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Skylight’s first buy is Anna Walden’s second-chance romance Between the Years
Simon & Schuster UK’s Skylight imprint has made its first acquisition — Anna Walden’s debut Between the Years, framed as a second-chance love story — The Bookseller reported on October 2, 2026.
Social media review
Social media review: Orbit’s Lemming pickup, Tuli’s next romantasy, Bramble’s newest cover
Late September on romance Instagram — Orbit announces two more Kimberly Lemming Mead Mishaps novels, Nisha J. Tuli reveals When Rage Broke Heart for Forever and Orbit UK, and Bramble posts the Still Married Actually cover.
Deals
Hodderscape takes two more Isabel Ibañez Spellbound Histories romantasy standalones
Hodderscape has acquired two further standalone romantic fantasy novels in Isabel Ibañez’s Spellbound Histories Quartet, The Bookseller reported on October 1, 2026.
Adaptation
Romance producers launch Rommi, a vertical “micromovie” studio for book-tied rom-coms
Producer Jamie Gordon and former MTV scripted programming chief Maggie Malina have launched Rommi, a New York–based studio making live-action romance “micromovies” for social platforms, Variety reported exclusively on October 1, 2026.
Cross-genre romance spotlight
Cross-genre romance spotlight: The Knave and the Moon by Rachel Gillig
This week’s cross-genre pick is Rachel Gillig’s gothic romantasy finale The Knave and the Moon — an Orbit sequel that sits where romance meets dark, atmospheric fantasy.
Deals
DUSK takes Sophie Clark’s adult romantasy Ashes for the Evening Star
Penguin Random House UK’s DUSK imprint has acquired Sophie Clark’s Ashes for the Evening Star plus a sequel in a six-figure global co-publishing agreement, The Bookseller reported on September 30, 2026.
Newly Released Covers
Newly Released Covers
Three adult romance jackets newly made public in late September 2026 — Bloom’s Beck, Dell’s Something Like You, and Cosmo Reads’ Let Me Get Back to You.