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SDG Reading Challenge - February 2025

Looking to add more books by BIPOC authors to your TBR? Check out this list of contemporary romances, all by BIPOC authors!

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  • A bestselling author, and a writer for the adaptation of her award winning teen series, Helen is on track to continue to forget her past, until Grant shows up in the writer's room. Forced to work together, their shared pasts will either tear them…
    Book, 2024New York : Avon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024. — Kuang
  • When Soledad's picture perfect life is hastily uprooted, she will find that faking normalcy is harder than she remembers, especially when temptation is just around the corner.
    Book, 2024New York : Forever, 2024. — Ryan bk.2
  • Former high school sweethearts Violet and Xavier never expected to see one another again, especially not in Las Vegas. Sparks fly, vows are spoken, and the pair decide to remain married for convenience, and perhaps something a little deeper.
    Book, 2024New York : Berkley Romance, 2024. — Fores bk.2
  • Self proclaimed dandelion, free spirit Ricki makes a decision to upend her life during one fateful February, where she will find a fellow artist who sends her world into orbit.
    Book, 2024New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2024. — Willi
  • After accidentally going viral, August finds himself thrust into the spotlight of his investment: Sugar Blitz Bakery. Forced to hire a social media manager, August turns to his best friend's younger sister Sloane, and old feelings begin to find…
    Book, 2024New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2024. — Wesle bk.2
  • Ember never intended to be a liar, but she had to put her life back in her own hands. Mistaken identities and at work affairs collide in this romance, forcing Ember to continue her lies on someone else's terms.
    Book, 2024New York : Berkley Romance, 2024. — Nava
  • Marcela and Theo are in love, but not with each other. Marcela is in love with Theo's older brother, and Theo is in love with his brother's fiancée. After a miscommunication, their families assume that the pair are together and thus begins their…
    Book, 2024New York : Forever, 2024. — Gamez bk.1
  • Emily is so very tired of her mother's desperate attempts to set her up with Mark, so much so that she convinces him to pretend to be in a relationship so that her mother will leave her alone. But faking it is not as easy as it sounds, especially…
    Book, 2024New York : Emily Bestler Books/Atria, 2024. — Lau
  • Siblings Greta and Valdin are doing just fine, thank you for asking. Their love lives may leave little to be desired, but they're doing their best with work, aren't they? When they are both confronted with their pasts, and all the little chaoses…
    Book, 2024New York : Avid Reader Press, 2024. — Reill
  • Evie's beloved aunt has passed and left her the home she treasures most from her childhood, with one catch: go on a matchmaking tour in Vietnam. Unable to decline her aunt's dying wish, Evie embarks on the journey of a lifetime, where she will meet…
    Book, 2024New York : Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024. — Nguye
  • Marley and Nikhil knew each other many lives ago it seems, but fate brings them back together in this second chance, forced proximity romance, where Marley must help make Nikhil movie ready.
    Book, 2024New York : Forever, 2024. — Heron
  • Laniah and Isaac couldn't be anymore different: she is as introverted as they come, he is an internet star who is constantly plagued by the paparazzi, but perhaps that's why they're best friends. Isaac is determined to set Laniah back on track to…
    Book, 2024New York : Berkley Romance, 2024. — Neils
  • Elias and Sage might just be each other's ticket to positive media in this fake dating romance, where what the public thinks about you, is the key to your career success.
    Book, 2025Toronto, ON : Viking, 2025. — Khabr bk.2