the place in a towel, has a distracting grin, and an irresistible accent. Oh, and he cooks.
Lucas offers to let Rosie stay with him, at least until she can find some affordable temporary housing. And then he proposes an outrageous experiment to bring back her literary muse and meet her deadline: He’ll take her on a series of experimental dates meant to jump-start her romantic inspiration. Rosie has nothing to lose. Her silly, online crush is totally under control—but Lucas’s time in New York has an expiration date, and six weeks may not be enough, for either her or her deadline.
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West Side Love Story
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A heart-stirring romance of star-crossed love, feuding familias, and the bonds of sisterhood by USA Today bestselling author Priscilla Oliveras.
Two familias in Texas, both alike in dignity, rivalries, and passion…
Having grown up in the nurturing household of Casa Capuleta, Mariana will do anything for familia. To solve her adoptive parents’ financial problems amid their rapidly changing San Antonio comunidad, Mariana and her younger sisters are determined to win the Battle of the Mariachi Bands. That means competing against Hugo Montero, their father’s archnemesis, and his band and escalating a decades-old feud. It also raises the stakes of Mariana’s forbidden attraction for a certain dark-eyed mariachi who sets her heart racing.
To Angelo Montero’s familia, Mariana is also strictly off-limits. But that doesn’t stop him from pursuing her. As their secret affair intensifies and the competition grows fierce, they’re swept up in a brewing storm of betrayals, rivalries, and broken ties. Against the odds, they vow to bring peace. But sacrifices must be made and consequences weighed for two star-crossed lovers to make beautiful music together.
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A Proposal They Can't Refuse: A Rom-Com Novel (Vega Family Love Stories Book 1)
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Natalie Caña turns up the heat, humor and heart in this debut rom-com about a Puerto Rican chef and an Irish American whiskey distiller forced into a fake engagement by their scheming octogenarian grandfathers.
Kamilah Vega is desperate to convince her family to update their Puerto Rican restaurant and enter it into the Fall Foodie Tour. With the gentrification of their Chicago neighborhood, it's the only way to save the place. The fly in her mofongo—her blackmailing abuelo says if she wants to change anything in his restaurant, she'll have to marry the one man she can't stand: his best friend’s grandson.
Liam Kane spent a decade working to turn his family’s distillery into a contender. But just as he and his grandfather are on the verge of winning a national competition, Granda hits him with a one-two punch: he has cancer and has his heart set on seeing Liam married before it’s too late. And Granda knows just the girl…Kamilah Vega.
If they refuse, their grandfathers will sell the building that houses both their businesses. With their futures on the line, Kamilah and Liam plan to outfox the devious duo, faking an engagement until they both get what they want. But soon, they find themselves tangled up in more than either of them bargained for.
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Lawsuit and Leather: Childhood Friends meet Hollywood Bad Boy Love Triangle (Book 1)
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*** A slow-burn, angsty, love triangle between childhood best friends and Hollywood's baddest boy in the city.
Parker Jones, my best friend and true love, loved me like a sister and that alone made me want to die.
Hollywood bad boy, arrogant, persistent, and devilishly handsome, Alex Rivers (my new boss), was determined to break through my walls.
What will happen when Hollywood's biggest star and New York's most vicious lawyer fight for the same woman?
*Recommended for readers who are eighteen and up.
--This is book 1 in the Mine to Keep trilogy series
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Beautiful Serenity (Graffiti Hearts Book 3)
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Trust ~ a belief that someone is reliable, good, honest…
Javie
I thought my life had been dictated to me by my birth but then I met Ritza, a beauty who’s drowning in sadness and holding onto secrets. As hard as she tries to not be seen, she has become my only focus. Now the life I once knew has become a distant memory because I want more. I’m helplessly drawn to the beauty she is trying so desperately to hide. Can I prove to her I’m worthy of her trust and love?
Ritza
Life as I knew it will never be the same. One night- a night I can’t remember- has changed me forever. Now I’m damaged, dirty, and dare I say, unworthy. But my brokenness doesn’t matter because I don’t trust men enough to want a happily ever after. Until I meet Javie. He is able to tame the demons that haunt me, but as much as his strong presence and calm demeanor is a balm to my broken soul, I’m not sure it’s enough. But next steps are never easy. In fact, they are sometimes the hardest you’ll take.
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Hot for the Principal
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Victoria had always had her life planned out... until that one moment when everything was ripped away leaving her feeling empty, scared, and insecure. Now, the only two pieces holding her together are her best friends.
Enter Auston Scott. A handsome stranger with green eyes, a bearded jawline, and sexy as hell three-piece suit. This new Principal—and her boss—looks as if he has just walked out of a GQ magazine.
Can Victoria let go of her past so she can fall for the man of her dreams and ignite a passion that she didn't know could exist outside of the novels she teaches her English students?
She knows she shouldn't go there, but what she doesn't realize is that the new Principal holds a dark secret, one that could tear Victoria apart.
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The Bonds that Make Us (Upper Echelon Book 2)
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I got the girl.
I lost the girl.
I realized I couldn’t live without the girl.
And then I won her back.
Waiting for Benni was easily one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever done. She’s it for me, and while it wasn't easy, I’d do it all over again if I had to. I’d do anything for her.
Her freedom comes with a price, though.
She’s fighting a silent battle, warring with demons living rent-free in her head, and unfortunately for us, that’s not the only battle we’ll have to face…
That almost-ex of hers, the man who I’m only just learning she went down for, has made it perfectly clear he wants her back, that he wants what’s mine.He also claims to have answers.
Answers Benni’s family have been hoping for since Tomás was left for dead.
I thought learning the truth would bring them peace, but you know what they say: fuck around and find out.
My biggest mistake wasn’t allowing her to meet with him.
It was thinking nothing would change, that nothing could shake us, not even after she suffers the greatest of losses.
But it does.
Communication fades, lies and secrets fill the silence, an imminent sense of doom hanging heavy in the air, and in the end, it’ll be proven some bonds can never be broken—no matter how toxic and screwed up we think they may be.
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In The Midst Of Chaos: An MC Romance (Crull Boys Book 1)
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Welcome to Crull Manor, Where the lies are served for dinner, betrayal for desert, and revenge is always a dish best served cold.
My name is Finley Primrose, heir to a corrupt empire. I am a princess amongst thieves, but you see, fairytales are never as they seem.
I fell in love with Nashton Crull when I was a little girl but was promised to his brother. I loved them both but not in the same way.
None of that mattered, not when our families were going to war, so I was forced to return to a place I once called home.
The only problem? I am now trapped in the manor with all the boys. Someone wants to kill us, and I’m pretty sure more than one heart will be broken.
We live in the shadows. We are your nightmares. You fuck with one of us, we’ll fuck you back stronger. There’s no easy way out once you’re a death disciple.
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A Lot Like Adiós
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"Alexis Daria's A Lot Like Adiós is a charming, sexy spitfire of a novel! Romance readers, this is your new favorite book!" --Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of People We Meet on Vacation
The national bestselling author of You Had Me at Hola returns with a seductive second-chance romance about a commitment-phobic Latina and her childhood best friend who has finally returned home.
Hi Mich. It’s Gabe.
After burning out in her corporate marketing career, Michelle Amato has built a thriving freelance business as a graphic designer. So what if her love life is nonexistent? She’s perfectly fine being the black sheep of her marriage-obsessed Puerto Rican-Italian family. Besides, the only guy who ever made her want happily-ever-after disappeared thirteen years ago.
It’s been a long time.
Gabriel Aguilar left the Bronx at eighteen to escape his parents’ demanding expectations, but it also meant saying goodbye to Michelle, his best friend and longtime crush. Now, he’s the successful co-owner of LA’s hottest celebrity gym, with an investor who insists on opening a New York City location. It’s the last place Gabe wants to go, but when Michelle is unexpectedly brought on board to spearhead the new marketing campaign, everything Gabe’s been running from catches up with him.
I’ve missed you.
Michelle is torn between holding Gabe at arm’s length or picking up right where they left off—in her bed. As they work on the campaign, old feelings resurface, and their reunion takes a sexy turn. Facing mounting pressure from their families—who think they’re dating—and growing uncertainty about their futures, can they resolve their past mistakes, or is it only a matter of time before Gabe says adiós again?
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Diagnosis Amor: Volume One (Heartland Metro Hospital)
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Diagnosis Amor is the first collected volume of the Heartland Metro Hospital steamy medical romance series. It includes the following complete standalone stories:
Remission:
He's my mentor and off-limits. So why can’t I stay away from him?
Contusion:
I want to see him again, but can I keep my illness a secret from yet another person?
Incision:
How can a heart surgeon be so heartless?
Or is he simply trying to mask his own attraction?
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Join me in celebrating all Latinx Romance Authors!
If you know if any, please comment them below so we can praise them and add them into this blog post!
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Until next time!
Xoxo,
Viv
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