
Yes, you read that right: There's a romance novel happening that was influenced by the Duchess's mom. Her third book, The Wedding Party, will be available July 16.Īnd this week, she announced her fourth release will be out October 1: Royal Romance, a novel inspired by Meghan Markle's mother Doria Ragland. Her 2018 debut, The Wedding Date, was an instant hit, and her follow-up later that year, The Proposal, is now a New York Times bestseller and was the official February book club pick for Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine. Jasmine Guillory is officially the reigning queen of contemporary romance novels.

The romance novelist explained the importance of writing a love story with a Black woman in her fifties at the center.

