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Deals
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.
Adaptation
Netflix adds six series regulars to Icebreaker, including Auliʻi Cravalho
Netflix has added six series regulars to its Icebreaker adaptation, including Auliʻi Cravalho as Lola, Deadline and Variety reported Tuesday.
Adaptation
Ali Hazelwood announces The Love Hypothesis sequel The Two-Body Problem
Ali Hazelwood has announced The Two-Body Problem, a direct sequel to The Love Hypothesis set for February 2, 2027, with a film adaptation in early development at MRC for Amazon MGM Studios.
Audiobook romance
Audiobook romance: Audible new releases + bestsellers
Projected top ten new-release romance audiobooks for the week of Sunday, September 28, 2026, plus Audible Romance bestsellers as of Monday, September 28, 2026, 2:43 p.m. CT.
Deals
Transworld signs Mhairi McFarlane in two-book move from HarperCollins
Transworld has signed contemporary romance novelist Mhairi McFarlane to a two-book agreement, ending her long run at HarperCollins, The Bookseller reported on September 28, 2026.
Adaptation
Netflix casts Daisy Jelley and Connor Simos in Icebreaker
Netflix has cast Daisy Jelley and Connor Simos as Anastasia “Stassie” Allen and Nate Hawkins in its series adaptation of Hannah Grace’s Icebreaker, the streamer said Monday on Tudum.
Deals
Kensington acquires Lori Foster’s The Risqué Book Club
Kensington’s Alicia Condon has secured worldwide rights in every language for Lori Foster’s The Risqué Book Club, according to Publishers Weekly’s Book Deals roundup for the week of September 28, 2026.
Out this week
Out this week: U.S. romance on sale Sept. 28–Oct. 4, 2026
Seventeen adult romance titles hit U.S. trade on-sale in the week of Monday, September 28, through Sunday, October 4, 2026, according to publisher product pages.
Bestsellers
Bestsellers: Amazon Books › Romance top 10
Amazon’s Best Sellers in Books › Romance, as of late Saturday, September 26, 2026, led by Colleen Hoover’s Verity.
Out this week
Out this week: U.S. adult trade romance, week of Sept. 22, 2026
Thirteen adult romance titles, from Avon, Dial, and Atria to Berkley, Bloom, and Griffin, are on sale in the U.S. the week of September 22, 2026.
Imprints
Penguin Random House UK launches DUSK, a new adult crossover imprint
Penguin Random House UK has launched Dusk, a new adult crossover imprint focused on romance, fantasy, and crossover fiction, according to secondary reports citing The Bookseller.
Deals
Little, Brown acquires Kalie Cassidy romantasy duology
Julia DeVarti at Little, Brown has acquired world rights to Kalie Cassidy’s next romantasy duology; The Long Night Looms is set for fall 2028, according to Publishers Weekly.
Deals
Slowburn signs Brynne Weaver to eight-figure, four-book deal
Zando’s Slowburn imprint has acquired world English rights to two untitled duologies by Brynne Weaver, in an eight-figure, four-book deal reported by Publishers Weekly.