If your 2027 TBR is already looking a little ambitious ... make room anyway. Next year is shaping up to be a beautiful one for readers. Some of my favourite authors are returning, a few of the biggest names in feel-good fiction are back on shelves, and there’s a sprinkle of history and mystery among all the swoon. These are the books I’ve been bookmarking, screenshotting and counting down to as the announcements roll in.
Here are the 24 most anticipated reads of 2027, including a brand new story of my own. (US release dates)
Here are the 24 Most Anticipated Romance Reads of 2027:
01. “Love Interest” by Chloe Liese | Expected 5 January
A kind-hearted librarian who has always played the supporting role is forced to work with a prickly, brooding thriller writer, and discovers she might be the love interest after all.
02. “People Pleasing” by Hannah Bonam-Young | Expected 5 January
Nadia doesn’t want to go home, but a shared project reunites her with a childhood friend. The two slip back into old habits, even though she plans to leave again.
03. “Love at First Flight” by Sarah T. Dubb | Expected 2 February
Prickly wildlife rehabilitator Kat prefers animals to people, until a journalist starts shadowing her. His story then uncovers a corporate conspiracy that threatens her wildlife centre.
04. “‘Til Undeath Do Us Part” by Ellie Palmer | Expected 2 February
Francesca and Alex are working on their rocky marriage in couples therapy when an ancient mosquito turns Francesca into a vampire. Her mortician husband has to help her adjust as bodies start piling up in their small Minnesota town.
05. “The Society of Forgotten Wives” by Pam Jenoff | Expected 2 February
In post-war New York, society girl Hazel takes a job at a local newspaper and joins a group of women searching for their missing husbands. The story is inspired by true events and the author’s own family history.
06. “In Concert” by Colleen Oakley | Expected 9 February
Abraham and Rebecca meet as teenagers at a 1977 Grateful Dead concert, where a Polaroid captures them together. That photo begins a decades-long love story about second chances and the price of fame.
07. “Longtime Listener” by B.K. Borison | Expected 23 February
A workaholic radio station manager does her best to resist the charms of her corporate rival in this romance inspired by “You’ve Got Mail”. It is the final book in the Heartstrings trilogy.
08. “Core” by Ariel Sullivan | Expected 23 February
In this dystopian romance, the sequel to “Conform”, Emeline must decide where her loyalties and her heart lie as her ties to the rebellion threaten to be exposed.
09. “Every Ordinary Thing” by Jessica Joyce | Expected 2 March
Video producer Summer lands a dream job, only to learn the client is baseball star Dylan. He is her brother’s best friend and the man she nearly kissed two years ago, and the job means living under the same roof for a month.
10. “As Luck Would Have It” by Courtney Walsh | Expected 2 March
After her divorce, Grace has kept her life neatly contained, until her sister whisks her off to Ireland. There, during a famous matchmaking festival, she meets a cynical screenwriter with writer’s block.
11. “The Witch of Wall Street” by Marie Benedict | Expected 2 March
This is the story of Hetty Green, the self-made richest woman of the Gilded Age. She outmanoeuvred Wall Street titans like J.P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie, who gave her her notorious nickname.
12. “Briefly, Forever” by Sara Gray | Expected 2 March
Romance writer Alexander doesn’t believe in love until a quirky single mum takes over his favourite café. Told across three timelines, this debut begins with her loss and follows him as he learns to parent her children.
13. “Seven and the Swift” by Devney Perry | Expected 9 March
This is the third and final book in the slow-burn Shield of Sparrows romantasy trilogy, which begins with a sheltered princess thrown into a monster-filled journey alongside a warrior with secrets of his own.
14. “The Shadow Artist” by Lisa Barr | Expected 9 March
A fearless graffiti artist with a secret is at the heart of this dual-timeline story of love, war, art and revenge, where art itself becomes the ultimate weapon.
15. “I’ve Got You” by Cara Bastone | Expected 16 March
In the fourth and final Hearts of New York novel, Soli is finally free. Despite her dislike of domestic life, she turns out to be exactly who Ethan had stopped hoping to find.
16. “Elodie and the Dark Lord” by Ashley Poston | Expected 16 March
A librarian with no magic goes undercover at a magic school to find her missing brother. While there, she accidentally breaks the curse on a centuries-old Dark Lord who has been trapped as a cat.
17. “Based on a Love Story” by Suzanne Rindell | Expected 30 March
Jonah’s debut novel is a hit love story, quietly inspired by someone she met backpacking in Europe. Her fresh start in a new city goes sideways when she’s reunited with the ex who inspired it.
18. “Heart of the Wild” by Patti Callahan Henry | Expected 20 April
Two teenage girls, one lost and one hiding, cross paths deep in the forest in this atmospheric story of survival, self-discovery and long-buried secrets.
19. “Vera Wong’s Vacation Hacks for Catching a Killer” by Jesse Q. Sutanto | Expected 20 April
Amateur sleuth Vera Wong heads to Paris for a well-earned holiday, only to find a dead man in her free Airbnb. Naturally, she can’t resist investigating.
20. “Worth Playing For” by Katie Gergel | Expected 27 April
In this debut, Willa secretly takes her identical twin’s place on a reality survival show to save the family’s board game café. The catch is that one of her fellow contestants is the first love who broke her heart eight years ago.
21. “Trust Issues” by Kasie West | Expected 27 April
A woman’s hard-earned trust issues are put to the test by a man with stunning blue eyes and an infuriating smirk. She soon starts to wonder whether loathing and lust are really so different.
22. “The Lovebirds” by Katherine Center | Expected 18 May
When January’s old school heartthrob emails her from a penguin research station in Antarctica, her friend Addie secretly writes back as January and falls for him. Then he turns up in Texas, looking for the woman he’s been writing to.
23. “Best Laid Plans” by Kate Dramis | Expected 8 June
Addie’s carefully laid plans start to unravel when the person she can’t stand turns out to be someone she doesn’t hate at all.
24. “Let Me Love You” by Joanne Speirs (me!) | Expected TBA
No 2027 list would feel complete without a return to Point Perry. Lindy Miles and Sebastian Conway’s story is finally coming. She comes home broken. He’s been waiting for her for years. Together they rise stronger than before. Expect heart-deep emotion, a slow-burn connection that feels inevitable, and those cherished Point Perry moments that linger long after the final chapter.
More details are coming … but trust me, this one already deserves a place waiting on your TBR.
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Whether you’re after a cozy small-town escape, a slow burn that makes you ache, or a story that sweeps you somewhere new, 2027 is looking like a very good year to be a reader.
Still catching up on this year’s releases? Here are the 12 Most Anticipated Romance Reads of 2026.
And if you need something to tide you over until January, “Second Chance Love in Point Perry” is out now in a beautiful second edition.
