Regina Black

The AUGUST LANE trade paperback arrives May 5th. She got a makeover! 💅🏾 I’m in love with the gorgeous, updated cover. If you love Black second-chance romance, contemporary Southern fiction, or stories about artists fighting for visibility in the spaces they created, this one’s for you. A Black country music star who lied about writing his only hit risks his comeback to reunite with the woman he stole it from, a first love the lyrics won’t let him forget. ✨A New York Times Notable Book of 2025 ✨Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, The New York Times, Book Riot, Publishers Weekly, Elle Magazine, Marie Claire, and The Chicago Public Library Preorder now wherever you buy books.

THE KING OF SCANDAL is coming in Summer 2027! 👑 “Author of NYT Notable Book AUGUST LANE Regina Black’s THE KING OF SCANDAL, about a struggling single mother who unexpectedly inherits a stake in her ex-fiancé’s billion-dollar company, causing tension to reignite between them as she also uncovers a century-old injustice that forces her to choose between reclaiming her family’s stolen legacy and a second chance with the man she never stopped loving.” Yes. Joe and Mia. iykyk 😌 You know that feeling when your ex walks into a room, and suddenly you can’t breathe? Now imagine he’s a multi-millionaire, you’ve just inherited part of his family’s billion-dollar company, and there’s a hundred-year-old secret that could burn it all down. Joe and Mia’s story is everything I love writing about: Black women claiming what’s theirs, love that refuses to die even when it should, and complicated truths about history and ownership in this country. It’s also about what happens when the path to salvation means facing your biggest regrets. You’ll enjoy this one if you like... 💔 Second Chances that cause Complete Emotional Devastation 🌍 Multicultural Love ⏳ Twenty years of yearning 📖 Dual timeline + Dual POV 😮‍💨 OBSESSED, down bad, multi-millionaire + Single mother Black Cinderella 🔥 Grown and sexy single parents 💰 Eat the Rich (But get your bag first) 🔍 Historical mystery subplots 👑 Black excellence = Black humanity 💭 “You’re ruining my life. Please don’t go.” 2027 feels like forever,away but it will be here before you know it. I can’t wait to share this epic love story with you.

IS THIS HAPPENING? AUGUST LANE is one of the New York Times’s 100 Notable Books of 2025 😭😭😭 This book. THIS BOOK. It’s the hardest thing I’ve written. I was afraid it was too different from my debut, too Arkansas, too country (because who besides Beyoncé knew Cowboy Carter would be a thing?!). I loved this book so much, but I thought it would break my heart. It didn’t. It healed it. Thank you to everyone who’s read and shared their love for August and Luke’s story. I am so, so grateful. #newyorktimesnotablebook #blackromancenovels #blackcountry

in honor of this week’s launch of LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON, AND EVENING, why not take a moment for our absolutely brilliant blurbers?!! a hearty thanks to wondrous @reginablackwrites and to queenly Lisa F^cking Rinna! (i.e. @lisarinna )

We are thrilled to announce that Regina Black, best selling author of The Art of Scandal and August Lane, will be attending the Petersburg Book Fest on September 12, 2026 at the Virginia State University Multipurpose Center to chat about all things romance 🧡! The Petersburg Book Fest is a vibrant celebration of stories, creativity, and community! You can grab your FREE tickets for the Petersburg Book Fest at the link in our bio!  See you in September! #petersburgbookfest2026 #petersburgbookfest #bookstagram #reginablack #augustlane

✨🌹Nashville Thank you @slowburntn and @msalicerandall for celebrating the paperback release of August Lane with me. It was magical.

Please tag me in every August Lane + Noah Kahan post. The vibes are immaculate. Huge thanks to my @grandcentralpub team for these dreamy collages inspired by the desperate way these two love each other. They’re ridiculously pretty 🌹 August Lane is out in paperback at all retailers on Tuesday, May 5th! About AUGUST LANE: A Black country music star who lied about writing his only hit risks his comeback to reunite with the woman he stole it from, a first love the lyrics won’t let him forget. ✨A New York Times Notable Book of 2025 ✨Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, The New York Times, Book Riot, Publishers Weekly, Elle Magazine, Marie Claire, and The Chicago Public Library

less than a week away from our botm meeting to discuss “The art of Scandal” x @reginablackwrites ! & based off the commentary in the chat…I think it’s gonna be a good one! 😏😅

✨GIVEAWAY ALERT! ✨ Ten paperback copies of AUGUST LANE, my Black country music second-chance romance, are up for grabs on Goodreads! Enter to win this emotional story about music, identity, and reclaiming your voice. Perfect for readers who love sexy slow burns, ANGST, yearning, and second chances for healing and redemption. 🎵US only 🎵Ends April 30th 🎵 🔗 in bio to enter! About AUGUST LANE: A Black country music star who lied about writing his only hit risks his comeback to reunite with the woman he stole it from, a first love the lyrics won’t let him forget. ✨A New York Times Notable Book of 2025 ✨Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, The New York Times, Book Riot, Publishers Weekly, Elle Magazine, Marie Claire, and The Chicago Public Library 📝 A slow-burn, dual-timeline romance 🎵 Black love + country music 🌟 Flawed, complex characters learning to love themselves 💫 Historically Black towns and farms in the rural South 🎼Songwriting soulmates and music as a love language ❤️‍🩹 Friends to almost lovers to he’s her enemy, but she’s his everything

August Lane Paperback Launch Event! ✨🤠 I am SO excited to be joined by legendary author, singer, and songwriter @msalicerandall on May 8th at 6:30 p.m. for an August Lane trade paperback launch event at @slowburntn in Nashville, TN! I’ve probably mentioned Alice’s amazing memoir, My Black Country a dozen times on tour last year. Being in conversation with her is a dream for me, and I’m so honored that she’s helping celebrate the release of this book of my heart in a new format! A huge thank you to Slow Burn Books for making this happen! This is a free event. RSVP in my profile!

Happy Tuesday all! We’re delighted to share the latest episode from the romance season of The Write Way of Life — available now wherever you listen to podcasts! Karis chatted with the incredible Regina Black, author of THE ART OF SCANDAL and AUGUST LANE, about the importance of writing romance by, for, and featuring people of color. They touched on what it’s like to try to write outside of a white-character default in the publishing world, as well as the joys that come with crafting stories that make BIPOC readers feel seen. Let us know in the comments here or on Spotify what you think. And feel free to leave a review/rating anywhere you listen to podcasts — maybe even share with a friend? Thank you we love youuuu <3

Happy Black History Month ✊🏾✨ This is just a sample of books about joy, pain, art, music, food, history, and culture from my library. Read Black all year y’all. 🖤🖤🖤🖤 Blk Art by Zaria Ware Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde My Black Country by Alice Randall The Mothers by Brit Bennet Indigo by Beverly Jenkins All the Women are White, All the Blacks are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave edited by Gloria T. Hull, Patricia Bell Scott, and Barbara Smith The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni Passed On by Karla FC Holloway The Love Lyric by Kristina Forest The Reformatory by Tanarive Due The Taste of Country Cooking by Edna Lewis