"Crossfire" fans can now rejoice and be thrilled as Sylvia Day's adult novel series heads to the small screen in the near future. Lionsgate, the leading worldwide entertainment company, officially confirmed getting hold of the TV rights on the best-selling romantic novels, but no network has signed on yet.

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Kevin Beggs, the president of the Lionsgate Television Group, made the announcement last Monday, August 5, while Executive Vice President Chris Selak confirmed the supervision on the TV series development for the studio.

The "Crossfire" adult novels was perceived as the "Fifty Shades of Grey" competitor after achieving success with more than 12 million copies sold since debuting in 2012. It also topped the bestseller lists in North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

"The Crossfire series is an incredible property and it is a thrill to bring it to Lionsgate. Sylvia has created an enduring, sexy and edgy story, and we're looking forward to working with her to create a show that both excites and connects with audiences as her books have done," Lionsgate's Executive VP Chris Selak stated in the studio's press release.

Lionsgate is known to be the home of the successful book-to-television series "Orange is the New Black" as well as the blockbuster movie franchises "Hunger Games" and "Twilight" which have jointly earned over $4 billion at the international box office. Producers Jeremy Bolt of Impact Pictures and Stephanie Johnson of Clover Entertainment, Inc. conveyed the upcoming TV project to Lionsgate.

The "Crossfire" series storyline revolves on a young woman named Eva Tramell involved in the New York advertising world and her relationship with billionaire Gideon Cross. Both of the characters are trying to prevail over their disturbing and cruel life in the past so they could move on and be ready for a physical and emotional romantic relationship.

American author Sylvia Day, 40, expressed her excitement over the announcement of the partnership with Lionsgate for her "Crossfire" series. According to Ms Day, she will act as an executive advisor only without writing for the TV show.

Since her novels depict erotic sex scenes, Ms Day acknowledged how they will work on it in television. "Usually, protagonists in erotic romance have difficult times communicating verbally, so the way that they get their feelings across--whether it's anger, happiness, love, lust, all of it--is during the sex scenes. You really couldn't do a PG version of Crossfire! It just wouldn't work. They have that in mind," the author explained.

Ms Day further added that she is expecting the TV producers to follow the "Crossfire" storyline with the way that she wrote it. "I'm really excited. This is a studio that is very familiar with book-to-film adaptations and doing them really well and staying true to the stories. I expect no less with the Crossfire series," the author shared.

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