New To Me Authors I Loved in 2025

This week, I’m sharing new to me authors that I loved reading in 2025. Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and Bookish and is hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl.

I read quite a few new-to-me authors in 2025, and today I’m sharing the ones that I loved reading throughout the year. From dark romances to contemporary small towns. It was a great year, to be honest. So let’s get right into it, these are the new-to-me authors I loved reading in 2025.

Rina Kent: I read a lot of Rina Kent in 2025. About 30 of them. While these aren’t the best books in the world. I have a great time reading them. I’m finally up to the Gods series which I plan to read asap. I think I’ve liked the Monster Trilogy the most so far.
R.E. Bond: This is another author that I read a lot of in 2025. I was seeing her at a couple different events throughtout the year and just tried to read as many as I could. I think my favourite from all the books I read was either the The Night Thieves or The Heights.
Monty Jay: I only read one book from Monty Jay but I cannot wait to read more. Book 2 in the River Styx Heathens comes out this year and I cannot wait.
Victoria Wilder: I read all of the The Bourbon Boys in 2025 and just had a great time honestly. My type of contempoary romance for sure. Little bit of this, little bit of that, throw in some suspence and we are good to go.

Sable Sorensen: Direbound had been on my tbr for a while and I picked it up later in the year and loved it. It’s the type of romantasy that I enjoy reading and now I can’t wait to read the rest of the series.
Rachel Reid: Well I think Rachel is going to end up on multiples peoples list, but like everyone else I started the Game Changes series late in 2025 and I adore it. It’s a queer ice hockey sports romance that is sexy, intense and addicting.
Jessica Peterson: I read Cash at the start of the year and had to read the rest of the Lucky River Ranch #1 as soon as I could. I am excited for the rest of the series as well as trying some of her others series as well.
Invi Wright: These authors books had caught my eye a little while ago, and I finally picked them his in 2025. I really enjoyed reading the The Female series. Such an interesting concept that really took me by surprise.

And there we go. Those are some of the new to me authors I read in 2025 and loved reading. Have you read any of these authors? What do you think? Are you planning on reading any of these authors? Let’s chat!

Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out

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January 27, 2026 at 11:52 PM

Thanks for sharing your #TTT

Aymee

January 28, 2026 at 2:36 AM

I grabbed the first Bourbon & Lies book recently, but haven’t read it yet. Happy to hear it’s a good series. Also, if you enjoyed the Game Changers series, you should check out her standalone novel, Time to Shine. It’s honestly my favorite.