My Favorite Romance Authors Who Don't Really Publish Anymore

[@procrastinatecreate]

I absolutely love J.M Darhower (Ghosted is one of my favorite romances ever) and I really wish she would eventually publish again!

[@LaceyBooklovers]

I hope so too! 😭

[@ChandaElise]

*phew* can’t believe Kresley Cole would be on this list until like 4 months ago. I hope for the return of Maya Banks. I love her books so much.

[@LaceyBooklovers]

I knowww!!! That 5 year hiatus 🥴🥴 But she’s back with TWO this year, thank god!

[@amelieromanticreader]

I love the idea of this video. It also feels very nostalgic to see the OG new adult romance authors.

[@ewokallie]

I heard Millay didn't anticipate her book becoming so popular that I think the pressure of a second book was too much. Similar to Margaret Mitchell Gone With The Wind type of thing. I could be wrong, but I heard that some where in an interview I think.

[@bookscoffeepassion]

I loved several of Maya Banks and Katy Evans' books. I was reading the KGI series by Maya Banks and I've been waiting for the rest of the books in that series for a long while now. I hope she recovers from her health issues and comes back to publishing someday. Maybe Katy Evans is only on a hiatus? Hopefully, she'll publish soonish. Great video, Lacey!

[@books-on-a-wire]

Julie Garwood is almost 80, so good for her (or her ghostwriter). Maya Banks has such a huge Contemporary Erotica backlist, you've hit just the tip of the iceberg with her Highlander series. I've gotten rid of a lot of these authors from my shelves but don't think I'll ever sell my Olivia Cunning collection.

[@LaceyBooklovers]

Is she!? I keep thinking she’s younger because of her author photo but dang lol. And yay for another Olivia Cunning fan!

[@agustina.martin]

omg you brought back so many memories!! mostly sylvia day, katy evans and jm darhower!! I used to love their books but then I've never seen them again so I kinda forgot, I think some of their books nowadays are not as well received as they were back in the day but tbh I still love them so I really hope they release something soon again 😥

[@breeunabashedly]

I have so many! Category authors like Kimberly Raye and Evelyn Vaughn. I’m like WHERE are you, come back

[@tiffpyoung]

I've been holding out for Highland Ever After for years as well! I've had the book on my library's (Libby) hold list since 2019 when I first saw it show up as "coming soon". Another fave author I REALLY miss is Julie James. I can't wait for the movie adaptation for Something About You though! (esp since JJ herself is writing the script)

[@LaceyBooklovers]

Omggg I can’t believe I forgot about Julie James!!! I LOVED her books. And I also forgot about the movie adaptation! That is going to be so exciting to see

[@jonnie7891]

I’m sure Maya Banks wants to out her best work but I would take the roughest draft of the last book of the Highlander series. She can do no wrong in my eyes. Maya has a loyal fan base so she can release whenever and we will still buy it.

[@stamatinaf.6760]

I have all of Judith McNaught's books both in paperback and hard cover. Believe me we all have been waiting for new books. There was a contemporary book with nods to the Westmorlands supposed to be released years ago but she got sick of the rewrites and scrapped it. Then she was supposed to release The Sweetest Thing. The date for that was changed several times. The issue with The Sweetest Thing is that it's a rewrite of the novella Double Exposure, which is actually the first Foster story. And when the rewrite changes the original story to include a wedding based reality TV show, what the hell happens with Remember When, which is book 2? There's no TV show at all in that one. Double Exposure was so well written, it didn't need to be rewritten and expanded.

[@LaceyBooklovers]

I had no idea it was supposed to be a rewrite! I wonder if she’s even still writing. Probably not lol. But I do need to read Double Exposure!

[@stamatinaf.6760]

@@LaceyBooklovers yes that's a definite, it was originally released in the anthology 'A Gift of Love'

[@cynthialovesbooks]

Loved this video! I will definitely add a few of these to my ever-growing TBR but you made them sound so good!

[@BeatriceMPinayBookaholic]

We have similar authors on my list like J.M. Darhower, Katja Millay, Maya Banks, Sylvia Day, Kristy Cunning and Katy Evans. Hope they'll make a comeback. I'm gonna miss Kristy Cunning terribly. She's so good at writing dark romance.

[@LaceyBooklovers]

She will be terribly missed 😢

[@michellelim745]

Love this video! So glad that Kresley Cole came back too!! I don't really have a list like this, but I do one with authors that has stopped writing historical romances. I would love if Patricia Cabot (aka Meg Cabot), Christina Dodd etc to write historicals again!

[@dessertcomes1st]

What an excellent video topic! Hoping these authors will get inspired and write again.

[@kellbell1604]

I have a few Maya Banks books. Love her.

[@kellbell1604]

Love Julie Garwood too! Glad to hear she’s back.

[@LaceyBooklovers]

I have so much love for her Highlanders!

[@breeunabashedly]

Would also love a LaVyrle Spencer comeback

[@arpitasaluja405]

I follow you on goodreads. I didnt know you had a youtube channel. Great video!

[@simplydreams]

I'm so glad Kresley Cole gave us another IAD book, I LOVE that series.

[@LaceyBooklovers]

Soooo glad!! I deliberately put off catching up on IAD because there was such a big wait 😂

[@mikeeong27]

This is so nostalgic. Loved some of the authors you mentioned.

[@Tash30]

Judith McNaught, Maya Banks

[@isamar3301]

This is how I feel about Tessa dare. I feel like I've waited forever for the last book in the girl meets Duke series

[@jonnie7891]

I’m going through serious withdrawals waiting on that last book 😭😭😭

[@AH-sq6md]

I really miss Julie James. :( I hope we'll get a new book from her one day.

[@LaceyBooklovers]

I totally forgot to add her to my list, but YES! It looks like she’s focusing on screenwriting at the moment though

[@hjad2625]

Me too . I love her books

[@TheLittleBluePig]

I was just thinking about JM Darhower the other day! I found Ghosted at the thrift store and it had me looking her up to see if she published anything else after it. I really wish she did cause I love her books so much! She’s definitely active on socials, so maybe she’ll come back soon!

[@yolandalyles8357]

Let me start off saying you made me reload my kindle some tof the books you mentioned. I havent read in awhile and i think i will reread now. Olivia Cunnings, Backstage series was my first rock star romance and erotica. I agree about Maya banks highlander romances. i've reread them so many times and was hoping for the last book to come out but dont think that is happening. JM Darhower - Monster series i also reread and loved. I have read all of Kresley Cole immortals and the game maker series. I wish she would write about the sister in the third one as well. I havent read the arcana series but i think i will put that on my tbr. thanks for this video it made me remember some of my early reads i forgot about.

[@noveltotable]

Agreed I loved Gideon and Eva's story! Was kinda hoping the other characters would get books.

[@marialuisauthor]

It’s so funny (ironic? Sad? I don’t know which) that you started off with Maya Banks, because a friend of mine just started reading romance and she mentioned Maya’s Highland series and if I had heard anything about where Maya has been - but I haven’t either. Loved that series though!!

[@LaceyBooklovers]

Oh no 😭 She was one of my gateways to HR so I have a lot of love for those books 💖

[@lourdslautner]

Omg I read Monster in his eyes, and Sempre! Lol Sempre is like OG! I read it when it was a twilight fanfic! Lol!

[@LaceyBooklovers]

Oh my gosh 😂 you’re an OG fan!

[@lourdslautner]

@@LaceyBooklovers I am!! I think I still have the pdf on my computer! Lol! Oh I also have beautiful bastard twilight fanfic edition too on my computer 😆😆

[@Jennlikesfictionalworlds]

I'm still waiting for JM Darhower to give Gavin his own book. He was a character that was in Sempre Redemption, By any other name and sweetest sorrows.

[@cas04aa]

Darhower not publishing hurts! All of her books are so well done!

[@fh7041]

I LOVED s.t abby, I read her mind f series and have been reading her other books. Same for Maya banks, Judith McNaught(wish her books had audio). So happy Kresley cole is back lol she is my one of my top authors I needed her back to finish the series. I was thinking the same about her mafia books! I love julie garwoods suspense books but i would love for her and Maya banks to give me a historical romance series.

[@LaceyBooklovers]

I so need to get to the mind f series soon! And yesss, Julie Garwood would make my life if she ever wrote another historical 😍😍

[@kristiejenner2642]

It almost hurts when a beloved author stops writing ✍ doesn't it? This has happened to a few authors I've loved too. The most memorable one is Judith Ivory/Judy Cuevas. She wrote some amazing historicals, they were very different. She just disappeared. Another author I really miss is Elizabeth Elliott. She wrote some very good medieval and historicals.one of the more infamous author who disappeared is Lisa Valdez. She wrote a couple of very hyped books and was supposed to have a third book but she was gone with the wind. There are quite a few others but those are the three I remember the most. I do love this topic.

[@LaceyBooklovers]

Oooh I haven’t heard of these authors! Any recs on where to start?

[@kristiejenner2642]

Definitely Judith Ivory. She wrote some very unique historicals with such wonderful and interesting heroines. I think they are only available as printed books as when she was writing it was before ebooks or audio books. Another author I would also have mentioned except I couldn't remember her name, is Adele Ashworth. She also wrote some very great books and I just checked and they are available as ebooks, though a bit on the pricey side, at least here in Canada. Lisa Kleypas has recommended them. I'm sure you can find both in used or thrift book stores. I'd say check them out on GoodReads to see the synopsis and the kind of stars they've received. I have most of them though its been years since I last read them. Now I'm really wanting to read them. I do believe I shall have to dig them out of the boxes they've been resting in.

[@Stephanie62715]

Love this video idea! Still holding out hope for Highland Ever After 😩😩😩

[@LaceyBooklovers]

ONE DAY 😭🤞🏼

[@pardonthisbookaddict]

I love the Monster in His Eyes series. I love JM Darhower. I hope she publishes again eventually. I can’t wait for Grace Under Fire. I do have a soft spot for Julie Garwood. It was because of Munro that I finally read Kresley Cole, and I love the Immortals After Dark series.

[@LaceyBooklovers]

I miss JM’s mafia romances 😭 And I’m so glad you discovered IAD! That must’ve been a FUN binge 💖

[@xoxofox232]

Cathryn’ Bybees time travel historical romance . I’m waiting on the final book( it’s a trilogy )and it looks like she just stoped writing in that genre which sucks cause the last book in the series needed on a cliff hanger

[@malene1958]

Been waiting for the next release from Mia Asher. Loved her Virtue duet and Love Me in the Dark. Arsen was ok. She hasn’t released since 2017

[@LaceyBooklovers]

I’ve been wanting to read her for a long time! And omg another author who dipped in 2017 😂

[@malene1958]

@@LaceyBooklovers omg! I totally forgot the infamous year 2017😂

[@adecafbookworm6046]

Omg, yes! Stacia Kane is killing me! Been waiting for years🙃

[@nupoorhumane7251]

Tessa Dare!!!! Waiting for the last book of Girl Meets Duke series😭

[@LaceyBooklovers]

I need that one too!!! 😩

[@cynthebest410]

Omg yes I read Amber to Ashes by Gail McHugh (huge cliffhanger) and I have been waiting 7 years for book 2 🥺😭😭😭 Loved Olivia Cunning ❤️

[@LaceyBooklovers]

I’m so glad I never read it 😂 I wouldn’t be able to handle waiting after a cliffhanger for years!

[@cynthebest410]

@@LaceyBooklovers You have no idea it ruined me for good😫 I only read complete series and if I have to wait 10 days is the longest. I'm always checking release dates

[@hiddenrainbow12]

I check every year if Katja Millay has published something new 😢 so sad, her angst was impeccable.

[@LaceyBooklovers]

The heartbreak!!! 💔💔💔

[@doridoo5715]

I picked up Maya Banks book a few years ago, Colter's Woman. Nope, it was Colters Woman, plural .....oh.

[@LaceyBooklovers]

🤣 that’s hilarious

[@liasonpureluv]

Love this! For me it's Maya Banks and Tracy Anne Warren. I was obsessively checking Maya's Facebook page for updates every month after binging her highlander trilogies and DYING for Highlander Ever After. I wanted that couple's story so freaking bad! I'm sad she stopped writing and hoping she's ok. The way she ghosted on social media and her team stopped responding with updates made me nervous. I've tried her Erotica Contemporary books and it's not the same. Tracy Anne Warren is also one I miss, she's an all time favorite of mine and she just stopped putting out books since 2017. She's so underrated in the romance community IMO but she writes some of the angstiest steamiest Historicals to date. I miss her work so much. 😭 I highly recommend her if you like insatiable naughty alpha heroes and age gap romances.

[@LaceyBooklovers]

I know! 😭 Maya’s last update on fb was so concerning. Hopefully she’s been recovering. And okay you have me sold on Tracy Anne Warren!! Which one should I start with?

[@liasonpureluv]

@@LaceyBooklovers Oh no! When was Maya's last update? Was it about her health issues? As for TAW, I recommend her Trap Trilogy (Book 1 The Husband Trap is my absolute favorite about twins switching places) and The Byrons of Braebourne series is really good too. It's like Bridgerton with a family of 8 siblings from what I remember (she did a spinoff for the last 3 siblings so my math might be off). Book 1 Tempted by His Kiss gives you shades of Devil in Winter, especially the opening scene. Hope that helps! Happy Readings! ❤️

[@samathareddy8833]

Few months before I started reading historical romance and read so many books all thanks to Lacey 😍 Recently I could not find anything new and was little sad .... but this video changed it . All thanks to Monica for suggesting Tracy Anne Warren books , I just read the synopsis and I am hooked 😍. I will start reading them this weekend 😊 grateful for your suggestions

[@liasonpureluv]

@@samathareddy8833 Aaaw! Wow no way! ☺️ That makes me happy to hear. Hope you enjoy and find some favorites!

[@JudithSanchez-ht6jn]

Where I can find those Judith McNaught?

[@LaceyBooklovers]

I found mine at used bookstores and eBay!

[@marygreene1439]

I miss Cherrie Lynn. I love her books!

[@LaceyBooklovers]

She’s a good one! I loved a few of her Ross Siblings books!

[@smt4148]

I love maya Banks….

[@nikkikinz4025]

I’ve never tried a historical, wouldn’t know where to start. Lol. What would be the best, in your opinion, spicy historical? I need spice and steam in my books. 😂

[@sandrarose3165]

S.M. LaViolette (aka Minerva Spencer)

[@LaceyBooklovers]

Stacy Reid for sure! Kresley Cole has a couple historicals and her books are always hot

[@HeartofPages]

Still waiting for the bitter heat sequel by mia knight 😭

[@LaceyBooklovers]

PRAYING we get it this year 😭😭🤞🏼

[@LittleRedRubyWong]

I'm still waiting for Anita Gray to publish BLAI3E.

[@Nastya-uj9bg]

Laura Kinsale!!!! 😭

[@LaceyBooklovers]

I loved flowers from the storm!! That’s the only one I’ve read so far but I need to read more

[@Nastya-uj9bg]

@@LaceyBooklovers you do! try shadowheart