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Past Romance Deals|2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002| | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Sandra Bricker's LOVE FINDS YOU IN SNOWBALL, ARKANSAS, in which
a city slicker takes a stab at the rural wilderness in hopes of taming the man
of her dreams, to Rachel Meisel at Summerside Press, by Tamela Hancock Murray at
Hartline Literary Agency. Beth Williamson's THE EDUCATION OF MADELINE, in which a wealthy spinster rescues a wrongfully accused drifter from being hanged without a trial...all she asks from him in return are a few bedroom lessons of the explicit kind, to Kate Duffy at Kensington Brava, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/30/2008 Kathleen Y'Barbo's SILVER REFINED, about a young New York gilded age socialite who goes in search of adventure and ends up governess to a Colorado silver mining magnate's young daughter, SILVER LININGS, and SILVER SPOON, to Shannon Hill at WaterBrook Press, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Wendy Lawton at Books & Such Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/30/2008 Susan Lyons's first two books in the Wild Ride series, a sexy version of Planes, Trains and Automobiles, in which older sisters travel home to their baby sister's wedding and find their own hot romances along the way, to Hilary Sares at Kensington Aphrodisia, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Emily Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/29/2008 Bonnie Edwards's BREATHLESS, a trilogy of novellas linked by underwear above the waist: a corset with a time-travel twist, a Vegas showgirl's bustier and a body art competition, to Hilary Sares at Kensington Aphrodisia, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Emily Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency (World).- Publisher's Lunch 4/29/2008 Lisa Renee Jones's BLACK TIGER RISING, about a chosen Guardian
against evil and a lethally charming shape-shifter who is heir to the Black
Tiger throne, to Paula Guran at Juno, for publication in October 2009 (World).
Lori Devoti's next three books, continuing her "Unbound" series of witches, hellhounds, and Norse mythology, to Tara Gavin at Silhouette Nocturne, by Holly Root at Waxman Literary Agency (World).- Publisher's Lunch 4/29/2008 Marilyn Brant's ACCORDING TO JANE: A Novel about Pride, Prejudice, and the Pursuit of the Perfect Guy, about a young woman who receives romantic advice from the spirit of Jane Austen, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, in a two-book deal, by Nephele Tempest at The Knight Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/24/2008 Kendra Leigh Castle's SHADOWS AND MOONLIGHT, to Deb Werksman at
Sourcebooks, for publication in Spring 2009, by Kevan Lyon at the Sandra
Dijkstra Literary Agency (World English). Robin Miller writing as Robin Caroll's BAYOU RESTITUTION, the final book in the author's Bayou series, about a woman with a bad reputation who takes in her juvenile delinquent brother, then becomes the target of a blackmailer; and the parole officer assigned to the case who's more interested in the woman than the minor, to Krista Stroever at Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense, for publication in July 2009, by Kelly Mortimer at Mortimer Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/24/2008 ALIBI IN HIGH HEELS author Gemma Halliday's new HOLLYWOOD series, about a group of women finding love and trouble while working at a tabloid newspaper, again to Leah Hultenschmidt at Dorchester, in a three-book deal, by Nephele Tempest at The Knight Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/24/2008 Celeste Norfleet's additional books in her Matchmaker series, sequels to her young adult novel Pushing Pause, and four other adult romances, including a book in the hurricane continuity series, to Linda Gill at Kimani, with Evette Porter and Kelli Martin editing, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Elaine English of Elaine English. - Publisher's Lunch 4/24/2008 Author of debut (and UK bestseller) The Kommandant's Girl and the forthcoming sequel, Pam Jenoff's FOREVER ENGLAND, the first of two novels of international intrigue, romance, and suspense, drawing on her experiences working for the State Department and studying at Cambridge, about an intelligence official who returns to England on assignment and finds herself unexpectedly embroiled in discovering the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of her college boyfriend there ten years earlier, to Emily Bestler at Atria, in a significant deal ($251,000 - $499,000), by Scott Hoffman at Folio Literary Management. - Publisher's Lunch 4/23/2008 NYT bestselling author Allison Brennan's new paranormal series based on the Seven Deadly Sins, to Kate Collins at Ballantine, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), in a three-book deal, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 4/23/2008 Laurie Brown's WHAT WOULD JANE AUSTEN DO?, in which a costumer-maker would do anything for the chance to meet Jane Austen, even travel back in time to prevent a tragedy involving the notorious Regency rake Lord Shermont; only he turns out to be a much bigger and more intriguing challenge than anticipated, to Deb Werksman of Sourcebooks Casablanca, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Lucienne Diver of Spectrum Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/22/2008 Throne of Judar miniseries author Olivia Gates's THE CASTALDINI
CROWN, a new three-book miniseries set in the fictional Mediterranean island Red Garnier's SATIN SASH, about a complicated love triangle between two powerful men and a woman determined to fight for them both, to Tracy Bernstein at NAL, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/18/2008 USA Today bestselling author Kelsey Roberts's (Rhonda Pollero) next book in the ROSE TATTOO series, to Harlequin Intrigue, for publication in early 2009, by Dona Bagdasarian at Maria Carvainis Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/17/2008 USA Today bestselling author Rhonda Pollero's next three Findley Anderson Tanner novels of suspense to Maggie Crawford at Pocket, for publication beginning in January 2009, by Donna Bagdasarian at Maria Carvainis Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/17/2008 Scandal's Daughter author Christine Wells's INDECENT PROPOSAL, to Leis Pederson at Berkley, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Jessica Faust at BookEnds (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/17/2008 NYT bestseller JoAnn Ross's next two romantic suspense novels, to Kara Welsh and Laura Cifelli at NAL, by Robin Rue at Writers House (world). - Publisher's Lunch 4/17/2008 CHRISTMAS HEAT and DESTINED TO MEET bestselling author R. Barri Flowers, writing as Devon Vaughn Archer's, next two steamy romances, IT HAD TO BE HIM and CHRISTMAS DIAMONDS to Kelli Martin at Harlequin/Kimani in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000) for publication in May 2009 and December 2009, respectively, by Michelle Grajkowski of 3 Sea Literary Agency. - 4/16/2008 Donna Kauffman's three new romances, to Kate Duffy at Kensington Brava, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 4/15/2008 NYT bestselling author Nicole Jordan's three new historical romances, to Kate Collins at Ballantine, in a significant deal $251,000 - $499,000), by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates (world English). - Publisher's Lunch 4/15/2008 Jackie Barbosa's BEYOND THE RED DOOR, an anthology of erotic,
historical romance, with three short stories rich in historical detail and the
lusty escapades of London's Ton society at the infamous Red Door Brothel, to
John Scognamiglio at Kensington, for publication in Spring 2009, by Kevan Lyon
at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency (World). Three books by Cecelia Ahern, moving to Jonathan Burnham at Harper (Harper has published her in the UK for years), by Marianne Gunn O'Connor. - Publisher's Lunch 4/15/2008 Foreign rights to NYT bestselling author Karen Robards's next two novels, again to Carolyn Caughey at Hodder & Stoughton, by Claire Roberts at Trident Media Group, on behalf of Robert Gottlieb. - Publisher's Lunch 4/11/2008 Linda Robertson's VICIOUS CIRCLE, about a modern-day witch who
takes on a contract to assassinate a murderous vampire while dealing with a
budding romance with a rock'n'roll musician werewolf, to Paula Guran at Juno, in
a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in March 2009 (World). Karl Alexander's JACLYN THE RIPPER, a sequel to the author's
Time After Time, and the reprint of TIME AFTER TIME, to Jim Frenkel at Tor, in a
very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), for publication in January 2009, by John
Bennett at Indiscretion Films (NA). Miralee Ferrell's LOVE FINDS YOU IN LAST CHANCE, CALIFORNIA, in which a tomboy finds love with the father of a toddler while solving the mystery of who's sabotaging her ranch, to Rachel Meisel at Summerside Press, by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/10/2008 Rachel Vincent's MY SOUL TO TAKE, featuring cute boys, dead
girls, and the urge to scream, as a high school junior is sure she's losing her
mind until she discovers she's a perfectly sane teenage banshee, now she just
has to figure out who's killing the girls, to Mary-Theresa Hussey at Mira, plus
two sequels, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), for publication in late 2009,
by Miriam Kriss at Irene Goodman Agency (world). Ann Shorey's Series: AT HOME IN BELDON GROVE, scheduled thus
far to include The Edge of Light, Toward the Sunrise, and To Number the Stars,
set in Illinois in the years between 1838 and 1857, to Vicki Crumpton at Baker
Books, by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency. Maya Banks's THE TYCOON'S PREGNANT MISTRESS, to Melissa Jeglinski at Silhouette Desire, in a three-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/8/2008 Author of Private Arrangements and Delicious, Sherry Thomas's
next two Victorian/Edwardian historical romances, again to Caitlin Alexander at
Bantam Dell, in a very good deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Kristin Nelson at
Nelson Literary Agency (NA). BOOM TOWN author Janice Thompson's new three-book series, again to Jennifer Leep at Revell, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 4/3/2008 RITA-finalist Alison Morrow next two books, to Dudley Delffs at Zondervan, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 4/3/2008 Irene Brand's LOVE FINDS YOU IN VALENTINE, to Rachel Meisel of Summerside Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 4/3/2008 Cynthia Eden's next three paranormal suspense novels, again to Megan Records at Kensington Brava, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/2/2008 2008 RITA Award finalist Tamara Leigh's GUARDING EDEN, first book in a new "Southern Discomfort," about a high-profile, LA-based image consultant who must go to backwater Pickwick, NC, to cover up the shenanigans of the wealthy Pickwick family -- without exposing herself as a member the eccentric clan, MARRYING MAGDALENE and BURNING BRIDGET, to Julee Schwartzburg at WaterBrook Press, for publication in May 2009, by Beth Jusino at Alive Communications. - Publisher's Lunch 4/1/2008 Janet Fox's debut FAITHFUL, in which a Newport, Rhode Island debutante moves to 1904 Yellowstone where she encounters romance with the guy she's not supposed to marry, a mystery surrounding her mother's disappearance, and a life-altering adventure, to Jennifer Bonnell at Puffin, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2009, by Alyssa Eisner Henkin at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 3/30/2008 Lorie O'Clare's PARADISE ISLAND, about a world where all is not as it appears, and falling in love might prove the most dangerous adventure of all, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/28/2008 THE ADULTERY CLUB author Tess Stimson's next two novels, to Caitlin Alexander of Bantam Dell, by Carole Blake at Blake Friedmann (US). - Publisher's Lunch 3/28/2008 Emma Wildes's ONE IMMORAL PROPOSAL, in which two titled gentlemen of the ton put forth a slightly drunken, very public wager on which one's the better lover and a surprising woman steps forward to "judge," to Becky Vinter at NAL, in a two-book deal, by Barbara Poelle of Irene Goodman Agency (World English) - Publisher's Lunch 3/28/2008 Kathleen Y'Barbo's BELOVED COUNTERFEIT, a timeless story of love, intrigue, action and new-found faith, to Rebecca Germany at Barbour, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Wendy Lawton at Books & Such Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 3/28/2008 Karen Young's BLOOD BAYOU, about a woman who helps secure the release of a man on Death Row only to have him immediately become the prime suspect in the murder of her ex-husband's sister, and MISSING MAX, to Dave Lambert at Howard Books, in a significant deal ($251,000 - $499,000), by Wendy Lawton at Books & Such Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 3/28/2008 Television rights to Tess Gerritsen's THE MEPHISTO CLUB, optioned to Bill Haber at Ostar Enterprises in conjunction with TNT, as the basis for a television crime drama, by Jane Rotrosen Agency and CAA, for publication in 2006. - Publisher's Lunch 3/26/2008 Angie Frazier's EVERLASTING, a romantic, high-seas adventure
pitched as A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY meets THE LUXE, to Jennifer Rees at
Scholastic, in a six-figure deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Ted Malawer
at Firebrand Literary. USA Today bestselling author Cheyenne McCray's THE FIRST SIN, the first in a hot and edgy suspense series featuring two cops undercover in the dangerous world of international vice, to Monique Patterson at St. Martin's, in a two-book deal, by Nancy Yost of Lowenstein-Yost (NA).- Publisher's Lunch 3/25/2008 NYT bestselling author Cherry Adair's latest headling short story for an untitled romantic suspense anthology, also featuring Lora Leigh and Lorie O'Clare, to Rose Hilliard at St. Martin's, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (world) - Publisher's Lunch 3/25/2008 Robyn Carr's next three books in her Virgin River series, to Valerie Gray at Mira, by Liza Dawson of Liza Dawson Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 3/25/2008 Author of Venus Envy Shannon McKelden's VENUS GUY TRAP, the sequel in which the goddess-turned-fairy godmother finds herself unable to provide an Extreme Love Life Makever because all the "Prince Charmings" have the hots for her, again to Melissa Singer at Tor, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency (World English). Deidre.Knight@knightagency.net - Publisher's Lunch 3/25/2008 Alison Sinclair's DARKBORN, LIGHTBORN, and SHADOWBORN, a
fantasy trilogy of magic and manners, espionage and romance in the tradition of
Sarah Monette and Ellen Kushner, to Anne Sowards at Ace, by Caitlin Blasdell at
Liza Dawson Associates (World English). 50 WAYS TO HEX YOUR LOVER and HEX APPEAL author Linda Wisdom's
books #3 and #4 in the Witches Gone Wild series, in which 700-year-old youths,
who were banished before graduation along with the other 11 seniors at the
Witches Academy, relive the Salem Witch trials and confront a werewolf pack in
modern day California, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks Casablanca, in a nice deal
($1 - $49,000), for publication in Spring and Fall 2009, by Laurie McLean at
Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents (World). Jill Sorenson's CUTBACK, featuring a surf-star hero in jeopardy and FBI agent on his trail, and DARK CANYON, featuring a wildlife biologist heroine who must work with lone-wolf sheriff to uncover perpetrator behind what look like mountain lion maulings, to Shauna Summers at Bantam Dell, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in Spring and Fall 2009, by Laurie McLean at Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents (World). - Publisher's Lunch 3/24/2008 Danielle Steel's THE HAPPIEST HIPPO IN THE WORLD, the story of a baby hippo who happens to be born green instead of gray and learns with the help of a little boy to love himself despite being different, to Kate Jackson at Harper Children's, by Kate Schafer of Janklow & Nesbit (sold a while ago, before she left the agency). - Publisher's Lunch 3/24/2008 Lisa Marie Wilkinson's STOLEN PROMISE, in which a South Carolina plantation owner travels to England to explore his Gypsy heritage and soon finds himself wed to a spirited Romany woman, much to the chagrin of his fiancee back home, to Helen Rosburg at Medallion Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2010. - Publisher's Lunch 3/24/2008 Maya Banks's THE DARKEST HOUR, about a man who receives a mysterious phone call on the one year anniversary of his wife's death suggesting that his wife is not dead after all, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Sensation, in a three-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/20/2008 Frances Mallary's HIS JUST DESSERTS, wherein the heroine, a pastry cook who works in the kitchens of the Prince Regent under history's first "celebrity chef" until a poisoned dessert changes her fortune, to Lucia Macro at Avon, by Meredith Bernstein. - Publisher's Lunch 3/19/2008 Sara Orwig's STETSONS AND CEOs, in which three billionaire CEO cousins make a bet to see who can acquire the most money in one year by legal means, to Melissa Jeglinski at Silhouette Desire, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Maureen Walters at Curtis Brown. - Publisher's Lunch 3/19/2008 Robin Haseltine's THE CURSE OF THE DRAGON'S SPELL, in which a witch and warlock use forbidden spells during the Duel for Ultimate Dominion of her coven, in a modern fairy tale take-off of Beauty and the Beast that blends Mayan, Egyptian, and Greek mythologies with natural disasters mirroring the tumultuous years that gave us tsunamis, mudslides, and hurricane Katrina, to Margaret Esch and Dona Paus at Tiger, by Kelly Mortimer at Mortimer Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/19/2008 Raz Steel's LOVE WITHOUT BLOOD, about a female doctor in the Witness Protection Program who wonders if the vampire she's asked to hunt is the one who attacked her, or the one she's falling in love with, to Chris Keeslar at Dorchester, by Kelly Mortimer at Mortimer Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/19/2008 Cynthia Hickey's CANDY-COATED SECRETS, the follow-up to FUDGE-LACED FELONIES and the second book in the author's Summer Meadows Mystery Series, in which Summer nearly joins the circus, not knowing that strolling down Highway 64 with an elephant will lead to murder, land her up to her neck in another mystery, and drag her unwilling fiancee into battling man's darker side, again to Susan Downs at Heartsong Presents: Mysteries!, by Kelly Mortimer at Mortimer Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/19/2008 Megan Hart's PLEASURE AND PURPOSE, a sensual trio of novellas featuring handmaidens who are selected to serve three men from the Royal court, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Sensation, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/18/2008 Anna Evans's SKIN DEEP, a tattoo artist goes to find his former
high school flame hoping she'll allow him to alter the ink he gave her years ago
only to end up falling harder for her the second time around, to Kerry Donovan
at NAL, by Caren Johnson at Caren Johnson Literary Agency (World English). Audio rights to NYT bestselling author Cherry Adair's trilogy NIGHT FALL, NIGHT SECRETS, and NIGHT SHADOW, to Haila Williams at Blackstone, by Alanna Ramirez on behalf of Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 3/14/2008 GOOD THINGS author Mia King's TABLE MANNERS, about another year of creative chaos for lifestyle maven and comeback queen Deidre McIntosh, to Wendy McCurdy at Berkley, by Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 3/13/2008 NYT and USA Today bestselling author Caridad Pineiro's TAINTED
BLOOD, in which a gene therapy victim's world spins out of control as she
discovers her body has taken on strengths of a superhuman quality and she is
being hunted for a murder she did not commit, to Selina McLemore at Grand
Central, by Kevan Lyon at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency (World English).
2007 Golden Heart winner Robin Kaye's next two books in a fun,
contemporary romantic series, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, in a two-book
deal, for publication in Spring 2009, by Kevan Lyon at the Sandra Dijkstra
Literary Agency (World). Bonnie Edwards's POSSESSING MORGAN, in which a tow truck operator and premier repo artist locks horns with a tycoon in a romantic game of "who's stalking who?", to Brenda Chin at Harlequin Blaze, by Emily Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency (World), - Publisher's Lunch 3/11/2008 Jo Davis's THE SEVEN CONFESSIONS OF ALEXANDER QUINN, about a wife who takes extreme measures to save her marriage by granting her lonely husband seven occasions of sinful pleasure with any lover he chooses, providing he confesses to each one and agrees to accept his punishment, to Tracy Bernstein at NAL Heat, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/11/2008 Janice Thompson's CLUB WED, in which a young woman inherits the family's beach house, she turns it into a wedding chapel, and draws an entirely new clientele, to Jennifer Leep at Revell, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 3/10/2008 Beth Kery's TEMPTATIONS OF TIME, a present day detective travels back in time to 1906 Chicago in order to save the woman featured in a set of discovered erotic photographs from being murdered, to Leis Pederson at Berkley Heat, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/7/2008 Lauren Dane's OUTSHINED, about a cop returning home to rekindle romance with the free-spirited rocker who awakened his desires ten years before, again to Leis Pederson at Berkley Heat, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/7/2008 Sylvia Day's next three historical romances, bringing the author to 12 books in three years, to Kate Duffy at Kensington Brava, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Pamela Harty of The Knight Agency. pamela.harty@knightagency.net - Publisher's Lunch 3/7/2008 - Publisher's Lunch 3/6/2008 Jasmine Haynes's two collections set in a glitzy sensual world of powerful men and the women they'll pay anything to possess, to Wendy McCurdy for Berkley, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Lucienne Diver of Spectrum Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/6/2008 Jodi Thomas's two historical romances in her Whispering
Mountain series, to Wendy McCurdy at Berkley, in a good deal ($100,000 -
$250,000), by Gail Fortune of the Talbot Fortune Agency (NA). Donna Fletcher's two Scottish historical romances, to Esi Sogah
at Avon, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Gail Fortune of the Talbot Fortune
Agency (world). Candace Gold's A HEATED ROMANCE, to Leanne Burroughs at Circles of Gold, for publication in March 2008. - Publisher's Lunch 3/4/2008 Michele Ann Young, Kimberly Ivey, Billie Warren Chai's BRIDES OF THE WEST, all three of the stories in this anthology are based on women who gambled their future in blindly accepting complete strangers for husbands; it was a different era when a woman must have a husband to survive, to Leanne Burroughs at A Wee Dram, for publication in February 2008. - Publisher's Lunch 3/4/2008 Almost Taken author Isabel Mere's ALMOST GUILTY, to Leanne Burroughs at Regency Royale, for publication in February 2008. - Publisher's Lunch 3/4/2008 Kate Pearce's next two titles in her HOUSE OF PLEASURE series, about sexually ambiguous Regency Rakes and the women who love them just as they are, again to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, in a nice deal, by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency. NO CONTROL author Shannon Butcher's BURNING ALIVE, a paranormal romance, to Cindy Hwang at Penguin, in a pre-empt, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), in a three-book deal, by Nephele Tempest at The Knight Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 3/3/2008 Lisa Childs' IMMORTAL BRIDE, about a woman who returns from the dead to avenge her murder -- convinced her husband is her killer, to Tara Gavin for Silhouette Nocturne, in a three-book deal, plus one-ebook, by Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group (world). - Publisher's Lunch 3/3/2008 Marie Bostwick's SUNLIGHT IN THE COURTYARD, again to Audrey LaFehr at Kensington, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for three books, for publication in June 2009, by Jill Grosjean at the Jill Grosjean Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/3/2008 Jordan LaRousse and Samantha Sade's OYSTERS & CHOCOLATE: An
Erotic Anthology, featuring short stories from the creators of
OystersandChocolate.com, to Lindsay Nouis at NAL, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000),
by Emmanuelle Alspaugh at Wendy Sherman Associates (World). Author of WHAT A WOMAN NEEDS, WHAT A GENTLEMAN WANTS and WHAT A ROGUE DESIRES Caroline Linden's trilogy of historical romances, billed as the Regency era meets James Bond, starting with A VIEW TO A KISS, to Lyssa Keusch at Avon, by Stephanie Kip Rostan at the Levine Greenberg Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 3/3/2008 Jen Lancaster's PRETTY IN PLAID, the prequel to the Bitter Is the New Black, to Kara Cesare at NAL, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), for publication in Summer 2009, by Kate Garrick at DeFiore and Company (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 2/29/2008 Lisa Beth Kovetz's THE TUESDAY EROTICA CLUB RIDES AGAIN, the sequel to The Tuesday Erotica Club, again to Hillel Black at Sourcebooks, for publication in Spring 2009, by Adam Chromy at Artists and Artisans (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/28/2008 Elisabeth Naughton's MAKE ME BELIEVE, in the tradition of Romancing The Stone, while racing against the clock, between the flying bullets, blackmail, and murder, a spitfire archaeologist and her thief partner search for three legendary (and priceless) artifacts, to Leah Hultenschmidt at Dorchester, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency - Publisher's Lunch 2/28/2008 Leslie Kelly's novella about sex and romance in an exotic locale, to be published in Harlequin's sensual summer reads anthology, to Stacy Boyd at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in July 2009, by Pamela Harty at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/27/2008 Brenda Novak's novella about political rivals who survive a plane crash and fall in love, to be published in an anthology about the night before Christmas, to Stacy Boyd at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in November 2009, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 2/27/2008 Allison Leigh's romantic novella that takes place at a ceremony for a renewal of vows, to be published in an anthology celebrating Harlequin's 60th anniversary, to Stacy Boyd at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in June 2009. - Publisher's Lunch 2/27/2008 Anna DeStefano's WEEKEND MELTDOWN, a novella about an uptight female executive who finally learns to let loose, to be published in the anthology Winter Heat, to Stacy Boyd at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in January 2009, by Michelle Grajkowski at Three Seas Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/27/2008 Jade Lee's WEEKEND TIGRESS, a novella about an Asian-American woman who revives her sense of sexual exploration at a weekend ski retreat, to Stacy Boyd at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in January 2009, by Pattie Steele-Perkins at Steele-Perkins Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/27/2008 Author of the Daughters of Blessing Series, Lauraine Snelling's ASTRID BJORKLUND TRILOGY, in which Astrid must choose if her dream of becoming a physician will lead her to foreign lands as a medical missionary or back to Blessing, to Dave Horton at Bethany House, in a good deal($100,000 - $250,000), by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency. Deidre.Knight@knightagency.net - Publisher's Lunch 2/27/2008 Lorie O'Clare's A MAN'S WORLD, the first in the author's new FBI sex crime series, runs a chilling race to capture an FBI agent gone bad before more women can be kidnapped and sold into a covert prostitution ring, to Monique Patterson at St. Martin's, in a three-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/27/2008 NYT bestselling author of OBSESSION, Karen Robards' next two
romantic suspense novels, to Ivan Held and Chris Pepe at Putnam, by Robert
Gottlieb at Trident Media Group (NA). Michelle Monkou's next two romances, featuring a group of sorority sisters, to Kelli Martin at Harlequin Kimani, by Amy Moore-Benson of AMB Literary Management. - Publisher's Lunch 2/25/2008 Francis Ray's UNTIL THERE WAS YOU, the long out-of-print first novel in the popular 5-novel Grayson Series about a loving mother's determination to marry off each of her five children from the oldest to the youngest, and the children's futile efforts against falling in love; to be republished with a new chapter, to Monique Patterson at St. Martin's, for publication in December 2008, by Elaine Koster of the Elaine Koster Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 2/25/2008 Rita winner and triple finalist Tamera Alexander's IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, the first in a series set during the Civil War about an impoverished woman who becomes an assistant to the owner of a plantation and the richest woman in America -- involving blockade running, runaway slaves, the art world, and a master gardener who teaches her where true beauty can be found, to Charlene Patterson at Bethany House, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), at auction, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/22/2008 Candace Calvert's THE HEALER'S HEART, part of a new Shift in Faith series based on the author's career experience of critical incident counseling, in which a nurse is involved in a tragic daycare explosion, the process re-opens her own emotional wounds, and God prepares her heart for a love that was nowhere in her plans, to Jan Stob at Tyndale, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/22/2008 Renee Alexis's RED SKY, to Deborah Schumaker at Genesis Press,
in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2009, by Misherald Brown at ML
Brown & Associates (US). Susan Higginbotham's THE TRAITOR'S WIFE, following the favorite
niece of King Edward II as she becomes entangled in a complex web of treachery
and betrayal, to Peter Lynch at Sourcebooks, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by
Judy Klein of Kleinworks Agency, on behalf of iUniverse Star. A.J. Menden's PHENOMENAL GIRL FIVE, to Chris Keeslar at Dorchester, for publication in Winter 2008, in a two-book deal, by Michelle Wolfson at Wolfson Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/19/2008 Meredith Efken's DOT MOMS, the third in the author's SAHM (Stay-at-home-mom) series, to Melissa Endlich at Steeple Hill, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in Summer 2009, by Steve Laube at the Steve Laube Agency (World) - Publisher's Lunch 2/19/2008 Libby Sternberg's FIRE ME, in which a young woman spends a day at the office trying to convince her boss that she should be the employee chosen to be laid off, with film rights previously optioned to Landscape Entertainment, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, by Holly Root at Waxman Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 2/19/2008 Lisa Renee Jones's KNIGHTS OF WHITE, in which the Knights of White again triumph over adversity and find love, to Ann Leslie Tuttle at Harlequin Nocturne, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/18/2008 Bonnie Vanak's KATIA'S STORY, to Ann Leslie Tuttle at Harlequin Nocturne, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/18/2008 Lisa Renee Jones's THE COSTUME SHOP, in which a woman encounters adventure and romance playing a new role, to Kathryn Lye at Harlequin Blaze, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in Winter 2009, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/18/2008 Molly Harper's SINGLE UNDEAD FEMALE, about a laid-off
children's librarian, shot by a drunk hunter who mistakes her for a deer, then
saved and turned by a hunky, brooding vampire, to Jennifer Heddle at Pocket, at
auction, in a three-book deal, by Stephany Evans at FinePrint Literary
Management. Maggie Brendan's COLUMBINE TRAIL, in which a Southern Belle is
a fish out of water in 1892 Colorado, only to fall in love with the region, its
people Lynette Eason's A SILENT TERROR, in which a homicide detective and a teacher for the deaf must find a killer before the teacher becomes the next victim, to Emily Rodmell at Steeple Hill Love Inspired, by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/15/2008 Pamela Palmer's untitled paranormal romance, the fourth book in her Esri series, to Ann Leslie Tuttle at Nocturne, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (world). - Publisher's Lunch 2/14/2008 Kay Thomas's untitled romantic suspense, in which a woman becomes tangled in a murderous web of government conspiracy involving a big pharma cover-up about the vaccine-autism connection while searching for her missing sister, to Denise Zaza at Harlequin Intrigue, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in January 2009, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (world). - Publisher's Lunch 2/12/2008 Charlene Teglia's ANIMAL ATTRACTION, about a woman who always
hoped to find out who her birth parents were -- but didn't expect the truth to
put her in the middle of a shapeshifter war, complicated by a forbidden love for
two mates, again to Rose Hilliard at St. Martin's, in a good two-book deal
($100,000 - $250,000), by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency(NA). Kate Perry's MARKED, in which a free-spirited artist inherits her estranged father's position as Guardian to a powerful ancient Chinese scroll and with the help of an unexpectedly hot fellow Guardian has to learn to control her newfound powers and protect the scroll, to Latoya Smith at Grand Central in a two-book deal, by Holly Root at Waxman Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 2/12/2008 Television rights to Meg Cabot's JINX, optioned to ABC Family
for development as a TV movie with Karen Glass producing, by Bill Contardi, on
behalf of Laura Langlie. DEMON NIGHT author Meljean Brook's untitled novella for the anthology, MUST LOVE HELL HOUNDS, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2009, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/9/2008 MINE TO POSSESS author Nalini Singh's untitled novella for the anthology, MUST LOVE HELL HOUNDS, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2009, by Nephele Tempest at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/8/2008 Maggie Price's untitled romance and racing novel for the NASCAR series, to Marsha Zinberg at Harlequin, in a nice deal, ($1 - $49,000) for publication in September 2009, by Pam Hopkins at the Hopkins Literary Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 2/7/2008 Ingrid Caris's untitled romance and racing novel for the 2009 NASCAR series, to Marsha Zinberg at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in June 2009 (world) - Publisher's Lunch 2/7/2008 USA Today bestselling author Susan Kearney's next three futuristic fantasy romances, moving to Amy Pierpont at Grand Central, by Holly Root at Waxman Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 2/7/2008 Television rights for NYT bestselling author Gena Showalter's RED HANDED, to Sony Pictures Television (Stargate SG-1), with Dan Wigutow Productions, by Sean Daily at Hotchkiss & Associates, on behalf of Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/6/2008 NYT bestselling author Shara Sala's next book, to Mira, with Leslie Wainger editing, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), by Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/6/2008 RITA-award winner Linnea Sinclair's HOPE'S FOLLY, the third
book in the Gabriel's Ghost SF series where a former Fleet admiral finds himself
aiding the rebels, dodging death threats, and alarmingly attracted to his former
CO's daughter who's now assigned as his bodyguard, again to Anne Groell at
Bantam Dell, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), in a two-book deal, by
Kristin Nelson of Nelson Literary Agency (NA). Television rights to Meg Cabot's HEATHER WELLS MYSTERIES Japanese rights to NYT bestselling author Allison Brennan's SPEAK NO EVIL, SEE NO EVIL, and FEAR NO EVIL, to Goma Books, by Misa Morikawa at Tuttle Mori Agency, on behalf of Lara Lea Allen and Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 2/4/2008 Maria Geraci's THE CHURCH OF BUNCO, about a woman and her
dysfunctional Bunco group as she struggles to maintain lifelong friendships,
spice up her love life, and save her dying beach town, but with every roll of
the dice, she discovers that woman cannot live by Bunco alone, to Wendy McCurdy
at Berkley, in a two-book deal, in a pre-empt, by Deidre Knight of The Knight
Agency (NA). Stephanie Newton's PERFECT TARGET, a story of love and redemption set on the beach of Florida's Gulf Coast, to Melissa Endlich at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in March 2009, by Barbara Collins Rosenberg at Rosenberg Group (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/4/2008 Patricia Rosemoor's new book in the author's popular McKenna Legacy series, to Denise Zaza at Harlequin Intrigue, for publication in April 2009, by Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency. jjackson@maassagency.com - Publisher's Lunch 1/30/2008 USA Today bestselling author Yasmine Galenorn's next three books in the Otherworld Series, about three half-human half-Fae sisters out to save two worlds, one monster at a time, to Kate Seaver at Berkley, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Meredith Bernstein at Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/30/2008 SNOW ANGEL and THE DUCHESS AND THE DRAGON author Jamie Carie's next three books of historical romance, to David Webb with Broadman & Holman, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Wes Yoder of Ambassador Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/30/2008 Audio rights to Catherine Coulter's next three FBI novels and one historical novel, to Eileen Hutton at Brilliance Audio, by Alanna Ramirez on behalf of Robert Gottlieb at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 1/29/2008 Bettye Griffin's two new, contemporary women's fiction titles,
to Rakia Clark at Dafina, for publication in 2009 and 2010, by Elaine English at
Elaine English (World). Audio rights to Tori Carrington's WORKING STIFF, book four in the Sofie Metropolis series, to Barbara Singleton at Books on Tape, by Alanna Ramirez, on behalf of Robert Gottlieb at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 1/29/2008 Charlotte Featherstone's WINTER'S DESIRE: MIDNIGHT WHISPERS, one of three stories in a winter's soltice anthology, the tale of a young widow who once a year, on the eve of the magical Solstice, gets her winter's desire, to Susan Pezzack-Swinwood at Harlequin Spice, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Mary Louise Schwartz at the Belfrey Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/25/2008 USA Today bestselling author Jill Shalvis's PACIFIC HEAT series, the warm, humorous, and sexy stories of three wildly popular athletes who put their life and limb on the line for the win, to Kate Seaver at Berkley, by Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 1/25/2008 Sophie Renwick's HOT IN HERE, in which the kitchen heats up as a playboy celebrity chef who is about to lose everything tries to repair his image by dating his "safe" best friend in this fun, hot romance, to Tracy Bernstein at NAL, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2009, by Mary Louise Schwartz at the Belfrey Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/24/2008 RITA winner Beth Pattillo's JANE AUSTEN RUINED MY LIFE, in which a disgraced professor of English literature finds the lost letters of the venerated author and must decide whether to publish or perish, to Beth Adams at Guideposts, in a two-book deal, by Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/24/2008 Lucy Finn's BEST WISHES ALWAYS, about a grieving young antiques dealer who is through with love until a mysterious brass lamp and a sexy genie make her risk her heart once more, to Kristen Weber at NAL, by John Talbot at Talbot Fortune Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 1/23/2008 Lillian Feisty's PLAY ME, a contemporary erotic novel in which a thirty-seven year old woman falls for a twenty-nine year old musician, to Amy Pierpont at Grand Central, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/23/2008 NYT bestselling author Betina Krahn's two untitled books, to Brenda Chin at Harlequin Blaze, by Gail Fortune at the Talbot Fortune Agency (World). gailfortune@talbotfortuneagency.com - Publisher's Lunch 1/23/2008 Donna Kauffman's three new novels, to Kate Duffy at Kensington Brava, in very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 1/23/2008 NYT bestselling author Dorothy Garlock's five new novels, to Beth de Guzman at Grand Central, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 1/23/2008 Tracy Wolff's FULL EXPOSURE, in which sparks fly between a
photographer and a sexy iron-sculptor, but is the heat they generate strong
enough to burn through the ice-cold fury of a psycopath determined to claim her
for his own?, to Becky Vinter at NAL, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Emily
Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency (World). Dara Girard's books #3 and 4 in the BLACK STOCKING SOCIETY series, to Glenda Howard at Kimani, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Emily Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/18/2008 Dee Davis's series, about an off-the-books black ops division of the CIA, to Amy Pierpont at Grand Central, at auction, in a three-book deal, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 1/18/2008 USA Today bestselling author Kathryn Caskie's next three books in her SEVEN DEADLY SINS series, about a family forced from Scotland for their wicked ways, only to descend upon London and give new all meaning to the word sin, to Lucia Macro at Avon, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 1/18/2008 Jill Shalvis's series, about three brothers running an expedition/adventure getaway ranch, to Kate Duffy at Kensington, in a three-book deal, by Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/18/2008 Dawn Halliday's HIGHLAND OBSESSION, about a love triangle between a young woman, a Scotsman, and an English Earl, to Becky Vinter at NAL, by Barbara Poelle at Irene Goodman Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/15/2008 RITA finalist and Daphne DuMaurier award winner Nina Bruhns's RUN TO DANGER, in which a black-ops hero and a nurse are kidnapped and taken on a suicide mission to Sudan where they must foil a terrorist, rescue a prisoner, and live long enough to fall in love, to Kate Seaver at Berkley, in a three-book deal, for publication in August 2009, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/14/2008 Anna Evans's BRIAR ROSE, featuring the heroine of the Sleeping
Beauty myth Karen Kendall's next two books in a romantic suspense series, which revolves around an agency that recovers stolen art, sequels to TAKE ME IF YOU CAN, to Kara Cesare at NAL, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 1/11/2008 Brenda Novak's next romantic suspense trilogy, to Margaret Marbury at Mira, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (world). - Publisher's Lunch 1/11/2008 Kimberley Raye's BEDTIME STORIES FOR LOVERS, a signature story of love and laughter perfect for Valentine's Day reading, to Brenda Chin at Harlequin Blaze, for publication in February 2009, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/11/2008 Debra Webb's next three novels to follow up TRACELESS, NAMELESS and FEARLESS, set in a small town in Maine where people think an old evil has come back to claim more victims, and a paranormal investigator courts danger when she sets out to prove them wrong, to Jennifer Weis at St. Martin's, by Stephanie Kip Rostan at Levine Greenberg Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/10/2008 Hood and Thong on Fire author Noire's HITTING THE BRICKS and a second novel, plus FROM THE STREETS TO THE SHEETS: Urban Erotic Quickies, moving to Melody Guy and Jane von Mehren at Ballantine, in a significant deal ($251,000 - $499,000), in a three-book deal, by Ken Atchity of AEI Literary Management. - Publisher's Lunch 1/10/2008 Italian rights to NYT bestseller Allison Brennan's KILLING FEAR, to Sergio Fanucci, by Lara Lea Allen, on behalf of Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 1/10/2008 Author of Dinner With A Perfect Stranger, David Gregory's two novels, to Shannon Hill at WaterBrook Press, in a significant deal ($251,000 - $499,000), for publication in fall 2009 and fall 2011, by Steve Laube at the Steve Laube Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 1/9/2008 Michele Bardsley's sequel to DON'T TALK BACK TO YOUR VAMPIRE and BECAUSE YOUR VAMPIRE SAID SO, featuring the undead moms and dads that make up the Paranormal Parent-Teacher Association (PPTA) of Broken Heart, OK, to Kara Cesare at NAL, by Stephanie Kip Rostan at Levine Greenberg Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/9/2008 Tracy Anne Warren's untitled Regency historical romance, to Lucia Macro at Avon, in a significant deal ($251,000 - $499,000), in a three-book deal, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 1/9/2008 Laura Fitzgerald's untitled book, the follow-up to VEIL OF ROSES, exploring the cross-cultural love story of an American single mom and a Persian man, to Ellen Edwards at NAL, in a two-book deal, for publication in February 2009, by Stephanie Kip Rostan at Levine Greenberg Literary Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 1/8/2008 MASTER OF THE HIGHLANDS and SWORD OF THE HIGHLANDS author Veronica Wolff's WARRIOR OF THE HIGHLANDS, again based on real-life historical heroes, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, by Stephanie Kip Rostan at Levine Greenberg Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/8/2008 GOOD LITTLE WIVES author Abby Drake's PERFECT LITTLE LADIES, featuring four new women with a host of secrets to keep - and one blackmailer about to ruin things, to Lucia Macro at Avon, by Stephanie Kip Rostan at Levine Greenberg Literary Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 1/8/2008 CAPTURING PARIS author Katharine Davis's EAST HOPE, set in a small coastal town in Maine about a woman who after the death of her husband starts her life over in a way she never thought possible, to Ellen Edwards at NAL Accent, for publication in Winter 2009, by Katherine Fausset at Curtis Brown (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 1/8/2008 Marilynn Griffith's MOM'S THE WORD, a story of two friends - one yearning for family, the other wondering if family is really all it's cracked up to be, to Jessica Alvarez at Steeple Hill, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Wendy Lawton at Books & Such Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/8/2008 Kathleen Y'Barbo's THE BELOVED CAPTIVE, to Rebecca Germany at Barbour, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Wendy Lawton at Books & Such Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/8/2008 Virginia Smith's A TASTE OF MURDER, when a classical musician agrees to a gig during a small Kentucky town's barbeque festival, she's in for a few unpleasant surprises - like a body in her bathtub covered in barbeque sauce, to Krista Stroever at Steeple Hill, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in October 2008, by Wendy Lawton at Books & Such Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/8/2008 Cindy Procter-King writing as Kate St. James's KISS ME AT
MIDNIGHT, about two late-night TV co-hosts who fake an on-air romance to top
November sweeps, to Theresa Stevens at Red Sage, for its Secrets novella
anthologies, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2009. USA Today Bestseller Kimberly Raye's untitled vampire love story, to Trisha Telep at Constable & Robinson, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/7/2008 Samantha Hunter's THE TEMPTRESS, a woman receives the wrong costume from a costume shop and ends up with an unexpected romance, to Kathryn Lye at Harlequin Blaze, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/7/2008 Patricia Sargeant's IN YOUR EYES, in which a meek pastor's daughter has a secret life as an erotic graphic novelist, to Selena James at Kensington, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/7/2008 Judith Gould's THE WINDS OF CHANCE and SINS, to Joseph Pittman
at Alyson Books, for publication in Fall 2008, by Alan Nevins at The Firm (World
English). Lisa Renee Jones's CAPTURED BY THE BEAST, the Knights of White continue their fight with the soulless Darkland Beasts, to Ann Leslie Tuttle at Harlequin Nocturne, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in Spring 2009, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/3/2008 RITA winner Tamera Alexander's THE INHERITANCE, in which a woman arrives in Colorado to find her relatives have died of cholera leaving her to raise their five-year old daughter and her younger brother alone with help only from the local sheriff as she discovers "an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade," to Natalie Hanemann at Thomas Nelson's Women of Faith, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/3/2008 TO CATCH A MERMAID and SAVING JULIET author Suzanne Selfors's
COFFEEHOUSE GIRL, about a girl whose ordinary life as a student and coffeehouse
barista turns extraordinary when a rebellious guardian angel breaks all the
rules and falls in love with her, to Emily Easton at Walker Children's, by
Michael Bourret at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (World). Patti O'Shea's THE DRAGON'S DAWN, in which a glass artist
learns she's the legendary dragon mage Doranna Durgin's THE RECKONERS, about a young woman once mentored by a ghost and her Southwest ghostbuster team, all of whom tangle with a fiercely driven demon-hunter from a different dimension, to Heather Osborn of Tor Romance, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Lucienne Diver of Spectrum Literary Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 1/2/2008 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Abby Gaines' THE DIAMOND DIARIES, the sequel to The Diaper Diaries, where a candidate for governor of Georgia is dragged into a fake engagement to the woman who blew the whistle on his father for accepting a bribe in the same job six years ago, and two additional Superromance titles, again to Victoria Curran at Harlequin, by Pamela Harty of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/30/07 Dakota Cassidy's THE ACCIDENTAL HUMAN, about a multi-level
cosmetics saleswoman who thinks she's seen it all with her "accidentally"
paranormal friends until she meets a vampire turned human, again to Cindy Hwang
at Berkley, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000) by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency
(NA). Pamela Palmer writing as Pamela Montgomerie's SAPPHIRE DREAM, in which a modern-day American wakes aboard a 17th century pirate ship and the Scots captain knows precisely who she is, to Allison Brandau at Berkley, in a two-book deal, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 12/19/07 Rita Winner Catherine Mann's three books in an untitled Air Force romance series, to Wendy McCurdy at Berkley, in a very nice deal $50,000 - $99,000), by Barbara Collins Rosenberg at Rosenberg Group (World). - Publisher's Lunch 12/19/07 Author of THEIR GREEK ISLAND REUNION Carol Culver writing as Carol Grace's untitled romance, to Meg Sleightholme at Harlequin, by Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency. jjackson@maassagency.com - Publisher's Lunch 12/18/07 Pamela Palmer's THE HEART OF THE LION, about shape shifters that is the first in the Feral Warriors series, to May Chen at Avon, in a three-book deal, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World). - Publisher's Lunch 12/18/07 Jennifer Haymore's TANGLED HEARTS, in which a duke returns from war to find his wife remarried to his best friend, to Selina McLemore at Grand Central, in a three-book deal, at auction, by Barbara Poelle at the Irene Goodman Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 12/18/07 Bella Andre's HOTSHOTS: Men of Fire, a series featuring Hot Shots heroes, the most disciplined, highly trained firefighters in the world, to Shauna Summers at Bantam Dell, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), at auction, in a three-book deal, by Jessica Faust at BookEnds (world). - Publisher's Lunch 12/17/07 Bobbie O'Keefe's untitled romantic suspense, to John Helfers at Five Star, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/14/07 Beth Wiseman's inspirational untitled series of an
inspirational love Amy Clipston's untitled inspirational series, to Sue Brower at Zondervan, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/14/07 Gwen Zepeda's CHUPACABRAS IN LOVE, about an aspiring young journalist stuck blogging for a gossip site who stumbles across a story that gives new meaning to the word legendary, to Selina McLemore at Grand Central, by Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 12/13/07 Deborah MacGillivray's A WOLF IN WOLF'S CLOTHING, the third
book in the author's Sisters of Colford Hall series, and TO BELL THE VAMPIRE, to
Chris Keeslar at Dorchester LoveSpell, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for
publication in June 2009 (US). Megan Hart and Lauren Dane's TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS, about a
pair of best friends who are away at a business conference 2007 RITA finalist Alison Strobel Morrow's book about a woman
who knows who she is and what she wants Helen Brenna's three-book series set on Maribelle Island, where the only thing worse than being an outsider is being an islander with something to hide, to Johanna Raisanen at Harlequin, by Tina Wexler at ICM (world). - Publisher's Lunch 12/10/07 Western author Linda Lael Miller's THE GIFT HORSE, a memoir about how she adopted an abused horse and how he taught her as much as she taught him, to Harlequin, by Irene Goodman at Irene Goodman Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/10/07 Cheryl Holt's three historical romance novels, to Amy Pierpont at Grand Central, by Irene Goodman.- Publisher's Lunch 12/10/07 Rita Award winner Laura Kinsale's SEIZE THE FIRE, PRINCE OF
MIDNIGHT, and MIDSUMMER MOON, by Deb Werksman of Sourcebooks, by Richard Curtis
of Richard Curtis Associates. Amanda Cabot's PAPER ROSES, determined to protect her sister
from shame, a woman goes to Texas as a mail-order bride, only to discover her
groom has been killed, the residents of her new home are divided by centuries of
enmity and her only ally is a doctor bent on revenge, to Vicki Crumpton at
Revell, in a three-book deal, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in
Fall 2008, by Joyce Hart at Hartline Literary Agency (World). Jill Elaine Hughes writing as Jamaica Layne's MARKET FOR LOVE, to Adam Nevill at Virgin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2008, by Uwe Stender at TriadaUS Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 12/5/07 Angie Fox's THE ACCIDENTAL DEMON SLAYER, a humorous romp
featuring a preschool teacher turned "accidental demon slayer," her pink Harley
riding grandmother, and a talking Jack Russell Terrier, to Leah Hultenschmidt at
Dorchester, in a two-book deal, for publication in Spring 2008, by Jessica Faust
at BookEnds (NA). Jackson Pearce's AS YOU WISH, based loosely upon Shakespeare's
Tempest, in which high school student Viola Cohen inadvertently summons Film rights to Sarah McCarty's REAPER'S JUSTICE and REAPER'S
VOW, beginning a Western werewolf romance series in which deadly men move beyond
the hell they've been living and head West in search of who they once were, yet
barely remember, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Heat, in a two-book deal, by Roberta
Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. Laura Griffin's ONE LAST BREATH, about an
unlikely romance between a feisty journalist and handsome PI, optioned to Dina
Gachman at Sarsaparilla Moving Pictures, by Taryn Fagerness at the Sandra
Dijkstra Literary Agency. Japanese rights to Lori Wilde's THERE GOES THE BRIDE, to Bunkasha, by Miko Yamanouchi of Japan Uni Agency, on behalf of Lara Lea Allen and Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 11/28/07 Sarah McCarty's REAPER'S JUSTICE and REAPER'S VOW, beginning a Western werewolf romance series in which deadly men move beyond the hell they've been living and head West in search of who they once were, yet barely remember, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Heat, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 11/27/07 Bridie Clark's novel I THINK SHE'S GOT IT, a modern retelling of
Pygmalion, the story of a shy, young Midwesterner who is transformed into a
sophisticated socialite by a dashing but arrogant man-about-town who is
convinced he can turn anyone Rhyannon Byrd's next three titles in the BLOODRUNNERS series, in which a powerful family finds themselves treading a fine line between passion and survival when enemy packs threaten their security, again to Ann Leslie Tuttle at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency. Deidre.Knight@knightagency.net - Publisher's Lunch 11/26/07 Author of the Million Dollar Mysteries series Mindy Starns Clark's ECHOES OF THE VALLEY, to LaRae Weikert at Harvest House, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 11/24/07 Anne Hearn's latest historical romance, again to May Chen at Avon, in a multi-book deal, by Paige Wheeler of Folio Literary Management. - Publisher's Lunch 11/20/07 ON STRIKE FOR CHRISTMAS author Sheila Robert's GARDEN SEASON, about three women's journeys to make their lives and their gardens bloom, to Rose Hilliard at St. Martin's, in a multi-book deal, by Paige Wheeler of Folio Literary Management. - Publisher's Lunch 11/20/07 USA Today bestselling author Julianne MacLean's MISTRESS DIARIES, sequel to IN MY WILDEST FANTASIES and the second book in her Victorian-period historical PEMBROKE PALACE series, to Erika Tsang at Avon, in a multi-book deal, by Paige Wheeler of Folio Literary Management. - Publisher's Lunch 11/20/07 Katherine Garbera's new series featuring the Bucatti family, a family cursed to be either lucky in love or lucky in business and the new generation of brothers who have vowed to break the curse, and one additional book, to Natashya Wilson at Silhouette Desire, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Pamela Harty of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 11/20/07 Norwegian rights to Suzanne Collins' THE HUNGER GAMES Trilogy, to Gyldendal Norsk at auction, by Tessa Girvan at the Intercontinental Literary Agency, on behalf of Rosemary Stimola at Stimola Literary Studio. rosemary@stimolaliterarystudio.com - Publisher's Lunch 11/18/07 Judi McCoy's three books in a lighthearted paranormal mystery series featuring a neophyte dog walker with a psychic connection to dogs, to Kristen Weber at NAL, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (world English). - Publisher's Lunch 11/15/07 Sarah Parr's RENEGADE, about a ship's captain who wins a mistress with the roll of the dice, to Hilary Sares at Kensington, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 11/15/07 Janet Dean's DISTANT HEARTS, about a woman in the 1800's torn between caring for her children, one from an orphan train, and her dream of becoming a doctor, and a man who comes to take the son he never knew, but instead falls for the pretty widow who loves the boy, to Emily Rodmell at Steeple Hill Love Inspired, by Kelly Mortimer at Mortimer Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 11/15/07 Robin Miller writing as Robin Caroll's BAYOU BETRAYAL, the fifth book in her Bayou series, about a woman who loses her house in a fire and suspects the man who murdered her husband set the blaze, and the deputy who tries to solve the arson case in time to save her life and claim love, for publication in January 2009, and an untitled book in a continuity series about a single mom who mysteriously disappears, in a separate deal, both to Krista Stroever at Steeple Hill Love Inspired, by Kelly Mortimer at Mortimer Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 11/15/07 Sharon Page's THE CLUB, in the search for her friend's killer, a woman must enter the dark and perverse world of "The Club," an evil and notorious brothel, to Shauna Summers at Bantam Dell, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Jessica Faust (World). - Publisher's Lunch 11/13/07 Kristin Harmel's WHEN IN ROME, pitched as the Roman Holiday-meets-Bridget Jones story of a 34-year-old woman who gets unexpectedly dumped and embarks on a humorous, soul-searching trip to Rome where she reinvents herself, a la Audrey Hepburn, to Karen Kosztolnyik at Grand Central, for publication in 2009, by Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group (world). - Publisher's Lunch 11/12/07 Debut YA author Cyn Balog's FAIRY LUST, about a teenage oracle
whose boyfriend slowly turns into a fairy and the lengths she'll go to in order
to keep him human, to Stephanie Lane at Delacorte, in a pre-empt, by Nadia
Cornier at Firebrand Literary. Kelly McClymer's MUST WEAR BLACK, about a summer au pair, to Anica Rissi at Simon Pulse, in a two-book deal, by Nadia Cornier at Firebrand Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 11/11/07 Lauren Dane's BATTLEFRONT, futuristic erotic romance about a woman torn between two men as their very intimate, covert team infiltrates a political faction trying to throw off the balance of power in the universe, to Leis Pederson at Berkley Heat, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 11/8/07 Carrie Lofty's WHAT A SCOUNDREL WANTS, picks up Will Scarlet's story where the Robin Hood legends leave off, to Hilary Sares at Kensington, by Caren Johnson at Caren Johnson Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 11/8/07 Devyn Quinn's SOUL OF THE WILDCAT, exploring the the legends of
Cherokee cougar-shifters in the Blue Ridge Mountains, along with HEART OF THE
WILDCAT, a novella for the Sexy Beast anthology where a cultural anthropologist
searches to uncover the truth about the mythical mountain folks LuAnn McLane's next two books in her southern romantic comedy series, to Anne Bohner at NAL, by Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group (World English) - Publisher's Lunch 11/8/07 Beth Kery's OUT OF THE ASHES, a tale of a sexually-intense playwright and a woman with a tragic history who together learn to overcome the wounds of the past, to Leis Pederson at Berkley Sensation, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 11/7/07 Janet Elizabeth Jones's INCUBUS, about an empath hiding from the mob who rescues a vampire-turned-incubus and finds herself drawn into a world that can either save or kill them both as the pair fight to survive, to Sean Mackiewicz at Harlequin for Nocturne, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Mary Louise Schwartz at the Belfrey Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 11/6/07 Paula Graves's romantic suspense featuring a Wyoming cop forced on the run with the woman he believes may have killed his brother, to Allison Lyons at Harlequin Intrigue, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in September 2008. - Publisher's Lunch 11/6/07 Spanish rights to NYT bestselling author Lynsay Sands's A BITE TO REMEMBER, to Santillana, by Lara Lea Allen, on behalf of Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 11/6/07 Three new novels and a Christmas story in Robyn Carr's Virgin River series, the focus of chat rooms on sites including those of Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, to Valerie Gray at Mira, by Liza Dawson of Liza Dawson Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 11/5/07 Tessa Dare's GODDESS OF THE HUNT, about a headstrong young woman who aims to seduce her brother's charming friend, but instead captures the heart of a jaded earl, to Kate Collins at Ballantine, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), at auction, in a three-book deal, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World). - Publisher's Lunch 11/5/07 Christy award winner and multiple RITA winner Robin Lee Hatcher's HEART RINGS, a story that bridges the generation gap between mother and daughter as they learn to accept each other based on love and not appearances, to Krista Stroever at Steeple Hill, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in May 2009, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 11/2/07 Phillipa Ashley's first Little Black Dress novel, DECENT EXPOSURE, has been optioned by Fox for a TV movie. Agent Broo Doherty of Wade & Doherty. Screen Agent Sayle Screen. - 11/1/2007 USA Today bestselling author Kresley Cole's next three paranormal romances in her IMMORTALS AFTER DARK series, again to Lauren McKenna at Pocket, in a significant deal ($251,000 - $499,000), by Robin Rue at Writers House. bmiller@WritersHouse.com -- Publisher's Lunch 10/31/07 Donna Ball's A YEAR ON THE LADYBUG FARM, set against the
grandeur of the Shenandoah mountains, three women, each at turning points in
their lives, together buy a sprawling house to restore, to Jackie Cantor at
Berkley, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), in a two-book deal, by
Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency (World English). Opal Carew's two new erotic romance novels, to Rose Hilliard at St. Martin's, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Emily Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency. -- Publisher's Lunch 10/30/07 Janice Maynard's HER VALENTINE MALE, about a shy woman who decides on January 1st to woo the man of her dreams with six weeks of erotic valentines, to Anne Bohner at NAL, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in January 2008, by Emily Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency. -- Publisher's Lunch 10/30/07 Japanese rights to Karen Robards's VANISHED, to Villagebooks, by Claire Roberts on behalf of Robert Gottlieb at Trident Media Group, in association with the Tuttle-Mori Agency. -- Publisher's Lunch 10/30/07 Jana DeLeon's GHOST-IN-LAW, in which a woman is haunted by her
dead ex-mother-in-law who cuts her son and worthless husband from her will,
opting instead to leave her fortune to the heroine Sophie Jordan's next three historical Victorian-set romance novels, again to May Chen at Avon, in a very nice deal $50,000 - $99,000), for three books, by Maura Kye-Casella at the Denise Marcil Literary Agency, -- Publisher's Lunch 10/29/07 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover author Linda Wisdom's I DREAM OF
WITCHES, about a modern L.A. witch and her vampire PI lover, in which the
witch's dreams come true, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, in a nice deal ($1 -
$49,000), for publication in Fall 2008, by Laurie McLean at Larsen/Pomada
Literary Agents (World). Janet Lane's EMERALD SILK, a sequel to TABOR'S TRINKET and part two of the Gypsy-based COIN FOREST series, to John Helfers at Five Star Expressions, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in April 2008. -- Publisher's Lunch 10/29/07 DiAnn Mills' BEHIND THE SUNGLASSES, about women CIA operatives
in various parts of the world, to Karen Watson at Tyndale, in a nice deal ($1 -
$49,000), for three books, by Janet Kobobel Grant at Books & Such Literary
Agency. Michelle Willingham's SLAVE TO HER DESIRES, an Irish medieval romance between a man who has sold himself into slavery and the woman who is to marry his master, again to Joanne Carr at Harlequin Mills & Boon, in a two-book deal, by Carolyn Grayson at Ashley Grayson Literary Agency. -- Publisher's Lunch 10/26/07 USA Today bestselling author Leigh Greenwood's NIGHTRIDERS western historical romance, to Alicia Condon at Leisure Books, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in April 2009, by Natasha Kern (World). -- Publisher's Lunch 10/26/07 Janet Woods's EDGE OF REGRET, in which a Scottish lass scorns a suitable marriage and finds love on the streets of Edinburgh, to Amanda Stewart at Severn House, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, for publication in May 2008, by Bob Tanner at International Scripts (World). woods@iinet.net.au -- Publisher's Lunch 10/25/07 Melanie Jeschke's JULLIAN DARE, abandoned as a baby and raised in numerous foster homes, 18 year old Jullian is delighted with her new position as a nanny at a large estate, but she is less certain about her feelings toward the child's father, to Lonnie Hull DuPont at Revell, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in December 2008, by Joyce Hart at Hartline Literary Agency (World). -- Publisher's Lunch 10/24/07 Leslie Kelly's THE BLACK CATS, a series about a new FBI Cyber Action Team tracking serial killers through the Internet, including a vicious murderer attempting to weed out the gene pool by luring victims with the latest email hoaxes, to Laura Cifelli at NAL, in a nice three book deal ($1 - $49,000), by Pamela Harty at The Knight Agency (world). -- Publisher's Lunch 10/23/07 Maya Banks's BE WITH ME and SWEET PERSUASION, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Heat, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (world). -- Publisher's Lunch 10/22/07 DO ME, DO MY ROOTS author Eileen Rendahl's UNTHINKABLE, about a
traumatized girl who may or may not have killed her parents, to Micki Nuding at
Pocket, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Pam Ahearn (World). The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen author Syrie James's new novel,
in which Charlotte Bronte, en route to becoming a famous author, reveals the
truth behind her turbulent relationship with the man she finally came to love
and marry, again to Lucia Macro at Avon, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000),
by Tamar Ellman Rydzinski at Laura Dail Literary Agency (World English). Victoria Dahl's next three historical romances, again to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, by Amy Moore-Benson of AMB Literary Management (world). -- Publisher's Lunch 10/19/07 Brenda Minton's HIS LITTLE COWGIRL, when a man walked out of her life six years ago, the heroine was forced to raise their daughter alone, now he has returned to apologize, part of a twelve-step program he's enrolled in, to Melissa Endlich at Steeple Hill, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in October 2008, by Janet Benrey. -- Publisher's Lunch 10/18/07 Mary Carter's SUNNYSIDE BLUES, a young woman suddenly left with a ten-year-old boy moves to Sunnyside, Queens to search for the man whom the boy claims is his real father, and NOT MY SISTER, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, by Jim McCarthy at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (World). -- Publisher's Lunch 10/18/07 HelenKay Dimon's sequel to YOUR MOUTH DRIVES ME CRAZY, to Kate Duffy at Kensington Brava, for publication in 2009, in a three-book deal, by Ethan Ellenberg at the Ethan Ellenberg Agency. -- Publisher's Lunch 10/18/07 Two-time RITA finalist Anna Schmidt's MISTLETOE REUNION, in which a divorced couple is stranded at an airport during the holidays and reconciled through the prayers of their daughter, to Jessica Alvarez at Steeple Hill's Love Inspired, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in November 2008, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). -- Publisher's Lunch 10/18/07 Environmental geologist Samantha Hunter's NO RESERVATIONS, to Birgit Davis-Todd at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency. -- Publisher's Lunch 10/18/07 USA Today bestselling author Kimberly Raye's SLIPPERY WHEN WET, a love story set in the world of auto racing, to Chris Keeslar at Dorchester, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Natasha Kern of the Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). -- Publisher's Lunch 10/18/07 Charlotte Featherstone's ADDICTION, about two lovers, the pull of The Vice Club and its decadent addictions, and overcoming all to find happiness and love, to Susan Pezzack-Swinwood at Harlequin Spice, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Mary Louise Schwartz at the Belfrey Literary Agency (World). -- Publisher's Lunch 10/18/07 Megan Hart's SWITCH, an erotic story of misdelivered mail and how it changes the course of a young woman's life, to Susan Pezzack-Swinwood at Harlequin Spice, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Mary Louise Schwartz at the Belfrey Literary Agency (World). -- Publisher's Lunch 10/16/07 Marie Sullivan Force's LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, in the hail mary play
of a lifetime, a sexy NFL quarterback has just ten days to convince his wife to
give him a second chance before their divorce is final Shiloh Walker's HUNTER'S FALL, in her continuing Hunters Series features a female Hunter who battles her own inner demons; SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE, a romantic suspense centered around trust and betrayal; and CHAINS, an erotic single-author anthology, to Cindy Hwang at Putnam, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (world). -- Publisher's Lunch 10/15/07 Kelly Eileen Hake's THE BRIDE BARGAIN, a historical woman's romance series set in the Old West, to Rebecca Germany at Barbour, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, for publication beginning in 2008, by Steve Laube at the Steve Laube Agency (world). -- Publisher's Lunch 10/15/07 Lydia Parks's untitled pair of vampire erotica novellas set in the Southwest, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington Aphrodesia, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Sharene Martin-Brown at Wylie-Merrick Literary Agency. -- Publisher's Lunch 10/15/07 Malena Lott's DATING DAVINCI, the story of a young widow and mother who finds 'vita allegre' with the help of a handsome, 25-year-old Italian immigrant named Leonardo da Vinci as they experience their own renaissance with her as his Mona Lisa, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in Fall 2008, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). -- Publisher's Lunch 10/12/07 Zuri Day's DISGUISED, in which a woman takes on a maid's persona to invade a P.I.'s personal life as he investigates corruption in LA's multi-billion dollar real estate industry, to Selena James at Dafina, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, for publication in October 2008, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). -- Publisher's Lunch 10/12/07 Lutishia Lovely's A PREACHER'S PASSION, the follow-up to Love Like Hallelujah, in which the main character finds out that meeting the man of her dreams and turning that dream of a "happily ever after" into reality is often a tricky ride, to Selena James at Dafina, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in November 2008, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). -- Publisher's Lunch 10/12/07 Sarah Abbott Price's DESTINY BAY, in which a woman and man face imminent danger from the terrifying madman who calls himself The Lover as they discover dark unimaginable secrets about the death of the woman's mother, to Alicia Condon at Dorchester, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in October 2008, by Natasha Kern at the Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). -- Publisher's Lunch 10/12/07 Laura Anne Gilman's three untitled novels in a new series spinning off from the Retrievers series, to Mary-Theresa Hussey at Harlequin Luna, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Jennifer Jackson at the Donald Maass Literary Agency. -- Publisher's Lunch 10/12/07 DATING CAN BE MURDER author Jennifer Apodaca's BLOOD MAGIC, a paranormal romance in which a young witch hunter falls in love with the witch he must kill to save his sister, to Liz Scheier for Ballantine, for publication in early 2009, by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates (world). -- Publisher's Lunch 10/11/07 Kayla Perrin's SINGLE MAMA DRAMA, in which a single mother in Miami tries to keep it together and real while working at an agency representing motivational speakers, to Susan Pezzack at Mira, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), in a two-book deal, for publication in January 2008, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World). -- Publisher's Lunch 10/10/07 NYT bestselling author Lisa Gardner's three more suspense novels, again to Kate Miciak at Bantam Dell, by Meg Ruley at the Jane Rotrosen Agency. -- Publisher's Lunch 10/7/07 Romance novelist Irene Hannon's AGAINST ALL ODDS, a series of thrillers about an FBI agent trying to find the truth behind a murder, to Jennifer Leep of Revell, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for three books, for publication in late 2008, by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. -- Publisher's Lunch 10/7/07 Alissa Johnson's debut, AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, a Regency romance in the tradition about a young woman who returns to London after several years abroad to discover her family nearly destitute, the Prince Regent determined to engage her services as a spy, and a darkly delicious duke ready to foil her at every turn, and a second untitled historical, to Leah Hultenschmidt at Dorchester, for publication in November 2008, by Emmanuelle Alspaugh at Wendy Sherman Associates. -- Publisher's Lunch 10/5/07 Radio personality Delilah's three books based on inspiring personal stories shared by listeners, to Harlequin for their new nonfiction program, for publication beginning in October 2008. -- Publisher's Lunch 10/5/07 Olivia Gates's THRONE OF JUDAR, a steamy three-book miniseries set in the fictional desert kingdom of Judar, featuring sheikh brothers, to Natashya Wilson at Silhouette Desire, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in May, July and September of 2008. -- Publisher's Lunch 10/5/07 Film rights to Shanna Swendson's ENCHANTED, INC., about a small town gal who moves to New York to be extraordinary only to discover that she is so ordinary, she's immune to magic and thus becomes a secret weapon for a company that is essentially Magic Inc., to Universal's Strike Entertainment, by Amy Schiffman and Sarah Self at the Gersh Agency, on behalf of Kristin Nelson at Nelson Literary Agency. -- Publisher's Lunch 10/5/07 BJ Hoff's GANT'S JOURNEY TRILOGY, in which a woman who belongs
to a small Amish settlement in the Appalachians, becomes involved in the
Underground Railroad and helps to create quilts with coded messages for runaway
slaves and their conductors, to Nick Harrison at Harvest House, in a very nice
deal ($50,000 - $99,000), for publication in October 2008 (first title), by
Janet Kobobel Grant at Books & Such Literary Agency (world). Film rights to Meg Cabot's THE MEDIATOR Series, about a sixteen year old girl who can see and speak to ghosts (only no one in her family knows this) and who moves, with her mother, from Brooklyn to live her new stepfather and brothers in California, where she encounters a spirit like no other, optioned to Julia Pistor (Spiderwick Chronicles, Nacho Libre), by Bill Contardi on behalf of Laura Langlie. -- Publisher's Lunch 10/2/07 Linda Cardillo's next title, featuring pivotal Thanksgiving dinners in Boston's North End, as told by three generations of Italian-American women for whom food is love, change, defiance and salvation, again to Paula Eykelhof at Harlequin Everlasting Love, in a nice deal($1 - $49,000), by Maura Kye-Casella of the Denise Marcil Literary Agency. -- Publisher's Lunch 10/2/07 Crystal Jordan's FERAL INSTINCTS, a collection of erotic
novellas set in a future where genetic experimentation has turned humans into
shape-shifters who unleash the feral instincts within, to John Scognamiglio at
Kensington Aphrodesia, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Lucienne Diver of
Spectrum Literary Agency (world). NYT bestselling author Allison Brennan's trilogy FEAR NO EVIL, SEE NO EVIL, SPEAK NO EVIL to Random House Germany, for its Diana imprint, in a good deal, by Lara Lea Allen on behalf of Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. Karen Kay's BLACK EAGLE AND THE SWAN, a book set in the spirit of The Last of the Mohicans, and SENECA BRAVE, as part of a new Native American series The Warriors of the Mingwe, to Wendy McCurdy at Putnam, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (world). -- Publisher's Lunch 10/2/07 Karen Kay's BLACK EAGLE AND THE SWAN, a book set in the spirit of The Last of the Mohicans, and SENECA BRAVE, as part of a new Native American series The Warriors of the Mingwe, to Wendy McCurdy at Putnam, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (world). -- Publisher's Lunch 10/1/07 Sally Koslow's THE LATE, LAMENTED MOLLY MARX, a humorous but affecting story of a young mother who dies under mysterious circumstances, but narrates from above the events following her death as she makes sense of her formerly messy life, learns the truth about her death, and makes sure that their three year old daughter will be well cared for by her serial-philandering husband, plus THE SCHADENFREUDE CLUB, to Laura Ford at Ballantine, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Christy Fletcher at Fletcher & Parry (world English). - Publisher's Lunch 9/28/07 Emily Gee's WITCH-EYE, her second romantic fantasy novel, in
which things are not what they seem as a prim courtier and her wastrel lover
meet and plot as spies in the catacombs of Corhona Castle, to Christian Dunn of
Solaris, by Richard Curtis of Richard Curtis Associates (world English). Calista Fox's ONE WISH and HIGH VOLTAGE, Two new paranormal erotic romances, to Felecia Mills at Red Sage, for publication in 2007. - Publisher's Lunch 9/25/07 Vonna Harper's HAWK'S TALONS plus two more erotic romances and a novella, again to Audrey LaFehr at Kensington Aphrodisia, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/25/07 Meg Cabot's THE QUEEN OF BABBLE, QUEEN OF BABBLE IN THE BIG CITY and QUEEN OF BABBLE GETS HITCHED, about a big city girl with a big mouth and a big heart, optioned to Jeff Sharp Entertainment (Proof, You Can Count On Me, Boys Don't Cry), by Bill Contardi, on behalf of Laura Langlie. - Publisher's Lunch 9/25/07 Sarah McCarty's two more books in her Hell's Eight series, to Susan Pezzack for Harlequin Spice, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 9/25/07 Author of ODD MOM OUT and FLIRTING WITH FORTY, Jane Porter's two novels, both concerning the plights of the contemporary woman, again to Karen Kosztolnyik at 5 Spot, in a good deal, ($100,000 - $250,00) by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch | |