Entangled Publishing

Entangled Publishing is an independent American book publisher specializing in romantic fiction for adult and young adult readers, with a particular focus on romantasy. It was founded in 2011 by Liz Pelletier, who serves as CEO and publisher. The company publishes across genres including contemporary romance, erotic romance, fantasy, historical, military, mystery and suspense, new adult, paranormal, science fiction and young adult, organized into a large set of imprints: Amara, Amara Next, August, Bliss, Brazen, Covet, Embrace, Ignite, Indulgence, Lovestruck, Mayhem Books, Mischief Books, One Handed Reads, Red Tower Books, Scandalous, Scorched, Sideways, Teen, Teen Crave and Teen Crush. Additional imprints cited elsewhere include Little Lark, a children's book line announced in February 2023.

The publisher is best known for Rebecca Yarros's Empyrean series — including Fourth Wing, Iron Flame and Onyx Storm — published under the Red Tower Books imprint launched in November 2022 for romantic fantasy and science fiction. Other notable titles and authors include Jennifer Probst's The Marriage Bargain, Jennifer L. Armentrout's Obsidian, Tracy Wolff's Crave series, Hannah Nicole Maehrer's Assistant to the Villain series and Devney Perry's Shield of Sparrows. Entangled has expanded beyond books into media, with titles in development with Amazon MGM, Legendary Television and NBCUniversal, and it launched Entangled Music in 2015.

As of a December 2025 announcement, Entangled received a minority investment from private equity firm the Chernin Group intended to accelerate its evolution into a diversified media platform spanning content, community, consumer products, gaming, live events and franchise development. Pelletier retains majority ownership and creative control.

Founding story

Entangled Publishing was founded in 2011 by Liz Pelletier, previously a software engineer, who co-founded the company and remains its CEO and publisher. At launch, Pelletier positioned Entangled as a hybrid of traditional and e-publishing models, arguing that the industry was in a transitional rather than declining state, citing book sales of $11.6 billion and e-book sales tripling to $441 million in the prior year alongside the rise of self-publishing on Amazon's 70% royalty terms.

Business model

Entangled acquires and publishes romance, romantasy and young adult fiction from authors, releasing titles in digital-first and simultaneous print/e-book formats across a portfolio of genre imprints, and licenses its properties into other media, including film and television development and graphic novel adaptations. It described a model that melds a traditional publishing business plan with a percentage-of-sales agency model applied across the company, in which staff from copy editors to the marketing director hold a financial stake in each book, keeping overhead low relative to traditional houses.

Revenue derives from sales of e-books and print books across the company's imprints, supplemented by rights licensing for screen adaptations and graphic novels. The company states it pays authors royalties with an escalation clause under which the royalty rate rises as more copies sell, and sets cover prices flexibly rather than holding prices high to reach a break-even point.

Traction

Since its first release in July 2011 Entangled had published more than 970 titles and grown to thirteen imprints, with 42 titles on the USA Today bestseller list and 14 on the New York Times bestseller list, releasing approximately 30-45 titles per month digital-first and four per month in simultaneous print and e-book formats. A 2023 account cited more than 17 New York Times and 39 USA Today bestsellers. Deluxe editions of Fourth Wing (115,000 copies) and Iron Flame (one million copies) sold out, and Onyx Storm was scheduled for a two-million-copy deluxe print run. The company has titles in development with Amazon MGM, Legendary Television and NBCUniversal, and Obsidian was signed for a motion picture.

Latest developments

In December 2025, Entangled announced a minority investment from the Chernin Group, a private equity firm whose other media investments include Audiochuck, Barstool Sports, Hello Sunshine, Crunchyroll and Exploding Kittens; The Wall Street Journal reported the deal valued Entangled at $400 million. CEO Liz Pelletier retains majority ownership and creative control, and the investment is framed as accelerating the company's move into a diversified media platform. Earlier in 2025 the company announced European joint ventures, the Mischief and Mayhem young adult imprints, and an Empyrean graphic novel program; the first Mayhem title, Dragon Cursed by Elise Kova, was slated for January publication.