October 2026 Queer Romances

Hide Your Wallet Spooky season has arrived, and that means two things: Romances that make the perfect Halloween treat, and the beginning of the December holiday romance wave. All of these books fall into one category or the other, so this season, grab some milk and cookies, the candy of your choice, or both, and get reading! Vengefully Matched Author: Audrey Goldberg Ruoff Released: October 6, 2026 by Atria Books Genre: LGBTQIA, Paranormal, Romance Series: Hallowcross #2 From the author of the “colorful, sweet, and swoony” (Mallory Marlowe, USA TODAY bestselling author) Hopelessly Teavoted comes a witchy, sapphic rom-com about a mischievous runaway bride and her prim-and-proper Witchery Council rival who must fake-date in order to catch a would-be murderer—and accidentally fall in love. Priscilla Hart does not do regret—except maybe for the spectacularly disastrous choice of fleeing her own wedding in a cloud of magical fireworks. Now the town’s most infamous runaway witch, she’s determined to rebuild her reputation on the Witchery Council and prove she’s more than a scandal in designer heels. Agatha Vanderbilt Voisin, the newly elected council president, is everything Priscilla ca...