We are big fans of Maya Banks here at Book Binge. She has guested with us many times and we lubbbb her.
Maya began as a published author in 2006 when Samhain released Seducing Simon. She continued writing for Samhain when she wrote her first book for Berkley. She also penned (or in this case, typed) eight books for Silouette Desire. Colter’s Woman was pretty much the first book that I read that had three men and one woman. Yet she made it work and work well.
It is no wonder that Berkley and Maya Banks have closed a seven figure deal for an erotic trilogy. I know that I couldn’t be happier for her.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BERKLEY BOOKS CLOSES SEVEN-FIGURE DEAL FOR NEW EROTIC ROMANCE TRILOGY FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR MAYA BANKS
Berkley Fast-Tracks New Series from Established Bestseller Banks
Breathless Trilogy Aimed at Readers of Fifty Shades of Grey
Will Launch in February 2013
New York, NY, September 17, 2012— Berkley Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), announced today the acquisition of an all-new trilogy of erotic romance novels by New York Times bestselling author Maya Banks. Rush, the first book in the Breathless trilogy will be published in February 2013, followed quickly by the second book Fever in April 2013 and the conclusion Burn in August 2013. Berkley will publish simultaneous digital and trade paperback editions of each book.
Cindy Hwang, Executive Editor of Berkley, acquired World English rights to the trilogy in a seven-figure deal with Kimberly Whalen of Trident Media Group. Whalen also sold Italian rights to Mondadori in a pre-empt and audio rights have been pre-empted by Brilliance Audio in a six-figure deal, with several other foreign rights deals imminent.
“Maya Banks was at the forefront of the erotic romance trend and has been a star on Berkley’s list for several years,” Hwang said. “Her new trilogy will thrill returning fans and is the perfect introduction for readers who fell in love with the intensely provocative storyline in Fifty Shades of Grey.” Hwang also acquired and edited the New York Times bestselling phenomenon Bared to You by Sylvia Day.
In this new trilogy Banks brings her talent for writing edgy, seductive, and darkly sexual novels to a story that will appeal directly to a wide group of readers. The series follows three billionaires—Gabe Hamilton, Jace Crestwell and Ash McIntyre—who are best friends and business partners. The men dominate both in the boardroom and in the bedroom. Each novel in the trilogy will explore the relationship of one of the men as he discovers the woman he will love.
A successful and popular writer in the romance genre, Banks is excited to expand her readership with this new series. “I’m thrilled to be taking another big step with Berkley and my editor, Cindy Hwang. With the mainstream now wide open to the kinds of novels I began writing with the Sweet series in 2007, I look forward to connecting with a whole new array of readers and, of course, my wonderful fans who have been so good to me throughout my career.”
After contacting Maya, here is what she has to say about the upcoming trilogy:
I’ve said that this new trilogy will very much be what readers come to expect from Maya Banks and jokingly (albeit fitting!) that the trilogy is a marriage between the Sweet Series and my Harlequin Desires 😉 It’s like getting to write more eroticized Harlequin Desires which is HEAVEN
I know that I’m looking forward to it…are you?