Bethany Blair

Bethany Blair – Editor

Experienced, reliable, and driven content professional with an obsession for minor details that are often overlooked and a continuity pro.

Overview

I am a former Penguin Random House book editor who specialized in romance and cozy mysteries. Though life has taken me from one coast to the other and landed me back in the midwest, I still love to consume and edit books. For the past few years I've been freelance editing with Radish, a serialized fiction app for romance novels, where I've worked on a number of high heat romance series.


When I'm not reading, you can find me chasing my toddler and catching up on the latest episode of Dateline. If you have a project you're passionate about, I'm happy to help give it shape and craft it into something readers will love.

Services
Fiction
Contemporary Romance Cozy Mysteries Paranormal Romance
Languages
English (US)

Work experience

Self-employed

Aug, 2019 — Present

Copy edit content for grammar, awkward phrasing, spelling, punctuation, word choice, and continuity. Provide developmental edits to ensure consistency in voice, tone, characterization, and plot for various high heat romance series.

Penguin Random House

Jul, 2014 — Oct, 2016 (over 2 years)

In addition to my own authors, I worked alongside two senior editors on manuscripts for New York Times bestselling author Miranda James, Victoria Hamilton/Amanda Cooper/Donna Lea Simpson, Susannah Hardy, Jean Flowers, Laura DiSilverio, Terrie Farley Moran, Mary Kennedy, Nancy J. Parra, Elaine Viets, Laura Bradford/Elizabeth Lynn Casey, and M.L. Rowland for the cozy mystery genre. For the romance genre, I worked on manuscripts for Lisa Desrochers and Stephanie Julian.

Portfolio

Dangerously Charming (Broken Riders Novel, A)

Deborah Blake

From the author of the Baba Yaga novels, a brand new series set in the same “addicting”* world, filled with wild magic, enchanting damsels, and the irresistibly daring men who serve the Baba Yagas... The Riders are three immortal brothers who protect the mythi... read more
Sowed to Death (Farmer's Daughter Mystery)

Peg Cochran

In the latest Farmer’s Daughter Mystery from the national bestselling author of No Farm, No Foul, farm owner and blogger Shelby McDonald must field another murder mystery....The county fair is the highlight of the year for the small town of Lovett, Michigan—es... read more
Cold Pressed Murder (An Olive Grove Mystery)

Kelly Lane

Eva Knox and her quirky Southern family are back in the second in the “intriguing”* culinary mystery series. It’s the pits for the attendees of the annual Farm Family Fare in Abundance, Georgia, when olive oil farmer Eva Knox finds herself in the middle of a m... read more
Cheddar Off Dead (An Undercover Dish Mystery)

Julia Buckley

Caterer and cook Lilah Drake is up to her elbows in deadly trouble in the latest mystery from the author of The Big Chili... The Christmas holidays are one of Lilah’s favorite times of the year, filled with friends, family, and, of course, tons of food orders ... read more
Prose and Cons (A Magical Bookshop Mystery)

Amanda Flower

Magic, books, and cats collide in a village near Niagara Falls in the latest mystery from the author of Crime and Poetry... In Cascade Springs, New York, Violet Waverly and her grandma, Daisy, are the proprietors of Charming Books, where the power of the writt... read more
Ghost Maker (The Ghost Seer Novel)

Robin D. Owens

Clare Cermak has a gift for speaking to ghosts of the Old West, but in the latest from the author of Ghost Talker, she may soon join their ranks... With Clare’s health fading, she and her partner—the love of her life—detective Zach Slade, head to Manitou Sprin... read more
Forsaken (Deep Connection Novel, A)

Sierra Kincade

The author of the “funny, sweet, suspenseful, and smoking hot” (Beth Kery) Body Works series is back with a dangerously seductive new trilogy...His job is to find her, not to fall for her...Marsella Talent has been on the run for two years, ever since her fath... read more
Protege

Lydia Michaels

The author of the provocative Surrender Trilogy presents a new novel of one woman’s introduction to a world of sinfully sweet submission... For too long, French teacher Collette Banks has locked her deepest desires away in the darkest corners of her mind. But ... read more
A Chasing Fire Novel (3 Book Series)

Ann Marie Walker

From Book 1: First in a tantalizing new trilogy about reigniting a forbidden desire from long ago...As heiress to a media empire Alessandra Sinclair was raised to put family obligations first. But everything changes the night her first love walks back into her... read more
Dangerously Divine (Broken Riders Novel, A)

Deborah Blake

The author of the “wonderful” (Tamora Pierce) Baba Yaga novels and Dangerously Charming is back with a magically mesmerizing new tale about the dashing and daring Broken Riders... The Riders: Three immortal brothers who kept the Baba Yagas safe, now stripped o... read more

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Jeanne Q.

Jeanne Q.

Aug, 2017

I enjoyed a terrific collaboration with Bethany. With great enthusiasm for the project, Bethany deftly edited my manuscript, fixing typos and punctuation errors, repairing awkward sentences, and catching inconsistencies in the plot and overuse of words/descriptions. Bethany made the manuscript better and I thank her very much for her hard work.

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