Romance writer gets 8-figure advance for new series

ST MARTIN'S Press is making a very big bet that Americans are still hot and heavy for romance novels.

The publisher has just agreed to pay an eye-popping eight-figure advance to Sylvia Day, a romance writer, for her next two books, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

The books, a series called Blacklist, are a follow-up to Day's Crossfire series, which has sold more than 13 million copies since its release began in 2012.