Kennedy Ryan's romances are coming for your heartstrings

Romance books all have one thing in common: A "Happily Ever After." And Kennedy Ryan's love stories are packed with scenes of friendship and spicy sex along the way.

But the impulse that drives her to write them is darker.

"My books come from indignation," the author told NPR in an interview. "From female rage."

With mainstream publisher Bloom Books reissuing five of her previously self-published titles starting later this month, and a TV series based on another one of her books now in development through Peacock, Ryan's high-emotional-stakes romances are poised to reach a wider audience.

Often, it'll be something in the news that grabs Ryan's attention, such as an incident, which went viral on , involving a professional footballer attacking his girlfriend in an elevator. That inspired Ryan's novel about domestic abuse set in the world of pro sports, Similarly, footage of the 2016The book, which explores climate change and indigenous land rights, is the first Bloom Books is scheduled to release, on May 23.