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Hello, I’m Taylor Collien! Great guide to the Chief Story Stylist and TCF Book Club! I’m a romance fiction lover and love building community here as “Sisters in Fiction.”
Our meeting had a big impact, to say the least. It’s full of laughs, lived experiences, and real live conversations. Discussions take on a life of their own, taking us to places we didn’t even know we needed to visit. It was eye-opening to hear from so many different perspectives.
The beauty of a book club is that you can understand the story through the eyes of others.
Through this experience, we discovered many large-format romance and fantasy books that we could explore together. (Visit our bookshelf.) The presence and push for plus-size romance stories can and should be greater, but there are plenty of authors who offer stories we want to read and that are easy to understand.
The world of plus-size fantasy and romance fiction is expanding. We no longer accept that there is no larger body to our stories. While some authors have been trailblazers since day one, it’s safe to say that more authors are listening to us and releasing the plus-size love stories we crave and can’t get enough of. We have a lot of plus size romance books coming out for 2026 in the coming months and we wanted to let you all know!
The heat is coming!
Plus-size romance books I’m currently adding to my TBR
VOLIK by SJ Tilly
June 11, 2026
I got Vampire Romance! Vorik This is the first installment of SJ Tilly’s Bonded Souls series. Imagine a world where vampires live among us openly and as civilians. Vorik, the resident vampire at Stalden University, spends his days waiting in his office for the moment when he will meet his one true soulmate.
Nix, our curvaceous FMC, is our new substitute professor. When she and Vorik come close, a physical attraction occurs and their energies intertwine. The Knicks are his friends! This plus-size romance book gives us a possessive hero, a plus-size heroine, an age difference, and all the spice we love.
Do It for the Plot Stephanie Yeboah
July 23, 2026
What happens if, while doing it for the sake of the plot, you want more? Cassie lives in London, but the dating scene is too dry for her standards. Finding a man who meets her criteria is more difficult than she expected, so she ends up joining a dating app for escort purposes.
Little did she know that it was here that she would meet the all-too-admirable Jericho. Their arrangement might have been perfect if she hadn’t started to develop feelings for him. Does Kathy’s story prompt us to “do it for the story” or stay out of the kitchen if we can’t stand the heat?
Second First Date by Gabriela Gamez
(July 28, 2026)
Don’t we all love forced access? Taking a break from dating can do wonders for the soul, but we all have a desire to get back in the game. Letty Marinado, our plus size FMC, is ready to get back into the dating pool for the first time in four years. Like any woman with a smartphone in the 2020s, her first stop is a dating app.
To her surprise, the first date she goes on is with a man she has already had a first date with. The “second first date” is just as bad as the last. Unfortunately, she cannot ghost him. Julian lives in her building and is her brother’s roommate. Maybe he won’t be her lover, but maybe he can help her get on a dating app? Or maybe they’ll have more time to get to know each other.
This situation may turn out to be tricky, but we’ll see.
The World’s Best Oracle (Reluctantly) Searches for the Devil by Olivia Dade
(August 11, 2026)
Olivia Dade is delivering again! The author we always trust to bring us big, bold FMC with the stories to match. This time it’s another world reading material that dives deep into the “other side.” A paranormal romance, so to speak. Our plus size FMC Gwen Wexloff is an oracle with the ability to help everyday people glimpse their future. Up until now, her power had been limited to that extent, but that power had expanded further.
Gwen has her first big vision of a global problem that could change the world as we know it: the zombie apocalypse. There’s only one person who can help her stop this disaster: her sexy ex-lover, and also the devil. This story will leave us in suspense in many ways.
There are several great plus size romance books for 2026 that will be released in the coming months. Maybe you’ll end up reading these oversized romance books with your book club! All of these stories sound like they have the potential to spark all kinds of conversations.
Join us on Saturday, May 30th at 1:30pm ET/10:30am PT. discuss current reading big girl blitz Written by Daniel Allen, What’s next for TCF Book Club!
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