BBW or Big Beautiful Women Romances are also referred to as Big Girl,  Fat Girl and Plus Sized  or Curvy Girls/Women  Romances.  Usually the novels involve “big” and  “rubenesque” women,  though I have seen one romance with a lead “hefty” male lead character.

Whether the women are smallish with BIG curves or biggish with bigger curves, they are pretty well in angst about their bodies and their weight.  The hold-up point in the romance plot is where they can’t believe this gorgeousness guy (or woman) can be in love with them.

Occasionally you run into a female lead who is at peace with her body, but it becomes an issue with the male protagonist.

In spite of the tears, there are always happy endings.

BBW Romances have a dedicated audience who gobble the books up as fast as they are released.  I “used” to be a fat girl and still enjoy  BBW romances.  I wondered if the majority of BBW book lovers are also fat.  My very unscientific research says NO … my poll included several skinny friends.  When I asked what appealed to them about the  books, they said that the BBW struggle was right out there and obvious.  The discrimination is nasty and in your face.  There is no mistaking a “mixed” couple, whether it is a fat girl with a skinny guy, or a fat guy with a skinny girl.   The struggle and coming together as a couple is not only internal, but external as well.

Here are some of the TOP writers of BBW Romances and some of their best sellers.  BBW is a micro-niche where you will see quite a few one-title romances … but there are still plenty of trilogies and series for those who love to have a stack of good reads readily available!

TOP SELLING BBW Romance Authors

Jasinda Wilder

NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, WALL STREET JOURNAL and international bestselling author Jasinda Wilder is a Michigan native with a penchant for titillating tales about sexy men and strong women. Her bestselling titles include ALPHA, STRIPPED, WOUNDED, and the #1 Amazon and international bestseller FALLING INTO YOU. You can find her on her farm in Northern Michigan with her husband, author Jack Wilder, her six children and menagerie of animals.

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Megan Wade

Megan Wade is a simple girl who believes in love at first sight and soulmates. She’s obsessed with happy endings and Hallmark is her favorite brand of everything. Each Megan Wade story carries her ‘Sugar Promise’ of Over the Top Romance, Alpha Heroes, Curvy Heroines, Low Drama, High Heat and a Guaranteed Happily Ever After. What could be better than that?

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Mary E Thompson

Mary E Thompson grew up getting lost in the world of fiction, reading everything she could find. After a responsible career in chemical engineering, she finally realized she would only be happy if she were writing, so she started. There have been many moments when she thought chemical engineering was easier, but she pushed through, knowing nothing worth doing is ever easy (to paraphrase Theodore Roosevelt). Now, living out one of many dreams, Mary is happy with her life, and anxiously awaiting every moment to come with her husband and two young children.

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Sara Hazel

Sara Hazel writes stories of curvy women who learn they can have it all — adventure, career, and love. There is always a hot Alpha Man who sees the brilliance in the heroine’s smile and wants to make her his wife. He can even be a little obsessive about it! Every story has a HAPPY EVER AFTER (HEA) and there’s absolutely NO CHEATING

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Hope Ford

Bestselling Author Hope Ford writes SHORT, steamy, sweet romances. There is almost always an alpha male (because who doesn’t LOVE an alpha male) and a woman he makes his queen. Sit back, grab a glass of wine, and get lost in this naughty, happily ever after story.

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Sam Cresent

Sam Crescent is a USA Today Bestselling author who is obsessed with romance in all forms. She writes about real women with real problems, with the occasional day dream mixed in.

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Angela Verdenius

Angela Verdenius live in Australia where she is ruled by her cats, adore reading, and thinks her perfect day would be writing and drinking Diet Coke, followed by reading or a good horror movie.

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Candi Heart

Candi Heart writes funny, sassy, and swoon-worthy romances that will leave you with a smile on your face and a sigh on your lips. She knows big, beautiful girls need love too, and enjoys writing about them finding their happily-ever-afters with sexy alphas from all walks of life.

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Aubrey Rose

Aubrey Rose lives in sunny San Diego, where she likes to lay around in a hammock reading her favorite romances. When she’s not writing steamy stories, she can be found dancing naked in front of the mirror to Abba while her cat watches disdainfully.

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Erin Havoc

Erin Havoc writes short, steamy romance with no cliffhangers, no cheating and a guaranteed HEA! There’s almost always an alpha male who loves his curvy girl, but hot and sweet scenes are a must!

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