Hello friends! The world is terrible so I’m very late. My apologies. Also I haven’t read any English published romances since the end of 2023, so forgive me for not being on top of things. I have added a few names this year though, and as always please let me know about anyone who should be added! Thank you! ❤️

• Stacy Hawkins Adams
• Rochelle Alers aka Rena McLeary
• Kianna Alexander
• Danielle Allen
• Kristen Alicia
• Jewel Amethyst
• Bridget Anderson
• Myah Ariel
• Michele Arris
• A.C. Arthur aka Lacey Baker, Artist Arthur, and Sapphire Blue
• AshleyNicole
• Amarie Avant
• Xia Axelrod
• D. Reneé Bagby
• Riley Baxter
• Therese Beharrie
• ReShonda Tate Billingsley
• Melissa Blue
• Chandra Blumberg
• Phyllis Bourne
• Niobia Bryant
• Denny S. Bryce
• Carla Buchanan
• Adrianne Byrd
• Kelly Cain
• Kacen Callender
• Dee Carney
• Brittainy C. Cherry
• Ann Christopher
• Lane Clarke
• Alyssa Cole
• Crystal Collier
• Sharon C. Cooper
• Robin Covington
• Francine Craft
• Nina Crespo
• A.H. Cunningham
• Avery Cunningham
• Kaia Danielle
• Angie Daniels
• Mel Dau
• Zuri Day
• Sasha Devlin
• Delaney Diamond
• Kathy Douglass
• Cecilia Dowdy
• Asanti East
• Connie Easton
• Etta Easton
• Lucy Eden
• Tigris Eden aka J. K. Rivers
• Sherron Elise
• Hope Ellis
• Denise Essex
• Lindsay Evans
• Kristina Forest
• Gwynne Forster
• Natasha Frazier
• Olivia Gaines
• Amber Rose Gill
• Seressia Glass
• Nadine Gonzalez
• Elysabeth Grace
• Mimi Grace
• Sherelle Green
• Deanna Grey
• Jasmine Guillory
• Suzette D. Harrison
• Tasha L. Harrison
• Shenae Hailey aka B. Love
• Shirley Hailstock
• Carolyn Hector
• Mia Heintzelman
• Talia Hibbert
• Chencia C. Higgins
• Donna Hill
• Cheris Hodges or Cheris F. Hodges
• Kami Holt
• Alexandria House
• Jacinta Howard
• Piper Huguley
• Jane Igharo
• Brenda Jackson
• K. M. Jackson
• Katrina Jackson
• Meka James
• Sugar Jamison aka Ginger Jamison
• Bella Jay
• Beverly Jenkins
• Tamara Jerée
• Candice Y. Johnson
• Christina C. Jones
• Wayne Jordan
• Claire Kann
• Beverley Kendall
• Martha Kennerson
• Noué Kirwan
• Sandra Kitt
• LaQuette
• Shelly Laurenston aka G.A. Aiken
• Tiana Laveen
• Karmen Lee
• Sherri L. Lewis
• Sheryl Lister
• Terra Little
• Tracey Livesay
• Donnia Marie
• Nana Malone
• Krystal Marquis
• Alexa Martin
• Celestine Martin
• Tina Martin
• Taj McCoy
• L.L. McKinney
• Rhonda McKnight
• Deborah Fletcher Mello
• Vanessa Miller
• Dandridge Monroe
• Mary Monroe
• Selena Montgomery
• Brookelyn Mosley
• Victoria Christopher Murray
• Sienna Mynx aka T.A. Ford
• Riss M. Neilson
• Stephanie Nicole Norris
• Nicki Night
• Grace Octavia
• Tiffany Patterson
• Nikki Payne
• Kayla Perrin
• Nikki Prince
• Jamie Pope
• Nana Prah
• Aubree Pynn aka Cassandra B.
• Francis Ray
• Charish Reid
• Stacy Reid
• Erica Ridley
• Lisa G. Riley
• Vanessa Riley
• Farrah Rochon
• Kennedy Ryan
• Reese Ryan
• Blue Saffire
• Emma Salah
• Patricia Sargeant aka Regina Hart aka Olivia Matthews
• Analeigh Sbrana
• Sabrina B. Scales
• Angela Seals
• Candace Shaw
• Johnni Sherri
• Toni Shiloh
• Naima Simone
• Jodie Slaughter
• Frederick Smith
• Maureen Smith
• Evelyn Sola
• Mia Sosa
• Fay Stetz-Waters
• Yahrah St. John
• Jacquelin Thomas
• Talena Tillman
• Holley Trent
• Xyla Turner
• Eve Vaughn
• Keith Thomas Walker
• Alexandra Warren
• AlTonya Washington
• Lisa Watson
• Tavi Wayne
• Rebekah Weatherspoon
• Jamie Wesley
• Eliana West
• Denise N. Wheatley
• D. L. White
• Ieshia Wiedlin
• Denise Williams
• Frances Mensah Williams
• Preslaysa Williams
• Synithia Williams
• Tia Williams
• Julian Winters
• Rita Woods
• Stefanie Worth
• Elle Wright
• Kenya Wright
• Pamela Yaye

As always, if anyone would like to be removed from the list, please let me know and I’d be happy to do so. (Or 😬 if I got things wrong and they aren’t a romance author. I haven’t read every author on this list yet.)

And thank you, Denise, for always adding names and letting me discover new authors!