Amazon Launches New Imprint, Montlake Romance

Posted on May 4, 2011

Amazon.com hasy announced the launch of new imprint, called Montlake Romance. Connie Brockway, two-time RITA winner, will be the debut author for the new imprint. Brockway's romance novel, The Other Guy's Bride, will be published in Fall 2011. It will be available in Kindle, print and audio formats on Amazon.com. It will also be sold at national and independent booksellers.

Amazon.com says Montlake Romance takes its name from the central Seattle neighborhood of Montlake. It will publish titles in popular romance sub-genres, including romantic suspense and contemporary and historic romance novels, as well as fantasy and paranormal.

Connie Brockway said in a statement, "I am thrilled to be the launch author for Montlake Romance, bringing readers the freshest, most innovative and compelling love stories possible. Montlake is giving me the opportunity to write romances that capture the imagination as well as the heart and I'm thrilled to invite readers to join me on this exhilarating journey. There are so many stories I've been dying to tell you, and people you simply have to meet."

The new imprint is the fourth for Amazon. It joins AmazonEncore, AmazonCrossing and Powered by Amazon.