It’s National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15–October 15) which means it’s time to celebrate the full range of romances by Latin authors. These writers bring new perspectives to familiar tropes and settings, reminding us how wide the genre really is. We honor them all and here are a few recent ones AAR reviewers have enjoyed. 

Adriana Herrera’s A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke isn’t centered on the usual white, upper-class English society; instead, it gives us a Caribbean heroine whose story unfolds on her own terms. Liana De la Rosa’s Isabel and the Rogue threads espionage and political intrigue through a Regency romance without losing the intimacy of the love story. Priscilla Oliveras’s Kiss Me, Catalina captures the drive of a mariachi heroine determined to succeed on stage and in love. And Alana Quintana Albertson’s Ramón and Julieta takes Shakespeare’s outline and remakes it in San Diego, where family ties and neighborhood loyalties shape every choice.

These are only a few recent examples and we know there are many more. Which romances by Latin authors have mattered to you, and which ones do you return to or recommend?