Romance readers, assemble! This episode is for you. Emma chats with Dominique Raccah, Publisher and CEO, of Sourcebooks, the publisher behind some of your favorite romance reads at Sourcebooks Casablanca and Bloom Books imprints. They’re joined by Paula Amendolara (Senior Vice President of Sales), Mary Altman (Assistant Editorial Director), Molly Waxman (Executive Director of Marketing), Deb Werksman (Executive Editor), and Pamela Jaffee (Sr. Director Publicity/Brand Marketing), just some of the incredible team at Bloom Books and Sourcebooks Casablanca. They discuss insider info about how the publisher approaches each romance imprint, share trends in romance, and leave us with a long list of titles to get in the Valentine’s Day spirit all February long.

Books mentioned in this episode:

• Binding 13 by Chloe Walsh
• Chloe Walsh books
• Never by Jessa Hastings
• Neon Gods by Katee Robert
• Emily McIntire books
• A Touch of Chaos by Scarlett St. Clair
• Wicked Villains series by Katee Robert
• Elsie Silver books
• Waiting for the Flood by Alexis Hall
• Girls with Bad Reputations by Xio Axelrod
• The Comeback by Lily Chu
• All That We Never Were by Alice Kellen
• All That We Are Together by Alice Kellen
• A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole
• A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair
• Hades & Persephone series by Scarlett St. Clair
• The Dead Guy Next Door by Lucy Score
• Salacious Players Club series by Sara Cate
• Twisted series by Ana Huang
• The Striker by Ana Huang
• Midnight Ruin by Katee Robert

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