Posted on January 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Catch up quick with the romance-specific bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice!
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Carolina Ciucci ranks eight recent TV and movie adaptations of romance books (Book Riot).
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The real success of the Heated Rivalry TV adaptation isn't its viewership numbers so much as how much they outpaced the minimal expectations for them (The New York Times).
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It obviously also surprised the publisher and booksellers; earlier this week, the Guardian reported on the Game Changers series' sellout in Australia, while last month, the newsletter Out of Your League analyzed how these shortages are even possible.
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Heated Rivalry costars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie will also star in an audio romance series; Ember & Ice is a three-part original romantasy series from audio erotica platform Quinn (The Hollywood Reporter).
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And on a lighter note, Susie Drumond offers tips on how to diagnose yourself as having Romance Novel Best Friend Syndrome and how to treat it (Book Riot).
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