Three books at once in the top ten of the best-selling books (“and over 150,000 copies sold in Italy in the last four weeks”): in these weeks the Campus Series by Elle Kennedy, published in Italy by Newton Compton, has returned to the spotlight on the charts, confirming the ongoing success of the romance genre in bookstores.
Driving the success has been the release of the Off Campus series on , adapted from the bestseller The Deal, the first volume of the saga. The television adaptation has reignited interest around the narrative universe created by Elle Kennedy, pushing thousands of new readers to discover the series and bringing back onto the charts the novels that made her one of the world’s most beloved romance authors.
The platform has announced the release date for the second season, which will feature Allie Hayes and Dean Di Laurentis (played by Mika Abdalla and Stephen Kalyn, respectively) and will debut worldwide on April 28, 2027.
Let us recall that the saga comprises the novels The Deal, The Mistake, The Score, The Goal, and The Legacy. A solid success that has been further strengthened in recent weeks thanks to the publication of a limited special edition of The Deal, enriched with exclusive content.
The publisher Raffaello Avanzini comments: “Elle Kennedy is a genuine phenomenon. Passion, sport, college life and romance are the ingredients that have driven the success of a series.”
A leading romance author in Italy as well, Elle Kennedy has long been at the top of international charts. In addition to the Campus Series, Newton Compton has published numerous other of her successful sagas, including the Briar U Series, Avalon Bay Series, Prep Series and Campus Diaries, as well as the novels Love Song, I Met You at Midnight and Love Adventure – Girl Abroad.
