5/27/2023 0 Comments Tessa bailey new book 2023![]() ![]() ![]() Novelists say social media and changes in the genre have helped make romance books more popular with readers.īailey, the Long Island–based author, said when she first started writing, there was a stigma attached to the romance genre. The genre hasn’t reached those levels since 2014. According to the market research group NPD BookScan, in 2022, romance novels led the print book growth category with sales volume reaching nearly 19 million units. The sale of romance novels has been soaring. I think this became a way of getting those feelings, experiences, experiencing those feelings when we couldn't do it in real life.” ![]() ![]() “We were missing those moments of angst and romance that we're all supposed to experience at certain times in our life. “I think we were missing human interaction,” Bailey said. She thinks her books also became a comfort to readers, too, during that time of isolation and uncertainty. She’s been writing books for a decade, but saw an explosion in success with the release of her 2021 novel “It Happened One Summer” about a Hollywood “It girl” who falls for a gruff fisherman in the Pacific Northwest.īailey wrote the sequel to "It Happened One Summer" after her husband got sick with COVID-19, and writing was a comfort to her during the pandemic. Tessa Bailey, a titan of steamy romance, is a New York Times–bestselling author with hundreds of thousands of followers across her social media accounts. ![]()
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