Rebecca Donovan is an American novelist. Her books have a special appeal to twenty-somethings, a market category publishers call new adult. Donovan, who had previously worked as an events planner, began as a self-published author, but in 2012, Penguin acquired the U.K. rights to her successful "Breathing" series. In 2013 she signed a contract with the Amazon.com imprint, Skyscape Publishing. According to the Boston Globe, to celebrate her publishing contract with Amazon, Donovan "took over" the Blithewold Mansion where she planned and held a party together with friends she had worked together with at Rafanelli Events . Bibliography Novels Reason to Breathe Reason to Breathe, was listed on the USA Today bestseller list in August, 2012. Barely Breathing Out of Breath Out of Breath was # 4 on the list of all booksellers, nationwide the week it was published in July, 2013. It was # 6 on the young adult and children bestseller list for 2013 at Amazon.com, the nation's largest volume bookseller. Out of Breath was # 4 on the list of all booksellers, nationwide the week it was published in July, 2013. It was also published as an audio book. What If References External links Living people 21st-century American novelists Women romantic fiction writers Self-published books American women novelists Writers from Rhode Island Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women writers American romantic fiction novelists