Vampire romances have been a favorite of mine since Bram Stoker's Dracula. My only "meh" read was (no hate mail please) the Twilight series. Edward Cullen is my least favorite vamp. Sorry. Not Sorry. But the series kicked off a hurricane of new books which made it all worth it. And it is not only going strong, but it is escalating years later.

BookRiot pronounced that vampire romance was still raging in 2024 and the biggest 2024 romance trend with no signs of letting off the gas. They predict witches, fae, and ghosts will also continue to remain popular, as well as funny paranormal and horror-romance mashups.

What's your favorite paranormal romance trend so far in 2025? Reply to this email to let me know.

My personal favorite (so far) is midlife, later-in-life funny paranormal romance. The Forty Proof series by Shannon Mayer has me hooked, as does KF Breene's Leveling Up series.

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I know the theme of the newsletter was vampire romance, but I just finished these werewolf romances (well, two do indeed have vampires, too) I just know you'll enjoy.

https://storyoriginapp.com/swaps/624b4bc0-9245-11ef-a192-e3a55cd52ada

Alien Vampires and Werewolves …

One group wants to start a new life, the other to stop them.

To humans, these beings only exist in stories and legends.

However, they are very real, and some need blood to survive.

From the moment Viper set foot on earth, nothing went right. Hungry and angry over the death of a fellow hunter, he’s here for one thing only. To stop the weren. Never in his wildest dreams did he imagine one of them would be his soulmate.

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After a deadly attack leaves her changed in ways she could never imagine, FBI agent Jacquelyn finds herself on the run. Determined to hunt down the alien creatures responsible, she’s not prepared when she finds one. He looks human, says he’s on her side, but he makes her feel things she’s never felt.

He claims he wants to help her, but working with him might be her undoing. And if there’s one thing that’s perfectly clear, it’s that he definitely does not belong in her world.

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https://storyoriginapp.com/swaps/13414528-9247-11ef-ab5e-a3edade676e0

I moved to Whitby expecting my days to be filled with grief and heartache while I watched my father die. But turns out the town has much more to offer a teenage girl like me.

His name is Marcus Davenport. Rich. Powerful. Admired by the locals. Not. Human.

If I were smart, I would have run the other way when I realized what he was. But there’s this undeniable pull between us, a heartbeat that brings us both to life whenever we’re together.

I convinced myself it was fate drawing lines in the sand, the beginning of a love story that would end with forever. But I was wrong.

Turns out the blood running through my veins is tied to Marcus in a way that corrupts everything we feel for each other. It’s no longer something I can trust.

Nothing is as it seems. The paranormal residents of Whitby altered my reality forever, and now I’m caught in a web of dark secrets and deadly deceits.

The future is more uncertain than it has ever been, and I have no idea what’s going to happen between Marcus and me.

Oh, and then there’s Luke, another one of this town’s little secrets…and one huge complication.

If you love paranormal creatures, twists and turns, and sizzling passion, this is the book for you.

Get it now.

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FMCTHLK

A curse has plagued the land of the witch and the only clue to save the world is in the form of a riddle. For centuries Tabitha has failed to release the death that has overtaken her world. Now, the vamps are mostly female, the werewolves are male. The witch must erase the curse before the land dies, but how can she convince these two warring species to work together before all is lost? One last chance is dropped at her doorstep when a young vampire falls into her clutches. Darkness descends over their world as the witch comes up with one last scheme to save them all. Switch their bodies. It's the only way to make them work together, but will the two chosen ones tear each other apart, or save their world from death? A Freaky-Friday romance.

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Send me your vampire romance recommendations and I'll include them in next month's reading recommendations newsletter.

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As for my own paranormal romance novels, I have not written any vampire romance, but there is a vampire couple in the second book in the Greylyn the Guardian Angel series, Revelations, just in case you're interested but you'll want to read the first book, Rekindled Prophecy, beforehand.