Tor Publishing Group is launching an imprint, Bramble, dedicated to "a wide array of romantic stories for the modern reader." Titles will include science fiction and fantasy, contemporary and family sagas, and have "spice levels to suit all readers, with familiar tropes and uncharted territory."
Tor President and publisher Devi Pillai said, "Tor Publishing Group is the gold standard of genre publishing and it's the perfect time to have an imprint dedicated to romance. Bramble will be the destination for exceptional love stories of all kinds. Expanding into romance gives our team and our readers another chance to do what we do best: get obsessed! Plus, let's be real, I just want to publish more books I love to read!"
Monique Patterson has joined the company as v-p, editorial director, and will oversee and develop Bramble as well as acquire titles for the imprint, in addition to acquiring fiction and non-fiction outside of Bramble. Patterson has almost 25 years of publishing experience, specifically in romance.
Patterson said, "There is a reason that romance and romantic fiction are among the most popular and beloved stories in the world. They capture our hearts and imaginations and help us explore what love means to each of us. That is powerful."
Bramble's first titles will appear this fall and include Fall of Ruin and Wrath by Jennifer Armentrout, Calamity by Constance Fay, Alone with You in the Ether by Olivie Blake and Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell.