Upcoming Book Releases: March 2026

There are a lot of good upcoming book releases in March, so here is a list of some of my most anticipated releases for next month.

As a reader, I always try to find new books and new authors to add to my reading list. I enjoy a variety of genres, from romance to thrillers to dark academia, and there are quite a few book releases this year that I'm looking forward to.

However, for this blog post, I'm focusing solely on March 2026. My most-anticipated new releases for March are mainly romance novels, but they are all in different subgenres.

So, if you enjoy reading about love stories and seeing characters get a happy ending, then check out some of the upcoming book releases below.

In Her Own League by Liz Tomforde

Genre: Sports Romance

Release Date: March 3rd 2026

Synopsis: "He's used to being the boss. But she's in her own league...

As the first female team owner in Major League Baseball, Reese Remington has spent her entire life preparing for this role. With a sharp mind and years of experience working behind the scenes, she's more than qualified. But the public only sees a woman in a man's world - not the person who's earned their place on the field. Under constant scrutiny and pressure to prove herself, Reese can't afford distractions.

Especially one that comes in the form of the team's tempting field manager who questions her every decision.

Emmett Montgomery is a former All-Star turned coach who treats his players like family and the field like home. After years of running the team his way, the last thing he wants is a new boss - let alone one who seems ice-cold and laser-focused on business. But forced to spend long hours - and too many away games - side by side, he begins to see the fire beneath Reese's control, the heart behind her ambition and the unwavering determination to prove herself.

When heated banter turns into sizzling chemistry, professional boundaries blur, and the spark between them becomes impossible to resist. But Reese is constantly reminded of how many people are waiting for her to fail, and the safest move is to keep Emmett at arm's length - for the sake of the team, the season and her career.

But keeping their distance is one game neither of them can seem to win..."

Mistakes Were Made by Lucy Score

Genre: Small Town Romance

Release Date: March 10th 2026

Synopsis: "As literary agent to a romance novelist, Zoey Moody's life currently revolves around love - which is ironic, as she is practically allergic to the L word. She's also a city girl through and through, and yet here she is in tiny Story Lake, Pennsylvania, trying to wrangle author Hazel's next big hit. Life isn't exactly going to plan.

It takes all of five minutes in town before chaos finds her, sending her directly into the path of Gage Bishop, one of the stupidly handsome Bishop brothers. He is exactly the kind of romance hero that could entice a heroine to succumb to the charm of small-town life - but Zoey is no romance lead, and Gage can't seem to stand her.

It's clear they're all wrong for each other. She's allergic to commitment and can't work a calendar app; he's looking to settle down and has the next five years all planned out. But when Gage's world is rocked by a devastating family secret, he turns to Zoey for one night to forget everything. That one night might just change everything . . . or ruin it.

Zoey suddenly finds herself wanting to be the one to save him - and maybe even be saved in return. Can Story Lake inspire a woman who is terrified of love to finally write her own happy ending?"

The Last Page Cafe by Kate Storey

Genre: Contemporary Fiction

Release Date: March 12th 2026

Synopsis: "At fifty-four, Erin McRae feels like she’s living in the margins of her own story. Her son is preparing to fly the nest, and the rent increase on the café she loves to run means she’s going to have to close up shop.

Her greatest escape is the mismatched book club she founded, bound together by one unusual rule: they choose their next book based solely on the last page.

But when the book club discusses what their own last pages might say, Erin and her fellow members begin to see their own lives in unexpected ways.

As the club’s discussions grow deeper, long-buried secrets surface, old wounds start to heal – and romance leaps off the page. With The Bookmark under threat of closure, Erin must ask herself: can she write herself a happier story?"

How to Write a Love Story by Catherine Walsh

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: March 10th 2026

Synopsis: "One writer, one editor, one hot summer... A romance for the books?

Ciara Sheridan's father has left her with three things: a sprawling and distinctly ramshackle estate on the Irish coast, the outline for the finale to his bestselling epic fantasy series that he wanted her to finish - and writer's block.

Enter Sam Avery: Frank-Sheridan-fanboy and hotshot editor, sent from the New York publishing house direct to her doorstep - against Ciara's wishes and red pen at the ready.

With the deadline looming, Ciara and Sam have just a few weeks to stop bickering, write this novel and secure Frank's legacy.

But as the summer heats up, so too does the tension between them. Will their own love story be the plot twist neither of them sees coming?"

Right Your Wrongs by Kandi Steiner

Genre: Sports Romance

Release Date: March 10th 2026

Synopsis: "Shane McCabe loved Ariana Ridley long before the world knew his name. Before the NHL and the pressure of being one of the youngest, most successful coaches in the league.

Leaving her was the hardest thing he's ever done - and the one choice he never made peace with.

Now Ariana's back. And she belongs to another man. Shane's new General Manager.

Discipline is Shane's job. Control is his strength. He knows how to keep his distance - how to respect the lines that should never be crossed.

But every glance drags the past to the surface. He sees the cracks Ariana tries to hide, the fear she's learned to live with, and the way she still looks at him like he's the one place she can breathe.

He wants to protect her, wants to fight for her. He wants things he has no right to want. Because if he crosses that line, he doesn't just risk his career - he risks shattering the woman he never stopped loving. And trying to right his wrongs might just ruin them both . . ."

Innamorata by Ava Reid

Genre: Gothic Fantasy

Release Date: March 17th 2026

Synopsis: "Once there was an island where the dead walked the earth, and seven noble houses ruled by the arcane secrets of necromancy.

A conqueror’s blade brought them low, burning their libraries, killing their lords, and extinguishing their eldritch magic. But defiant against the new order stands the House of Teeth and its last living members: beautiful Marozia, the heiress to the House, and her cousin, the uncanny Lady Agnes.

Though she has not spoken a word in seven years, Agnes is the true carrier of the House’s legacy. And she has her orders. She must recapture the secrets of death magic and avenge her family’s fallen honour. She must arrange the betrothal of her beloved cousin Marozia to Liuprand, heir to the conqueror’s throne, for access to the forbidden library in his grotesquely grand castle.

Revenge burns in Agnes’s heart, but so do stranger passions – and it is Liuprand, the golden prince, who speaks to her soul. This passion is as treasonous as it is powerful, poisoning the kingdom’s roots and threatening to tear the already shattered realm in two.

For Agnes’s final order is the gravest: She must not fall in love."

Love Song by Elle Kennedy

Genre: Second Generation Romance

Release Date: March 17th 2026

Synopsis: "After a brutal breakup, college junior Blake Logan escapes to her family's lake house in Tahoe, determined to shut out the world. Her plan is simple: no men, no drama. Until Wyatt Graham shows up. Four years older and far too good at getting under her skin, Wyatt is the living embodiment of a "bad idea," and the guy who shattered her pride when she confessed her crush at sixteen.

With his music career stalled, Wyatt has come to Tahoe for inspiration. The last thing he expects is to find it with Blake. He's spent years keeping his distance, convinced he's all wrong for her, but she's no longer the innocent girl he once knew. She's confident, captivating, and impossible to ignore. And the slow-burning tension between them? It's catching fire fast.

They both know this can't last, but one reckless kiss turns into another, and soon they're tangled in something that feels dangerously like more. Just as they finally give in to the pull, tragedy tears them apart, leaving their hearts in pieces.

But forgetting that one, nearly perfect summer? Not a chance. And when fate brings them together again, Blake and Wyatt must decide if this is a second chance...or the final verse."

Hunt the Villain by Rina Kent

Genre: Dark Romance

Release Date: March 24th 2026

Synopsis: "The first time I met Yulian Dimitriev, it was hate at first sight. He’s brash, chaotic, and a violence-junkie. In short, everything I disregard.

As heirs to two notorious mafia organizations, we were shoved together in an unorthodox setting. The more I learn about Yulian, the deeper my loathing seeps. Until I truly see the person within, and something forbidden sparks between us.

But our coexistence is cut short when tragedy strikes. Yulian and I go back to our respective, parallel worlds that shouldn’t cross. But they do.

And once again, I’m dragged into the orbit of a man I shouldn’t want. Two men can’t be together in our world. But Yulian blurs every limit I thought existed until everything is in jeopardy.

Our hearts included."

Across the Vanishing Sky by Catherine Cowles

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Release Date: March 3rd 2026

Synopsis: "Braedyn Winslow never expected to return to Starlight Grove—the town that took everything from her. Not after her best friend, the one who’d sacrificed so much for her, vanished without a trace. But with a young son to raise and a past that won’t stay buried, Brae is back…and determined to uncover the truth.

She just didn’t count on the brooding, reclusive mountain man living next door.

Dex Archer is the stuff of local legend—silent, rugged, and surrounded by whispers of his and his brothers’ violent father. But Brae sees through the scowl and his parentage to the man beneath: fiercely loyal, unexpectedly kind…and just dangerous enough to protect her when someone starts warning her off her search.

The closer she gets to the truth, the harder it is to stay away from Dex. And as things get more perilous, Brae realizes the only person she can rely on is the one man who swore never to trust again.

Only someone isn’t happy that Brae has been digging, and they’ll do anything to stop her. But Dex? He’ll do anything to save her, even slip back into the dark."

The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: March 31st 2026

Synopsis: "In everyone's life, there's a split-second decision that can change everything . . .

For Larissa, it came when choosing which guy to ride home with after a concert. That night, she had no idea she'd met the perfect man. She and Chris are great together, co-parenting a slightly unhinged rescue Yorkie, sharing their favourite books, and judging bread (pumpernickel for the win!). For the first time amid all her side hustles to scrape by, things finally feel easy.

But Chris isn't the one who drove Larissa home all those months ago - Chris is her boyfriend's best friend. All Chris wants is for Larissa to be happy. Standing by on the sidelines is slowly killing him, but making a move would destroy someone else. And he's just not that guy."

These 10 books are among my most anticipated releases in March 2026. I can't wait to read them, and I hope that if you need some new book recommendations, you find these helpful.

Until next time...