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Past Romance Deals|2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002| | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jenny Brown's debut LORD LIGHTNING, the first in an astrology-themed series called the Lords of the Seventh House, in which each hero will have a different astrological sign, beginning with a badly behaved Leo and the little astrologer who claims his heart, to Tessa Woodward at Avon, in a three-book deal, at auction, by Emmanuelle Alspaugh at Judith Ehrlich Literary Management. - Publisher's Lunch 6/30/2009 Siri Mitchell's THE DRESSMAKER, on the eve of World War I, three apprentice seamstresses sew their dreams of love into exquisite wedding gowns, but each harbors a secret that could destroy her dreams of happily ever after, to David Long at Bethany, in a three-book deal, for publication in Spring 2011, by Beth Jusino at Alive Communications. - Publisher's Lunch 6/30/2009 NYT bestselling author of DEAD AND LOVING IT and DEAD OVER HEELS MaryJanice Davidson's next two untitled Undead novels, and anthology of stories, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a significant deal ($251,000 - $499,000), by Ethan Ellenberg at the Ethan Ellenberg Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 6/29/2009 Vicky Dreiling's CONFESSIONS OF A DUTCHESS: A Matchmaker's Misadventures, The Bachelor in Regency England (minus the hot tub and camera crew), to Michele Bidelspach at Grand Central, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 6/29/2009 Stefanie Worth's THE WICKED AND THE WONDERFUL, in this Preacher's Wife-type tale, a love goddess working for a celestial disaster recovery agency dedicated to rescuing floundering couples, sets out to save the marriage of an American Idol-type winner; but she's up against her boss, disguised as a mortal, who has plans for her own meteoric rise to the top of the charts, to Monica Harris at Dorchester, for publication in 2011, by Laurie McLean at Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/29/2009 Elizabeth Jennings's MASQUERADE, in which a Defense Intelligence Agency analyst who survives an attack on the West African embassy where she works must evade mysterious pursuers with the help of a devoted Marine Security Gaurd Commander, to Kate Seaver at Berkley, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Ethan Ellenberg at the Ethan Ellenberg Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 6/29/2009 Lucy Monroe's next two contemporary romances, to Kate Duffy at Kensington Brava, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Ethan Ellenberg at the Ethan Ellenberg Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/29/2009 THE BORDER CHRONICLES series author Bertrice Small's three new historical romance novels, to Kara Cesare at NAL, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Ethan Ellenberg at the Ethan Ellenberg Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/29/2009 Russian rights to Carly Phillips's UNDER THE BOARDWALK, THE PLAYBOY, THE BACHELOR, and THE HEARTBREAKER, to AST, by Jessica Olivo at Trident Media Group, in association with Ludmilla Sushkova at Andrew Nurnberg Associates on behalf of Robert Gottlieb. - Publisher's Lunch 6/29/2009 French rights to Marjorie M. Liu's EYE OF HEAVEN, to J'Ai Lu, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Agence Litteraire Lenclud, on behalf of Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/29/2009 Maggie Robinson's MISTRESS BY MISTAKE, a Regency-set historical romance and the first of the Courtesan Court series about the women who inhabit London's infamous mistress row, to Megan Records at Kensington Brava, in a four-book deal plus two novellas, for publication in Summer 2010, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/25/2009 Author of Christy Award finalist THE MOON IN THE MANGO TREE, Pamela Binnings Ewen's Southern novel DANCING ON GLASS, based in New Orleans where a woman falls in love with a man whose dark secrets slowly come to light, plus two additional untitled works, to Karen Ball at B&H Publishing, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in Spring 2010, by Steve Laube at the Steve Laube Agency (world) - Publisher's Lunch 6/24/2009 NYT bestselling author Angela Hunt's THE GRANDMA GENE, about
three eccentric Southern sisters who spend a lively beach weekend unpacking
their family baggage and dissecting their inherited tendency to like the
casualness of courtship better than the intimacy of marriage (just like their
seven-times wed grandmother), plus two additional novels, to David Lambert and
Becky Nesbitt at Howard Books, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Danielle
Egan-Miller at Browne & Miller Literary Associates (world English) NO CONTROL and NO ESCAPE author Shannon K. Butcher's LIVING ON THE EDGE plus two more books in a new romantic suspense series, to Cindy Hwang at NAL, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Nephele Tempest at The Knight Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 6/24/2009 Olivia Gates's new sheikh novella, part of a mini-continuity set in Bridgehampton Polo, to Natashya Wilson at Silhouette Desire, for publication in July 2010. - Publisher's Lunch 6/24/2009 Maya Banks's three new erotic romances, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Heat for publication in 2011/2012, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 6/23/2009 CAUGHT IN THE MIX author Candice Dow's FEELIN' THE VIBE, revisiting characters from her debut novel, to Karen Thomas at Grand Central, in a three-book deal, for publication beginning in September 2009, by Audra Barrett of Barrett Books. - Publisher's Lunch 6/23/2009 Melanie Dobson's next three romance titles, to Jason Rovenstine and Rachel Meisel at Summerside Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for their Love Finds You series, for publication beginning in April 2010, by Sandra Bishop at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 6/22/2009 Erica Hayes's SHADOWSONG, in which a knife-wielding banshee gangster's quest for revenge on the assassin who ruined her life is interrupted when a deluded fairy sorceress steals her magical song, again to Rose Hilliard at St. Martin's, in a two-book deal, by Marlene Stringer of the Stringer Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/18/2009 USA Today bestselling author Emma Holly's next two vampire romances, and a novella, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/18/2009 Abigail Reynolds's four new books in the author's Pemberley
Variations series in which the author explores paths not taken in Jane Austen's
Pride and Prejudice, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, by Lauren Abramo at Dystel
& Goderich Literary Management (world). Michele Dunaway's UNDER DOCTOR'S ORDERS, to Laura Barth at Harlequin American, by Jessica Faust at BookEnds (world). - Publisher's Lunch 6/18/2009 Robin Kaye's next book in the "Domestic God" series, in which a
native New Yorker reluctantly agrees to a marriage of convenience so that she
can pay off debts and help out a gorgeous urban cowboy who must marry to satisfy
terms of his inheritance, only to discover true love far from Brooklyn in the
wilds of Idaho, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon
Literary Agency (World). Tracy Madison's next two books in the Gypsy Magic series, follow-ups to A TASTE OF MAGIC and A STROKE OF MAGIC, to Chris Keeslar at Dorchester, for publication in 2010, by Michelle Grajkowski at 3 Seas Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/17/2009 Mona Hodgson's TWO BRIDES TOO MANY, in which sisters arrive in
Cripple Creek, Colorado, each with the expectation of reuniting with her miner
sweetheart and becoming a frontier bride, but one of their men has fallen prey
to the drink and the "sporting women," and the other was severely injured in a
mining accident; so, can the sisters avoid the dangers for unattached women in a
rowdy mining town?, and TOO RICH FOR A BRIDE, to Shannon Marchese at WaterBrook
Multnomah, for publication in October 2009, by Janet Kobobel Grant at Books &
Such Literary Agency. Kate Emerson's BY ROYAL DECREE, the star-crossed love story of
lady-in-waiting Elizabeth Brooke and William Parr, the brother of Henry VIII's
six and final wife, Kathryn Parr, again to Kathy Sagan at Pocket, in a two-book
deal, by Meg Ruley and Christina Hogrebe of Jane Rotrosen Agency (NA). Lydia Dare's TO TAME A WILD DUKE, part of the debut author's paranormal historical trilogy, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, for publication in 2010, by Melissa Jeglinski at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/16/2009 Kimberly Raye's CUPID'S BITE, in which a Navy SEAL realizes he has been turned into a vampire in Brazil and goes home to Skull Creek to rebuild his life, to Brenda Chin at Harlequin Blaze, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in March 2010, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/15/2009 USA Today bestselling author Kimberly Raye's BRENT, a Vampire Cowboy romance, to Brenda Chin at Harlequin Blaze, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/15/2009 Essence Best-selling author Vanessa Miller's YESTERDAY'S PROMISE, a story of love and forgiveness in which a woman receives a second chance with the man she has never been able to forget, to Christine Whitaker at Whitaker House, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, for publication in April 2010, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/15/2009 Leigh Greenwood's next novel in the Brides of Texas series, to Alicia Condon at Dorchester, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/15/2009 AJ Menden's next two books in the Elite Hands of Justice series, a follow-up to PHENOMENAL GIRL 5 and TEKGRRL, to Chris Keeslar at Dorchester, for publication in 2010, by Michelle Wolfson at Wolfson Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/15/2009 RITA winner Helen Brenna's ALONG CAME A HUSBAND, the fourth book in the Maribelle Island series, and an untitled novel, featuring characters from FINDING MR. RIGHT, to Johanna Raisanen at Harlequin Superromance, by Tina Wexler at ICM (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/15/2009 Nancy Haddock's third book in the author's St. Augustine vampire series, to Leis Pederson at Berkley, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/15/2009 Katie Wilde's debut Regency historical trilogy MASTERS OF MASQUERADE, interlacing forbidden desire with piracy and intrique, to Lucia Macro at Avon, at auction, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 6/11/2009 NYT bestselling author Mary Blayney's next two untitled books in the regency romance series featuring the Pennistan family, to Shauna Summers at Bantam Dell, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/11/2009 Edgar-nominated Libby Sternberg's SLOANE HALL, about a
chauffeur who falls in love with his starlet employer, only to be repulsed by
secrets revealed on their wedding day, a tale inspired by JANE EYRE, to Roz
Greenberg at Five Star, for publication 2010. Traditional Chinese character rights to Linda Howard's BURN, to Treetype Publishing by Big Apple Tuttle-Mori Agency on behalf of Ballantine. - Publisher's Lunch 6/10/2009 Bianca D'Arc's series featuring an elite special forces team that has been injected with a serum making them both more and less human, along with two novellas, to Megan Records at Kensington, in a three-book deal, by Barbara Poelle at Irene Goodman Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/5/2009 Theresa Meyers's UNVEILING OF THE DAMNED and ENEMY OF THE DAMNED, offering a new take on the vampire mythology, to Tara Gavin at Nocturne, in a three-book deal, by Holly Root at Waxman Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 6/5/2009 Lori Devoti's ZOMBIE MOON, about a zombie hunter and a woman determined to uncover the truth about zombies' origins, to Tara Gavin at Nocturne, in a three-book deal, by Holly Root at Waxman Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 6/5/2009 Josie Brown's THE DILF, in which a stay-at-home mom befriends a former Master of the Universe turned stay-at-home dad, until the neighborhood's mean mommies vying to make him the next notch on their bedposts turn on her, revealing the cruel side of suburbia, to Megan McKeever at Pocket, by Holly Root at Waxman Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 6/5/2009 Heather Waters and Laura Barone writing as Sable Grace's DESCENDANTS OF FATE, in which demons are set loose on earth, and the ancient gods must call upon unlikely allies to send them back to Hell, to Erika Tsang at Avon, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/5/2009 Kate Pearce's The Tudor Vampire Chronicles, a series of Vampire romances dealing with the complicated supernatural lives of the queens of King Henry VIII, and the real reasons why some of them survived and some of them died, to Tracy Bernstein at NAL, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for three books, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 6/5/2009 Karin Tabke's new dark, sexy romantic suspense series, featuring L.O.S.T. Last Option Special Team, the dirty dozen of law enforcement; there are no rules for these men and women, who have no difficulty crossing the line that separates the just and the criminal, to Lauren McKenna at Pocket, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (world). - Publisher's Lunch 6/4/2009 Beth Williamson writing as Emma Lang's HUNTER'S WOLFE, about a bookish inventor who gets tangled up with a deadly loner, the man she does not know has been sent to track and kill her runaway sister, to Megan Records on behalf of Kate Duffy at Kensington Brava, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, for publication in Spring 2010, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/3/2009 Janet Mullany writing as Lucy Diamond's RED LIGHT, in which a woman has to decide between the sensuality of storytelling with a stranger or a relationship grounded in reality, to Susan Swinwood at Harlequin Spice, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/2/2009 Sandra Bricker's LOVE FINDS YOU IN HOLIDAY, FLORIDA, in which a newly-widowed woman has a target on her back when she goes to Holiday, Florida, to sell the winter house; but the land mine of elderly matchmakers might just get it right when she's paired on the dance floor with a man who makes her heart beat faster than the rhythm of The Quickstep, to Rachel Meisel at Summerside Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/1/2009 Julia London's THE SECRETS OF HADLEY GREEN, Desperate Housewives set in Regency England featuring love and scandal (and a mysterious narrator) in a small enclave south of London, to Maggie Crawford at Pocket, in a significant deal ($251,000 - $499,000), in a four-book deal, for publication in fall 2010, fall 2011, by Jenny Bent at The Bent Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 5/28/2009 Brenda Minton's JENNA'S COWBOY HERO and THE COWBOY'S COURTSHIP, to Melissa Endlich at Harlequin Steeple Hill, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication December 2009, by Janet Benrey at Benrey Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/28/2009 Brenda Minton's REKINDLED HEARTS, the third book in the After the Storm continuity, to Emily Rodmell at Harlequin Steeple Hill, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in September 2009, by Janet Benrey at Benrey Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/28/2009 Kathleen Milmore writing as Kaitlin O'Riley's next three historical romance novels in the Hamilton sisters series and two novellas, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, by Jane Dystel at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (World) - Publisher's Lunch 5/28/2009 Betsy St. Amant's RODEO SWEETHEART, about a cowgirl who is desperately trying to save her family's ranch and esteem her late father's memory by riding in the rodeo where he died, and a city slicker guest who is instructed to buy the ranch out from under her and keep her from competing, while both experience the overwhelming force of opposites attracting, to Emily Rodmell at Steeple Hill, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/28/2009 Anya Bast's CRUEL ENCHANTMENT, continuing the author's upcoming Dark Magic series, in which to free her kind from imprisonment in a charmed prison city, a Fae former assassin must enlist the help of The Blacksmith, a man who has been waiting years to enact his deadly revenge on her, 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 5/28/2009 Susan Page Davis's THE GUNSMITH'S GALLANTRY and THE COACH DRIVER'S COURTSHIP, the next books in the author's "Ladies Shooting Club" series, again to Rebecca Germany at Barbour, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 5/28/2009 EM Lynley's SEX, LIES AND WEDDING BELLS, a gay erotic romance about a New York reporter who travels to Texas to cover the story of a real-life "runaway bride," only to fall in love with the groom and discover the bride's shocking secret, to Don Weise at Alyson Books, for publication in Fall 2010, by Lori Perkins at Ravenous Romance (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 5/27/2009 Ryan Field's AN OFFICER AND HIS GENTLEMAN, a gay erotic romance about a small-town aspiring chef and his military lover, to Don Weise at Alyson Books, for publication in Spring 2010, by Lori Perkins at Ravenous Romance (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 5/27/2009 Susan Davis's POLAR OPPOSITES, a follow-up to her novel "Fire and Ice," in this story romance comes to a couple who meet in frigid Alaska, again to Joanne Simmons of Heartsong Presents, by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 5/27/2009 Love Finds You in Poetry, Texas author Janice Hanna's LOVE FINDS YOU IN CAMELOT, TENNESSEE, set in the small town of Camelot, where there doesn't seem to be a Prince to save the maiden in distress, again to Rachel Meisel at Summerside Press, by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 5/27/2009 Sarah-Kate Lynch's DOLCI DE LOVE, the follow-up to HOUSE OF DAUGHTERS, following the adventures of an American who becomes the only cupcake baker in Italy, to Denise Roy at Plume, for publication in 2011, by Stephanie Cabot at The Gernert Company (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 5/26/2009 Paola Calvetti's LOVE WITH THE LETTER A, ITALIAN NOVEL, in
which a chance meeting after 30 years between a boutique bookstore owner in
Milan (divorced) and her first boyfriend, an architect now living in NY
(married), sparks their epistolary romance which revolves around books and the
restructuring of the Morgan library, and includes a yearly rendezvous on Belle
Isle in France, to Lindsay Sagnette of St. Martin's, in a nice deal ($1 -
$49,000), for publication in 2009, by Vicki Satlow Literary Agency (World
English). Cerella Sechrist's LOVE FINDS YOU IN HERSHEY PENNSYLVANIA, in which a woman owns a restaurant, juggles single motherhood and lives in a town where every avenue beckons the palate with tantalizing street names and desserts are a way of life; she must accept her own limits when a talented dessert chef sweeps into town and steals the show and her heart, to Rachel Meisel at Summerside Press, for publication in February 2010, by Diana Flegal at Hartline Literary Agency (World).- Publisher's Lunch 5/22/2009 USA Today Bestselling author Joan Medlicott's next novel in the
Ladies of Covington series, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), in a
two-book deal, to Micki Nuding of Pocket, by Pam Ahearn of Ahearn Agency
(World). Red Garnier's BILLIONAIRE'S PRETEND LOVER, in which a powerful tycoon and his assistant pretend to be lovers during an important business trip, only to fall prey to the sizzling attraction between them and realize how much of their tormenting role play is true, to Diana Ventimiglia at Silhouette Desire, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/22/2009 Jenna Mills's ANOTHER WOMAN'S CHILD, the emotional journey of a woman who suddenly becomes a mother -- and the two men vying for a role in her new daughter's life, to Wanda Ottewell at Harlequin SuperRomance, as the first book in a new series, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/20/2009 NYT bestselling author Karen Hawkins's next four works of sexy contemporary and historical romance, again to Micki Nuding at Pocket, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates (World). - Publisher's Lunch 5/20/2009 Kathryn Johnson's THE GENTLEMAN POET, based on a Shakespearean
legend, finding the famous playwright stranded on the island of Bermuda with a
young serving girl and other survivors of the shipwreck that inspired The
Tempest, in a tale that weaves a love story with high adventure, to Carrie Feron
at Avon, for publication in Summer 2010, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary
Agency (NA). NYT bestselling MINE TO POSSESS author Nalini Singh's WHISPER OF SIN, a novella set in her Psy/Changeling universe, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Sensation, for publication in 2010, by Nephele Tempest at The Knight Agency. Publisher's Lunch 5/20/2009 Amanda Howell's THE SUMMER OF SKINNY DIPPING and THE SUMMER OF
SNEAKING OUT, the first two books in a series of stand-alone YA romances set in
idyllic beach locations, to Dan Ehrenhaft at Sourcebooks, for publication
starting Spring 2010, by Sarah Burnes of The Gernert Company (World English).
Anne Elisabeth Stengl's HEARTLESS, when a king informs his
daughter that a prince from a mysterious land seeks her hand in marriage, the
princess sets her heart against him because of his unromantic name, Aethelbald,
but as other suitors, dragons, and a cunning jester seek her love or loyalty,
her heart is stolen, to David Long at Bethany House, in a three-book deal, for
publication in Summer 2010, by Rachel Zurakowski at Books & Such Literary
Agency. R.G. Alexander's BONE DADDY, a three-novella single-author erotic anthology about a sexually charged voodoo spirit, the people whose bodies he inhabits, and the mischief he creates, to Kate Seaver at Berkley HEAT, for publication in summer 2010, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/15/2009 Deb Marlowe's SCANDALOUS LORD, REBELLIOUS MISS, to Linda Fildew
at Harlequin Mills and Boon, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal,
by Pam Ahearn at Ahearn Agency (World). Film rights to NYT bestselling author Sharon Sala's LUNATIC LIFE, optioned to Beth Grossbard Productions/Olancha Entertainment, by Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/15/2009 NYT bestseller MINE TO POSSESS and ANGELS' BLOOD author Nalini Singh's next books in both her Psy Changeling and her Guild Hunter series, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Sensation, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), by Nephele Tempest at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/15/2009 NYT bestselling author Robyn Carr's next eight books, to Valerie Gray at Mira, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), Liza Dawson at Liza Dawson Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 5/14/2009 Jane Austen Ruined My Life author Beth Pattillo's THE TRUTH ABOUT JANE EYRE, in which a contemporary would-be governess discovers she may have far more in common with Charlotte Bronte herself than she does with the author's fictional heroine, to Beth Adams at Guideposts, by Jenny Bent at The Bent Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 5/14/2009 Zoe Archer's novella THE UNDYING HEART, in which an undead soldier's thirst for vengeance is complicated by the unexpected appearance of a woman from his past, and he discovers that being dead doesn't protect him from falling in love, to be included in an upcoming anthology from Kensington, to Megan Record at Kensington, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 5/14/2009 Samantha Hunter's CAUGHT BY SURPRISE, in which a player falls for a private investigator who needs his help, to Andrea Kerr at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 5/14/2009 Rita Award-winning historical romance novelist Laura Kinsale's
LESSONS IN FRENCH, set in the English countryside, featuring a dashing roguish
Frenchman and his childhood sweetheart separated by her father and now fatefully
thrown together when all hope of a happy reunion is past, and UNCERTAIN MAGIC,
to Deb Werksman of Sourcebooks Casablanca, by Richard Curtis of Richard Curtis
Associates. Deborah Grace Staley's A HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, book two in the author's Angel Ridge series, to Debra Dixon and Deborah Smith at Bell Bridge Books, for publication in Fall 2009. - Publisher's Lunch 5/13/2009 Angie Daniels's sassy contemporary novels V and VI, featuring African-American characters coping with the ups and downs of relationships, again to Selena James of Dafina, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Frank Weimann at The Literary Group. - Publisher's Lunch 5/12/2009 USA Today bestselling author Barbara Freethy's next two works in her Angel's Bay series, again to Micki Nuding at Pocket, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), in a two-book deal, for publication in 2010, by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 5/12/2009 Shana Galen's SONS OF THE REVOLUTION Trilogy, chronicling the lives of three dashing and distinguished brothers, separated as boys during the French Revolution, who must now fight bloodthirsty peasants, suspicious government officials, French prison guards, and notorious pirates to win love, passion, and family, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Joanna MacKenzie and Danielle Egan-Miller at Browne & Miller Literary Associates (World). - Publisher's Lunch 5/12/2009 Spanish rights to Laurie Brown's WHAT WOULD JANE AUSTEN DO?,
time travel romance in which the modern day heroine meets Jane Austen and
redeems a rake, to Ediciones Versatil SL, by Anne Landa and Montse Yanez on
behalf of Sourcebooks. Russian rights to Linda Berdoll's MR. DARCY TAKES A WIFE, to
Premiere, by Anne Landa and Nova Litera on behalf of Sourcebooks. NICE GIRLS DON'T HAVE FANGS author Molly Harper's AND ONE LAST THING, about a cheated-on woman who turns the family-business newsletter into a scathing divorce announcement and retreats to a remote cabin to lick her wounds, only to tangle (and tango) with her gruff, sexy-recluse neighbor, to Jennifer Heddle at Pocket, by Stephany Evans at FinePrint Literary Management (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 5/11/2009 SEALed WITH A KISS and SEALed WITH A PROMISE author Mary Margret Daughtridge's HER FATE IS SEALed, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, for publication in March 2010, by Stephany Evans of FinePrint Literary Management (world). - Publisher's Lunch 5/11/2009 President of the Portland ACFW Miralee Ferrell's LOVE FINDS YOU IN BRIDAL VEIL, OREGON, in which amidst a backdrop of thievery and murder in historic Bridal Veil, Oregon, a teacher is torn between the memories of a distant love and the man who could be her future, to Rachel Meisel at Summerside Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/11/2009 RWA Readers Choice Award winner Laurie Alice Eakes's WHEN THE SNOW FLIES, in which a female doctor in 1892 risks her independence, her career, and her heart to assist a blinded colleague in regaining his place in the world of medicine; WHEN THE HEART LIES, in which a female lawyer finds herself caught between proving she deserves to be admitted to the bar and her growing love for a man with a questionable past; WHEN MY SHIP COMES IN, in which a sea captain's daughter finds herself skipper of a ship instead of a wife and mother, in order to save her family business; and WHEN MAKING LEMONADE, in which the daughter of a hotel owner turns her culinary skills to assisting a friend with her wedding, at the risk of destroying her own matrimonial prospects, to Faith Black at Avalon Books, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/11/2009 Debra Clopton's inspirational romance set in Alaska, involving a woman who is trying to save her dying town by getting women to come there, to Krista Stroever at Love Inspired, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 5/8/2009 Author of Undercover and Relentless Lauren Dane's INSATIABLE, a futuristic romance in which a soldier in the Federation's shadowy and ultra-secret Phantom Corps is sent on a mission into Imperial territory to smuggle out a woman who may hold the key to turning the rising tide and winning the war before it starts, to Leis Pederson at Berkley Heat, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in Summer 2010, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/8/2009 Starr Ambrose's DEATH AND DIAMONDS, in which a woman selling a diamond ring leads to her becoming entangled with a slimy pawnbroker, the Russian mafia, and a handsome reformed jewel thief, putting her life and heart in peril, to Abby Zidle at Pocket, for publication in Fall 2010, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 5/8/2009 Former Miss Philadelphia "Tweet"'s MAKE ME FEEL GOOD, urban
erotic love stories inspired by popular hip hop songs, to Michael Levine and
Stephen Isaac at Atlantic Library, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for
publication in Summer 2010, by Windomar. Tiffany Chalmer's debut historical romance HIDDEN BEAUTY, in which a gently raised Victorian English beauty is sold by her debtridden husband into a harem, then purchased by the Marquess she's always loved but now must reject for the safety of her young son, to Monique Patterson at St. Martin's, in a pre-empt, in a three-book deal, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World). - Publisher's Lunch 5/7/2009 Film rights to Beverly Brandt's romantic comedy ROOM SERVICE, optioned to Emmett/Furla Films, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency, in association with Matthew Snyder at CAA. - Publisher's Lunch 5/6/2009 Foreign rights to Jill Mansell's next four untitled romances, to Marion Donaldson at Headline Review, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), for publication from 2011 to 2015, by Jane Judd at Jane Judd Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/6/2009 Debut author Shannon Vannatter's WHITE ROSES, about a heartbroken floral shop owner and a widowed pastor who strive to reclaim romance when a hit-and-run driver robs them of happily-ever-after, to JoAnne Simmons at Heartsong, by Kelly Mortimer at Mortimer Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/4/2009 Things Left Unspoken author Eva Marie Everson's IN THE LAND OF COTTON CANDY SKIES, in which a young, single mother returns to the island where her parents' vacation home welcomes her with answers to questions she's yet to ask, helping her discover that treasures in life are often buried and mistakes can become redeemable, to Vicki Crumpton at Revell, in a three-book deal, for publication in 2010, by Jonathan Clements at The Nashville Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 5/1/2009 Spanked and The Mile High Club editor Rachel Kramer Bussel's
PLEASE, SIR: Stories of Female Submission, an anthology of original kinky
erotica from the submissive's point of view, inspired by the success of last
year's Yes, Sir, and FAST GIRLS: Hot Women's Erotica, to Brenda Knight at Cleis
Press, in a nice deal, for publication in Fall 2010 (World). Jade Lee's UNDER HIS SPELL, in which a burned-out executive becomes hypnotized by an amateur magician and manages to stay under his spell long enough for hot hilarity to ensue, to Brenda Chin at Harlequin Blaze, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Pamela Harty at The Knight Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/28/2009 Lorelei James's next two erotic contemporary romances, featuring cowboys, to Clair Zion at NAL, with Kerry Donovan editing, by Scott Miller at Trident Media Group.- Publisher's Lunch 4/28/2009 Sara Mitchell's untitled first book in the Stonehill Series, in
which a woman plays the charade of a wealthy young woman and is invited to an
exclusive New York resort in the late 1800s so she can find evidence that her
grandfather's property was bought with counterfeit money, causing him to declare
bankruptcy; but her detective work is disrupted by a federal operative who is
after counterfeiters -- and suspects she's one of them, to Melissa Endlich at
Steeple Hill, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Janet Kobobel Grant at
Books & Such Literary Agency. NYT bestselling author Katie MacAlister's STEAMED, the first book in a new romantic steampunk adventure series, to Laura Cifelli of NAL, for publication in February 2010, by Michelle Grajkowski of the 3 Seas Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/27/2009 Janette Kenny's next works of sexy romance set in glamourous international locales, to Kim Young at Harlequin Presents, in a three-book deal, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 4/27/2009 NYT bestselling author Carly Phillips's contribution to Harlequin's MORE THAN WORDS charity 2011 anthology, as the lead, to Brenda Chin and Marsha Zinberg at Harlequin, by Robert Gottlieb and Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 4/27/2009 USA Today and NYT bestselling author Connie Mason's next two
novels, a pirate romance and a Viking romance, to Alicia Condon at Dorchester,
by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (world English). Eileen Goudge's ONCE IN A BLUE MOON, in which two sisters torn apart by the foster care system as children struggle to reconnect as adults and face the biggest challenges of their lives, to Roger Cooper at Vanguard Press, for publication in October 2009, by Susan Ginsburg at Writers House (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 4/24/2009 Mary Balogh's A MATTER OF CLASS, in which a man with no family title and a "ruined" Lady, with no prospective suitors, find themselves two unwilling participants in a marriage arranged for them by their parents, to Roger Cooper at Vanguard Press, for publication in December 2009, by Maria Carvainis at Maria Carvainis Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 4/24/2009 Kat Martin's THE CHRISTMAS CLOCK, an inspriring Christmas tale of love lost and found, and lives touched by the quest for the perfect Christmas gift, to Roger Cooper at Vanguard Press, for publication in October 2009, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 4/24/2009 Marie Bostwick's A SINGLE THREAD, to Meryl Earl at Kensington,
by Jill Grosjean at Jill Grosjean Literary Agency. Hungarian rights to Reader's
Digest. Kieran Kramer's THE IMPOSSIBLE BACHELORS series, focusing on
four Regency-era bachelors commanded by the Prince Regent to participate in a
bet to see who among them will remain unwed another year, to Jennifer Enderlin
at St. Martin's, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), in a four-book deal, for
publication in spring 2010, by Jenny Bent at The Bent Agency (world). Tia McCollors's KNIGHT IN PINK ARMOR, in the anthology A MILLION BLESSINGS alongside fellow authors Angela Benson and Marilynn Griffith, about what happens when faith and unexpected fortunes meet, to Selena James at Dafina, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in March 2010, by Sandra Bishop at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 4/23/2009 USA Today bestselling author Christie Ridgway's THREE KISSES
trilogy, combining the best of weddings and wine as three sisters set out to
save the family's struggling vineyard from their competitors, the hunky
bachelors next door, again to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, by Andrea Cirillo and
Christina Hogrebe of Jane Rotrosen Agency (NA). NYT bestselling team of Rachel Cohn and David Levithan's untitled love story, about a dynamic pair in 16-year-olds, Dash and Lily who "meet" when Dash happens upon Lily's notebook tucked in the JD Salinger section at the Strand Bookstore and inside is a scavenger hunt, of sorts, to help find a potential boyfriend, to Nancy Hinkel at Knopf Children's. - Publisher's Lunch 4/22/2009 Hollywood insider Jackie Christian's WAL-MART GIRLS and COLLECTED STORIES: JACKIE CHRISTIAN's SEX TALES, to Michael Levine and Stephen Isaac at Atlantic Library, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in Spring 2010, by Rahel Thorsten. - Publisher's Lunch 4/22/2009 LORD OF THE HIGHLANDS author Veronica Wolff's THE DROWNING SEA, about the unlikely romance between a Scottish peat farmer and the laird's daughter and the extraordinary events that finally bring them together, to be part of a time travel anthology including Sandra Hill, Janet Chapman and Trish Jensen, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, for publication in 2010, by Stephanie Kip Rostan at Levine Greenberg Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/21/2009 NYT bestselling author Allison Brennan's next two romantic suspense novels, which will launch a new series, to Libby McGuire and Kate Collins at Ballantine, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 4/20/2009 Kristina McMorris's LETTERS FROM HOME, a WWII love story described as The Notebook meets Saving Private Ryan, about a Midwestern infantryman who falls deeply in love through a yearlong letter exchange, only to discover deception at the core of their courtship, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2011, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 4/20/2009 Kate Douglas's WOLF TALES 10, 11, and 12, featuring the Chanku, to Audrey LaFehr at Kensington Aphrodisia, by Jessica Faust at BookEnds. - Publisher's Lunch 4/20/2009 Olivia Gates's next sexy, contemporary romances, featuring one standalone pregnancy/amnesia romance with a surgeon hero and three connected books in her new steamy and exotic sheikh miniseries, PRIDE OF ZOHAYD, to Natashya Wilson at Silhouette Desire, in a four-book deal, for publication in 2010. - Publisher's Lunch 4/17/2009 Author of A TOTAL WASTE OF MAKE-UP, Kim Gruenenfelder's CHARMED LIVES, about a group of women who, while participating in a cake pull at a bachelorette party, each pick out a charm from the cake that will change their destiny, to Jennifer Weis at St. Martin's, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group.- Publisher's Lunch 4/17/2009 Olivia Gates's BLACKMAILED INTO THE PRINCE'S BED, a sexy romance tied to her upcoming Silhouette Desire trilogy, The Castaldini Crown, to Andrea Kerr at Harlequin, for publication in April 2009. - Publisher's Lunch 4/17/2009 Caroline Richards's untitled debut erotic historical, to Kate Duffy at Kensington, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, for publication beginning in 2010, by Liz Trupin-Pulli at JET Literary Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 4/17/2009 Eden Bradley writing as Eve Berlin, PLEASURE'S EDGE, centering on an erotica author who discovers the world of BDSM while researching a book, and falls for a writer of dark thrillers who likes to live life on the edge, to Kate Seaver at Berkley HEAT, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/16/2009 Maggie Robinson's PARADISE, in which an honorable man in the market for a virtuous wife must address the complication of his late Uncle's ward, who he discovers was also his late Uncle's mistress, the subject of an erotic book called The Education of a Young Lady of Doubtful Virtue and the woman who makes him forget all his good intentions, to Kate Seaver at Berkley Heat, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, for publication in Summer 2010, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/16/2009 When A Lady Misbehaves and Wickedly Ever After author Michelle Marcos's next two works of historical romance to be set in the Scottish highlands, to Rose Hilliard at St. Martin's, by Mel Berger at William Morris Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/15/2009 Deidre Knight's RED ANGEL and RED DEMON, the next two Gods of Midnight titles featuring immortal Spartan warriors who, along with a quirky clan of Savannah-based demon hunters, fight evil while resisting temptations of love, to Kerry Donovan at NAL, by Pamela Harty at The Knight Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 4/15/2009 Eve Silver's OTHERKIN, dark urban paranormal romance, to Tara Parsons at HQN, in a three-book deal, by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/15/2009 Diana Holquist's THURSDAYS WITH LIZZIE, in which a 33-year-old single mother wishes for a man who will show up, fix things and disappear for a week while resolving to change her eccentric life so she can live like everyone else, to Michele Bidelspach at Grand Central, in a two-book deal, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/15/2009 Bonnie Vanak's PURSUIT OF THE WOLF, a paranormal romance, to Andrea Kerr at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/15/2009 Beth Andrew's next two works of contemporary romance, to Victoria Curran at Harlequin Superromance, for publication in 2010, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 4/13/2009 Lynn Raye Harris's next three works of sexy romance, to Sally Williamson at Presents, by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 4/13/2009 Jenna Mindel's work of contemporary inspirational romance, to Melissa Endlich at Steeple Hill, for publication in 2010, by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 4/13/2009 Jo Davis's LINE OF FIRE, the fourth book in her sexy romantic suspense series, The Firefighters of Station Five, to Tracy Bernstein at NAL, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 4/13/2009 Gabi Steven's THE TIME OF TRANSITION, in which the safeguards between the magical and human worlds weaken while new guardians are put in place; a magical bent on revenge plans to use the newest fairy godmother, a "Rare One," possessor of mighty magic born of two humans, who does not yet know how to use her power, as his means of ruling both worlds, to Heather Osborn at Tor, in a three-book deal, by Marlene Stringer at the Stringer Literary Agency (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 4/13/2009 Nina Bruhns's BINDING HER HEART, in which a Louisiana aristocrat meets a graphic artist who has had her heart broken once too often to play the game of love any more -- but casting a coin into a famous fountain changes her destiny to bonds of love, to Kate Seaver at Berkley, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in June 2010, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/13/2009 Mary Wine's HIGHLAND FLAME, featuring a Scottish Laird who captures his enemy's daughter for peace but finds passion instead, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, in a three-book deal, by Barbara Poelle at Irene Goodman Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/9/2009 Jennifer Apodaca writing as Jennifer Lyon's next works of paranormal romance, to Shauna Summers at Ballantine, in a two-book deal, by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates. - Publisher's Lunch 4/9/2009 Christyne Butler's next work of series romance, to Charles Grimmsman at Special Edition, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 4/8/2009 Kelly Hunter's next three works of sexy series romance, to Joanne Grant at Modern Heat, for publication in 2010, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 4/8/2009 Lisa Renee Jones's HIDDEN AGENDA, in which a jaded professional baseball pitcher plays undercover lover with an equally jaded female private investigator to catch a stalker, to Kathryn Lye at Harlequin Blaze, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/7/2009 EROTIC CITY author Pynk's next two novels, again to Karen Thomas at Grand Central, by Andrew Stuart at The Stuart Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/7/2009 Rita Winner Catherine Mann first book in an upcoming Desire continuity series, to Diana Ventimiglia at Harlequin Desire, by Barbara Collins Rosenberg at Rosenberg Group (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/7/2009 Alix Rickloff's THE HEIRS OF KILRONAN trilogy, in which a
family races to prevent a madman's plot to resurrect King Arthur and instigate a
war between Other and Mortal, and where in the end unexpected love might be the
greatest threat of all, to Megan McKeever at Pocket, for publication in Fall
2010, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (World). Meljean Brook's steampunk novella for a fall 2010 anthology, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/2/2009 Jules Bennett's next work of sexy contemporary romance, to Diana Ventimiglia at Silhouette Desire, for publication in 2010, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/1/2009 Patricia Rosemoor's SAVING GRACE, to Denise Zaza at Harlequin Intrigue, by Jennifer Jackson at the Donald Maass Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/1/2009 Karen White's next three works, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, for publication in 2011, by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates. - Publisher's Lunch 3/31/2009 Jane Goodger's untitled historical romance, the conclusion to her Christmas trilogy, in which a proper English lady travels to Texas to marry a famous cowboy only to find herself compelled to marry his brother, to Kate Duffy at Kensington, in a three-book deal, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 3/27/2009 Jennie Lucas's next work of sexy contemporary romance, to Kimberley Young at Harlequin Presents, for publication in 2010, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 3/27/2009 NYT and USA Today bestselling author Lori Foster's next contemporary series, to Margaret Marbury and Margo Lipshultz at HQN, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), in a seven-figure deal, by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 3/27/2009 NYT and USA Today bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe's next two books, to Lauren McKenna at Pocket, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), by Robert Gottlieb and Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (world English). - Publisher's Lunch 3/25/2009 Stacia Kane's DEMON POSSESSED, the third book in her Megan Chase paranormal romance series, to Paula Guran at Juno, by Chris Lotts at Ralph M. Vicinanza (US). - Publisher's Lunch 3/24/2009 NYT bestselling author Cheryl Holt's next three works of sexy historical romance, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates. - Publisher's Lunch 3/24/2009 Kate Pearce's untitled novella for inclusion in a contemporary collection, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington Aphrodesia, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/23/2009 Evangeline Collins's SEVEN NIGHTS TO FOREVER, a Regency-set
romance in which a wealthy merchant gentleman, forced into an aristocratic
marriage of convenience to gain entry into the ton, unexpectedly finds love with
a beautiful young woman at a decadent London brothel, and their seven nights
together lead to a chance at forever, to Wendy McCurdy at Berkley, by Kevan Lyon
at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (world). Tessa Dare's next three historical romances (tentatively titled the Stud Club trilogy), in which a duke, a warrior, and a scoundrel are united by chance, divided by suspicion, and brought to their knees by love, to Kate Collins at Ballantine, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), for publication in 2010, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (world). - Publisher's Lunch 3/21/2009 Kendra Leigh Castle's new series THE FALLEN, beginning with SINFULLY YOURS, in which an exiled fallen angel takes a dangerous marked woman under his wing and finds that the greatest threat she poses may be to his long-forgotten heart, to Ann Leslie Tuttle at Harlequin Nocturne, in a two-book deal, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 3/17/2009 Nina Bruhns's BINDING HER HEART, in which a Louisiana aristocrat meets a graphic artist who has had her heart broken once too often to play the game of love anymore -- but casting a coin into a famous fountain changes her destiny to bonds of love, to Kate Seaver at Berkley, in a good deal (World). - Publisher's Lunch 3/16/2009 Sex and the Single Ghost author Tawny Taylor's DARKEST FIRE, in which a mysterious jeweler to the wealthy secretly faces a powerful adversary in his role as the Black Gryffon and proposes to a woman who doesn't expect their loveless marriage to be a match made in heaven, to Audrey LaFehr at Kensington, by Natasha Kern (World). - Publisher's Lunch 3/16/2009 NYT bestselling author Beverly Barton next four romantic
suspense novels, to John Scognamiglio of Kensington, in a major deal ($500,000
and up), by Richard Curtis of Richard Curtis Associatesiates. Kathleen Dante and Devyn Quinn's novellas in Sexy Beast 8, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/16/2009 Alexandra Ivy's next four books (# 7, #8, # 9 and #10) in the
GUARDIANS OF ETERNITY series, focusing on vampires who are bodyguards, to John
Scognamiglio at Kensington, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Evan
Marshall at Evan Marshall Agency (World). Jacqueline Diamond's WOULD-BE MOMMY, the first in the author's new Safe Harbor series which centers on a small town fertility/maternity center, to Kathleen Scheibling at Harlequin American, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/13/2009 Stella MacLean's LOVING LISA, in which a woman discovers her
biological mother, and the family she never knew existed, to Paula Eykelhof at
Harlequin Super Romance, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000). Anya Bast's JEWELED, in which a pampered, magic-imbued favorite of the Court is swept up in a bloody revolution and caught between the two men who love her, to Cindy Hwang 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 3/12/2009 Maya Banks's medieval Scottish trilogy, to Kate Collins at Ballantine, at auction, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (world). - Publisher's Lunch 3/12/2009 Denise Lynn's two Silhouette Nocturnes including the follow up to DRAGON'S LAIR as well as two Harlequin Historical novels, to Sally Williamson at Harlequin Enterprises, by Melissa Jeglinski at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/12/2009 Kathryne Kennedy's MY UNFAIR LADY and BENEATH THE THIRTEEN MOONS, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2009-2010, by Christine Witthohn and Judith Ann Miramontez at Book Cents Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/12/2009 Sue-Ellen Welfonder's SWORDS OF THE GLEN, to Karen Kosztolnyik at Grand Central, in a three-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency.- Publisher's Lunch 3/11/2009 Kathryne Kennedy's TALISMANS OF ELFHAME, her new historical paranormal series, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, at auction, in a three-book deal, for publication in 2010 - 2011, by Christine Witthohn at Book Cents Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/11/2009 Stephanie Newton's SMOKE SCREEN, in which a firefighter turned chaplain doesn't feel like one of the good guys, but an FBI profiler is determined to prove he is, to Melissa Endlich at Harlequin, for publication in January 2010, by Barbara Collins Rosenberg at Rosenberg Group (World). - Publisher's Lunch 3/10/2009 Vonna Harper's three untitled erotic romances, again to Audrey LaFehr at Kensington Aphrodisia, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/9/2009 Rose Lerner's IN FOR A PENNY, in which a dashing and feckless
Lord enters a marriage of convenience with the practical daughter of a wealthy
merchant in an effort to salvage the family fortune, and they find themselves
unprepared for the challenges they face; scandal, revolting tenants, a menacing
neighbor and in the end a love that is neither convenient nor practical but
entirely heartfelt and enduring, to Leah Hultenschmidt at Dorchester, for
publication in Spring 2010, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
(World). Rose of Sebastopol and The Alchemist's Daughter author Katharine McMahon's THE CRIMSON ROOMS, in which a female lawyer must discover the truth behind two events: a client's murder of his young wife, and whether her late brother truly fathered a child with a nurse he met in a battlefield hospital, to Rachel Kahan at Putnam, for publication in 2010, by Mark Lucas at Lucas Alexander Whitley (US). - Publisher's Lunch 3/6/2009 Janelle Mowery's COLORADO CHRONICLES, a series about a spirited female wrangler, a witty caretaker, and a feisty nurse who make their presence known in a time when women were expected to be seen and not heard, to Carolyn McCready and Kim Moore at Harvest House, in a nice deal, in a three-book deal, for publication in 2011, by Sandra Bishop at MacGregor Literary (World). - Publisher's Lunch 3/6/2009 Debra Clopton's HOME ON THE RANGE, in her Men of Mule Hollow series, in which small town matchmakers make trouble for Texas men, to Krista Stroever at Steeple Hill, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), iin a three-book deal, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 3/6/2009 Rachel Robinson writing as Rachel Bailey's next novel, to Diana Ventimiglia at Silhouette, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 3/5/2009 Stephanie Dray writing as Stephanie Draven's two works of darkly erotic paranormal romance, to Tara Gavin at Nocturne, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (World). - Publisher's Lunch 3/5/2009 BETWEEN THE TIDES author Patti Callahan Henry's next two novels, moving to Jennifer Weis at St. Martin's, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (world). - Publisher's Lunch 3/3/2009 NYT bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries's three regency historical romances, to Micki Nuding at Pocket, for publication in Spring 2010, by Pam Ahearn of Ahearn Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/3/2009 Terri DuLong's SPINNING FORWARD, about a woman's search for identity on an island off the west coast of Florida, to Audrey LaFehr at Kensington, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in November 2009. - Publisher's Lunch 3/2/2009 Devyn Quinn's dark paranormal romance series featuring a lost mermaid civilization, to Lindsay Nouis at NAL, in a three-book deal, by Roberta Brown at the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/2/2009 The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen author Syrie James's DRACULA, MY LOVE: The Secret Journal of Mina Harker in which the classic Bram Stoker novel is retold through Mina's eyes, to Lucia Macro at William Morrow, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), for publication in 2010, by Tamar Ellman Rydzinski at the Laura Dail Literary Agency (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 2/27/2009 Karen Witemeyer's THE DRESSMAKER'S PROPOSAL, in which a dressmaker who values beauty tangles with a liveryman who condemns vanity, to Charlene Patterson at Bethany House, in a three-book deal, by Rachelle Gardner at WordServe Literary Group. - Publisher's Lunch 2/24/2009 Michelle Celmer's untitled, part of a new in-line continuity series, to Diana Ventimiglia at Silhouette Desire, for publication in early 2010, by Melissa Jeglinski at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/24/2009 Susan Wales and Kathi Macias's FIRST ALLEGIANCE, a third-century tale of intrigue and romance based on historical facts and intertwined with two love stories, one fictional and the other true, to Barbara Scott at Abingdon Press, for publication in fall 2010, by Beth Jusino at Alive Communications and Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/24/2009 Lynette Eason's A SILENT PURSUIT, a continuation of her ongoing series, in which an unlikely duo, a US Ranger and a Realtor, are thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse with a killer who seems to know their every move, again to Emily Rodmell at Steeple Hill, by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/23/2009 Dana Mentink's SHADOWS ON THE SNOW, a woman on the run tries to hide out in a remote Alaskan hunting lodge, but the site holds important memories of her past, as well as danger in the present, to Emily Rodmell at Steeple Hill, by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 2/21/2009 Kaye Dacus's RANSOME'S HONOR, about a woman who required a husband, and struck a deal with the only eligible bachelor she knows -- her longtime adversary, who must take her across the ocean to America, to Kim Moore and LaRae Weikert at Harvest House, for publication in fall 2010, by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 2/21/2009 Donna Fletcher's BOUND BY LOVE, again to Esi Sogah at Avon, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Gail Fortune at the Talbot Fortune Agency. gailfortune@talbotfortuneagency.com - Publisher's Lunch 2/20/2009 Rochelle Alers's next three books in HER BELOVED HIDEAWAY series, to Glenda Howard and Evette Porter at Kimani, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), in a five-book deal, by Nancy Coffey at Nancy Coffey Literary & Media Representation. - Publisher's Lunch 2/20/2009 Linda Wisdom's CAUTION: Man at Work and DOUBLE JEOPARDY, optioned to Rona Edwards at Rona Edwards Productins, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Laurie McLean at Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents. - Publisher's Lunch 2/19/2009 Jill Sorenson's SHARK ISLAND, romantic suspense between shark and seal researchers on the Farallon Islands near San Francisco, to Shauna Summers at Bantam Dell, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, for publication in 2010, by Laurie McLean at Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/18/2009 Jeanne Adams's ART THROB and DARK ART, involving a sexy CIA agent and international art fraud, to Kate Duffy at Kensington, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2010 and 2011, by Laurie McLean at Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/18/2009 Bonnie Winn's next three contemporary inspirational romances in the Rosewood series, set in a small town in West Texas hill country, to Melissa Endlich at Steeple Hill, by Danielle Egan-Miller at Browne & Miller Literary Associates (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/18/2009 Mary Wine's THE BORDER LORD'S BRIDE, again to Megan Records at Brava, in a three-book deal, by Barbara Poelle at Irene Goodman Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 2/17/2009 Debra Webb next six books in the Colby Agency series, to Denise Zaza at Harlequin Intrigue, all to be published in 2010, by Kimberly Whalen of Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 2/17/2009 Bonnie Vanak's COURAGE OF THE WOLF, in which a powerful immortal
must convince a traumatized werewolf to fight the same demon that slaughtered
her family to save her pack from being sacrificed, to Ann Leslie Tuttle at
Harlequin Nocturne, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Natasha Kern (world). Geralyn Dawson's ETERNITY SPRINGS, the first in a new emotional
series featuring characters from a small town Colorado mountain town, to Linda
Marrow and Kate Collins at Ballantine, in a three-book deal, by Meg Ruley and
Christina Hogrebe at Jane Rotrosen Agency (World). NYT bestselling author of ECSTACY Jacquelyn Frank's THE CHOSEN
ONES, the first in a new futuristic series featuring an elite group of sexy
military heroes, to Linda Marrow and Kate Collins at Ballantine, in a three-book
deal, by Robin Rue at Writers House (World). Pamela Britton's latest novella about the world of NASCAR, to Stacy Boyd at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2010, by Pamela Harty of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/13/2009 Sandra Hyatt's THE BILLIONAIRE'S BABY BARGAIN, in which a woman must work toward building a relationship with a man who distrusts her, after she discovers the IVF child she is carrying is her dead fiancee's brother's, to Diana Ventimiglia at Silhouette Desire, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/12/2009 Emma Wildes's three untitled novellas for a sexy Highlander
anthology, to Becky Vinter at NAL, by Barbara Poelle at Irene Goodman Agency
(World English). Margaret Mallory's KNIGHT OF PASSION, in the author's ALL THE
KING'S MEN series, in which an English knight must fight his passion for the
arrestingly beautiful French noblewoman who broke his heart in Paris five years
ago, while they join forces to save Henry V's widowed queen from being
discovered in a disastrous affair with her Clerk of the Wardrobe, to Alex Logan
at Grand Central, for publication in August 2010, by Kevan Lyon at the Sandra
Dijkstra Literary Agency (World). Tia McCollors's THE LAST WOMAN STANDING, in which a divorced mom has to decide if responding to signs that her career-driven ex-husband and father of her two teen daughters wants to rekindle their marriage is worth battling the younger and prettier girlfriend who is determined to be the last woman standing, to Cynthia Ballenger at Lift Every Voice, an imprint of Moody Publishers, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in Fall 2009, by Sandra Bishop at MacGregor Literary (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/11/2009 Erin Kellison's EMBRACE OF SHADOWS, to Alicia Condon at Dorchester, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), at auction, in a two-book deal, by Jessica Faust at BookEnds (world). - Publisher's Lunch 2/10/2009 Candy Halliday's THE MOMMY WISH, about a birthday party planner who thinks she has the party for a single dad's seven-year-old daughter under control until the birthday girl wishes she is her new mother, and DAD'S E-MAIL ORDER BRIDE, about a teenager whose plan to get home to New York City is to pretend to be her father on an online dating service and find him an irresistible New York City wife, to Wanda Ottewell at Harlequin, by Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/10/2009 Kim Lenox's next book in her Shadow Guard series, a historical paranormal romance, to Laura Cifelli at NAL, by Kim Lionetti at BookEnds. - Publisher's Lunch 2/10/2009 Margaret Daley's next Christmas novella currently untitled, to Emily Rodmell at Steeple Hill Love Inspired, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Steve Laube at the Steve Laube Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 2/9/2009 TEMPT ME WITH DARKNESS author Shayla Black's next two titles in the author's Doomsday Brethren paranormal romance series; and a related novella, to Abby Zidle at Pocket, by Kimberly Whalen of Trident Media Group (world). - Publisher's Lunch 2/9/2009 Michele Thompson's DATING IN THE DARK, to Selena James at
Kensington, in a three-book deal, by Katie Kotchman of Don Congdon Associates
(world). Candace Haven's STONEGATE INVESTIGATION AGENCY, when a PI sets out for Bangkok she intends to find an open-and-shut missing person case and a long overdue personal vacation, instead her "vacation" takes a wild and sexy turn when she unknowingly pairs up with an ex CIA Agent who only has days to live, to Kathryn Lye at Harlequin Blaze, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Elaine Spencer of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/6/2009 Cynthia Eden's EVIL MINDS, while forced to face her own dark past and the lover she left behind long ago, a Special Agent tracks a serial killer who turns his victims' worst nightmares into reality, the first of a sexy romantic suspense trilogy about the FBI's elite Serial Services Division, to Alex Logan at Grand Central, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), in a three-book deal, by Laura Bradford at bradford Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/6/2009 L.J. Smith's VAMPIRE DIARIES series, about a young woman torn between two vampire brothers, to CW, by Alloy Entertainment, whose Les Morgenstein and Bob Levy will co-produce, along with Kevin Williamson (Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Dawson's Creek" scribe) executive producing and writing, for Warner Bros. TV. - Publisher's Lunch 2/6/2009 Hotter After Midnight and Midnight Sins Cynthia Eden's next three paranormal romances, again to Megan Records at Kensington Brava, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/5/2009 Eden Bradley's DESIDERATA: THE LOVERS, an erotic novel in which a woman explores her sexuality with both a man and a woman before finding love while at a writer's retreat on the Santa Barbara coast, to Susan Swinwood at Harlequin Spice, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/5/2009 Paula Quinn's CHILDREN OF THE MIST, following the children of the MacGregor clan as they struggle with royal intrigue, Highland adventure, and true love, to Michele Bidelspach at Grand Central, in a four-book deal, by Andrea Somberg at Harvey Klinger (world). - Publisher's Lunch 2/5/2009 Tamela Hancock Murray's LOVE FINDS YOU IN MAIDEN, NORTH CAROLINA, in which a modest physician's daughter recovering from a broken heart and a flamboyant flapper with a secret clash in a small town, all the while finding romance, to Rachel Meisel at Summerside Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in April 2009, by Joyce Hart at Hartline Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/4/2009 USA Today bestselling author Elizabeth Hoyt's next historical trilogy, to Grand Central, by Susannah Taylor at the Richard Crenshaw Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/4/2009 Jane Beckenham's TO KISS AN ANGEL, about an angel who breaks
all the rules and finds love, to Red Rose Publishing, in a nice deal ($1 -
$49,000), for publication in 2009. Serbian rights to Charlaine Harris's DEAD UNTIL DARK and LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS, to Media II, by Eddie Schneider at JABberwocky Literary Agency, in association with Ana Milenkovic of Prava I Prevodi. - Publisher's Lunch 2/3/2009 Croatian rights to Charlaine Harris's DEAD UNTIL DARK, LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS, and CLUB DEAD, to Algoritam, by Eddie Schneider at JABberwocky Literary Agency, in association with Ana Milenkovic at Prava I Prevodi. - Publisher's Lunch 2/3/2009 Comics artist and theoretician Scott McCloud's THE SCULPTOR,
featuring an urban love story, a race against time, and the relationship between
life and art by award-winning, to Mark Siegel at First Second, plus an untitled
nonfiction book, by Judith Hansen of Hansen Literary Agency (world). BITE ME author Parker Blue's next five in the Demon Underground series, to Debra Dixon and Deborah Smith at Bell Bridge Books. - Publisher's Lunch 2/3/2009 Samantha Hunter's MORE THAN SHE WISHED FOR, in which an investigative reporter becomes despondent after sinking to tabloid work when her boss asks her to track down a genie -- until the handsome genie finds her and makes her own secret wishes come true, and, in a separate deal, ANY MAN SHE WANTS, in which a woman who has always had any man she wants helps other women do the same with her cookie icing, developed by a genius she realizes is the only man she wants, and a second book in the series, to Kathryn Lye at Harlequin Blaze, both in nice deals, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/2/2009 Jill Monroe's SEALED AND DELIVERED and TEMPTING FATE, to Kathryn Lye at Harlequin Blaze, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency.- Publisher's Lunch 2/2/2009 Anna Schmidt's HIS AMERICAN DUCHESS, in which a talented artist falls in love with one of the wealthiest men in Europe while studying and working in Paris only to break their engagement when she discovers she is barren and cannot provide him with heirs, to Andrea Kerr at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/30/2009 Robyn Grady's three new works of sexy romance set in glamorous locations around the world, to Kimberley Young at Mills & Boon, for publication in 2010, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 1/30/2009 Nicola Cornick's THE NORTHERNMOST OUTPOST OF THE TON, in which a lady leaves London for the Arctic in search of her explorer husband, to Kimberley Young on behalf of Tracy Farrell at HQN, in a good deal, ($100,000 - $250,000) in six-book deal, for publication in 2010, by Pam Strickler (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/30/2009 Vicki Lewis Thompson's untitled series, a new nine-book series set on a Wyoming ranch, plus three novellas, to Brenda Chin and Marsha Zinberg at Harlequin, by Robert Gottlieb and Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/29/2009 Maggie Price's new NASCAR novella, to Stacy Boyd at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2010, by Pam Hopkins at Hopkins Literary Associates. - Publisher's Lunch 1/29/2009 Carol Stephenson's first NASCAR novella, to Stacy Boyd at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2010, by Roberta Brown of Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/29/2009 Audio rights to Jenny Han's THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY, the first in a trio of books starring Belly, a teen in the thick of a dramatic love triangle, to Recorded Books, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Samantha Cosentino at Pippin Properties. - Publisher's Lunch 1/28/2009 Cassie Miles's untitled, to Allison Lyons at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in March 2010, by Melissa Jeglinski at The Knight Agency. -Publisher's Lunch 1/28/2009 Jenny Han's second and third books in THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY trilogy, in which Belly continues to grapple with a choice between the two constant loves of her life and which she's meant to be with forever, again to Emily Meehan at Simon & Schuster, by Emily van Beek at Pippin Properties, in a good deal, ($100,000 - $250,000) for publication Summer 2010 and Summer 2011 (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 1/28/2009 Deidre Berry's THE NEXT BEST THING, to Selena James at Dafina, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, for publication in March 2009 (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/26/2009 Maggie Price's NASCAR romance novella in a series with 16 novellas in 8 volumes, to Stacy Boyd at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Pam Hopkins of Hopkins Literary Associates. - Publisher's Lunch 1/26/2009 Janet Woods's SALTING THE WOUND, in the 1850's a man rejected in marriage marries his loved one's younger sister in revenge, to Amanda Stewart at Severn House, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2009/2010, by Pat Hornsey (world). - Publisher's Lunch 1/23/2009 Lisa Renee Jones's BITE, to Ann Leslie Tuttle at Silhouette Nocturne, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in May 2009, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/23/2009 Lisa Renee Jones's untitled erotic novella for an anthology BIG CATS, to Hilary Sares at Kensington, in a nice deal, ($1 - $49,000) by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/23/2009 Margaret Daley's third book in a new Love Inspired Suspense continuity series, to Emily Rodmell at Steeple Hill, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Steve Laube at the Steve Laube Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 1/23/2009 Nadia Aidan's TWELVE WICKED NIGHTS, a steamy Christmas tale about a woman who's challenged by her high school flame turned Navy SEAL to engage in every possible erotic adventure before his deployment in just twelve days, to Lindsay Nouis at NAL, by Vivian Chum at Prospect Agency (world).- Publisher's Lunch 1/22/2009 Nalini Singh's ANGEL'S PAWN, a paranormal novella set in her ANGELS' BLOOD universe, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Sensation, by Nephele Tempest at The Knight Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/21/2009 Carol Wagner and Marian Franz (writing as Marisa Caroll)'s two NASCAR novellas, to Stacy Boyd at Harlequin, in a nice deal. - Publisher's Lunch 1/21/2009 YA author Mandy Hubbard's NASCAR novella, to Stacy Boyd at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2010, by Zoe Fishman at Lowenstein-Yost. - Publisher's Lunch 1/21/2009 Abigail Reynolds's MR. FITZWILLIAM DARCY: THE LAST MAN IN THE
WORLD, the second book in the author's Pemberley Variations series in which the
author explores paths not taken in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, to Deb
Werksman at Sourcebooks, by Lauren Abramo at Dystel & Goderich Literary
Management (world). Erica Ridley's TOUCHED, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, in a two-book deal,
by Lauren Abramo at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (world). Carol Stephenson's NASCAR romance novella in a series with 16 novellas in 8 volumes, to Stacy Boyd at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/19/2009 Virginia Brown's DIXIE DIVAS, about a group of middle-aged Memphis belles who solve a murder, to Deborah Smith and Debra Dixon of Bell Bridge Books, for publication in summer 2009. - Publisher's Lunch 1/19/2009 Abby Gaines's next two NASCAR romances, to Marsha Zinberg at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2010, by Pamela Harty of The Knight Agency - Publisher's Lunch 1/15/2009 Wendy Etherington's NASCAR romance novella in a series with 16 novellas in 8 volumes, to Marsha Zinberg at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Pamela Harty of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/15/2009 Liz Allison's NASCAR romance novella in a series with 16 novellas in 8 volumes, to Marsha Zinberg at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Pamela Harty of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/15/2009 Beth Kery's untitled erotic romance, in which three people indulge in a night of impulsive pleasure that ends in regret and betrayal -- now two lovers remain and each suspects the other is guilty of the third's murder, to Leis Pederson at Berkley Heat, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in February 2010, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency - Publisher's Lunch 1/15/2009 Lauren Dane's untitled sequel to the author's upcoming title, Laid Bare, to Leis Pederson at Berkley Heat, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in January 2010, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/15/2009 ACFW Genesis contest winner Jenness Walker's DEJA VU, about how a stalker uses a bestselling thriller as a guide when he becomes obsessed with a woman, but when a witness tries to help the woman discover the man's identity with a trap, the stalker stops going by the book, to Emily Rodmell at Steeple Hill, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/15/2009 NYT bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub's FINDERS KEEPERS, and a sequel LOSERS WEEPERS, moving to Lucia Macro at Avon, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), in a three book deal, for publication in 2010, by Laura Blake Peterson at Curtis Brown (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 1/14/2009 Melissa James's next three novels, to Lucy Gilmour at Harlequin Mills & Boon, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2009, by Elaine Spencer at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/13/2009 Dawn Halliday's novella WINTER HEAT for a Highlander anthology, to Becky Vinter at NAL, for publication in November 2009, by Barbara Poelle at the Irene Goodman Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/13/2009 Erica Hayes's untitled erotic urban fantasy set in a dangerous fae-infested Melbourne, where a light-fingered fairy girl pilfers a magic mirror that steals away her common sense, and thus falls foul of vicious vampire gangsters, a petulant demon lord, and a lovesick fairy serial killer, to Rose Hilliard at St. Martin's, in a nice two-book deal ($1 - $49,000), by Marlene Stringer of the Stringer Literary Agency, on behalf of Barbara Bova Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/12/2009 Debbie Mazzuca's LORD OF THE ISLES, in which a woman awakens in the bed of a wounded sixteenth century laird who believes she's his late wife come back to life, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington Zebra, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, for publication in 2010, by Pamela Harty at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/12/2009 Kate Douglas's DEMONFIRE, featuring a fallen demon sent to save Earth and the love he finds along the way, to Audrey LaFehr at Kensington, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), at auction, in a three-book deal, by Jessica Faust at BookEnds. - Publisher's Lunch 1/9/2009 Sophie Renwick's novella based on the world created in VELVET
HAVEN for a Highlander Christmas anthology, to Tracy Bernstein at NAL, in a nice
deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in December 2009, by Mary Louise
Schwartz at the Belfrey Literary Agency (World). Jessica Andersen's next titles in her NOVELS OF THE FINAL PROPHECY series, about the modern-day men and women destined to protect mankind from the 2012 doomsday predicted by the calendar of the ancient Maya, again to Kara Cesare at NAL, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/8/2009 Christine Blevin's two follow-up books to TORY WIDOW, the Revolutionary War series about a true-hearted American stuck in the middle of the British takeover of New York city, to Jackie Cantor at Berkley, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in Spring 2010, by Nancy Coffey at Nancy Coffey Literary & Media Representation. - Publisher's Lunch 1/7/2009 NYT bestselling author of THE ROGUE HUNTER Lynsay Sands's next three paranormal romance novels, to Erika Tsang at Avon, by Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 1/7/2009 Stephanie Newton's MOVING TARGET, a modern-day mercenary must take a leap of faith to protect his former love from a determined enemy, to Melissa Endlich at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Barbara Collins Rosenberg at Rosenberg Group (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/6/2009 Debra Mullins' GARLANDS AND GARTERS series, beginning when a wedding planner returns to her native England to plan a prominent wedding only to have it disrupted when the young bride's far-too-attractive fiance (believed lost at sea) returns, to Esi Sogah of Avon, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/6/2009 Author of HIS WOMAN Diana Cosby's next two Scottish historical romances, to Kate Duffy at Kensington, by Holly Root at Waxman Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 1/6/2009 Dakota Cassidy's ACCIDENTALLY DEMONIC, about a woman who's
accidentally turned into a demon, and MY WAY TO HELL, the sequel to a new series
releasing in June, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, by Elaine Spencer at The Knight
Agency (NA). Monica Burns's debut KISMET, in which a courtesan finds her
destiny in the Moroccan desert when she challenges a Sheikh's preconceived
notion about her, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a
two-book deal, by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency (NA). | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Robin Miller writing as Robin Caroll's MELODY OF MURDER, the first in the author's GRITS (Girls Raised In The South) series where 'Steel Magnolias' meets 'Nancy Drew' -- burglary, vandalism, and murder throw a radio station into chaos and a disc jockey asks her girlfriends to join her and become amateur sleuths, what they uncover shakes her up, but not as much as falling in love with her prime suspect, to Elizabeth Mazer of Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense, by Kelly Mortimer at Mortimer Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/22/2008 Vicki Sobota writing as Emery Lee's debut BLOOD WILL TELL, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, by Kelly Mortimer at Mortimer Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/22/2008 Janet Dean's ONE BRIDE: SEALED AND DELIVERED, about a debutante who changes places with a friend and becomes a mail-order bride to escape her father who's ruined the family name and lost their fortune gambling, and her farmer groom who can't admit his past as a riverboat gambler, to Tina Colombo of Steeple Hill Love Inspired Historicals, for publication in May 2009, by Kelly Mortimer at Mortimer Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/22/2008 On Strike For Christmas and Bikini Season author Sheila Roberts's three new books, to Rose Hilliard at St. Martin's, by Paige Wheeler at Folio Literary Management (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 12/18/2008 Elizabeth Amber's next three untitled Satyr erotic romances, from the series featuring The Lords of Satyr, to Audrey Lafeur at Kensington Aphrodisia, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Jessica Faust at BookEnds (world). - Publisher's Lunch 12/18/2008 NYT bestselling author Angie Fox's THE TALE OF TWO DEMON
SLAYERS, the third book in the Demon Slayer series, to Leah Hultenschmidt at
Dorchester, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Jessica Faust at BookEnds (NA).
NYT bestselling author Deborah Smith's JUST A LITTLE BIG GUILTY and DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH, to Debra Dixon of BelleBooks, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000). - Publisher's Lunch 12/17/2008 Jacqueline Lepore's A HANDFUL OF DUST and THE CYPRIAN QUEEN, the
first two novels in a Gothic vampire series, combining the mythology and scope
of The Historian with the commercial voice of Deanna Raybourn, in which a young
widow must come to terms with her heritage as a vampire hunter, eventually
coming up against Dracula himself, to Katherine Nintzel at Avon A, by Christina
Hogrebe at Jane Rotrosen Agency (World English). Sandra Bricker's THE BIG FIVE-OH, about how a woman is convinced she has a birthday curse, and as the big 5-0 approaches, she escapes to Florida to avoid disaster and is given the best birthday gift of all - a second chance at love, to Barbara Scott at Abingdon Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/16/2008 Lorie O'Clare's new romantic suspense series featuring fugitive apprehension agents, to Monique Patterson at St. Martin's, in a three-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency.- Publisher's Lunch 12/16/2008 Sarah McCarty's SHADOW WRANGLERS, a cowboy vampire, to Cindy Hwang at Sensation, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/16/2008 Susan Krinard's next three in the author's werewolf romance series, to Tracy Farrell and Leslie Wainger at HQN, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/15/2008 Lisa Mondello's BIRD OF PREY, in which an undercover cop needs to protect a woman after her ex-husband tries to hire a hitman to murder her, to Elizabeth Mazer at Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in December 2009, by Michelle Grajkowski at Three Seas Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/12/2008 Jennifer AlLee's THE PASTOR'S WIFE, in which a woman thought she knew what she was getting into when she married soon-to-be pastor, but when she realized the "other woman" in her marriage was her husband's congregation, she ran for three years -- now she's back against her will, to Barbara Scott at Abingdon Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in February 2010 (world). - Publisher's Lunch 12/11/2008 Christy Reece's next romantic suspense trilogy, to Kate Collins at Ballantine, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), for back-to-back-to-back publication in summer 2010, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 12/10/2008 Larissa Ione's next two paranormal novels in the Demonica series, to Amy Pierpont at Grand Central, by Irene Goodman. - Publisher's Lunch 12/9/2008 Katherine Garbera's next three contemporary romances, to Krista Stroever at Silhouette Desire, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Pamela Harty at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/9/2008 Francis Ray's FOREVER YOURS, ONLY HERS, HEART OF THE FALCON and BREAK EVERY RULE in the long out-of-print FALCON series, and ONE NIGHT WITH YOU (book #3) and untitled book #4 in the GRAYSON AND FRIENDS series, to Monique Patterson at St. Martin's, by Elaine Koster of the Elaine Koster Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 12/9/2008 Knitting Under the Influence and The Smart One and the Pretty One author Claire LaZebnik's two untitled novels, to Emily Griffin at 5 Spot, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Alexis Hurley at Inkwell Management (World). - Publisher's Lunch 12/8/2008 NYT bestselling mother-daughter author team P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast's next three books in the House of Night series, plus an illustrated companion with award-winning artist Kim Doner, to Jennifer Weis at St. Martin's, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), by Meredith Bernstein. - Publisher's Lunch 12/8/2008 NYT bestselling anthology COMFORT AND JOY author Marie
Bostwick's SNOW ANGELS: A Christmas Anthology, the continuation of the Christmas
story, to Audrey Lafehr at Kensington, for publication in Christmas 2009, by
Jill Grosjean at the Jill Grosjean Literary Agency (World). Tracy Wolff's IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, a voyeuristic tale of erotic suspense between a woman who posts her deepest, darkest fantasies on the internet and the man who finds a way to give her exactly what she wants ... and needs, to Becky Vinter at NAL, by Emily Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 12/8/2008 Connie Hall's THE BEHOLDER and THE NIGHTWALKER, books #2 and #3
in THE GUARDIAN paranormal series, to Natashya Wilson at Harlequin Nocturne, in
a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Pam Ahearn of Ahearn
Agency (World). Dr. Richard Mabry's RUN AWAY HOME, about a young female doctor's return to her hometown only to find her life and work threatened, to Barbara Scott at Abingdon Press, by Rachelle Gardner at WordServe Literary Group. - Publisher's Lunch 12/8/2008 RWA Lifetime Achievement Award-winning historical romance author
Jennifer Blake's THREE GRACES, in which treachery, lechery and debauchery tempt
three young women at the court of Henry VII, to Susan Pezzack-Swinwood at Mira,
by Richard Curtis at Richard Curtis Associates (world English). Translation
rights handled by Danny Baror. Kaki Warner's PIECES OF SKY, the first book in this debut author's BLOOD ROSE TRILOGY -- a love story, adventure, and a sensual romance, to Wendy McCurdy at Berkley Temptation, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Nancy Coffey at Nancy Coffey Literary & Media Representation. - Publisher's Lunch 12/5/2008 Shiloh Walker's next three romantic suspense novels, to Linda
Marrow at Ballantine, by Irene Goodman. Shiloh Walker's next three new paranormal novels, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, by Irene Goodman. - Publisher's Lunch 12/5/2008 NYT bestselling author Stella Cameron's new paranormal thriller, to Linda McFall at Mira, by Liza Dawson of Liza Dawson Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 12/4/2008 Victoria Dahl's LEAD ME ON, the story of a woman who does everything she can to distance herself from her wild and disreputable family, but realizes that there just might be some fun to be had if she lets her hair down, to Tara Parsons at HQN, in a two-book deal, by Amy Moore-Benson of AMB Literary Management (world). - Publisher's Lunch 12/4/2008 USA Today bestselling author JULIANNE MACLEAN's Scottish
historical romance, to Monique Patterson of St. Martin's, at auction, in a three
book deal, by Paige Wheeler of Folio Literary Management. Red Garnier's THE FEATHER, in which two soul mates, upon discovering their tumultuous pasts are preventing them from having a future together, will submit to their worst fears, to Tracy Bernstein at NAL, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/4/2008 NYT bestselling author Angela Knight's next two novellas for upcoming anthologies, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Sensation, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/4/2008 Author of the forthcoming YA novel, THE SEASON, Sarah MacLean's NINE RULES TO BREAK WHEN ROMANCING A RAKE, a Regency set romance about a twenty-something spinster who, on the eve of her younger sister's wedding, sets out to seduce the Marquess of her dreams by breaking every rule by which a lady of high society is supposed to abide, to Carrie Feron at Avon, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), in a three-book deal, by Alyssa Eisner Henkin at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 12/4/2008 Marjorie Liu's untitled for a new anthology forthcoming from Berkley, to Kate Seaver at Berkley, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/4/2008 Sophie Renwick's VELVET HAVEN, the first in the paranormal
Annwyn Chronicles series about dark gothic shape-shifters and the kick-ass
heroines who meet and mix at the Velvet Haven goth club, to Tracy Bernstein at
NAL, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in Winter 2010, by Mary
Louise Schwartz at the Belfrey Literary Agency. Wendy Etherington's next three contemporary romances, to Kathryn Lye at Harlequin Blaze, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Pamela Harty of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/3/2008 Kate Pearce's next two regency-set erotic romances in her HOUSE OF PLEASURE series, again to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/2/2008 NYT bestselling author Cherry Adair's new paranormal series, to Lauren McKenna at Pocket, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), in a three-book deal, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 12/1/2008 NYT bestselling author Cherry Adair's new contemporary romantic suspense series, to Matthew Shear and Rose Hilliard at St. Martin's, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), in a three-book deal, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 12/1/2008 Karen Whiddon's three new Silhouette Nocturnes and two new Silhouette Romantic Suspense novels, to Keyren Gerlach of Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 12/1/2008 Betsy St. Amant's TASTE OF LOVE, about a New Orleans woman who works at a chocolate boutique in the French Quarter, and her youth pastor best friend, who experience a taste of love with a little help from a few secret admirer gifts and a ton of sweets, again to Emily Rodmell at Steeple Hill, by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/1/2008 Stephanie Dray's two works of paranormal romance, to Tara Gavin at Silhouette Nocturne, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 11/26/2008 Linda Thomas-Sundstrom's two untitled works of paranormal romance, to Tara Gavin at Silhouette Nocturne, in a three-book deal, for publication in January 2010, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 11/26/2008 Shelley Shepard Gray's next two untitled books, to Cynthia DiTiberio at Avon Inspire, by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 11/24/2008 Shelley Galloway's next untitled books, to Johanna Raisensan at Harlequin Canada, by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 11/24/2008 Emma Wildes's next three romances in a new series THE JADED GENTLEMEN SOCIETY, again to Becky Vinter at NAL, by Barbara Poelle at Irene Goodman Agency (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 11/24/2008 Amanda Lauren's THE SWORD AND THE VEIL, the tale of a young woman determined to be a bride of the church who finds herself married off to a handsome Highlander instead, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, by Barbara Poelle at Irene Goodman Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 11/24/2008 Judy Duarte's next three works of romance, to Susan Littman at Special Edition, in a three-book deal, for publication in 2010, by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 11/24/2008 Beth Cornelison's BANCROFT BRIDES trilogy, in which three sisters from Lagniappe, Louisiana, discover the road to the altar can be filled with danger and that fate holds a few surprises in finding their Mr. Right, to Allison Lyons at Silhouette Romantic Suspense, in a nice dea ($1 - $49,000)l, by Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 11/21/2008 Former Amazon.com romance editor Stefanie Hargreaves writing as Stefanie Sloane's THE DEVIL IN DISGUISE in the author's Young Corinthian series, in which a French assassin, an elaborate scheme that goes awry at a decadent masked ball, and a priceless Thoroughbred stallion are at the heart of a lady and a duke's wildly adventurous seduction, to Junessa Viloria at Ballantine, for publication in 2010, in a three-book deal, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 11/21/2008 Addison Fox's debut WARRIOR ASCENDED, first in a series featuring the Warriors of the Zodiac, granted the powers of their astrological signs and charged with protecting humanity, to Becky Vinter at NAL, in a two-book deal, by Holly Root at Waxman Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 11/21/2008 NYT bestselling author Brenda Novak's next four romantic suspense novels, to Margaret Marbury and Paula Eykelhof at Mira, the first three to be published back to back to back, in a significant deal ($251,000 - $499,000), by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 11/21/2008 Alexandra Sokoloff's untitled supernatural novel, to Tara Gavin at Harlequin Nocturne, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Scott Miller at Trident Media Group - Publisher's Lunch 11/21/2008 Janis Reams Hudson's THE DAUGHTERS OF SARAH MCCORD, a trilogy set in post Civil War Texas, in which the three young Daughters of Sarah McCord witness the killing of the rest of their family by an outlaw gang and vow revenge; as they grow up, each girl in turn seeks revenge in her own way, to Susan Littman at Harlequin, by Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 11/21/2008 Kate Brian's untitled romance, to Emily Meehan at Simon & Schuster Children's, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), for publication in Fall 2009, by Josh Bank at Alloy Entertainment (World). - Publisher's Lunch 11/20/2008 Shelley Sabga writing as Shelley Galloway's four untitled books, to Cindy Ditiberio at Harper One, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 11/20/2008 Beth Wiseman's four untitled books, to Natalie Hanemann at Thomas Nelson, in a very nice dea ($50,000 - $99,000)l, by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 11/20/2008 Jules Bennett's SEDUCING THE STRANGER, to Diana Ventimiglia at Silhouette Desire, for publication in 2010, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (world) - Publisher's Lunch 11/19/2008 Pamela Palmer's next three paranormal romances in her paranormal Feral Warriors series, to May Chen at Avon, in a very nice deal, ($50,000 - $99,000) by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World). - Publisher's Lunch 11/19/2008 Gerry Bartlett's fifth book in the Glory St. Clair series, about a vampire who is still fighting the battle of her personal bulges four hundred years after she was turned, to Kate Seaver at Berkley, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 11/17/2008 Megan Hart's next two untitled paranormal romances, continuing her upcoming handmaidens series, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Sensation, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.- Publisher's Lunch 11/14/2008 Elisabeth Naughton's MARKED, to stave off a war with the demons of the underworld and protect his people from extinction, an argonaut hero must find the woman who unknowingly fulfills an ancient prophesy, only to fall for her even knowing she is marked for sacrifice, to Leah Hultenschmidt at Dorchester, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 11/14/2008 Janet Woods's HEARTS OF GOLD, the story of a girl abandoned on the Australian goldfields, and of the man who rescued her, to Amanda Stewart at Severn House, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in April 2009, by Pat Hornsey at International Scripts. - Publisher's Lunch 11/14/2008 Kimberly Derting's THE BODY FINDER, weaving coming-of-age
romance into the story of a sixteen-year old girl with trying to find purpose in
her ability to find dead bodies of murder victims through the imprints they
leave behind on the world and on their killers, who herself becomes the prey of
a serial killer, to Gretchen Hirsch at Harper, in a good deal ($100,000 -
$250,000), for publication in August 2009, by Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown
Literary Agency (World). Fiona Mountain's LADY OF THE BUTTERFLIES, a sweeping historical novel -- with love triangles, armed rebellion, and murder by poison -- based on the life of Lady Eleanor Glanville, a 17th century naturalist and butterfly collector, to Rachel Kahan at Putnam, for publication in 2010, by Jane Kirby at Random House UK (US). - Publisher's Lunch 11/13/2008 NYT bestselling author Angela Knight's sixth MAGEVERSE novel, in which King Arthur and his immortal vampire Knights of the Round Table try to save modern humanity from self-destruction, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a significant deal ($251,000 - $499,000), in a three-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 11/13/2008 Author of the upcoming FIRE ME Libby Malin's FINDING MR. WRITE, in which a head writer for a floundering soap opera uses the show as her personal message board to the world, working out her problems through the show's characters and story arcs, again to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, by Holly Root at Waxman Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 11/12/2008 Rachael Herron's debut ELIZA'S COTTAGE, in which a rancher's way of life is threatened by a woman trying to escape her past; the first book in the KNIT TWO TOGETHER series, to May Chen at Avon, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), at auction, in a three-book deal, for publication in Spring 2010, by Susanna Einstein at LJK Literary Management (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 11/11/2008 Jaci Burton's erotic novella in the UNLACED 2 Anthology, to Kate Seaver at Berkley Heat, for publication in 2009, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group.- Publisher's Lunch 11/10/2008 Indonesian rights to Susan Elizabeth Phillips's NATURAL BORN CHARMER, to Agromedia, by Big Apple Tuttle-Mori on behalf of The Axelrod Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 11/10/2008 Susan Lyons's EROTIQUE: Carrie, three erotic stories set in Erotique, a classy private sex club that offers the discerning patron everything she might crave in terms of sexual adventure, and sexual satisfaction, to Susan Swinwood at Harlequin Spice, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Emily Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency (World) - Publisher's Lunch 11/7/2008 Lisa Renee Jones's THE WIND WALKER, in which a Super Soldier created from an Area 51 experiment must join together with his enemy's daughter to save the world and, quite possibly, his own soul, to Latoya Smith at Grand Central, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 11/7/2008 Susanna Carr, LuAnn McLane and Janice Maynard's erotic
Christmas anthology, about three Scrooge-ish heroines who try to run away from
the holidays, until they meet three sexy men determined to fill their stockings,
to Becky Vinter at NAL, by Emily Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency (World). NYT bestselling author Elizabeth Boyle's untitled next three works, to Lyssa Keusch at Avon, in a good deal ($100,000- $250,000), by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 11/6/2008 Susan Page Davis's ALWAYS READY, a three-book series set in Alaska, to JoAnne Simmons at Heartsong Presents, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 11/6/2008 Charlotte Featherstone's TABOO, to Lara Hyde at Harlequin SPICE, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), in a two-book deal, by Mary Louise Schwartz at Belfrey Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 11/6/2008 Barbara Kyle's THE PRINCESS' DEFENDER, about Elizabeth the First as a young woman, before she became a queen and a sequel to this author's highly successful THE QUEEN'S LADY, to Audrey LaFehr at Kensington, in a two-book deal, by Al Zuckerman at Writers House (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 11/6/2008 Vivi Anna's next two books continuing her paranormal CSI series for Silhouette Nocturne plus a Nocturne Bite, to Tara Gavin at Silhouette Nocturne, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 11/4/2008 Laura Griffin's HOT LIST, the first book in her new TRACERS
series, in which a Texas oil heiress, trying to ease her grief over her
daughter's brutal murder, gives away her fortune to start a cutting-edge
forensics laboratory, where investigators known as Tracers team up with homicide
and cold case detectives to solve the toughest crimes, to Abby Zidle at Pocket,
in a three-book deal, for publication in Fall 2009, by Kevan Lyon at the Sandra
Dijkstra Literary Agency (World). Anne Marsh's CAUGHT BY THE CAT, in which a shape-shifting Guardian must decide if he will punish the audacious thief who steals a powerful amulet from his Temple—-or make her his mate instead, to Alicia Condon at Dorchester, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in October 2009, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency - Publisher's Lunch 11/3/2008 2008 Golden Heart-winner Annette McCleave's DRAWN INTO DARKNESS, about Soul Gatherers who battle demons to retrieve the souls of the dead, to Kerry Donovan at NAL, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, for publication in 2010, by Laurie McLean at Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents (World). laurie@agentsavant.com . - Publisher's Lunch 11/3/2008 Bonnie Vanak's UNWRAPPED, in which a scared, lonely vampire is given a Christmas gift by gremlin carolers - an ugly doll that transforms into the daughter of his werewolf enemy who helps him to make a list and check it twice, to Ann Leslie Tuttle at Harlequin Nocturne, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World).- Publisher's Lunch 11/3/2008 Linda Urbach's MADAME BOVARY'S DAUGHTER, in which the life of the neglected orphan of a scandalously disgraced woman becomes a rags to riches story set against the authentic backdrop of the rise of the fashion industry in France in the late 1800s where temptations like those her mother succumbed to abound, to Caitlin Alexander at Bantam Dell, in a pre-empt, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 10/31/2008 Janice Hanna's LOVE FINDS YOU IN POETRY, TEXAS, the next book in the Summerside Press "Love Finds You" series, again to Rachel Meisel at Summerside Press, by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 10/30/2008 Monica Burns's MASTER OF SIN, the first in a series featuring an ancient order of telekinetic assasins and the woman who holds the key to their survival, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), in a pre-empt, in a three-book deal, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 10/27/2008 Opal Carew's three more erotic novels, each featuring scenes and other elements that push the erotic envelope, to Rose Hilliard at St. Martin's, by Emily Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 10/24/2008 Judy Duarte's next two works, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates. - Publisher's Lunch 10/24/2008 Tina Sickler's untitled historical romance, to Audrey LaFehr at Kensington, by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 10/24/2008 Deborah Smith's KITCHEN CHARMS, PICKLE SPELLS, and BISCUIT WITCH, a trilogy about a North Carolina family who cast spells through their cooking magic, to Debra Dixon of BelleBooks, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000). - Publisher's Lunch 10/24/2008 Charlotte Featherstone's THE PLEASURE GARDEN, a Regency erotic novella for the Spring anthology, BELTANE FIRES, and WICKED TEMPTATION, an edgy and erotic anthology that celebrates Samhain, about a dying woman, and the fallen angel who was wants her body before he claims her soul, to Lara Hyde at Harlequin Spice, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in Spring and Fall 2010, by Mary Louise Schwartz at the Belfrey Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 10/23/2008 Carolyne Aarsen's next two works of inspirational romance, to Tina Colombo at Steeple Hill, by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 10/23/2008 Robyn Grady's untitled romance works, to Diana Ventimiglia at Silhouette Desire, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 10/22/2008 Maxine Sullivan's next three sexy romances, to Krista Stroever at Silhouette Desire, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 10/22/2008 Rita-nominated author Marta Perry's PLEASANT VALLEY AMISH trilogy - LEAH'S CHOICE, RACHEL'S GARDEN, ANNA'S RETURN - which explores the struggles of three contemporary Amish women to be in the world but not of the world while staying true to their hearts in a rural Pennsylvania community, to Susan Allison at Berkley, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), at auction, by Danielle Egan-Miller at Browne & Miller Literary Associates (World). - Publisher's Lunch 10/21/2008 NYT bestselling author Madeline Hunter's next four historical romances, moving to Wendy McCurdy at Berkley, in a major deal ($500,00 and up), for high six-figures, by Pam Hopkins at Hopkins Literary Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 10/21/2008 Florence Case's MISTLETOE AND MURDER, a holiday-themed inspirational romance, to Tina Colombo at Love Inspired Romantic Suspense, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in late 2009, by Melissa Jeglinski at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 10/21/2008 Vannetta Chapman's THE COST OF LOVE, to Roz Greenberg at Tekno Books, by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 10/20/2008 Caroline Fyffe's historical romance, to Leah Hultenschimdt at Dorchester, by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 10/20/2008 Anna Leonard's MUSTANG, an American Unicorn is sworn to protect a woman and battles against the evil threatening her family, to Mary-Theresa Hussey at Harlequin Nocturne, by Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 10/20/2008 Kelley Armstrong's untitled trilogy, to follow Armstrong's DARKEST POWERS series, to Rosemary Brosnan at Harper Children's, by Sarah Heller at Helen Heller Agency (US). - Publisher's Lunch 10/14/2008 Lori Wilde's untitled series set in Twilight, Texas, about a bad boy who, after being convicted of a crime he didn't commit, is headed back to the close-knit river community of Twilight, Texas to exact his revenge, to Lucia Macro at Avon, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2009, by Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 10/13/2008 C.J. Barry's X-CEL: NEW YORK CITY, a dark paranormal series featuring a syndicate of ruthless shape shifters threatening America and the human special agents tasked with stopping them, to Kate Seaver at Berkley Sensation, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 10/13/2008 Dana Mentink's SAND STORM, about a woman studying endangered creatures who must investigate murder, miners, and a bankrupt tour business in order to find out what happened to her brother, to Emily Rodmell at Steeple Hill, by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 10/11/2008 Miranda Neville's THE TARLETON CLUB, a two-book series, featuring rivalry, murder and romance set among rare book collectors of Regency England, to Esi Sogah at Avon, by Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 10/10/2008 Donna Grant's WICKED NEED, in which in an immortal Highlander possessed by a primeval god must shield an innocent woman from the clutches of evil and take sides in a coming war that will annihilate the world in her new Darksword series, to Monique Patterson at St. Martin's, in a three-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 10/10/2008 Cynthia Eden's IN THE DARK, a paranormal romance novella for an upcoming Bad Boys anthology, to Megan Records at Kensington Brava, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in October 2009, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 10/8/2008 Noelle Henderson and Barbra Kolten writing as Barbra E. Noel's WORTH EVERY RUMOR, the tale of a Dutch ship's captain who abandoned his wealthy half-French, half-Afro-Indian wife four years earlier and now has returned to focus on the intense and titillating struggle for power - and love - between them, to Amy Pyle at Kensington Aphrodisia, in a two-book deal, by Emily Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 10/8/2008 My Best Friend and My Man author Cydney Rax's MY SISTER'S EX, to Heather Proulx at Three Rivers Press, in a very nice deal, for publication in Summer 2009, by Claudia Menza at Menza-Barron Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 10/7/2008 Maya Banks' Sweet Seduction and Sweet Temptation, books three and four in her Sweet series, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, for publication in fall 2009 and spring 2010, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 10/7/2008 USA Today bestselling author Julie Kenner's first three books in a new paranormal romance series set in an age-old judicial system that is hidden within and mirrors our own, the purpose of which is to apprehend, prosecute, adjudicate and detain those Dark Creatures who break the Covenant, to Nita Taublib and Shauna Summers at Bantam Dell, in a very good deal, ($100,000 - $250,000) at auction, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 10/6/2008 Meljean Brook's DEMON DAWN, in which two Guardians must put aside their own tragic history after a terrifying betrayal by one of their own, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Sensation, in a four-book deal, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 10/3/2008 Ann Christopher's untitled romantic suspense trilogy, about three men who are inadvertently outed from the witness protection program and marked for death by a famous drug czar they helped to convict, to Kate Duffy at Kensington, by Crichton & Associates.- Publisher's Lunch 10/3/2008 Christie Kelley's next three books in the author's Regency historical Spinster Club series, to Peter Senftleben at Kensington Zebra, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 10/3/2008 Julie Lessman's REFUGE FROM THE STORM, in which a privileged woman at first thrives on the glitz and glamour of The Roaring Twenties until her world crashes in the Great Depression forcing her to work with a man who is the bane of her existence, FAR FROM RUBIES, and BESIDE THE STILL WATERS, to Lonnie Hull Dupont at Revell, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 10/3/2008 Emily McKay's QUINTON'S STORY, to Diana Ventimiglia at
Silhouette Desire, in a two-book deal, by Jessica Faust at BookEnds. Robin Miller w/a Robin Caroll's FRAMED!, Book 2 of the WITHOUT
A TRACE continuity series, to Krista Stroever at Steeple Hill Love Inspired
Suspense, by Kelly Mortimer of Mortimer Literary Agency. Clare Willis's ONCE BITTEN, pitched as Angel meets Melrose Place, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Joanna MacKenzie at Browne & Miller Literary Associates (World). - Publisher's Lunch 10/1/2008 Michelle Celmer's CHRISTMAS WITH THE PRINCE, the next installment of the author's bestselling The Royals series, to Diana Ventimiglia at Silhouette Desire, in a four-book deal, for publication in late 2009, early 2010, by Melissa Jeglinski at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/30/2008 Cynthia Hickey's CHOCOLATE-COVERED CRIME, the follow-up to CANDY-COATED SECRETS, and the third book in the author's Summer Meadows Mystery Series, in which Summer discovers her cousin, her wedding planner, dead with a letter opener protruding from her back, and leaving a cryptic message about a computer scam -- after solving the mystery, we finally attend Summer and Ethan's wedding, to Susan Downs at Heartsong Presents: Mysteries!, by Kelly Mortimer at Mortimer Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/29/2008 Kay Marshall Strom's GRACE IN AFRICA, in which a young woman defies her controlling parents and falls into the hands of escaped slaves plotting to take over a fortress where Africans are held until they are shipped out as slaves, to Barbara Scott at Abingdon Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in fall 2009, by Janet Kobobel Grant at Books & Such Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/29/2008 Christianfictiononline.com editor and American Christian Fiction Writers board member Michelle Sutton's IT'S NOT ABOUT HIM, the second installment of the Second Glances series, about a young woman who struggles emotionally when she places her fatherless infant for adoption and the man who tries to persuade her to marry him so she'll keep her child, to again to Joan Shoup at Sheaf House, for publication in September 2009, by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/26/2008 Deborah Kinnard's SEASONS IN THE MIST, a time-travel romance set in 1353 Cornwall, to Joan Shoup at Sheaf House, for publication in Spring 2010, by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/26/2008 Beverley Kendall's A LADY'S COMPROMISE, in which a rakish earl is caught between the seductive young lady who adores him and his best friend -- the lady's brother -- who would do anything to keep them apart, to Hilary Sares at Kensington, by Emmanuelle Alspaugh at Judith Ehrlich Literary Management. - Publisher's Lunch 9/26/2008 Becca Ajoy Fitzpatrick's Hush, Hush, a sexy and dangerous
romance about a teenage girl who falls in love with a fallen angel with a dark
agenda to get his wings back, to Emily Meehan at Simon & Schuster Children's, in
a two-book deal, for publication in Spring 2010, by Catherine Drayton at Inkwell
Management (NA). Eden Bradley's NIGHT MOVES, featuring a sensual train ride in which two people meet, and could change each other's lives forever, to Susan Pezzack-Swinwood at Harlequin Spice EBriefs, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/25/2008 Deep South writer Robin Miller w/a Caroll's EXPOSURE, in which a
search and rescue helicopter pilot for the Smoky Mountains is calm, cool, and
collected until a US Marshal's plane goes down due to sabotage, and he must
rescue him, battle the elements of nature, and assist the US Marshall in
reaching his goal, which could bring down the largest child trafficking ring in
history, to Karen Ball of B&H Publishing, in a three-book deal, by Kelly
Mortimer of Mortimer Literary Agency. RITA and Christy Award finalist Susan May Warren's next three Russian romantic suspense novels, to Krista Stroever at Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in Fall 2010, by Steve Laube at the Steve Laube Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 9/24/2008 RITA finalist Pamela Tracy's LOST IDENTITY and LOST PEOPLE, to Melissa Endlich at Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in Fall 2009, by Steve Laube at the Steve Laube Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 9/24/2008 Red Garnier and Lorie O'Clare's two novellas in a sexy law enforcement anthology, also featuring Alexis Grant and NYT bestseller Lora Leigh, to Monique Patterson at St. Martin's, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/23/2008 Sarah McCarty's Highlander medievals, to Susan Pezzack-Swinwood at HQN, in good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), in a three-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/23/2008 Katherine Garbera's third book in the Moretti's Legacy, in which a man is shocked to learn his secretary has been selling company secrets and will not presses charges if she becomes his mistress, to Krista Stroever at Harlequin Desire, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Pamela Harty at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/23/2008 Catherine Ryan Hyde's CHASING WINDMILLS, about two young New Yorkers who fall in love through chance encounters riding the subway late at night, each of them escaping their oppressive homes, to Monumental Film Group, by Sean Daily at Hotchkiss and Associates, on behalf of Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/22/2008 Mortal Enemy, Immortal Lover, Throne of Judar and The Castaldini Crown author Olivia Gates's A NOCTURNE BITE, featuring a half-vampire, half-demon hero and a heroine who belongs to a group of super-powered humans pledged to eradicate all inhuman monsters and the explosive encounter when they discover they've fallen in love with their hereditary enemy, to Natashya Wilson at Silhouette Nocturne, for publication in December 2008. - Publisher's Lunch 9/19/2008 RITA award-winning author Susan Grant's next two romances, to Tara Parsons at HQN, by Ethan Ellenberg (world).- Publisher's Lunch 9/19/2008 Anna Evans's SHADOW KISS, in which a blind woman finds her flashes of sight are the key to solving a string of horrific murders, as well as the only thing that can save she and her lover from becoming the killer's next victims, to Kerry Donovan at NAL, by Caren Johnson Estesen at Caren Johnson Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/18/2008 Juliana Stone's DARK REVENGE, about a missing woman who can't remember her past and her former lover, a jaguar shifter and assassin, who must choose between discovering the truth or enacting his revenge upon her, to Esi Sogah at Avon, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/17/2008 Hope Tarr's untitled Scottish historical, the sequel to BOUND TO
PLEASE, in which a laird and his lady find their Christmas holidays -- and their
marriage plans -- thrown into turmoil by the appearance of an uninvited guest on
Christmas Eve, to Brenda Chin at Harlequin Blaze, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000),
for two books, for publication in December 2009 and summer 2010. Renee Ryan's AFTER THE STORM, where the town outcast finds refuge in marriage only to discover she has sacrificed her future happiness to a man who will always be trapped in the past, to Melissa Endlich and Emily Rodmell at Love Inspired Historicals, by Caren Johnson Estesen at Caren Johnson Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/17/2008 Karen Anders' two sexy undercover spy books, to Kathryn Lye at Harlequin Blaze, by Caren Johnson Estesen at Caren Johnson Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/17/2008 Zuri Day's CHANCE ENCOUNTERS and a second romance novel, both to follow Body by Night, to Selena James at Dafina, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 9/17/2008 Lutishia Lovely's Reverend Feelgood, Ladies First and Heaven Forbid, a three-book deal, to Selena James at Kensington, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 9/17/2008 Joey Hill's A MERMAID'S FIRE, in which the empathic daughter of an angel and a mermaid uses her gifts to connect with a dark spirit, who intends to capture and use her as ransom to escape his hellish world, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 9/16/2008 Susan May Warren's THE GREAT CHRISTMAS BOWL, a Christmas novella about high school football, church potlucks and other holiday games and a tale of one woman's fight to help her family and her community cut through the clutter and find the true meaning of the season, to Karen Watson at Tyndale, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2010, by Steve Laube at the Steve Laube Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 9/16/2008 Traci DePree's next book in the MYSTERY AND THE MINISTER'S WIFE series, to Beth Adams at Guideposts, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2010, by Steve Laube at the Steve Laube Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 9/16/2008 Maggie Stiefvater's SHIVER, about the searing first love between a 16-year-old girl and a mysterious boy who spends his winters as a wolf, and who is fighting to stay human as the temperature drops, to Abby Ranger and David Levithan at Scholastic, in a significant deal ($251,000 - $499,000), at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in Fall 2009, by Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 9/15/2008 Susan Lyons's SEX ON THE BEACH, an exotic wedding in Belize turns into an erotic escapade for three unlikely couples who find lust - and maybe love - but can't let anyone else know, to Allison Brandau at Berkley Heat, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Emily Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 9/15/2008 Television rights to Judi McCoy's dogwalker series HOUNDING THE PAVEMENT, optioned to Jeffrey Kramer at Juniper Place Productions, producing with Hy Conrad ("Monk") adapting, for CBS Paramount, for publication in March 2009, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 9/15/2008 Christy nominee Linda Hall's BURIED WHISPERS, DEADLY WHISPERS, and SECRET WHISPERS, the Whisper Lake Chronicles, with each story being set at a summer resort made up of rustic cabins on the shores of an ominous lake in remote northern Maine, to Krista Stroever at Harlequin Steeple Hill, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Danielle Egan-Miller at Browne & Miller Literary Associates (World). - Publisher's Lunch 9/15/2008 Jeaniene Frost's two new titles in the bestselling Night Huntress series, and two new titles focusing on characters introduced in prior novels, to Erika Tsang at Avon, in a very good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Nancy Yost at Lowenstein-Yost (world). - Publisher's Lunch 9/15/2008 Jaci Burton's BOUND, BRAZEN, and BRANDED, in which three sisters find love and erotic adventures with hot cowboys on their family ranch, to Kate Seaver at Berkley Heat, in a two-book deal, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 9/15/2008 Cathryn Fox, Lisa Renee Jones, and Jodi Lynn Copeland's RUBY RED, an erotic holiday anthology about mixing love, life, and sibling rivalry beneath the mistletoe, to Kerry Donovan at NAL, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in fall 2009, by Bob Diforio at D4EO Literary Agency for Fox, Roberta Brown at Brown Literary Agency for Jones, and Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency for Copeland. - Publisher's Lunch 9/15/2008 Patricia Rosemoor's STEALING THUNDER, the next book in the McKenna series which will be published as part of Harlequin Intrigue's 25th anniversary, to Denise Zaza at Harlequin Intrigue, by Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/12/2008 Pamela Britton's contemporary western romance about a female journalist who's going blind and a mustang wrangler who falls in love with her, to Victoria Curran at Harlequin American, in a two-book deal, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/11/2008 Melissa Mayhue's DAUGHTERS OF THE GLEN series, the first featuring the Nuadian Fae who have discovered a path to dark powers on the Mortal Plain and a woman who, along with a determined Guardian, must save her younger sister from the Fae's evil grasp, to Megan McKeever at Pocket, for publication in 2009, by Elaine Spencer at The Knight Agency.- Publisher's Lunch 9/11/2008 Kathleen Dantes's QUEST, showcasing the journey of discovery of the first daughter of a clan of perfumers and the two men she takes as her husbands in order to save her clan, to Leis Pederson at Berkley Heat, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/11/2008 THE LAST BEACH BUNGALOW author Jennie Nash's new novel, about a woman who recently lost her husband in a tragic accident and is helping her 78-year old mother plan a wedding to the 80 year old love of her life and must piece her own life together in the process, again to Jackie Cantor at Berkley, by Faye Bender at Faye Bender Literary Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 9/11/2008 Jenna Kernan's book about a poor seamstress who becomes entangled in a plot to cause the downfall of a railroad baron, forcing her to choose between protecting her family and betraying the man she loves, to Ann Leslie Tuttle at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Pamela Harty at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/8/2008 Shirley Jump's CHRISTMAS PRINCESS, after living a quiet, unassuming life for many years in a small town, a princess's true identity is exposed when her kingdom is thrust into the world spotlight, to Jenny Hutton at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Pamela Harty at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/8/2008 Leslie Kelly's story of four Boston friends -- including a mother/daughter pair -- who find their lives turned upside down when sexy adventures come their way on February 14, to Brenda Chin at Harlequin Blaze, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Pamela Harty at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/8/2008 Peggy Brown's medieval romance, when a young widow arrives in
war-torn Normandy to make a political marriage at King Henry's behest and is
caught in dangerous adventures as she uncovers a treasonous plot and loses her
heart to the English knight who rescues her and whose skill with a sword is even
better than her own, to Alex Logan at Grand Central, in a two-book deal, for
publication in Fall 2010, by Kevan Lyon at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
(World). Susan Page Davis's THE LADIES SHOOTING CLUB, after a murder in their small town, a half-dozen women band together to protect themselves -- and upset the men in their lives, who want them to put down their guns and go "back to their place," to Becky Germany at Barbour, by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 9/5/2008 NYT bestselling author of The Red Hat Club Haywood Smith's THE TWELVE SACRED TRADITIONS OF MAGNIFICENT MOTHERS-IN-LAW, to Debra Dixon and Deborah Smith at Bell Bridge Books. - Publisher's Lunch 9/5/2008 Deborah Grace-Staley's ONLY YOU, book one in The Angel Ridge Series, about the lives and loves of people in a small Tennessee town, to Debra Dixon and Deborah Smith of Bell Bridge Books. - Publisher's Lunch 9/4/2008 Kalayna Price's ONCE BITTEN, book one in the urban fantasy series, HAVEN, about a feline shapeshifter estranged from her clan whose fate merges with that of an alluring and dangerous vampire, to Debra Dixon and Deborah Smith of Bell Bridge Books. - Publisher's Lunch 9/4/2008 Judi Fennell's In Over Her Head, Whale of a Tale, and Catch of a Lifetime, three works of humorous paranormal romance set under the sea, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, for publication in 2009, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 9/3/2008 Kelley Armstrong's next three paranormal thrillers, to Kathryn Court and Trena Keating at Dutton, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), for publication starting in 2010, by Helen Heller at Helen Heller Agency (US). - Publisher's Lunch 9/2/2008 Two-time RITA Finalist Anna Schmidt's STAR POND, to Melissa Endlich at Steeple Hill Love Inspired, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 9/2/2008 C.J. Carmichael's HIS PERFECT PARTNER, a former member of the NYPD links up with an old partner to start her own investigation agency, THE PARTNER QUEST, and AN UNLIKELY PARTNER, to Johanna Raisanen at Harlequin Superromance, for publication in December 2009. - Publisher's Lunch 8/29/2008 Georgina Gentry's THE TEXANS, featuring a half-breed gunfighter, an outlaw, a gambler, a rancher, a Texas Ranger, and a cowboy, to Audrey LaFehr at Kensington, by Meredith Bernstein. - Publisher's Lunch 8/28/2008 Veteran Western romance writer, Georgina Gentry's new series THE TEXANS, The Texans," featuring a half-breed gunfighter, an outlaw, a gambler, a rancher, a Texas Ranger, and a cowboy, to Audrey LaFehr at Kensington, by Meredith Bernstein at Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/27/2008 Susan McBride's THE COUGAR CLUB about a group of forty-something friends with a proclivity for dating younger men and a girls getaway in which each woman must question whether love is as ageless as she is, to Sarah Durand at Avon with Lucia Macro and Emily Krump editing, by Andrea Cirillo and Christina Hogrebe at Jane Rotrosen Agency (world English). - Publisher's Lunch 8/27/2008 Kathryn Springer's book six in the Love Inspired Continuity, to Emily Rodmell at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2009, by Wendy Lawton at Books & Such Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 8/27/2008 Kathryn Springer's THE HEIRESS AND THE CARPENTER, the first book in the Mirror Lake series, to Emily Rodmell at Harlequin Love Inspired, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Wendy Lawton at Books & Such Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 8/27/2008 Film rights to Emily Giffin's chick lit bestseller SOMETHING BORROWED and sequel SOMETHING BLUE, optioned to Aaron Lubin and Pamela Schein Murphy at Wild Ocean Films, producing with Hilary Swank and Molly Smith at 2S Films, for Alcon Entertainment. (Rights were optioned previously to Palomar Entertainment.) - Publisher's Lunch 8/27/2008 Bonnie Vanak's DEADLY TOUCH, about an outcast hero and heroine who is accursed and a second novel, to Ann Leslie Tuttle at Harlequin Nocturne, in a nice deal, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 8/26/2008 Suzanne Fisher's SECOND STARTS, in which a woman must marry for duty and risk losing the love of her life, to Andrea Doering at Revell, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, for publication in Fall 2009, by Joyce Hart at the Hartline Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 8/25/2008 2008 Golden Heart winner Kay Cassidy's THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY, about a secret girl-empowering society where makeover dreams become reality, and the Cindys must face off against the Wickeds for high school supremacy and more, to Regina Griffin at Egmont, in a two-book deal, by Holly Root at Waxman Literary Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 8/22/2008 Marie Force's SAME TIME SUNDAY, in which a Baltimore prosecutor set to start the biggest trial of his career, meets a hair stylist in the airport on their way to visit their significant others and after each endures a disastrous weekend, reconnect on the flight home, striking up an unlikely friendship that leads to love, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, for publication in Fall 2009, by Kevan Lyon at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 8/22/2008 Francis Ray's AND MISTRESS MAKES THREE, in which two friends overcome obstacles like a spiteful ex and a long-ago tragedy to find love and move on, to Monique Patterson at St. Martin's, in a good deal($100,000 - $250,000), in a two-book deal, for publication in Spring/Summer 2009, by Elaine Koster at the Elaine Koster Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 8/21/2008 Tina Sickler's SCANDALOUS PROPOSITION, to Audrey LaFehr at Kensington, by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/21/2008 Kate Welsh's untitled historical romance, to Linda Fildew at Harlequin UK, by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/21/2008 Kelly Irvin's DEADLY WILDERNESS, to Rolalind Greenberg at Five Star, by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/21/2008 Gerri Russell's books 1 and 2 in the Brotherhood of the Coeur
Du Roi series, to Leah Hultenschmidt at Dorchester, in a nice deal ($1 -
$49,000), by Pam Ahearn of Ahearn Agency (world). Complex Chinese rights to Deborah Smith's THE CROSSROADS CAFE, to Lin-Pai Publishing, by June-tai Ho, on behalf of BelleBooks.- Publisher's Lunch 8/20/2008 Jess Granger's CHAINS OF HONOR, a sexy futuristic romance about a hardened soldier on her final mission who rescues the a former sex slave hero from a deadly fate and their escape from behind enemy lines of an intergalactic war, to Leis Pederson at Berkley Sensation, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for two books, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/16/2008 Joanna Trollope's THE PIANO MAN, the death of a twice-married singer causes the uneasy truce between families to turn to complicated conflict from the beloved author of many international bestsellers, to Trish Todd at Touchstone Fireside, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), for publication in Spring 2009, by Joy Harris (US). - Publisher's Lunch 8/15/2008 Jaci Burton's erotic novella, based on her Wild Riders series, to Kate Seaver at Berkley, for a duet anthology with Lora Leigh, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 8/15/2008 Crystal Jordan's DANGEROUS TEMPTATIONS, KITH AND KIN, and EVERY WITCH WAY, to John Scognamiglio of Kensington Aphrodesia, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Lucienne Diver at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/15/2008 Robin Owens's HEART CHANGE, the story of a commoner and a
noblewoman; a man with little magic and a woman whose catalyst magic
dramatically changes lives, and HEART JOURNEY, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a
nice deal )(1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Deidre Knight at The Knight
Agency (NA). Golden Heart Nominee for Breath of Honor Courtney Milan's PROOF
BY SEDUCTION, about a rigidly logical marquis who uses the scientific method to
save his heir from the clutches of a fraudulent fortune teller, only to fall for
her and discover that the one hypothesis not susceptible to proof is love, to
Ann Leslie Tuttle at HQN, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), at auction, in a
two-book deal, by Kristin Nelson at Nelson Literary Agency (World). NYT bestselling author Susan Mallery's next four books, to Tara Parsons at HQN, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), by Annelise Robey at Jane Rotrosen Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 8/13/2008 Anna Katherine's SALT AND SILVER, in which a demon huntress must travel through Hell in order to save the world, to Jozelle Dyer at Tor, for publication in 2009, by Diana Fox at Fox Literary (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 8/12/2008 Anne Stuart's two new historical romance novels from the bestselling author, to Adam Wilson at Mira, by Jane Dystel at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (World). - Publisher's Lunch 8/7/2008 Sandra Hyatt's IN THE ARMS OF A STRANGER, in which a career-minded woman gets far more than she bargained for after what was supposed to be a one night stand, to Diana Ventimiglia at Silhouette Desire, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/6/2008 Allegra Johnston's THE EDGE OF INNOCENCE, a woman impoverished
by her deceased father's gambling ways must marry to salvage the family
fortunes, but she will risk everything to avoid marrying a man she despises to
be with the man of her dreams, putting not only her reputation in danger, but
her life as well, to Megan Records at Kensington, in a two-book deal, for
publication in Fall 2009, by Kevan Lyon at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
(World). Shelley Sabga's untitled romance, to Johanna Raisenen at Harlequin American Toronto, by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/6/2008 Kate Welsh's untitled historical romance, to Linda Fildew at Harlequin UK, by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency.- Publisher's Lunch 8/6/2008 SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED author Lynn Kiele Bonasia's SUMMER SHIFT, about a widowed Cape Cod restaurant owner's attempt to find peace, love and human connections among a cast of colorful locals, again to Trish Lande Grader at Touchstone Fireside, by Molly Lyons of Joelle Delbourgo Associates. - Publisher's Lunch 7/30/2008 Mara Purnhagen's debut TAGGED, the story of a small-town police chief's daughter intent on uncovering the identity of the mysterious graffiti artist who is tagging gigantic, and unusual, art all over the state, to Tara Parsons at Harlequin for its upcoming YA line, in a two-book deal, by Tina Wexler at ICM (World). - Publisher's Lunch 7/30/2008 Zandria Munson's HEIRESS TO A CURSE, in which an investigative reporter falls in love with her new neighbor only to learn that he and all his family are doomed by a dark and ancient curse that can be broken only by her death, to Natashya Wilson at Silhouette Nocturne, in a two-book deal, by Barbara Poelle at Irene Goodman Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 7/30/2008 Essence bestselling author Vanessa Miller's FORSAKEN and TROUBLE IN MY WAY, to Carl Weber at Urban Books, in a nice deal, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 7/30/2008 Beth Cornelison's SECOND CHANCES, in which injuries from a tragic accident leave a ladies' man with a wounded soul, and a tenacious physical therapist helps him rehabilitate his body, heal his broken family, and discover the love of a lifetime, to Deb Werksman of Sourcebooks, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 7/29/2008 Michelle Rowen's LIVING IN EDEN, about a telephone psychic named Eden who becomes possessed by a demon...and then falls in love with him, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, by Jim McCarthy at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (World). - Publisher's Lunch 7/29/2008 Michelle Rowen's NIKKI DONOVAN: Demon Princess, the romance author's YA debut about a girl who discovers on her 16th birthday that her absentee father is actually a king, in the underworld, to Stacy Cantor at Walker, in a two-book deal, by Jim McCarthy at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (World). - Publisher's Lunch 7/29/2008 Julia Templeton's THE RAKEHELLS OF ROCHESTER, a trilogy of historical erotic romances about three brothers forced to find wives or lose their inheritance, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, by Jim McCarthy at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (World). - Publisher's Lunch 7/29/2008 Two-time RITA finalist Vicki Hinze's FORGET ME NOT, the first in the CROSSROAD CRISIS CENTER series, set within an organization dedicated to helping people in need, to Julee Schwarzburg at WaterBrook Press, in a very nice deal, for publication in Spring 2010, by Steve Laube at the Steve Laube Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 7/29/2008 Gail Carriger's debut SOULLESS, a humorous Jane Austen-style urban fantasy about an avowed spinster who, being soulless, can negate supernatural ability and is thus shunned by London's society vampires until one rudely attacks her, upsetting the social balance and revealing a dark cult, to Devi Pillai at Orbit, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), in a two-book deal, by Kristin Nelson at Nelson Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 7/28/2008 Television series rights for NYT bestselling authors PC Cast and Kristin Cast's HOUSE OF NIGHT series, set in the school where young "marked" students train to become adult vampires, to Michael Birnbaum at Empire Pictures (JOHN TUCKER MUST DIE, BANDITS), by Sean Daily at Hotchkiss and Associates, on behalf of Meredith Bernstein at the Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 7/28/2008 Isabel Sharpe's WEAVING IN A LIFELINE, in which a New York socialite walks away from her empty life and finds substance among women of a small North Carolina town who share hand-knit lace and legends from the Shetland Islands, to Lucia Macro at Avon, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 7/23/2008 Deborah Vogts's SNOW MELTS IN SPRING, a heart-warming contemporary romance between a female country veterinarian and a pro football player, SEEDS OF SUMMER, and BLADES OF AUTUMN, to Sue Brower at Zondervan, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in May 2009, by Rachelle Gardner at WordServe Literary Group. - Publisher's Lunch 7/23/2008 Debby Mayne's next three contemporary romance novels, all set in the mountains of West Virginia, to JoAnne Simmons at Barbour, for publication in October 2009, February 2010 and July 2010, by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 7/23/2008 Author of WHEN THE HEART CRIES and WHEN THE MORNING COMES Cindy Woodsmall's next three Amish-themed novels, to Shannon Marchese at WaterBrook Press, in a significant deal ($251,000 - $499,000), for publication starting in 2010, by Steve Laube at the Steve Laube Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 7/23/2008 Jane Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-Bradway's LADY SUSAN AND HER DAUGHTER, a full-fledged reconstruction of Jane Austen's early epistolary novella Lady Susan offering a new view of this clever worldly widow with her sixteen-year-old daughter, to Heather Proulx at Crown, in a good deal, at auction, by Marly Rusoff of Marly Rusoff & Associates (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 7/22/2008 Shayla Black's erotic novella, to Kate Seaver at Berkley HEAT, for a duet anthology with Maya Banks, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 7/22/2008 Maya Banks's erotic novella, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Heat, for a duet anthology with Shayla Black, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 7/22/2008 Tracy Madison's A TASTE OF MAGIC, after a woman receives a
special birthday gift, an ancient gypsy magic that has been passed through her
family's bloodline for generations, she discovers everything she bakes will have
a dash of delight and a pinch of wishes-can-come true; revenge is sweet...and
it's only the first dish to be served, to Chris Keeslar at Dorchester, in a nice
deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, for publication in March 2009, by
Michelle Grajkowski at 3 Seas Literary Agency. TANTALIZE and ETERNAL author Cynthia Leitich Smith's BLESSED, which showcases a clash of shape-shifter, vampire, and other fantastical characters from her previous YA romantic thrillers, to Deborah Wayshak at Candlewick, by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 7/18/2008 PJ Mellor's next four new works of erotic romance, to John Scognamiglio at Aphrodisia, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 7/18/2008 Wendy Wax's THE ACCIDENTAL BESTSELLER, the warm, humorous story of four women who became friends at their first writers conference and now rally together to help one of them meet her book deadline when she's floored by her husband's divorce request, with results none of them anticipated, to Wendy McCurdy at Berkley, by Stephanie Kip Rostan (North American). - Publisher's Lunch 7/17/2008Jennifer Rardin's Books 6, 7 & 8 in the Jaz Parks urban fantasy series, three more adventures of CIA assassin Jaz Parks and her vampire boss, to Devi Pillai at Orbit, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), for publication in 2009 and 2010, by Laurie McLean at Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents (World). - Publisher's Lunch 7/17/2008 Shelley Sabga's BABY MAKES SIX, to Johanna Raisenen at Harlequin Canada for Harlequin American, by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 7/15/2008 Alissa Johnson's MCALISTAIR'S FORTUNE, a Regency romance about an outspoken young woman working for women's rights, and the silent and dangerous retired assassin charged with protecting her, to Leah Hultenschmidt at Dorchester, in a two-book deal, by Emmanuelle Alspaugh at Wendy Sherman Associates. - Publisher's Lunch 7/15/2008 USA Today and NYT bestselling author Hannah Howell's newest
novel in her HIGHLAND series, as well as a new historical romance trilogy, to
John Scognamiglio at Kensington, in a significant deal, for publication in June
2009, by Evan Marshall at the Evan Marshall Agency (World). Kelly Gay's THE BETTER PART OF DARKNESS, the first in an urban
fantasy series featuring a female cop, a single mom and demon hunter keeping the
peace in downtown Atlanta after all hell - and heaven - breaks loose, to Ed
Schlesinger at Pocket, in a two-book deal, by Colleen Lindsay at FinePrint
Literary Management (world English). Author of the romantic comedy trilogy the Chameleon Chronicles Beth Ciotta's OUT OF THE ORDINARY, about a woman whose constant laments that nothing ever happens in her small town prevent everyone -- including the sheriff -- from believing her when she claims to have witnessed two thugs stuffing a body in to the trunk of a car, and a second connected romance, to Keyren Gerlach at HQN, by Amy Moore-Benson of AMB Literary Management (world). - Publisher's Lunch 7/14/2008 Megan Hart and Lauren Dane's NO RESERVATIONS, the to the upcoming Taking Care of Business, again to Adam Nevill at Black Lace Books, in a nice dea ($1 - $49,000)l, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.- Publisher's Lunch 7/11/2008 Robin Miller writing as Robin Caroll's TORRENTS of DESTRUCTION, inspirational romantic suspense where raging rapids aren't the only thing causing turbulence in the lives of a river rafting guide and an undercover FBI agent ... catching criminals is as dangerous as the undercurrent of attraction they have for each other, to edgy Christian fiction line Underdog Press, for publication in October 2008, by Kelly Mortimer of Mortimer Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 7/10/2008 Louisa Edwards' CAN'T STAND THE HEAT, A culinary romance set among New York's restaurant scene, to Rose Hilliard at St. Martin's, plus three additional books in the series, for publication in fall 09, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 7/9/2008 Anne Morgellyn's PINCUSHION, the third in a series of psychological thrillers featuring the vivacious and intriguing Louis Moon - day-job toiler in the death industry, to Neil Marr at BeWrite Books, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in October 2008, plus Disremembering Eddie and Removing Edith Mary. - Publisher's Lunch 7/8/2008 Three novels by UK author Jill Mansell, contemporary women's literature/romance full of surprises and humor, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, for publication in 2009, by Jennifer Unter at RLR Associates. deb.werksman@sourcebooks.com - Publisher's Lunch 7/7/2008 Michelle Cameron's SHIRA OF ASHKELON, about the daughter of one illustrious rabbi and then wife of another, following three generations of the heroine's family as they move from Falaise to Paris and then to Rothenberg, amidst the growing anti-semitism of 13th century Europe, to Maggie Crawford at Pocket, for publication in fall 2009, by Judith Riven at Judith Riven Literary Agent (world). - Publisher's Lunch 7/7/2008 Love Finds You in Humble, Texas, Anita Higman's latest, about a lonely woman who discovers the man of her dreams, only to find her sister is dating him, to Rachel Meisel at Summerside Press, by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary - Publisher's Lunch 7/7/2008 Crosswalk.com writer Betsy St. Amant's RETURN TO LOVE, about a New Orleans woman who works as a penguin keeper at the Aquarium of the Americas, and her reformed bad boy childhood best friend, who return to love with a little help from a rowdy youth group and a few homeless penguins, to Emily Rodmell at Steeple Hill, by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 7/7/2008 Gilding Lily author and journalist Tatiana Boncompagni's HEDGE FUND WIVES, the story of four women whose lives become intertwined when their hedge-fund-manager husbands' fortunes fall following the onset of an economic recession, to Lucia Macro at Avon A, by Joe Veltre at Artists Literary Group (NA). jv@algmedia.com - Publisher's Lunch 7/1/2008 Stephanie Bond's book for the 500th Blaze release, a single-author anthology, for publication in October 2009; and a story patterned after A Christmas Carol about a prickly woman who has an encounter with a coworker at an office Christmas party, then turns down his request to see her again and experiences "what if?" scenarios of Christmases past, present, and future, for publication in Christmas 2009, to Brenda Chin at Harlequin Blaze, in a three-book deal, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 6/30/2008 USA Today bestselling author Renee Bernard's THE JADED, a series set in early Victorian London, with an exotic touch of India, that is part of a shared past experience; the men of The Jaded have a dark and tragic history that spawns a unique brotherhood perceived by their peers as simply a small secretive gentleman's club; notoriously elusive, the men are haunted by dangerous shadows as they seek to recover their lives in England and further their fortunes, to Kate Seaver at Berkley, by Meredith Bernstein.- Publisher's Lunch 6/30/2008 Courting Trouble and The Measure of a Lady author Deeanne Gist and first-time author J. Mark Bertrand's LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE, about a woman who becomes a dogwalker after losing everything in a hurricane, to David Horton of Bethany House, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), for publication in Spring 2010, by Ron Smith of Smith Management Partners and Chip MacGregor of MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 6/30/2008 Erin Grady writing as Erin Quinn's HAUNTING BEAUTY, about a
mysterious man determined to bring the one woman whose memory has haunted him
back to Ireland where they must confront their history, rewrite the defining
moments of their past and change the future in ways they both thought were
impossible, to Kate Seaver at Berkley, for publication in August 2009, in a
two-book deal, by Rachel Vater at Folio Literary Management (World English). Saskia Walker's RAMPANT, a contemporary paranormal seduces with occult magic, sexual power, and a battle between two ancient covens, to Susan Pezzack-Swinwood at Harlequin Spice, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency.- Publisher's Lunch 6/27/2008 Carolyn Crooke's THE DISILLUSIONISTS, about a hypochondriac who joins a psychological hit squad, but ends up falling for her most dangerout target, a dashing crime boss, to Juliet Ulman at Bantam Dell, in a two-book deal, by Cameron McClure at the Donald Maass Literary Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 6/25/2008 Susan Page Davis's HEARTS IN THE CROSSHAIRS, an assassination attempt on Maine's first female governor leads to an examination of politicians, ambition, and past secrets, again to Krista Stroever at Steeple Hill, in a nice dea ($1 - $49,000)l, by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary.- Publisher's Lunch 6/25/2008 Essence bestselling author Kayla Perrin's OBSESSION, "Unfaithful" meets "Fatal Attraction" in this erotic thriller; a male lover turns stalker when a wife refuses to leave her husband, to Audible.com, to Susan Pezzack-Swinwood at Mira Spice, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/24/2008 Ann Aguirre writing as Ava Gray's STOLEN CHARMS, an on-the-run con artist possessing the gift of absorption -- which permits her to steal someone else's best skill for a limited time -- falls for the hitman sent by a powerful former mark to kill her, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/24/2008 THE HOT LINE and SUN STROKED author Cathryn Fox's INSTINCTIVE, Stepford wives meet Underworld in Book One in the Gateway to the Grave series, again to Kerry Donovan at Berkley Heat, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, for publication in 2009 and 2010, by Bob Diforio at D4EO Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/23/2008 Seanan McGuire's ROSEMARY AND RUE, the first book in a new urban fantasy series featuring a half-human, half-fae private investigator, to Sheila Gilbert at Daw, in a three-book deal, by Diana Fox at Fox Literary (world). - Publisher's Lunch 6/21/2008 Renee Ryan's DEADLY ALLIANCE, in which a jaded double agent and an exiled Russian princess work together to stop a Nazi secret weapon that is systematically cutting off England's supply routes from the rest of the world, to Melissa Endlich at Steeple Hill, by Caren Johnson Estesen at Caren Johnson Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/21/2008 Jessica Davidson's SEDUCED BY SHADOWS, in which immortal warrior lovers search for the missing pieces of their souls - all the while facing demonic possession, Armageddon and the awkwardness of waking up next to someone who knows just how wicked you really are, to Kerry Donovan at NAL, in a nice deal ($1, - $49000), in a two-book deal, for publication in November 2009, by Becca Stumpf at Prospect Agency (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 6/19/2008 RITA award winner Deborah Raney's FOREVER trilogy, in which five widows - and one widower - of the heroic firefighters who died in a flash fire at a historic downtown office complex band together to cope with the tragedy and try to make sense of the broken pieces of their lives, and THE FACE OF THE EARTH, exploring the lives of those who go on with life after being marked by disaster, to Dave Lambert at Howard Books, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), for publication in Spring 2010, by Steve Laube at the Steve Laube Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 6/16/2008 NYT bestselling author Celeste Bradley's THREE LORDS AND A BABY, a trilogy about three rakes, one of whom may be the father of an irresistible toddler, to Monique Patterson at St. Martin's, by Irene Goodman (world). - Publisher's Lunch 6/16/2008 Glynnis Campbell's two untitled historical romances, set along
the border of Scotland in the time of Mary Queen of Scots, to Frances Jalet-Miller
and Amy Pierpont at Grand Central, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary
(NA). Essence bestselling author Kayla Perrin's untitled suspense, in
which a female college student disappears during a night partying with her
friends on a Caribbean Island, to Jennifer Enderlin at St. Martin's, by Helen
Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World). Darlene Franklin's BEACON OF LOVE, in which the daughter of a Rhode Island lighthouse keeper and a doctor find love and courage as they battle the Great Gale of 1815, which was the first hurricane to strike New England in 180 years, landing ashore at Long Island and continuing into New Hampshire, destroying 500 homes in Narragansett Bay and flooding the city of Providence, again to JoAnne Simmons at Barbour, by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/12/2008 Diana Lesire Brandmeyer's HEARTS ON THE ROAD, criss-crossing Wyoming in an eighteen-wheeler, a couple discovers love in the zany, dangerous, and caring trucking community, to JoAnne Simmons at Barbour, for publication in January 2009, by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/12/2008 Melissa Senate's THE LOVE BUS, the warm, witty story of a New Yorker's quest to establish family bonds with the half-sister she never knew existed, a singles tour-bus operator in Maine who half-heartedly welcomes her to small-town life complete with quirky, loveable characters, and a sexy carpenter, to Jennifer Heddle at Pocket, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), in a two-book deal, by Kim Witherspoon and Alexis Hurley at Inkwell Management. - Publisher's Lunch 6/12/2008 NYT bestselling author Julie Leto's KISS OF THE PHANTOM, the third in the Phantom series, in which a sexy gypsy trapped by a curse inside a rare and priceless stone shows a treasure hunting pilot on the run just how dark magic can work to her advantage, to Laura Cifelli at NAL, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/11/2008 Cameo Brown's SECOND NATURE, about a nature spirit determined
to convince his long-lost mate to return him and the forest they both love
before it's too late, no matter what he has to sacrifice, to Red Sage, in a nice
deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in June 2008, by Sharene Martin-Brown at
Wylie-Merrick Literary Agency. Lavinia Klein's untitled Regency historical, in which a thrice-widowed young woman is content, rich and sought-after, until she meets the man she doesn't want to wed but can't live without, to Lyssa Keusch at Avon, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/10/2008 Anitra Lynn McLeod's VIRGIN HARVEST, about a world of ritualized sex where a forbidden relationship changes the barbaric system forever, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, in a three-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/10/2008 NYT bestselling author Gena Showalter's INTERTWINED, to Tracy Farrell at Harlequin, to launch their upcoming young adult line, as well as more HQN romances, in a seven-figure deal, by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency (world). Deidre.Knight@knightagency.net - Publisher's Lunch 6/9/2008 Lisa Ruff's untitled romance, to Johanna Raisenen at Harlequin American, by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/9/2008 Bobbie O'Keefe's SECOND CHANCES, a romantic suspense, to John Helfers at Five Star, by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/9/2008 USA Today bestselling author Julie Kenner's final book in the demon-hunting soccer mom series, to Ginjer Buchanan at Berkley, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 6/7/2008 Anne DeGrace's WIND TAILS, the lyrical story of day in the intersecting lives of strangers passing through a roadside diner, to Emily Krump at Avon, by Maya Rock at Writers House, on behalf of Morty Mint of the Morty Mint Agency (US). - Publisher's Lunch 6/6/2008 Ingrid Weaver's EAGLE SQUADRON: Countdown, three new stories continuing the author's romantic suspense miniseries Eagle Squadron, featuring a group of Delta Force commandos whose missions involve hostage rescue, bodyguard duty, and high level ransom exchanges, to Natashya Wilson at Silhouette Romantic Suspense. - Publisher's Lunch 6/6/2008 Zoe Archer's paranormal Victorian-era adventure romance series,
in which rival groups secretly battle for possession of supernatural objects,
known as Sources that are scattered throughout the world -- and one group, known
as the Blades of the Rose, who are sworn to protect these Sources from those
that would use them for evil purposes, to Megan Records at Kensington, for
publication in 2010, by Kevan Lyon at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
(world). Lynne Hinton's next two novels in the Hope Springs series
(Friendship Cake and others), following Charlotte and friends through a
Christmas in CHRISTMAS CAKE, for publication in 2009, and a wedding in WEDDING
CAKE, for publication in 2010, to Carolyn Marino at Harper, by Sally Hill
McMillan (NA). Judy Baer's three untitled inspirational romance works, to Joan Marlow Golan at Steeple Hill Love Inspired, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 6/5/2008 Tracy Wolff's HER BEST FRIEND'S BABY, a poignant romance spotlighting surrogate motherhood, and TO SAVE A BOY, about a San Francisco lawyer risking everything to save her teenage client, to Wanda Ottewell at Harlequin, by Emily Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/5/2008 Mae Nunn's untitled romance, about when a Pulitzer
Prize-winning photo journalist reconnects with a Texas Ranger and their teen
daughter, she discovers that accepting forgiveness from the family ties she's
fled is as life changing as accepting the unconditional love of God, to Melissa
Endlich at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Pamela Harty at The
Knight Agency. BLONDE GEISHA author Jina Bacarr's BLONDE SAMURAI, the erotic story of an American heiress who flees an abusive British husband only to be captured by a rebellious samurai who teaches her the way of the warrior, to Susan Pezzack-Swinwood at Harlequin Spice, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/30/2008 Denise Hunt's four new works of inspirational fiction, to Ami McConnell at Thomas Nelson, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 5/28/2008 Janette Kenny's three historal romances set in the American West during the 1880's, to Hilary Sares at Zebra, for publication in December 2009, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 5/28/2008 German right to Francine Rivers's untitiled contemporary Christian title, to Reinhold Fels at St. Johannis Druckerei, by Joanna MacKenzie at Browne & Miller Literary Associates. - Publisher's Lunch 5/27/2008 Author of Decadent Shayla Black continues her steamy series with DELICIOUS, the story of a sexy chef who meets his match in a former stripper, and another untitled erotic romance, to Kate Seaver at Berkley, by Kimberly Whalen of Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 5/27/2008 Holt Medallion winner Gayle Roper's THE KEY, THE DECISION, and
THE DOCUMENT, to Nick Harrison at Harvest House, in a nice deal, for publication
in April 2009, by Janet Kobobel Grant at Books & Such Literary Agency. RITA-nominated author Kate Moore's INTO THE DARK and INTO THE
LIGHT, the first two books in a Regency historical romance trilogy, concerning
the sons of a famous courtesan, to Wendy McCurdy at Berkley, in a nice deal, by
Pam Ahearn of Ahearn Agency (World). Kate Angell's SLIDING HOME, continuing the author's Boys of Summer series, to Alicia Condon at Dorchester, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency - Publisher's Lunch 5/22/2008 Lydia Parks's THE SHAMAN'S SEARCH, about a shape-shifting shaman in search of a vicious murderer in the Alaskan tundra, for the Sexy Beasts VI anthology, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Sharene Martin-Brown at Wylie-Merrick Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/21/2008 Dirty, Broken and Tempted author Megan Hart's next three erotic romances, again to Susan Pezzack-Swinwood at Spice and Mira, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/21/2008 Shelli Stevens's CAPTURED ROSE, on a planet where females are on the endangered species list, a woman who has spent her life in erotic servitude to the three wealthy and powerful men who own her finds freedom and passion in the arms of her abductor, a man who should be her fiercest enemy, to Peter Sentfleben at Kensington Aphrodisia, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.- Publisher's Lunch 5/20/2008 Kathleen O'Reilly's next three contemporary romances, to Kathryn Lye at Harlequin Blaze, for publication in 2009, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 5/20/2008 Georgiana Earl's HER LADYSHIP'S COMPANION, in which a lady, who
has been banished to the Scottish countryside into a marriage of convenience, is
offered the ultimate temptation when her cousin, determined to cheer her,
arranges for a dalliance with a handsome man from one of London's most famous
brothels, a man who rouses the passionate nature she has tried so hard to hide,
and a promised fortnight of pleasure leads to a chance at true love, to Wendy
McCurdy at Berkley, by Kevan Lyon at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
(World). Sara W. Angel's THE TRIALS OF THE HONORABLE F. DARCY, in which
a sexy, smart attorney Elizabeth Bennett meets the dashing but dour Judge Darcy
and fireworks fly, in a contemporary take on Pride and Prejudice - with
attitude, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, by Kevan Lyon at the Sandra Dijkstra
Literary Agency (world). Karin Tabke's next two historicals in the Blood Sword Legacy series, to Lauren McKenna at Pocket, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (world). - Publisher's Lunch 5/20/2008 USA Today bestselling author Roxanne St. Claire's next two romantic suspense books in the BULLET CATCHERS series, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), to Micki Nuding at Pocket, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (world English). - Publisher's Lunch 5/20/2008 Holly Denham's pseudonymous HOLLY'S INBOX, about the author's love and life as a receptionist in London, first published online and then in the UK by Hodder, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, by Jonathan Lyons at Lyons Literary, on behalf of Broo Doherty at Wade & Doherty. - Publisher's Lunch 5/19/2008 Deborah Smith's SWEET TALK, in which an injured war vet and a recovering rape victim find unlikely romance amidst the bohemian culture of Asheville, North Carolina, the first in a trilogy, to Debra Dixon at BelleBooks, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, for publication in February 2009. - Publisher's Lunch 5/19/2008 Author of THE SWAN MAIDEN and the forthcoming AURELIE Heather Tomlinson's TOADS AND DIAMONDS, a retelling of the Perrault tale set in pre-colonial India, in which two sisters receive gifts from a goddess and each walks her own path to find her gift's purpose, finding romance along the way, again to Reka Simonsen at Holt, by Erin Murphy of Erin Murphy Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 5/15/2008 2008 Christian Writer's Guild Operation First Novel Contest winner Jennifer Valent's FIREFLIES IN DECEMBER, a southern coming-of-age novel about a girl who experiences the tenderness of first love against a backdrop of ostracism and racial hatred, to Stephanie Broene at Tyndale, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in January 2009, by Wendy Lawton at Books & Such Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 5/13/2008 Starr Amborse's BAD HABITS, in which a woman tangles with the
Secret Service and the equally intimidating Washington, D.C. social scene,
discovering political blackmail and her own wild side in the process, to Abby
Zidle at Pocket, for publication in Fall 2009, by Kevan Lyon at the Sandra
Dijkstra Literary Agency (World). STAND IN GROOM author Kaye Dacus's MENU FOR ROMANCE and A CASE FOR LOVE, again to Becky Germany of Barbour, by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary.- Publisher's Lunch 5/12/2008 Lucy Snyder's SPELLBENT, the story of a young mage who must
face angry wizard councils, demons, and hell itself to rescue her lover and
mentor, to Liz Scheier at Del Rey, in a three-book deal, by Robert Fleck at
Professional Media Services (World). DIVORCED, DESPERATE AND DELICIOUS author Christie Craig's three
new humorous romantic suspense novels, to Chris Keeslar at Dorchester, by Kim
Lionetti at BookEnds. Lucy Dawson's HIS OTHER LOVER, in which a woman discovers a capacity for deceit and manipulation, as she turns stalker to secretly destroy her rival, to Lucia Macro of Avon, for publication in Summer 2009, by Melissa Chinchillo at Fletcher & Parry; to Sphere in the UK, to Rowholt in Germany, to House of Books in Holland, and to Szo Kiado in Hungary, on behalf of Sarah Ballard at United Agents. - Publisher's Lunch 5/7/2008 Louise Gouge's ENEMY SEAS, about a young patriot who must accompany her father to the savage wilderness of East Florida, far from the growing American revolution, to Melissa Endlich at Steeple Hill, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Wendy Lawton at Books & Such Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 5/7/2008 Kathryn Springer's untitled Mother's Day novella, to Emily Rodmell at Steeple Hill, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Wendy Lawton at Books & Such Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/7/2008 Tradional Chinese character rights to Jennifer Cruise's BET ME, to Treetype, by Big Apple Tuttle-Mori Agency on behalf of Jane Rotrosen Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/7/2008 2007 Golden Heart Winner Elaine Levine's RACHEL AND THE HIRED GUN, about the hard-edged men who settle in Defiance, WY, and the women who tame them, to Kate Duffy at Kensington, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in January 2009. - Publisher's Lunch 5/6/2008 THE HEART OF A RENEGADE author Loreth Anne White's two new books, to Susan Litman at Harlequin, by Jennifer Jackson at the Donald Maass Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/5/2008 Kris Kennedy's untitled medieval romance featuring a dying prince, an ancient family legacy, and a mysterious buried treasure that will rock a kingdom and pit love against vengeance, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, in a two-book deal, by Barbara Poelle (World). - Publisher's Lunch 5/5/2008 Russian rights to Laurin Wittig's CHARMING THE SHREW, to AST, by Alexander Korzhenevski, on behalf of Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/5/2008 Irene Zutell's WHO ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO BE, after a 33 year old woman is abandoned by her husband for The Sexiest Woman Alive, she must reevaluate her life, while raising her five-year-old daughter and caring for her senile mom, to Jen Weiss at St. Martin's, by Andrea Barzvi at ICM (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 5/2/2008 Susan Krinard and Janet Mullany's BESPELLING JANE, a star-studded anthology featuring the paranormal and Jane Austin created by Susan Krinard and Janet Mullany, headlining Mary Balogh, to Tracy Farrell of HQN, in a good deal ($100,000- $250,000), at auction, by Lucienne Diver of Spectrum Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/1/2008 Mary Wine's THE COUNTERFEIT BRIDE, described as "Cinderella with kilts," to Megan Records at Kensington Brava, in a three-book deal, by Barbara Poelle at Irene Goodman Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/1/2008 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 9/25/07 Cynthia Hickey's FUDGE-LACED FELONIES, the first in her "Summer Meadows Mystery Series," following a woman as she makes chocolates for her new candy store when she isn't hunting a diamond thief and killer, and even more dangerous, trying to forget her attraction to a handsome preacher she's known since childhood, to Susan Downs at Heartsong Presents: Mysteries!, for a June 2008 release, by Kelly Mortimer at Mortimer Literary Agency.- Publisher's Lunch 9/25/07 Anya Bast, Jodi Lynn Copeland, Lauren Dane & Kit Tunstall's WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS: Close Encounters, a follow up erotic romance anthology featuring four connected novellas, this time in Sin City's paranormal dark side, to Susan Pezzack at Harlequin Spice, in a nice deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/25/07 Lesley Livingston's WONDROUS STRANGE, an urban fantasy that weaves elements of A Midsummer Night's Dream together with teen romance and chilling adventure that erupts when dangerous faeries invade the human world through a gate in Central Park, to Laura Arnold at Harper Children's, in a two-book deal, by Jessica Regel at the Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/24/07 Connie Briscoe's SISTERS & HUSBANDS, moving to Karen Thomas and Jamie Raab at Grand Central, for publication in May 2009, in a two-book deal, by Victoria Sanders at Victoria Sanders & Associates. - Publisher's Lunch 9/22/07 Diana Gabaldon's untitled penultimate book in the "Outlander
Series" of time travel/historical/adventure novels, to John Flicker at Bantam
Dell, in a major deal ($500,000 an up), for publication in Fall 2009, by Russell
Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency (US). Alix Rickloff's TO TAME THE WOLF, a dark, paranormal romance in
which the dark and dangerous world of the Fey takes over the life of a woman
when a handsome stranger, an "other," shows up nearly dead on her doorstep, to
Megan Records at Kensington Zebra, in a two-book deal, for publication in August
2008, by Kevan Lyon at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency (world). Elsbeth Potter's DUCAL SERVICE, about a 40 year-old duchess who runs off with the stable boy based on a short story published in THE MILF ANTHOLOGY (Thunder's Mouth Press), to Susan Pezzack at Harlequin Spice, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, for publication in 2008, by Lori Perkins (World). - Publisher's Lunch 9/13/07 Victoria Dahl's TALK ME DOWN, about a young woman who goes back to her small hometown in Colorado and causes a huge stir with her secretive career, a mysterious stalker, and her burgeoning relationship with the town sheriff, to Tara Parsons at HQN, in a two-book deal, by Amy Moore-Benson of AMB Literary Management (world). - Publisher's Lunch 9/13/07 Kimberly Van Meter's new novel in her Emmett's Mill series, to Johanna Raisanen at Harlequin Super, by Pam Strickler. - Publisher's Lunch 9/11/07 Karen White-Owens's YOU'RE ALL I NEED, an older woman falls for the younger brother of a high school girlfriend, again to Kate Duffy at Kensington Dafina, by Pam Strickler. - Publisher's Lunch 9/11/07 Wendy Corsi Staub's two more paranormal suspense novels in her LILY DALE series, to Emily Easton at Walker, by Laura Blake Peterson at Curtis Brown (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 9/11/07 Beyond the Blue author Leslie Gould's new novel, to Guideposts, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 9/11/07 G-Spot and Candy Licker author Noire and NYT bestselling author of Sweeter Than Honey and When Somebody Loves You Back Mary Morrison's an anthology of erotic proportions, to Selena James to Kensington, by Ken Atchity of AEI Literary Management. - Publisher's Lunch 9/11/07 Debby Giusti's DEADLY SECRETS and DEADLY LEGACY, again to Jessica Alvarez at Steeple Hill's Love Inspired, by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/10/07 NYT bestselling author Kat Martin's next two trilogies, contemporary romance and historical romance, to Margaret Marbury and Susan Pezzack at Mira, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), for seven figures, by Robert Gottlieb and Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 9/6/07 Witch Fire author Anya Bast's final two books in the Elemental Witches quartet, plus the first in her new Urban Fae series, Wicked Enchantment, again to Cindy Hwang for Berkley Sensation, in a nice deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/4/07 C.T. Adams and Cathy Clamp's next three paranormal romances, comprising the final book in their USA Today bestselling Thrall vampire trilogy, one more in their Sazi series plus a stand-alone novel, again to Anna Genoese at Tor, in a very nice deal, by Merrilee Heifetz at Writers House. - Publisher's Lunch 9/3/07 Daddy's Girls author Tasmina Perry's GOLD DIGGERS, about four beautiful and powerful women who will stop at nothing in their quest for the heart of the world's most eligible bachelor, a handsome, sexy American real estate tycoon, to Trish Todd at Touchstone Fireside, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), for publication in summer 2008, by Sheila Crowley at AP Watt (US). - Publisher's Lunch 8/31/07 NO REGRETS and NO CONTROL author Shannon Butcher's NO ESCAPE, to Michele Bidelspach at Grand Central, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Nephele Tempest at The Knight Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 8/30/07 Connie Hall's THE GUARDIAN, a paranormal romance about
shapeshifters for the Nocturne Line, to Natashya Wilson at Silhouette, in a nice
deal ($1 - $49,000), by Pam Ahearn at the Ahearn Agency (world). Gerri Russell's WARRIOR'S LADY, finishing up the Stones of
Scotland historical romance trilogy, to Leah Hultenschmidt at Dorchester, by Pam
Ahearn at Ahearn Agency (world). Marliss Melton's TIES THAT BIND, continuing her Navy SEALS
series, to Michele Bidelspach at Grand Central, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000),
in a two-book deal, by Pam Ahearn at Ahearn Agency (world). Joey Hill's erotica novella, to Wendy McCurdy at Berkley Heat, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/28/07 Jaci Burton's erotica novella, to Kate Seaver at Berkley Heat, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/28/07 Diana Birchall's MRS. DARCY'S DILEMMA, sequel to Price and
Prejudice, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks Casablanca, in a nice deal ($1 -
$49,000), for publication in 2008, by Elizabeth Pomada at Larsen/Pomada Literary
Agents (US). Patti Hill's THE QUEEN OF SLEEPY EYE, in which a girl believes it's high time for her mother, the deposed queen of the 1958 Minnesota Sleepy Eye Corn Festival, to lay aside her crown and grow up, but their plans to start over go askew when their 1958 Pontiac Bonneville konks out and they end up in Colorado, as caretakers of a funeral home, to David Webb at B&H Publishing, in a two-book deal, by Janet Kobobel Grant at Books & Such Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 8/23/07 Deborah MacGillivray's YIELD TO THE KNIGHT, the third in her Dragon's of Challon series, and ONE SNOWY KNIGHT, a Historical Christmas book tied to the series, to Hilary Sares at Kensington Zebra Historicals, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in October 2008 (US). - Publisher's Lunch 8/22/07 Lisa Marie Wilkinson's FIRE AT MIDNIGHT, about a French privateer/smuggler's quest for vengeance against the woman he erroneously believes betrayed him to the English customs authorities, to Helen Rosburg at Medallion Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in March 2009. - Publisher's Lunch 8/22/07 Kaitlin O'Riley's first two books in the author's Hamilton Sisters series, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, for publication in Spring 2009 and Spring 2010, by Jane Dystel at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (World). - Publisher's Lunch 8/21/07 CraftyChica.com founder Kathy Cano-Murillo's LOVE SHINE, about a Latina crafting group, described as Waiting to Exhale-meets-Ugly Betty with glue guns and glitter, to Selina McLemore at Grand Central, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in Summer 2009, by Erin Malone at William Morris Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/21/07 Debra Mullins' THE IMPOSTER, about the illegitimate daughter of a famous actress and a nobleman who agrees to exact revenge on a gentleman she believes abandoned his pregnant mistress, who finds the reality much different - and more alluring - than she imagined, to Erika Tsang of Avon, in a nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Lucienne Diver of Spectrum Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/20/07 Cold Rock River and Roseflower Creek author J. L. Miles's DIVORCING DWAYNE, DEAR DWAYNE, and DATING DWAYNE, to Cumberland House, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), to begin publication in April 2008. - Publisher's Lunch 8/20/07 Virginia Smith's SINCERELY, MAYLA, about a young woman who
confronts her innate bossiness while attempting to solve her friends' problems
and orchestrate her own romance, to Dennis Hillman at Kregel, by Wendy Lawton at
Books & Such Literary Agency (World). NYT bestselling author Lora Leigh's TEMPTING SEALS novels, about SEALs who fight and love with equal intensity, to Monique Patterson at St. Martin's, in a six-book deal, along with two novellas, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 8/17/07 Shayla Black's DELICIOUS, about a chef who heats up more than
the kitchen when he agrees to cook for a former stripper who's opening a
restaurant Cynthia Eden's untitled paranormal romance novella in a Bad Boys anthology, again to Megan Records at Kensington Brava, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/16/07 Jaci Burton's RIDING TEMPTATION, the second in her Wild Riders erotic suspense series, in which ex-Harley riding bad boys turned government agents go undercover in New Orleans to locate a rogue agent before he sells secrets to a drug cartel, again to Kate Seaver at Berkley Heat, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/16/07 USA Today bestselling author Joy Nash's next book in the Immortals series, about the story of a Celtic demigod and human witch whose love is tested by demon treachery and a harrowing trip through the Underworld, to Leah Hultenschmidt of Dorchester, at Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/15/07 Kimberly Killion's HER ONE DESIRE, about a Scottish spy escaping certain death in the Tower of London, and HIGHLAND DRAGON, about a man forced to choose between avenging his father's death and surrendering to the passion he finds in the arms of his enemy's daughter, to Hilary Sares at Kensington, by Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/15/07 Sylvia Day writing as S.J. Day's first three books in the MARKED urban fantasy series, about an agnostic woman cursed with the Mark of Cain, which requires her to hunt divine outlaws as penance, a task complicated by contentious Cain and Abel, to Heather Osborn at Tor, by Pamela Harty at The Knight Agency (NA) - Publisher's Lunch 8/15/07 Author of LOST & FOUND Jacqueline Sheehan's next novel, again to Carrie Feron at Avon, by Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group (world English). - Publisher's Lunch 8/14/07 Sunny's MONA LISA DARKENING, book 4 in her Monere, Children of the Moon erotic paranormal series, and LUCINDA, DEADLY, book 2 in her new urban fantasy series, The Demon Princess Chronicles, to Cindy Hwang at Penguin, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of Brown Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 8/13/07 Melissa Mayhue's next two titles in the Daughters of the Glen series, the first about a 13th-century maiden turned 21st-century woman and her romantic time travel adventures with sexy Scottish Highlanders, all courtesy of their interfering Faerie ancestors, to Megan McKeever at Pocket, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Elaine Spencer of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/13/07 Robin Miller writing as Robin Caroll's BAYOU PARADOX, the
fourth book in the author's Bayou series, in which a voodoo priestess and a
Christian lawman fall in love while hunting a killer certain the bayou holds the
secret for curing cancer, and in the process, the unlikely pair uncovers a
pharmaceutical company that's poisoning the bayou, to Krista Stroever at Steeple
Hill Love Inspired, for publication in September 2008, by Kelly Mortimer at
Mortimer Literary Agency. Margo Candela's third women's fiction project, MORE THAN THIS, where an ambitious lawyer from a working class neighborhood and a daughter of privilege trying to make it on her own terms fall in love while believing that neither is aware of the other's existence, to Sulay Hernandez at Touchstone Fireside, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for two books, for publication in summer 2008, by Jenoyne Adams at the Levine Greenberg Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 8/10/07 THE RAVEN PRINCE author Elizabeth Hoyt's TO TASTE TEMPTATION, the first in a new historical romance quartet, to Melanie Murray at Grand Central, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), for publication in Spring 2008, by Susannah Taylor at Richard Henshaw Group. - Publisher's Lunch 8/8/07 THE ALIBI MAN author Tami Hoag's three new suspense novels, again to Nita Taublib and Danielle Perez at Bantam Dell, by Jane Rotrosen Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/5/07 Italian rights to NYT bestseller Connie Mason's A TASTE OF SIN, to Mondolibri, in a nice deal, by Betty Anne Crawford at Bookscrossingborders, on behalf of Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/3/07 Nalini Singh's SHIFT plus two untitled works, the next installments in her Psy/Changeling paranormal series, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Sensation, in a good deal, by Nephele Tempest at The Knight Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 8/2/07 Elizabeth Lane's THE BORROWED BRIDE, to Demetria Lucas at Harlequin, in a two-book deal, by Richard Curtis of Richard Curtis Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 7/31/07 Rita winning author Catherine Mann's next three books, to Melissa Jeglinski at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2008, by Barbara Collins Rosenberg at Rosenberg Group (World). - Publisher's Lunch 7/30/07 Jean Marie Pierson's NO GOOD GIRLS, about an aspiring screenwriter who works in children's book publishing and is no stranger to rejection in life and love, to Alicia Condon at Dorchester, by Susan Raihofer at the David Black Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 7/30/07 Devyn Quinn's DANCING WITH THE DEVIL, the sequel to Flesh and the Devil, and Possession, the first book in the Delomelanicon series, to Hilary Sares at Kensington Aphrodisia, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 7/26/07 Lisa Mondello's HER ONLY PROTECTOR, sequel to Cradle of Secrets, to Jessica Alvarez at Love Inspired, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in August 2008, by Michelle Grajkowski at 3 Seas Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 7/24/07 Christy Reece's romantic suspense trilogy featuring the courageous men and women of Last Chance Rescue, highly trained mercenaries with one priority and purpose, to rescue children, to Linda Marrow at Ballantine, in a pre-empt, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 7/24/07 Lisa Renee Jones's TEXAS UNDERCOVER, to Wanda Ottewell at Harlequin Blaze, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 7/24/07 Two-time RITA Finalist Jo Schmidt's LOVE AND FORGIVENESS, SUNRISE FOR MISS NOLA, and FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD, to Jessica Alvarez at Love Inspired, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 7/24/07 Nicola Cornick's BRIDES OF FORTUNE trilogy, continuing with the leader of the Glory Girls band of Robin Hood-style robbers from the author's UNMASKED, again to Tracy Farrell at HQN, with Kimberley Young editing, by Pam Strickler. - Publisher's Lunch 7/23/07 Author of THE CHARMSTONE C. C. Harrison's RUNNING, about rescuing an at-risk little boy and finding refuge near to a wild horse refuge, again to John Helfers at Five Star, by Pam Strickler. - Publisher's Lunch 7/23/07 Jane Myers Perrine's DEEP IN THE HEART and ANNIE'S SONG, to Jessica Alvarez at Steeple Hill, by Pam Strickler. - Publisher's Lunch 7/23/07 Cynthia Eden's WICKED WAYS, a novella for an upcoming paranormal-themed two-author anthology, to Megan Records at Kensington Brava, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 7/20/07 Michelle Monkou's next two romances, featuring a group of sorority sisters, to Mavis Allen at Harlequin, by Amy Moore-Benson at AMB Literary Management. - Publisher's Lunch 7/19/07 Ginger Simpson's SPARTA ROSE, in which a daughter is kidnapped as a negotiating chip for her father's Tennessee ranch, to Leanne Burroughs at Highland Press, by Joan West at Bennett & West Literary Agency. joanpwest@comcast.net - Publisher's Lunch 7/16/07 Janice Thompson's BOOM TOWN, to Krista Stroever at Steeple Hill, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 7/16/07 Jennie Shortridge's LOVE AND BIOLOGY AT THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE, depicting a woman's struggle to reconcile her best and worst selves as she runs away from home at 40, leaving her (possibly) philandering husband and ungrateful grown daughter to work at an offbeat coffee shop in central Seattle, to Claire Zion at NAL Accent, by Jody Rein at Jody Rein Books (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 7/13/07 Meg Cabot's HOW TO BE POPULAR, offering yearning, befuddlement and love as a high school junior plots her path into the A-crowd, optioned to MTV for development as a cable series, by Bill Contardi, on behalf of Laura Langlie. - Publisher's Lunch 7/13/07 Jill Myles's SEX STARVED, the humorous adventures of a newly-fledged succubus as she copes with her new "life," the need for sex, and the dangerous vampire and sexy angel she's torn between; and SEX DRIVE, featuring a succubus road trip to New Orleans, to Micki Nuding at Pocket, by Carolyn Grayson at Ashley Grayson Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 7/10/07 Anya Bast's THE DARKEST KISS, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Heat, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 7/9/07 Catherine Spangler's TOUCHED BY LIGHT, the third of her paranormal thrillers in her Sentinel series, centering on reincarnated Atlanteans and the psychic human conductors who help them track evil entities, to Cindy Hwang for Berkley Sensation, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 7/9/07 Portuguese rights to Carly Phillips's THE BACHELOR, THE HEARTBREAKER and THE PLAYBOY, to Planeta Brazil, by Lara Lea Allen on behalf of Robert Gottlieb at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 7/9/07 Author of 'Scuse Me While I Kill This Guy Leslie Langtry's next
two fun contemporary romances in the Bombay family of Assassins series, to Leah
Hultenschmidt at Dorchester, by Kristin Nelson at Nelson Literary Agency
(World). Dan Begley's MS. TAKEN IDENTITY, in which a failed male
novelist decides to write a chick-lit novel under a female pseudonym, becoming a
better man through the process and rocketing to fame and bestsellerdom, to
Melanie Murray for 5 Spot, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Laura Langlie
(world). Mary Margret Daughtridge's SEALed WITH A KISS, in which a "high maintenance" family therapist tries to facilitate a father/son bonding session and ends up head over heels for a hard-headed Navy SEAL, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, for publication in spring 2008, by Stephany Evans of Imprint Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/29/07 Sheri Browning Erwin's TO HELL WITH LOVE, in which the devil meets his match in a Boston home stager whose biological clock is ticking, for publication in fall 2007, and NAUGHTY OR NICE for publication in fall 2008, to Danielle Chiotti at Kensington, by Stephany Evans of Imprint Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/29/07 Louisa Burton's WHISPERS OF THE FLESH, a continuation of her literary erotica, set in an ancient French chateau, in the tradition of Arabian Nights and Anne Rice's erotica, to Shauna Summers at Bantam Dell, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), a two-book deal, by Nancy Yost of Lowenstein-Yost (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 6/27/07 USA Today bestselling author Julie Kenner's new paranormal series featuring the Assassin of Evil who believes she's fighting for the side of good, but discovers she's been duped by the underworld, tricked into killing those who would stand in the way of her demonic handlers, to Ginjer Buchanan at Berkley, in a three-book deal, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 6/27/07 Laurie Alice Eakes' BETTER THAN GOLD, in which a couple find treasures of riches and love, to JoAnne Simmons at Barbour, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/26/07 Lucy Finn's IF WISHING MADE IT SO, about a lonely young woman, a second chance with her high school sweetheart, and a bottle with a genie inside - now all her dreams can come true unless a lot goes wrong with a little magic, to Kristen Weber at NAL, by John Talbot at Talbot Fortune Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 6/26/07 Shelley Galloway's next two books, to Johanna Raissen at Harlequin American, by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/26/07 Deidre Knight's THE AGENCY IMMORTAL, about a band of Spartan warriors who made a deal with Ares, god of war, at Thermopylae, becoming immortal protectors of Earth - and now must battle an epic supernatural evil that threatens modern-day London, to Anne Bohner at NAL, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Pamela Harty of The Knight Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 6/25/07 THE DARK GARDEN author Eden Bradley's two untitled erotic novels, to Shauna Summers at Bantam Dell, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/22/07 Kate Welsch's untitled, to Susan Litman at Steeple Hill, by
Mary Sue Lisa Ruff's THE PERFECT PITCH, to Johanna Raissen at Harlequin, by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/22/07 Allison Bottke's I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT, a new series called VA VA VA BOOM in which Boomer aged women entrepreneurs are living, loving, and enjoying making a difference in their world...the first book is set in a "disco" hair salon, to Don Pape at David C. Cook, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Steve Laube at the Steve Laube Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 6/21/07 Stephanie Tyler and Larissa Ione writing as Sydney Croft's three additional books in the erotic ACRO series, in which secret agents with superpowers are engaged in a global war, to Shauna Summers at Bantam Dell, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/21/07 Cindy Miles's ONLY IN HER DREAMS, when a best-selling mystery
novelist with major writer's block leases a 14th century Scottish towerhouse for
the summer, not only does she find fabulous fodder for her next book, but the
spooky castle is filled with enchanted Scottish warriors Laura Drewry's THE DEVIL'S DAUGHTER, in which the daughter of the Devil falls for the man whose soul she has been sent to claim, to Leah Hultenschmidt at Dorchester, in a two-book deal, by Holly Root at Waxman Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/19/07 Joey W. Hill's DAUGHTER OF ARIEL, the story of a solitary mermaid who rescues a fallen angel and must risk her life and heart to return him to the skies, to Wendy McCurdy at Berkley Heat, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 6/19/07 Chris Marie Green's next three book in the VAMPIRE BABYLON series, following an ex-stunt woman turned hunter to London, where she tracks down another underground vampire society that seems to have more to do with Lost Girls and Big Bad Wolves than reality again, to Ginjer Buchanan at Berkley, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Pamela Harty of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/18/07 Jill Sorenson's EXTRA SENSORY, to Stacy Boyd at Silhouette, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Laurie McLean at Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/17/07 German rights to Karen Robards's OBSESSION, to Heyne, by Claire Roberts, on behalf of Robert Gottlieb at the Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 6/17/07 German rights to Janet Evanovich's LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN and FULL SCOOP, to Goldmann, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), by Robert Gottlieb and Claire Roberts at the Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 6/17/07 Laura Griffin's THREAD OF FEAR, in which a forensic artist,
whose drawings help bring countless vicious criminals to justice, is now working
with a small town detective on a serial murder she puts not only her heart in
jeopardy, but soon realizes her life is at stake as well, to Abby Zidle at
Pocket, in a two-book deal, by Kevan Lyon at Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
(World). Kathleen Popa's ALL THE SAINTS WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE, in which a woman returns from her husband's funeral to find her house has been set ablaze by an arsonist whom police suspect is her adult son but she ignores the brouhaha and moves into a cinder-block shed to live a life of prayer and fasting, to Don Pape at David C. Cook, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Janet Kobobel Grant at Books & Such Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/14/07 Jane Kirkpatrick's three historical novels based on fact about strong women who face and overcome impossible odds, to Dudley Delffs at WaterBrook Press, in a good deal ($100,000 - $251,000), by Joyce Hart at Hartline Literary Agency (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 6/14/07 Author of the NYT and USA Today bestselling THE BODYGUARDS series, Cindy Gerard's new BLACK OPS series, about a private contracting firm specializing in jobs even the military and the CIA won't touch, to Maggie Crawford at Pocket, in a significant deal ($251,000 - $499,000), in a three-book deal, by Maria Carvainis at Maria Carvainis Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/12/07 BITTEN & SMITTEN and FANGED & FABULOUS authyor Michelle Rowen's STAKES & STILLETOS, to Melanie Murray at Grand Central, by Jim McCarthy at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/12/07 USA Today bestselling author Kathy Caskie's SEVEN DEADLY SINS series, first three books about the sexy Sinclairs who are 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 6/11/07 Kim Vogel Sawyer's next four books, again to Charlene Patterson at Bethany House, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Tamela Hancock Murray of Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/11/07 Foreign rights for two books from Colleen McCullough, including "a sweeping romantic novel," again to Susan Opie at Harper UK, in a co-publication deal that includes Harper Australia, by Georgina Capel at Capel & Land. - Publisher's Lunch 6/11/07 Karen Anders's GOING BALLISTIC, a case of mistaken identity leads to danger and desire, to Kathryn Lye at Harlequin Blaze, by Caren Johnson at Caren Johnson Literary Agency (world). cjohnson@johnsonlitagency.com - Publisher's Lunch 6/6/07 NYT bestselling author Gena Showalter's THE DARKEST PLEASURE, the tale of a man possessed by the demon of pain who is forced to self-torture in order to survive and who must battle his best friend, the demon of wrath, in order to save the mortal woman he's come to love, again to Tracy Farrell at Harlequin, in a significant deal ($251,000 - $499,000), in a three-book deal, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 6/6/07 Kimberly Groff's DEAD AND DATELESS, about a vampire dating service that humorously pairs the dead and furry, optioned to Ksana Golod at Firehorse Pictures and producer David Engel of Circle of Confusion, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/5/07 Carolyn Jewel's SCANDAL, about a not-so-reformed Regency rake
in love with a woman who knows first-hand just how badly he's behaved and
refuses to consider his serious offer of marriage, to Kate Seaver at Berkley, in
a two-book deal, by Kristin Nelson at Nelson Literary Agency (NA). Michelle Maddox's THE CHALLENGE, about a petty thief and a hardened criminal forced to play a game together where their lives are at stake, to Leah Hultenschmidt at Shomi, by Jim McCarthy at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/4/07 NYT and USA Today bestselling author Nina Bang's THE JERSEY DEVIL in her Woo Woo Inn Series, to Alicia Condon at Dorchester, in a significant deal ($251,000 - $499,000), in a four-book deal, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/1/07 USA Today bestselling author Kimberly Raye's BITE ME, her next in a series of vampire love stories about a matchmaking service for hip intelligent paranormal singles in which the heroine meets an unmatchable mafia don who threatens death if he isn't partnered, to Charlotte Herscher at Ballantine, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/1/07 Essence Bestseller, Christy Finalist, and RITA finalist Angela Benson's novel UP POPS THE DEVIL, the story of a preacher and four women in his life who complicate his re-entry into society as a law-abiding Christian man after being incarcerated for two years, to Carolyn Marino at Harper, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), in a two-book deal, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/1/07 French rights to Karen Robards's VANISHED and OBSESSION, to J'ai Lu, by Claire Roberts, on behalf of Robert Gottlieb at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 6/1/07 Japanese rights to Janet Evanovich's TEN BIG ONES, ELEVEN ON TOP, PLUM LOVIN' and TWELVE SHARP, to Shueisha, by Claire Roberts and Robert Gottlieb at the Trident Media Group, in association with Japan UNI. - Publisher's Lunch 6/1/07 Dutch rights to Janet Evanovich's METRO GIRL and MOTOR MOUTH, to ECI House of Books, by Claire Roberts and Robert Gottlieb at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 6/1/07 Former book editor and entertainment/media writer Sherri Rifkin's LOVEHAMPTON, about a woman who finds herself entangled in the complex social web of a thirty-something Hamptons summer share, to Jennifer Weis at St. Martin's, at auction, by Mary Ann Naples of The Creative Culture. - Publisher's Lunch 5/31/07 Robin Miller writing as Robin Caroll's BAYOU JUDGMENT, the
third in her Bayou series, involving a secretive pastor overseeing a Christian
crisis center, and a hotline counselor who finds her roommate murdered, to
Krista Stroever at Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense, for publication in May
2008, by Kelly Mortimer of the Mortimer Literary Agency. Donna Russo Morin's THE SECRET OF THE SWORD, in which the daughter of a brutal Comte, fights against an arranged marriage to a weak man of her father's choosing, with the Musketeers to protect the Queen, and for the love of her life, and THE SECRET OF THE GLASS, to Audrey LaFehr at Kensington, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Irene Kraas at Kraas Literary Agency (World English).- Publisher's Lunch 5/29/07 Operation G-Spot author Jodi Lynn Copeland's two contemporary erotic romances, to Hilary Sares at Kensington Aphrodisia, in a nice deal $1 - $49,000), by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 5/24/07 Susan Mallery's MAKING AMENDS, in which a woman encounters her high school sweetheart and re-evaluates her life, to Abby Zidle at Pocket, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), in a two-book deal, by Annelise Robey at Jane Rotrosen Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 5/23/07 Helen Brenna's PROMISE, about a computer-hacker-turned-security-software-developer, who is forced to partner up with a sexy Greek with a lot of connections (and secrets), when Greece's Minister of Defense refuses to do business with her, to Johanna Raisanen at Harlequin, by Tina Wexler at ICM (World). - Publisher's Lunch 5/23/07 Jasmine Haynes's GAMES PEOPLE PLAY, when coworkers decide to mix business with sexual pleasure, the stakes are highest when falling in love becomes part of the game in this erotic romance, to Wendy McCurdy of Berkley, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Lucienne Diver of Spectrum Literary Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 5/22/07 Susan Mallery's four new contemporary romances, to Tara Parsons at Harlequin's HQN, in a significant deal ($251,000 - $499,000), by Annelise Robey at Jane Rotrosen Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 5/21/07 Stella MacLean's LOVE ALWAYS, love letters written to his wife before he dies, brings hope and joy back into her life after he's gone, again to Paula Eykelhof at Harlequin Everlasting Love, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000). - Publisher's Lunch 5/21/07 Bedded Then Wed author Heidi Betts's romantic trilogy, in which
an Anything-You-Can-Do-I-Can-Do-Better guy challenges the heroine in a domain
sacred to females, to Rose Hilliard at St. Martin's, by Richard Curtis of
Richard Curtis Associates. Lori Wilde's books 3 and 4 in the Wedding Veil Wishes series, in which a jilted-at-the-altar, starry-eyed schoolteacher starts Romanceaholics Anonymous, only to inflame an emotional civil war between cynics and romantics in her hometown of Valentine, Texas, to Michele Bidelspach at Grand Central's Forever, by Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 5/17/07 Phyllis Schieber's THE SINNER'S GUIDE TO CONFESSION, about
three women, best friends who all have their secrets from one another Kate Douglas's WOLF TALES VII, WOLF TALES VIII, WOLF TALES IX,
to Audrey LaFehr at Kensington Aphrodisia, in a very nice deal ($50,000 -
$99,000), by Jessica Faust at BookEnds. Christine Zampi writing as Christie Kelley'a HER SCANDALOUS PROPOSAL, a sexy Regency-set historical about a spinster and budding novelist who is determined to learn about the pleasures of carnal love (for "research" of course!), to John Scognamiglio for Kensington Zebra, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for two books, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 5/15/07 German rights to Anne Bishop's BELLADONNA, the sequel to romantic fantasy Sebastian, to Heyne, by Thomas Schlueck Literary Agency, in association with Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/15/07 Cindy Marolt writing as Jordan Dane's WEB OF LIES, WEB OF THE SENTINEL, and WEB OF SEDUCTION, beginning with an illusive web of impostors on the Internet who lure a deluded teen from her Alaskan home, which launches a chain reaction with an unlikely group of heroes, to Lucia Macro of Avon, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Meredith Bernstein at Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/15/07 Megan DiMaria's debut SEARCHING FOR SPICE, asking can a middle-aged woman enjoy a sizzling romantic affair...with her husband?, followed by DANCING IN THE SPICE GARDEN, to Jan Stob at Tyndale, by Beth Jusino at Alive Communications (world). - Publisher's Lunch 5/14/07 Allie Mackay's latest Scottish-set paranormal, TO TEMPT A HIGHLANDER, about a roguish medieval ghost whose quest for eternal peace is endangered when the arrival of a tempting American interferes with his only means to break his curse, to Anne Bohner at NAL, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 5/10/07 USA Today bestselling author Kimberly Raye's three untitled novels, as well as a cowboy anthology story, to Brenda Chin at Harlequin Blaze, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Natasha Kern of the Natasha Kern Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 5/10/07 Susan Sizemore's three new vampire romances, to Micki Nuding at Pocket, in a very good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Ethan Ellenberg of the Ethan Ellenberg Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 5/9/07 Cathy Yardley's TURNING JAPANESE, pitched as a Japanese Devil Wears Prada, in which a young Japanese-American manga artist loses more than words in translation when she wins a year-long internship at a Tokyo manga publisher, to Diana Szu at Thomas Dunne Books, by Christina Hogrebe at Jane Rotrosen Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 5/8/07 Calista Fox's OBJECT OF DESIRE, pitched as Lara Croft meets Mission Impossible, involving a legendary Mexican fire opal and the greed and dark desires it sparks, to Red Sage, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000). - Publisher's Lunch 5/7/07 Ann Herendeen's originally self-published first novel PHYLLIDA AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF PHILANDER, a "bisexual Victorian Regency romance" that marries camp and erotica to humorous effect, to Rakesh Satyal at Harper Perennial (world). rakesh.satyal@harpercollins.com - Publisher's Lunch 5/7/07 Karin Tabke's next two books in her erotic suspense series, to Lauren McKenna at Pocket, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 5/3/07 Gerry Bartlett's next two books in her vampire series featuring an older than dirt female vampire with a weight problem and an on again off again hunky Scottish vampire lover, to Kate Seaver at Berkley, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 5/3/07 Debra Clopton's A COWBOY WORTH MARRYING?, her biological clock is ticking, he doesn't know what a clock is, can time stand still when love strikes these two opposites?, to Krista Stroever at Steeple Hill Love Inspired, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Joyce A. Hart at Hartline Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 5/3/07 SLAVE TO SENSATION and VISIONS OF HEAT author Nalini Singh's ANGELS' BLOOD, about a bounty hunter who retrieves runaway vampires for their angel masters, and finds herself risking her life in the most dangerous retrieval of her career, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Sensations, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), in a two-book deal, by Nephele Tempest at The Knight Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 5/1/07 Beth Kendrick's THE PRE-NUP, about three women who have their lives turned upside down by their pre-nuptial agreements, in a two-book deal, to Danielle Perez at Bantam Dell, by Meg Ruley at Jane Rotrosen Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 4/30/07 Delilah Devlin, Myla Jackson, and Layla Chase's WILD WILD WOMEN
OF THE WEST, an antholology of three erotic stories, to Hilary Sares at
Kensington Aphrodesia, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Bob Diforio at D4EO
Literary Agency (World). SLAVE TO SENSATION and VISIONS OF HEAT author Nalini Singh's untitled Changeling Christmas novella, set in the author's Psy/Changeling universe, and ANGELS' BLOOD, about a bounty hunter who retrieves runaway vampires for their angel masters, and finds herself risking her life in the most dangerous retrieval of her career, and a sequel, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Sensations, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Nephele Tempest at The Knight Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/30/07 Alyssa Brooks's HERE I COME, the third book in the Game Series, about a woman whose heart and body are off limits until her old flame shows back up in her life as a cowboy stripper, to Leis Pederson at Berkley Heat, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/30/07 Julia Templeton's HIGHLAND BRIDE, continuing with characters first introduced in THE BARGAIN, to Leis Pederson at Berkley Heat, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Kim Lionetti at BookEnds. - Publisher's Lunch 4/27/07 Kimberly Ungar writing as Kim Lenox's THE SHADOW HUNTER, featuring a member of the Amaranthine Guard who is tasked with reclaiming the soul of the killer terroring all of London: Jack the Ripper, to Laura Cifelli at NAL, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Kim Lionetti at BookEnds (world). - Publisher's Lunch 4/27/07 UK bestselling author Alexandra Potter's ME AND MR. DARCY, a contemporary novel about life, love and dating literature's most eligible bachelor, to Signe Pike at Ballantine, for publication as a trade paperback original, by Stephanie Cabot at The Gernert Company. - Publisher's Lunch 4/24/07 The Last Boleyn and the Elizabeth I mysteries author Karen Harper's WILL'S OTHER WIFE, the story of a Anne Whateley of Stratford, who married Shakespeare in secret less than a week before his shotgun wedding to Anne Hathaway, and who lived with him in London when his career was at its height, to Rachel Kahan at Putnam and Ellen Edwards at NAL, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), in a pre-empt, by Meg Ruley at Jane Rotrosen Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 4/20/07 Kendra Sawicki's WOLF MOON, a tale of drama, suspense and romance as the dark secrets and dangers of the werewolf world of the Scottish Highlands come to a small town in New York, and forever changes the lives of a bookshop owner, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, in a two-book deal, by Kevan Lyon at Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 4/20/07 Diane Whiteside's THE QUEEN'S GOLD, best characterized as THE MUMMY meets MURDER ON THE NILE when the American-born reincarnation of Cleopatra's priestess and the two men who championed her then and now hunt for Cleopatra's lost gold, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Heat, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Elaine English at Elaine English (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 4/19/07 Eva Marie Everson's HEELS ON WOOD and ONE MAN'S LIFE, to Vicki Crumpton at Baker Books, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 4/19/07 USA Today bestselling author Alyssa Day's ATLANTIS UNBOUND plus two more novels and a novella in her Warriors of Poseidon paranormal romance series, about a race of Atlantaen warriors tasked to protect mankind in its darkest hour, again to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a very good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Steve Axelrod at The Axelrod Agency (NA). steve@axelrodagency.com - Publisher's Lunch 4/18/07 Kathleen Reid's SECRETS, LIES AND PHOTOGRAPHS, about the lives and loves of three very different women who meet at a scrapbooking club and the unexpected connections they make through their passion, to Shannon Jamieson Vazquez at Berkley, by Amy Jameson at A+B Works (World). amy@aplusbworks.com - Publisher's Lunch 4/18/07 Jordan Summers' REVENGE OF THE SKY GODDESS, about an ATF agent
who's afraid to fly, but is forced to go undercover as a flight attendant, in
order to recruit a hunky ex-arms dealer and stop a shipment of illegal arms from
entering the country, to Kathryn Lye at Harlequin Blaze, in a nice deal
($1 - $49,000), by Jenny Rappaport at the L. Perkins Agency (World). Cara Summers's next three Blaze novels, to Brenda Chin at Harlequin, by Maureen Walters at Curtis Brown (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/17/07 Delta Dupree's DANCE WITH ME, to Hilary Sares at Kensington Aphrodisia, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/17/07 Pink's two erotic novels, to Karen Thomas at Grand Central, by Maureen Walters at Curtis Brown (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 4/12/07 Abby Gaines's THE DIAPER DIARIES, in which a cynical philanthropist sees a baby abandoned at his office as a useful weapon in his PR offensive, but in the end is forced by the pediatric researcher who he hires to look after the baby that he must learn care for more than his checkbook, to Victoria Curran at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Pamela Harty at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/11/07 Sabrina Jordan's YA romantic suspense, KILLER CRUISE, in which
a Sweet Sixteen birthday cruise turns deadly when one of the party guests plans
on killing the birthday girl, to Lexa Hillyer at Harper Children's, by Evan
Marshall at the Evan Marshall Agency (world). Interior designer Terri Kraus' Restoration series, in which the people who make historic homes whole again - architects, craftsmen, and laborers - find their personal lives also restored and renewed by God's grace and the love of another person, to Andrea Christian at Cook Communications, in a three-book deal, by Beth Jusino at Alive Communications (world). - Publisher's Lunch 4/10/07 Calista Fox's SECRET RENDEZVOUS, the third story in the Rendezvous trilogy, to Red Sage, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000). - Publisher's Lunch 4/9/07 Jenna Kernan's DREAMSTALKER, about a Native American healer who thinks her escalating nightmares signal madness but discovers that the truth is far worse, to Ann Leslie Tuttle at Harlequin Nocturne, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Pamela Harty of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/9/07 Bella Andre's two new erotic romances about the bad boys of professional football, to Micki Nuding at Pocket, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Jessica Faust at BookEnds. jfaust@bookends-inc.com - Publisher's Lunch 4/5/07 Sally MacKenzie's three new titles in the Naked Nobility series, to Hilary Sares at Kensington, in a very nice deal $50,000 - $99,000), by Jessica Faust at BookEnds. jfaust@bookends-inc.com - Publisher's Lunch 4/5/07 Cindy Procter-King writing as Kate St. James's EXES & AHHHS,
when a dessert caterer and her ex-lover get trapped in a party room following an
erotically-themed event, she offers him one last night of hot, carnal delights
if he'll sell her his share of the business...then exit her life forever, to
Savannah Clinton at Red Sage, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000)(world). Wendy Corsi Staub's LILY DALE, a paranormal drama, by Holly Frederick at Curtis Brown. - Publisher's Lunch 4/5/07 Robin Schone's CRY FOR PASSION, to Kate Seaver at Berkley Sensation, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Nancy Yost at Lowenstein-Yost (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 4/5/07 Deborah Raleigh writing as Alexandra Ivy's three more novels in
her series of vampire romances, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, by Evan
Marshall at the Evan Marshall Agency (world). Lisa Hendrix's THE SHADOW AND THE FLAME, in which a Viking warrior who is cursed by a witch to live as an eagle by day and a man by night reluctantly takes a bride, to Kate Seaver at Berkley, in a two-book deal, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 4/5/07 Deb Marlowe's THE LOST JEWEL and two more Regency romances,
continuing the story begun in the forthcoming SCANDALOUS LORD, REBELLIOUS MISS,
to Maddie Rowe at Harlequin Mills & Boon, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Pam
Ahearn of Ahearn Agency (World). Michelle Willingham's THE WARRIOR'S TOUCH and HER WILD IRISH ROGUE, the next two MacEgan brothers' medieval historical romances, again to Joanne Carr at Harlequin Mills & Boon, by Carolyn Grayson at Ashley Grayson Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/2/07 Kimberly Stuart's CANNON FALLS, The story of a down-on-her-luck opera diva who takes a teaching position at a midwest college, to Andrea Christian at Cook Communications, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 4/1/07 Cynthia Eden's TOUCHING THE DARKNESS, a psychologist whose
patients are all supernatural creatures Make Me A Match and The Sexiest Man Alive author Diana Holquist's two new untitled contemporary romances, to Michele Bidelspach at Warner, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 3/30/07 Rita Herron's DARK LORDS series, bringing three estranged brothers, anti-heroes, who must battle their own inner evil side, together to form a paranormal crime unit and fight demonic crimes, to Michelle Bidelspach at Grand Central Publishing Forever, by Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group (world). - Publisher's Lunch 3/29/07 Ron Benrey and Janet Benrey's next two books in the Glory series, to Krista Stroever at Steeple Hill Love Inspired, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Joyce Hart at Hartline Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 3/28/07 Kelley St. John's THRILLING AND ABLE, BED ON ARRIVAL, and LIVE AND YEARN, featuring ghosts and the family who helps them cross over to the other side, to Brenda Chin at Harlequin Blaze, by Caren Johnson Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/28/07 Dianna Love Snell's MIDNIGHT KISS GOODBYE, featured in the anthology Dead After Dark, to Monique Patterson at St. Martin's, by Caren Johnson Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/28/07 Caridad Piniero Scordato's three more books in the Calling series, FURY CALLS, ARDOR CALLS, and VENGEANCE CALLS, to Stacy Boyd at Harlequin Nocturne, by Caren Johnson Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/28/07 Caridad Pineiro Scordato's Christmas Vampire Novella, to Stacy Boyd at Harlequin Nocturne, by Caren Johnson Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/28/07 Prince of Magic author Linda Winstead Jones's THE EMPEROR'S
BRIDE, a new trilogy, to Wendy McCurdy at Berkley, by Richard Curtis of Richard
Curtis Associates (NA). Robin Miller writing as Robin Caroll's BAYOU CORRUPTION,
involving rival reporters who agree to work together to solve an attempted
murder and end up uncovering a gun smuggling ring, and love, to Krista Stroever
at Steeple Hill Love Inspired, for publication in March 2008, by Kelly Mortimer
of the Mortimer Literary Agency. Lori Handeland's ANY GIVEN DOOMSDAY, the first in a new urban fantasy series where a psychic PI is given more powers than she bargained for and discovers herself fighting monsters of Biblical proportions to thwart an upcoming doomsday, to Jennifer Enderlin at St. Martin's, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), in a two-book deal, by Irene Goodman at Irene Goodman Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/26/07 Julie Cohen's untitled, humorous and sexy romances, to Catherine Cobain at Little Black Dress (UK), in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Teresa Chris (World). - Publisher's Lunch 3/26/07 Delilah Devlin's three erotic novellas, again to May Chen at
Harper, for immediate e-book publication, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Bob
Diforio at D4EO Literary Agency (World). Judith Todd's BROKEN WING, to Kerry Estevez at Medallion, in a
nice deal ($1 - $49000), by Bob Diforio at D4EO Literary Agency (World). USA Today bestselling author Elaine Barbieri's next two
historical romances, again to Alicia Condon at Dorchester, by Evan Marshall at
the Evan Marshall Agency (world). Leanna Ellis's ELVIS TAKES A BACK SEAT, in which a young widow determined to fulfill her husband's last request hauls a three-foot bust of Elvis strapped in the back seat of a vintage Cadillac from Texas to Memphis with adventures and insights about Elvis and life along the way, to David Webb and Karen Ball at Broadman & Holman, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Natasha Kern of the Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 3/23/07 USA Today bestselling author Constance O'Banyon's next two
historical romances, again to Alicia Condon at Dorchester, by Evan Marshall at
the Evan Marshall Agency (world). Kayla Perrin's WE'LL NEVER TELL, in which what starts as a plan
to teach a man-stealing sorority sister a lesson goes horribly wrong, resulting
in murder, to Jennifer Enderlin at St. Martin's, by Helen Breitwieser at
Cornerstone Literary (NA). Carol Snow's HERE TODAY, GONE TO MAUI, on how taking that first vacation together can change everything in a relationship, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a two-book deal, by Stephanie Kip Rostan at Levine Greenberg Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 3/20/07 Sharon Lee and Steve Miller's DUAINFEY, a romantic fantasy, in which a young human girl is enslaved by a Fae lord in an attempt to challenge the Fae Queen, plus a sequel, to Toni Weisskopf at Baen Books, by Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 3/20/07 Author of Women of the Otherworld series Kelley Armstrong's supernatural trilogy, to Rosemary Brosnan at Harper Children's, by Sarah Heller of the Helen Heller Agency (US; China). - Publisher's Lunch 3/18/07 Stella MacLean's HEART OF MY HEART, and a love relationship that lasts a lifetime, to Paula Eykelhof at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000). gbmruth@nbnet.nb.ca - Publisher's Lunch 3/16/07 German rights to Kathryn Caskie's A LADY'S GUIDE TO RAKES and LOVE IS IN THE HEIR, to Blanvalet, by Lara Lea Allen, on behalf of Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 3/15/07 Portuguese (Brazil only) rights to Stephanie Bond's GOT YOUR NUMBER, I THINK I LOVE YOU, and OUR HUSBAND, to Nova Cultural in Brazil, by Lara Lea Allen, on behalf of Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 3/15/07 Miralee Ferrell's debut THE OTHER DAUGHTER, in which a marriage and family fall into crisis after a child the husband never knew he had is dropped off on their doorstep, to Dennis Hillman at Kregel, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/15/07 Vivi Ana's BLOOD SECRETS and DARK LIES, Books 1 and 2 in the
Valorian Chronicles, to Tara Gavin at Harlequin Nocturne, by Bob Diforio at D4EO
Literary Agency (World). Alluring Tales author Delilah Devlin's INTO THE DARKNESS, about a woman who discovers her true dark nature with the help of a New Orleans detective, and GUARDIAN OF DARKNESS, about an ancient vampire who faces the darkness from his own past, Books 1 and 2 in The Dark Realm Series, to May Chen at Avon Red, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Bob Diforio at D4EO Literary Agency (World). d4eo@optonline.net - Publisher's Lunch 3/15/07 Pleasure Control and Pleasure Prolonged author Cathryn Fox's
THE HOT LINE, an erotic anthology, an on-call service that dispatches totally
authentic, fully equipped firemen to explore the secret fantasies of women in
need, to Kerry Donovan at NAL Heat, by Bob Diforio of D4EO Literary Agency
(World). NYT bestselling author Allison Brennan's next romantic suspense trilogy, to Linda Marrow and Charlotte Herscher, and three books in a new FBI romantic suspense series, to Linda Morrow at Ballantine, both in major deals ($500,000 and up), by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 3/14/07 Jessica Andersen's NIGHTKEEPERS, the first three books in the series, about the modern-day men and women who must prevent ancient Mayan demons from triggering the apocalyptic firestorm that a two-thousand year-old prophecy predicts for December 21, 2012, to Kara Cesare at NAL, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), in a pre-empt, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency (world English). - Publisher's Lunch 3/14/07 Susan Page Davis's DEFENDING LAUREL, in which a woman, on trial for murdering her husband, is aided by a policeman who believes her to be innocent, but cannot find the evidence that would clear her, to Krista Stroever at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 3/13/07 Cindy Holby's BREATH OF HEAVEN, and a colonial about an English soldier in the Revolutionary War who is nursed after an injury by a bond servant who he believes betrayed him, to Alicia Condon at Dorchester, in a two-book deal, by the Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/13/07 Prints Charming author Rebeca Seitz's SISTERS, INK, following the ups and downs of four adult sisters who return to their small-town home to launch their own scrapbooking store, called Sisters Ink, to Karen Ball at B&H Publishing, in a four-book deal, for publication in February 2008, by Beth Jusino at Alive Communications (world). - Publisher's Lunch 3/9/07 A Killing Tide author P.J. Alderman's PHANTOM RIVER, in which a
female river bar pilot becomes the target of a ruthless killer determined to
hide a dark secret that he fears she will reveal, to Alicia Condon at
Dorchester, by Kevan Lyon at Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency (World). R. Barri Flowers writing as Devon Vaughn Archer's CHRISTMAS HEAT, a heartwarming holiday romance where childhood sweethearts must overcome a twenty-five year old Christmas day tragedy to find love, to Mavis Allen at Kimani, for publication in December 2007, in a two-book deal by Michelle Grajkowski of 3 Seas Literary Agency. -- 3/6/07 Julie Leto's THE PHANTOM LOVER, a sexy and single real estate
developer undertakes a renovation of an abandoned estate on a South Florida
island for a major resort project, and finds herself communicating with an 18th
century rogue cursed by gypsies, to Laura Cifelli at NAL, in a three-book deal,
by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (world). Saskia Walker's RECKLESS, a contemporary erotic novel with a gothic edge, about a London art appraisal expert caught in a struggle for power and dominance between two brothers while valuing their inheritance in Catalonia, to Kate Seaver for Berkley Heat, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 3/6/07 Author of THE SECRET LIFE OF CEECEE WILKES Diane Chamberlain's THE SEA TENDER, about a mentally disabled boy who unexpectedly saves local teens from a fire, capturing media attention as an unlikely hero, only to be later accused of the arson itself, to Miranda Stecyk at Mira, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), for two books, by Susan Ginsburg at Writers House. - Publisher's Lunch 3/6/07 IT'S ABOUT YOUR HUSBAND author and WSJ shopping columnist
Lauren Lipton's MRS. WEEKEND, in which a New Yorker finds herself hitched to a
total stranger after a night in Vegas and enters into a mismatched marriage of
convenience, to Melanie Murray at 5 Spot, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000),
by agent Laura Langlie (world). Robin Owen's HEALERS OF HOPE and SINGER FOR A WORLD, the final two books in the Summoning series, featuring average American women Summoned to another dimension to fight invading evil, again to Mary-Theresa Hussey at Harlequin Luna, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/5/07 Sarah McCarty's Western historical Promise series and her paranormal Dark Haven anthologies, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), in a four-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 3/1/07 Carla Bracale writing as Carla Cassidy's BROKEN PIECES, about a victim of a brutal attack in her youth who returns home, hoping the depths of her memory might hold a clue to a murderer's identity, to Laura Cifelli at Signet, in a three-book deal, by Laura Blake Peterson at Curtis Brown (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 2/28/07 Irene Brand's A MAN TO LEAN ON, to Harlequin Love Inspired, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/28/07 Paige Winship Dooly's TREASURE IN THE HILLS, a story about a lawman and a widow tracking a villain after he seizes her gold claim and kidnaps her daughter, to JoAnne Simmons at Barbour, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/28/07 Jaci Burton's DEMON ON THE RUN, a continuation of the Demon Hunter series, in which a demon hunter must find and protect the woman who might hold the key to the ultimate demon power, to Shauna Summers at Bantam Dell, in a very nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency (world English). - Publisher's Lunch 2/26/07 Robin Owen's HEALERS OF HOPE and SINGER FOR A WORLD, the final two books in the Summoning series, featuring average American women Summoned to another dimension to fight invading evil, again to Mary-Theresa Hussey at Harlequin Luna, in a nice ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/26/07 Jami Alden's latest trilogy about three brothers who run a security and private investigation firm with a special knack for finding missing people - those who wait desperately for rescue, and those who would rather not be found, to Hilary Sares at Brava, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/26/07 Marie Bostwick's Comfort and Joy, A HIGH KICKING CHRISTMAS, a novella in this four novella anthology, to Audrey Lafehr at Kensington, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Jill Grosjean at the Jill Grosjean Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/26/07 Sasha White's ASK EVE, centering on a popular advice columnist who starts an online search for her dream man, only to discover a whole new erotic world, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Heat, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/26/07 Author of Make Me a Match and The Sexiest Man Alive Diana Holquist's two new untitled contemporary romances, to Michele Bidelspach at Warner, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (world). Natasha@natashakern.com - Publisher's Lunch 2/26/07 Nadine Dajani's THE PRINCESS COMPLEX AND CUBANISTA, Lebanese multicultural women's fiction author of Fashionably Late, to Paul Stevens at Tor, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in two-book deal, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (world English). - Publisher's Lunch 2/26/07 Two-time RITA finalist Anna Schmidt's untitled NASCAR romance, to Tina Colombo at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World).- Publisher's Lunch 2/26/07
Nancy K. Haddock's LA VIDA VAMPIRE about a surfer-girl vampire who gives ghost tours and becomes entangled in a murder investigation, to Leis Pederson at Berkley, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown at the Brown Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/23/07 Author of I'M THE VAMPIRE, THAT'S WHY and DON'T TALK BACK TO YOUR VAMPIRE Michele Bardsley's next two paranormal romances set in a town where the whole PTA has been turned into vampires, again to Kara Cesare at NAL, by Stephanie Kip Rostan at Levine Greenberg Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 2/21/07 Foreign rights for Women of the Otherworld series author Kelley
Armstrong's YA debut, a trilogy, introducing a girl who is part 'normal'
teenager, part necromancer, to Anne Collins at Random House Canada (for both RH
and Doubleday Canada), by Sarah Heller at the Helen Heller Agency. Author of The Cinderella Pact, Sarah Strohmeyer's three more updated fairy tales for women, again to Trena Keating at Dutton, with Julie Doughty editing, by Heather Schroder at ICM. - Publisher's Lunch 2/17/07 GIRL'S GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT and GIRL'S GUIDE TO SORCERY author
Mindy Klasky's MAGIC AND THE MODERN GIRL, the third in the trio; and two in the
paranormal chick-lit series, SISTERHOOD OF THE LAMP, to Mary-Theresa Hussey of
Red Dress Ink, by Richard Curtis of Richard Curtis Associates. Maura Hamilton's debut SHADES OF PASSION, a paranormal
historical romance with Gothic overtones, and an untitled historical romance, to
Ellen Edwards at NAL, by Evan Marshall at the Evan Marshall Agency (world). Debby Mayne's IF THE DRESS FITS, about a bridal shop owner who faces challenges of the heart when a businessman makes an offer she can't refuse - but must, to JoAnne Simmons at Barbour, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Tamela Hancock Murray of Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/15/07 Kerry Reichs' debut THE BEST DAY OF SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE, following one woman through a year and a half of weddings and changes, looking at friendships, relationships, and family bonds, and at growing up and sometimes growing apart, to Carrie Feron at Avon, by Lisa Grubka at the William Morris Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 2/14/07 Jane Tara's debut FORECAST, about a psychic weatherwoman who
lives with her other-worldly mom and grandmom and falls in love with the very
down-to-earth weatherman she's replacing, to Leah Hultenschmidt at Dorchester,
for publication in November 2007, by Ken Atchity at AEI Literary Management
(NA). Cathryn Fox and Sylvia Day's SPELLBOUND I: MAGIC AND MAYHEM, two intertwined contemporary paranormal novellas about a fantasy lover spell gone awry, again to Lucia Macro at Harper, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Bob Diforio at D4EO Literary Agency for Fox, and by Pamela Harty at The Knight Agency for Day (world). d4eo@optonline.net- Publisher's Lunch 2/13/07 Elizabeth Bevarly, Wendy Warren, Kristin Gabriel, Joanne Rock, Barbara Dunlop, Kathleen O'Reilly, Maggie Price, Ken Casper, Jenna Mills, Loreth Anne White, Margot Early, and Bethany Campbell's twelve novels in a new contemporary romance series set against the backdrop of the Kentucky horseracing community, to Marsha Zinberg and Stacy Boyd at Harlequin, in nice deals ($1 - $49,000) for Bevarly, by Steven Axelrod at The Axelrod Agency; Warren by Laura Blake Peterson at Curtis Brown; Dunlop by Evan Fogelman at Fogelman, Underwood, Perkins & Ralston; O'Reilly by Kim Whalen at Trident Media Group; Price by Pam Hopkins at Hopkins Literary Associates; and Mills by Roberta Brown at the Roberta Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/12/07 Author of SECRET SOCIETY GIRL and the upcoming UNDER THE ROSE Diana Peterfreund's next two books in the series, following an Ivy League senior's spring break on her society's private island, and her final challenges in tapping a new class of knights, graduating from college, and maybe even falling in love, again to Kerri Buckley at Bantam Dell, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 2/12/07 Diane Whiteside's THE BLUE-EYED DEVIL, in which a man's deadly skills are needed to keep an intellectual woman safe in early 1900s Europe after she steals secret plans which could trigger a war, THE ARIZONA DEVIL, where the values of the old west collide with the greedy extravagance of Victorian Newport society during a family feud, and one other historical, to Kate Duffy at Kensington, in a very good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Elaine English of Elaine English Literary (world). - Publisher's Lunch 2/9/07 TREASURE and DAD FOR LIFE author Helen Brenna's new novel for Harlequin's NASCAR series, to Tina Colombo at Harlequin, for publication in May 2008, by Tina Dubois Wexler at ICM (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/9/07 Anne Stuart's untitled novella for Christmas anthology, to Marsha Zinberg at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Jane Dystel at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/8/07 Meljean Brook's DEMON NIGHT, a continuation of her dark, sexy paranormal Guardian series, in which a Guardian and a woman he failed to protect must save her sister from a demon's machinations, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Sensation, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 2/8/07 Two novels in a new vampire thriller series by Patricia Rosemoor and Marc Paoletti in which genetic manipulation, magic, unrequited love, voodoo priestesses, and, of course, vampires come together in an alchemical symphony of blood and desire, to Fleetwood Robbins for Del Rey, by Jennifer Jackson at Donald Maass Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 2/8/07 Eden Bradley, Sydney Croft, and Stephanie Tyler's southern-themed anthology featuring three stories: "The Art of Desire," "Night Vision," and "Shadow Play," to Shauna Summers at Bantam Dell, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/8/07 Linda Wisdom's CURSES, SPOILED AGAIN, about a 700-year-young
banished witch who gets paid to eliminates curses in modern-day LA, until her
former lover, a vampire cop, recruits her to help discover the connection
between missing vampires and a once famous horror film star, to Deb Werksman at
Sourcebooks, plus the first in the Witches Gone Wild series, by Laurie McLean at
Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents (world). Princess Diaries author Meg Cabot's ALLIE FINKLE'S RULES FOR GIRLS series, for readers 8-12, for publication beginning in spring 2008, and two teen trilogies, AIRHEAD and ABANDON, a retelling of the Persephone myth, for publication beginning in 2008 and 2009 respectively, moving to Abigail McAden at Scholastic's Point, by Laura Langlie. - Publisher's Lunch 2/5/07 CJ Lyons's ARRIVALS, about four female emergency room health professionals and the men in their lives, to Shannon Jamieson-Vazquez at Berkley, by Anne Hawkins at John Hawkins & Associates. ahawkins@jhalit.com - Publisher's Lunch 2/2/07 Modean Moon's EVERMORE, A LITTLE PEACE AND QUIET and THE COVENANT, to Vera Nazarian at Norilana Books. - Publisher's Lunch 2/2/07 Yasmine Galenorn's book about the trio of half-human, half-faerie Sisters of the Moon who continue their battle against the demon lord who's out to take over both Earth and Otherworld, to Kate Seaver at Berkley, by Meredith Bernstein. - Publisher's Lunch 2/2/07 Spanish rights to Cherry Adair's EDGE OF DANGER, to Editorial via Magna, by Lara Lea Allen, on behalf of Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 2/1/07 Portuguese rights to Kathryn Caskie's "Royle" series, including HOW TO SEDUCE A DUKE, HOW TO ENGAGE AN EARL, and HOW TO PROPOSE TO A PRINCE, to Nova Cultural in Brazil, by Lara Lea Allen, on behalf of Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 2/1/07 What a Girl Wants author Kristin Billerbeck's THE TROPHY WIVES
CLUB, the story of an unwitting trophy wife who is left with few life skills
that relate to the real world and a sense of amnesia about who she used to be
when her LA producer husband walks out on her, to Cynthia DiTiberio at Avon
Inspire, by Jeana Ledbetter at Yates & Yates. Janice Maynard's LOVE POTION #10, in which three cousins who own a cosmetics shop love to rate the men who come into their shop from one to ten, but when they accidentally create a love potion, each of them finds they have magically snared a #10 of their very own, to Anne Bohner at NAL, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Emily Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 1/31/07 Katherine Garbera's EUROPEAN MILLIONAIRES series, in which a Greek tycoon, a French publishing magnate, and a Spanish aristocrat who attended Oxford together find complications and love with a secret heir, a faux fiancee, and a debutante, 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 1/31/07 Susan Holloway Scott's two untitled books set in the bawdy Restoration court of King Charles II, to Claire Zion at NAL, by Meg Ruley at Jane Rotrosen Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 1/30/07 Writing as MJ King, Monica Jackson's DEAD MAN'S HAND, the first in a debut mystery series featuring a professional poker player who gets mixed up in a rap rivalry, to Glenda Howard at Kimani, in a two-book deal, by Andrea Somberg at Harvey Klinger. - Publisher's Lunch 1/30/07 Michelle Willingham's HER IRISH WARRIOR, a debut, to Joanne Carr at Harlequin Mills & Boon, by Carolyn Grayson at the Ashley Grayson Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/26/07 Leather & Lace and Nebraska Legacy author Diann Mills's AWAKEN
MY HEART, telling the unlikely love story between a 17-year-old wealthy
rancher's daughter and the infamous Mexican rebel leader who is fighting her
father, to Cynthia DiTiberio at Avon Inspire, by Janet Kobobel Grant at Books &
Such Literary Agency. The Brides of the West series author Lori Copeland's SCHOOLMARMS, following three female cousins who become schoolteachers and travel to different parts of the country to support their family back home in Utah, to Cynthia DiTiberio at Avon Inspire, for publication in summer 2008, by Evan Marshall at the Evan Marshall Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 1/25/07 USA Today bestselling author Sue-Ellen Welfonder's LADY FOR A KNIGHT, about a spirited clan heiress whose yearning for passion won't be denied - even when family honor demands she wed the most accursed man in the Highlands, to Karen Kosztolnyik at Warner Forever, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/25/07 Eva Etzioni-Halevy's untitled novel about the biblical Deborah, the third of the author's novels about strong women from the Old Testament who were determined to shape their own lives and destinies, to Ali Bothwell Mancini at Plume, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Judith Riven at Judith Riven Literary Agent (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 1/24/07 Janice Sims's THREE WISHES, in which a young attorney learns the woman who gave her up for adoption is a famous actress; LOVE OVERBOARD, in which a geologist's discovery of oil off the coast of Florida puts her life in jeopardy; and A LITTLE MOONLIGHT, in which a single mother finds herself pursued by two rich, powerful men, to Evette Porter at Kimani, by Sha-Shana Crichton of Crichton & Associates. - Publisher's Lunch 1/23/07 Pat Simmons's GUILTY OF LOVE, about a woman who eventually realizes she can't fix her past mistakes, and God's solution is to dump her guilt on Him, and TALK TO ME, to Urban Christian, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000)(world). - Publisher's Lunch 1/23/07 Cheyenne McCray and Jennifer Ashley's SEDUCTION, to Linda Wisdom at Illusion, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000). - Publisher's Lunch 1/23/07 Selena Montgomery's untitled about high stakes love set in the world of the law, to Erika Tsang at Avon, in a two-book deal, by Marc Gerald at The Agency Group. - Publisher's Lunch 1/22/07 Meta Smith's second Rolexxx Club book,in which Mistrees Ebony finds love, but one client is not happy that his mistress is leaving him, and will stop at nothing to prevent it, plus another untitled novel, to Lauren McKenna at Pocket, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Marc Gerald at The Agency Group. - Publisher's Lunch 1/22/07 Dianne Castell's sexy Savannah-set series, to Kate Duffy for Kensington Brava, in a three-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 1/21/07 Erin Grady's IN CHILL OF THE NIGHT, to Debbie Malone at Mystique, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000).- Publisher's Lunch 1/19/07 Donna Fasano's HINDSIGHT and THE MERRY-GO-ROUND, to Tara Gavin at Harlequin Next, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Evan Marshall at the Evan Marshall Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 1/18/07 Lois Winston's LOVE, LIES, AND A DOUBLE SHOT OF DECEPTION, being charged with your husband's murder sure can be a relationship killer, to Leah Hultenschmidt at Dorchester, by Carolyn Grayson at Ashley Grayson Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/17/07 Roxanne Rustad's SNOW CANYON RANCH series, to Johanna Raisanen at Silhouette Love Inspired, in a three-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 1/16/07 Isabel Mere's ALMOST TAKEN, to Leanne Burroughs at Highland Press. - Publisher's Lunch 1/16/07 Phyllis Campbell's PRETEND I'M YOURS, to Leanne Burroughs at Highland Press. - Publisher's Lunch 1/16/07 Marcia King-Gamble's fourth romance in her Flamingo Beach series and two more romances in a new series featuring a life coach, to Mavis Allen at Kimani, by Amy Moore-Benson of AMB Literary Management (world). - Publisher's Lunch 1/16/07 Roxanne Rustad's SNOW CANYON RANCH series to Johanna Raisanen for Silhouette Love Inspired Suspense, in a three-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 1/16/07 Cynthia Owens's IN SUNSHINE OR IN SHADOW, to Leanne Burroughs at Highland Press. - Publisher's Lunch 1/16/07 Kathleen Dante's DREAMWALKER, featuring an incubus assassin and a shapeshifter master thief, along with a second paranormal erotic romance, to Leis Pederson for Berkley Heat, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 1/14/07 Eden Bradley's THE PRINCIPLES OF LUST, about a sociology professor who teaches a course in Alternative Sexuality, but never dares to explore her own desires until she begins an affair with one of her students; along with EXOTICA: Seven Days of Kama Sutra & Nine Days of Arabian Nights, about two women who reaffirm an old friendship while they each explore their most secret desires at an exclusive fantasy resort for women, to Shauna Summers at Bantam Dell, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/12/07 Deb Marlowe's debut SCANDALOUS LORD, REBELLIOUS MISS, to Maddie
Rowe at Harlequin Mills & Boon, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Pam Ahearn at
The Ahearn Agency (world). USA Today bestselling authors Angela Knight, Diane Whiteside, Emma Holly, and Lora Leigh's paranormal novellas for Beyond the Dark anthology, to Cindy Hwang for Berkley Sensation, by Elaine English of the Elaine English Literary Agency and Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 1/9/07 66 LAPS author and MOMMY WARS contributor Leslie Lehr's WELCOME TO CLUB DIVORCE, which explores the darkly comic side of a world in which the media dubs divorce an "epidemic," divorce parties are the new trend, and 14 million American divorced women find the second act of their lives to be worth celebrating, to Danielle Chiotti at Kensington, by Mollie Glick at the Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/8/07 Geneva Holliday's HEAT, the third in a series (from an author of literary fiction writing under a pseudonym) that explores the bedroom antics and the busy New York lives of four girlfriends as they face situations too hot to handle, to Phyllis Grann at Broadway, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $100,000), by Marly Rusoff at Marly Rusoff & Associates (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 1/2/07 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Dakota Cassidy's THE ACCIDENTAL WEREWOLF, about a multi-level cosmetics sales woman who finds herself accidentally bitten by a werewolf while walking her poodle Muffin, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 12/26/06 Francis Ray's SECRET SINS, in which a group of widows deal with
the possibility of new love and hot flashes to Monique Patterson at St.
Martin's, by Elaine Koster of the Elaine Koster Agency (NA). Lisa Renee Jones's HARD AND FAST, to Wanda Ottewell at Harlequin B, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). natasha@natashakern.com - Publisher's Lunch 12/20/06 Bonnie Vanak's THE SCORPION AND THE SEDUCER, with exotic Egyptian characters and setting, a sequel to The Panther and the Pyramid, to Chris Keeslar at Dorchester, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). natasha@natashakern.com - Publisher's Lunch 12/20/06 Anna Schmidt's LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE, set in turn-of-the-century
Nantucket, to Melissa Endlich at Harlequin Love Inspired, in a nice deal ($1 -
$49,000), by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (NA). Lisa Mondello's CRADLE OF SECRETS, about about a woman who returns to a small New England town to find the truth about whether her parents were murdered after she finds out through DNA testing that she was adopted, to Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in November 2007, by Michelle Grajkowski of Three Seas Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/20/06 Michele Dunaway's PICTURE PERFECT, SWEET SENSATIONS, and
EDUCATING HANK, to Beverly Sotolov at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000),
by Jessica Faust at BookEnds. Veronica Wolff's LORD OF THE HOUNDS, pitched as in the venerable tradition of Diana Gabaldon, the story of a highland laird and a disenchanted 21st century dot-commer who is accidentally transported back in time while vacationing in Scotland, and a second untitled time travel romance, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a pre-empt, by Stephanie Kip Rostan at Levine Greenberg Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 12/19/06 Kate Brallier's THE BOUNDLESS DEEP, a paranormal romance centered around the whaling industry and set in both the present day and 1840s Nantucket, and an untitled second paranormal novel, to Melissa Ann Singer at Tor, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Kay McCauley. - Publisher's Lunch 12/19/06 Jessica Holter's THE PUNANY POETS: Verbal Penetration, a
collection of erotic poetry whose sensuality and AIDS awareness themes make
sexual safety an intimate experience, and THE PUNANY EXPERIENCE, to Zane at
Strebor Books, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Paul Levine at Paul S. Levine
Literary Agency (world). Bonnie Vanak's EMPATH, in which a veterinarian is a
gentle-natured creature until she is seduced by an embittered warrior werewolf
who has to mate with her and turn her into a killer to destroy the shapeshifters
stalking his pack, to Ann Leslie Tuttle at Harlequin Nocturne, in a nice deal
($1 - $49,000), by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (world). Michelle Yu and Blossom Kan's TRADING CHOPSTICKS, sequels to
their debut China Dolls, to Diana Szu at Thomas Dunne Books, in a nice deal ($1
- $49,000), by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World English). Paperback rights to 2006 Rita nominee Lyn Cote's TEXAS: Star of Destiny historical trilogy, which follows three women through the rough-and-tumble world of 19th century colonial Texas, plus reprint rights to her Blessed Assurance trilogy for a new 3-in-1 anthology, to Cynthia DiTiberio at Avon Inspire, in a very nice deal $50,000 - $99,000), by Danielle Egan-Miller at Browne & Miller Literary Associates (world English). danielle@browneandmiller.com - Publisher's Lunch 12/13/06 Turkish novelist Hande Zapsu's IN YOUR MIND, in which a Russian born debutante hides her gift of telepathy until she meets an unlikely suitor and evokes in him emotions he thought were long lost, and he soon realizes that courting a telepath will be a far greater challenge than apprehending a murderous fiend, to Carrie Feron at Avon, by Alexis Hurley at Inkwell Management (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 12/12/06 Alayne Silver's AND THEN: THE TRUE NAOMI STORY, charting the stellar rise of a New York rock chick, from waiting tables in the East Village to becoming an international icon, to Catherine Cobain at Little Black Dress, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal (World). - Publisher's Lunch 12/12/06 NYT bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries three new Regency
romances in her School for Heiresses series, to Micki Nuding at Pocket, in a
significant deal ($251,000 - $499,000), by Pam Ahearn (World). Hope Tarr's ROMANCING BECKY STONE, to Brenda Chin at Harlequin
Blaze, in a nice deal ($1 - $49.000), in a three-book deal, for publication in
late 2007. NYT bestselling author Julie Garwood's three more novels, beginning with an historical novel set in Scotland, again to Linda Marrow at Ballantine, by Andrea Cirillo of the Jane Rotrosen Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 12/11/06 NYT bestselling author JoAnn Ross's SHATTERED, the first in a trilogy featuring military heroes in southern romantic suspense novels about reunion, redemption, and danger, to Kara Welsh and Laura Cifelli at NAL, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), in a three-book deal, by Robin Rue at Writers House (world). - Publisher's Lunch 12/8/06 Stacey Kayne's western historical romance, MAVERICK WILD, to Linda Fildew at Harlequin Historicals, in a two-book deal, by Kim Lionetti at BookEnds. - Publisher's Lunch 12/8/06 Gail Dayton's THE ETERNAL ROSE, third book of the Rose trilogy,
to Paula Guran to Juno, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Elaine English (world English). Marisa Mackle's CONFESSIONS OF AN AIR HOSTESS, to Catherine Cobain at Little Black Dress, in a nice deal (World). - Publisher's Lunch 12/5/06 Marjorie Liu's THE IRON HUNT, one of three books in the Hunter
Kiss series of dark, sexy urban fantasies featuring a woman of unique powers
whose body is covered in living tattoos Susan Krinard's three new paranormal romances, to Tracy Farrell for HQN, with Leslie Wainger editing, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Lucienne Diver of Spectrum Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/4/06 Charlotte Mede's debut erotic historical, UNCONTROLLABLE, in
which a Da Vinci Code-like hunt for the formula of the 19th-century's most
sought after new weapon Sarah Elliott next two books in her historical Regency series,
again to Jessica Alvarez at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Laura
Langlie at Laura Langlie. Cheryl Wyatt's debut A SOLDIER'S PROMISE, in which a USAF Pararescue Jumper teams with a teacher of special needs students to make dreams come true for a child with cancer, to Melissa Endlich at Steeple Hill Love Inspired, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/1/06 Jill Amy Rosenblatt's THE JENNIFER PROJECT, a humorous, do-it-yourself Cinderella tale about a Plain Jane who decides to develop a glamorous "Jennifer persona" only to find that with love wish fulfillment is never easy, to Danielle Chiotti at Kensington, in a two-book deal, by Agnes Birnbaum at Bleecker Street Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 12/1/06 Writer/producer Jessica Brody's debut THE FIDELITY INSPECTOR, about a sexy woman hired by the rich to test their spouses of the intention to cheat and the problems her alter-ego causes in her everyday life, to Jennifer Weis at Griffin, by Elizabeth Fisher at the Levine Greenberg Literary Agency (world). christina.harcar@stmartins.com - Publisher's Lunch 11/29/06 German rights to Kathryn Caskie's HOW TO SEDUCE A DUKE, HOW TO ENGAGE AN EARL, and HOW TO PROPOSE TO A PRINCE, to Maria Duerig at Blanvalet, by Lara Lea Allen, on behalf of Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 11/29/06 Japanese rights to Cherry Adair's EDGE OF DANGER, EDGE OF FEAR, and EDGE OF DARKNESS, to Random House Kodansha, by Miko Yamanouchi of Japan Uni, on behalf of Lara Lea Allen and Kimberly Whalen of Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 11/29/06 Catherine Parker's debut FORTUNE'S DAUGHTER, following a French noblewoman as she enters Marie Antoinette's court, survives the Revolution, and falls in love with a member of the new revolutionary government, to Julie Doughty at Dutton, at auction, by Stephanie Cabot at The Gernert Company (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 11/28/06 Christie Craig's two more light romantic suspense novels, to Chris Keeslar at Dorchester, by Kim Lionetti of BookEnds. - Publisher's Lunch 11/28/06 Christy Award-nominated author of Chateau of Echoes Siri L. Mitchell's WHITE ILLUSIONS, a Cinderella story in reverse, as a beautiful woman uses poisonous lead-based paint to turn herself into an ugly duckling in order to further her husband's position in the court of a vain Queen Elizabeth, to David Long at Bethany House, by Beth Jusino at Alive Communications (world). - Publisher's Lunch 11/28/06 Christie Craig's DIVORCED, DESPERATE & DELICIOUS, to Chris
Keeslar at Dorchester, by Kim Lionetti of BookEnds. Anya Bast, Jodi Lynn Copeland, Lauren Dane and Kit Tunstall's
WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS..., a contemporary erotic romance anthology featuring four
connected novellas set in Sin City, to Susan Pezzack for Harlequin Spice, in a
nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (World). Kate Pearce's SCANDALOUS, in which a man's sordid past as a Turkish slave threatens both his business and his marriage unless his wife can embrace his carnal depths and accept him for the man he truly is, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 11/27/06 Author of A Darker Crimson Carolyn Jewel's MAGELLAN'S WITCH,
set in a world where human magic users and demons are on the brink of disastrous
conflict, moving to Melanie Murray at Warner Forever, in a two-book deal, at
auction, by Kristin Nelson of the Nelson Literary Agency (World). NYT bestselling author Mary B. Morrison's WHEN SOMEBODY LOVES YOU BACK, to Selena James at Dafina, by Andrew Stuart of The Stuart Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 11/17/06 Mari Walker's FALLING THRU THE CRACK, about a young, Christian mother of three in the middle of a divorce who is plunged into a world of drugs, sex, and violence when reunited with an old high school crush, to Monique Patterson at St. Martin's, in a two-book deal, by Stephanie Lehmann at the Elaine Koster Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 11/17/06 Jennifer Stevenson's SEX FILES #3, third in the forthcoming
series beginning with The Brass Bed, about an English lord bound to a brass bed
by a witch's curse until he satisfies 100 women Linda Castillo's SWORN TO SILENCE, which centers around a series of shocking murders taking place in Amish country, the female cop (who is one of the tiny percentage of Amish who leave the faith) investigating them, and the contrast between the Amish and 'English' communities, to Charles Spicer at Minotaur, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Nancy Yost at Lowenstein-Yost (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 11/16/06 The Diamond PlayGirls (Daaimah S. Poole; Miasha; Deja King; and T. Styles) anthology BROWNSTONE AFFAIRS, four connected stories featuring African-American women pitched as "reminiscent of Sex and the City," to Audrey LaFehr at Kensington, by Karen Quinones Miller of Liza Dawson Associates. - Publisher's Lunch 11/15/06 WHEN LIGHT BREAKS and BETWEEN THE TIDES author Patti Callahan Henry's next two novels, to Ellen Edwards at NAL, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 11/15/06 NYT bestselling author Cherry Adair's next paranormal suspense trilogy, to Charlotte Herscher at Ballantine, in a significant deal ($251,000 - $499,000), by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 11/15/06 Melody Knight's IN TRYSTS, in which an uncompromising spy encounters a notorious felon, it doesn't take him long to realize that he wants her, even though none of his reasons are legal, to Barbara Perfetti at Linden Bay Romance, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000)(World). - Publisher's Lunch 11/14/06 Cara Lockwood's SOUTHERN FRIED OMENS, about a women who is best known for her chicken-fried steak recipe until her husband is murdered by a demon and she discovers that she has a higher calling - to save the world from a pop culture anti-Christ - while meanwhile convincing the county's sexy sheriff that she isn't a murderer, again to Lauren McKenna at Pocket, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 11/14/06 Anna Pasternak's DAISY DOOLEY DOES DIVORCE, the novelization of
the author's Daily Mail column, a humorous tale of post-divorce friendships and
search for love by Daisy Dooley, who believes that 'the only thing worse than
being 39 and single is to be 39 and divorced,' to Caryn Karmatz-Rudy at 5 Spot,
by Mal Peachey at Essential Works (NA). Washington Post columnist Abigail Trafford's WHEN I'M 64, the follow-up to MY TIME, which explores and defines the new stages in marriage, love, romance, and separation in life's "bonus decades," to Jo Ann Miller at Basic, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Gail Ross at Gail Ross Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 11/13/06 Pamela Tracy's BROKEN BONES, featuring an ex-con, a female police officer, and a sheriff who is a cross between Burt Reynolds and Jackie Gleason, to Krista Stoever at Steeple Hill Love Inspired, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Steve Laube of the Steve Laube Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 11/13/06 Linda Castillo's SWORN TO SILENCE, about a series of murders in Amish country and an Amish policewoman, to Charles Spicer at St. Martin's, for six figures, at auction, for three books, for publication beginning in 2008, by Nancy Yost at Lowenstein-Yost (world). - Publisher's Lunch 11/10/06 Claudia Gray's EVERNIGHT, a teen vampire romance series set at the Evernight Academy, to Clarissa Hutton at Harper Children's, by Diana Fox at Writers House (World). - Publisher's Lunch 11/9/06 Katie Alender's debut THE GIRL LEAST LIKELY, a paranormal romance about a fifteen-year-old loner and the unlikely allies she is forced to team up with when she discovers her younger sister is possessed by the vengeful spirits that haunt their gothic home, to Margaret Cardillo at Hyperion Children's, in a pre-empt, by Matthew Elblonk at Collins Literary (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 11/9/06 Beth Paige's JESSICA'S GUIDE TO DATING ON THE DARK SIDE, in which an adopted American teenager gets a big shock when she discovers that she's not only descended from Eastern European vampires, but that she's also betrothed to a "totally hot" royal Romanian bloodsucker who has arrived at her high school as a foreign exchange student, to Liz Van Doren at Harcourt, at auction, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), in a two-book deal, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World). hb@cornerstoneliterary.com - Publisher's Lunch 11/9/06 SLAVE TO SENSATION author Nalini Singh's untitled Christmas novella set in the Psy universe, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Sensation, for publication in a December 2007 anthology, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Nephele Tempest at The Knight Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 11/9/06 JLaurie Brown's HUNDREDS OF YEARS TO REFORM A RAKE, in which a modern paranormal researcher matches wits with the ghost of a Regency rake during a journey that challenges each of their preconceived notions of time, life and love, to Deb Werksman of Sourcebooks, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Lucienne Diver of Spectrum Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 11/8/06 Michelle McKinney Hammond's PLAYING GOD, her second novel after The Last Ten Percent, examining the spiritual and relationship lives of a diverse group of women, and advice book LIFE LESSONS LEARNED FROM A DIVA'S BEST FRIEND, sharing what her dog Milan has taught her about faithfulness, singleness, and more, to LaRae Weikert at Harvest House, by Beth Jusino at Alive Communications (world). - Publisher's Lunch 11/7/06 Donna Hill's ON THE LINE: Confessions of A Talk Show Host, a compilation novel from contributing authors, Anna Dennis, Vincent Alexandria, Venise Berry, Tracy Price Thompson, and Nicole Bailey Williams, among others, to Harlequin Sepia, for publication in late 2007. - Publisher's Lunch 11/2/06 RWA Hall of Fame inductee and NYT bestselling author Jodi Thomas's TWISTED CREEK, to Christine Zika at Berkley, in a good deal, in a two-book deal, by Gail Fortune of the Talbot Fortune Agency (NA). gailfortune@talbotfortuneagency.com - Publisher's Lunch 11/2/06 Jordan Summers's RED, a post-apocolyptic paranormal suspense based on the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood", in which the Big Bad Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood are the same character; FULL MOON RISING and BLOOD JUSTICE, to Anna Genoese at Tor, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Jenny Rappaport of the L. Perkins Agency (World English). jrlperkinsagency@yahoo.com - Publisher's Lunch 11/2/06 Megan Hart's THEN AND NOW, erotic paranormal about a lost love refound, to Susan Pezzack at Harlequin Spice, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Mary Louise Schwartz at the Belfrey Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 11/1/06 NYT bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub's two more suspense novels, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, by Laura Blake Peterson at Curtis Brown (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 11/1/06 Daaimah S. Poole's ALL I WANT IS EVERYTHING, about a young African-American woman who puts her singing career on hold to take care of her family, and comes to regret the decision, to Audrey LaFehr at Kensington, in a six-figure deal, in a three-book deal, by Karen Quinones Miller in her first deal at Liza Dawson Associates. - Publisher's Lunch 10/31/06 NYT bestselling author Carly Phillips three more novels, to Dianne Moggy at HQN, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), by Robert Gottlieb of the Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 10/31/06 Bestselling authors Janet Evanovich and Stephen J. Cannell's new hardcover adventure series about the exploits of a Special Force veteran, based in Orange County, beginning with NO CHANCE, to Jamie Raab at Warner, with Beth De Guzman editing, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), for two books, for publication beginning in fall 2007, by Robert Gottlieb at Trident Media Group (NA).- Publisher's Lunch 10/31/06 Linda Lael Miller's next few novels, to Dianne Moggy at Harlequin, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), by Irene Goodman at Irene Goodman Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 10/30/06 NYT bestselling author Mary B. Morrison's three untitled novels of erotica, to be written under the pseudonym Honey B., to Karen Thomas at Warner, in a significant deal ($251,000 - $499,000), by Andrew Stuart at The Stuart Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 10/30/06 Diana Groe's SILK DREAMS, to Leah Hultenschmidt at Dorchester Leisure, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Vivian Beck at the Vivian Beck Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 10/30/06 Lyn Randal's TEMPTED BY INNOCENCE, to Maddie Rowe at Harlequin Mills & Boon, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Vivian Beck at the Vivian Beck Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 10/30/06 Jane Porter's FLIRTING WITH FORTY, a coming of-middle-age story
of a woman who is not ready to give up on life and love when her husband leaves
her and the kids, so she goes to Hawaii and has a fling with her surf
instructor, optioned to Sony Pictures, for producer Lucy Mukurjee, in a good
deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Irene Webb Literary on behalf of Karen Solem
Books Debra Clopton's OPERATION: MARRIED BY CHRISTMAS, about a
runaway bride and the matchmakers of the town who hatch a plan to marry her off
to the man who broke her heart ten years earlier, to Krista Stroever at Steeple
Hill, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Joyce Hart at Hartline Literary Agency
(world). Women of Faith Novel of the Year's Reconstructing Natalie Laura Jensen Walker's THE PAPERBACK GIRLS (ADVENTURE) CLUB, when a book club decides to try the adventures they read about in their books, watch out!; DARING CLEMENTINE, BECCA BY THE BOOK, and TURNING THE PAIGE, to Andy Meisenheimer at Zondervan, by Beth Jusino at Alive Communications (world). - Publisher's Lunch 10/25/06 Barnes and Noble Discover Award winner Lenore Hart's BECKY, which imagines the "true" story of Becky Thatcher, Tom Sawyer's sweetheart and companion, past her days of adventure with Huck and Tom, into her years as a young mother on the frontier and beyond, to Hilary Rubin at St. Martin's, by Christine Earle at ICM (World). cearle@icmtalent.com - Publisher's Lunch 10/25/06 NYT bestselling author of THE SADDLEMAKER'S WIFE Earlene Fowler's LOVE MERCY, about three generations of California women living on the central coast, and STATE FAIR, the next installment in her long-running Agatha-award winning mystery series, to Christine Zika at Berkley, in a significant deal ($251,000 - $499,000), by Ellen Geiger at the Frances Goldin Literary Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 10/25/06 Russian and Italian rights to Dee Davis's A MATCH MADE ON MADISON, to Mir Knigui and Sperling, respectively, by Lara Lea Allen, on behalf of Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 10/24/06 Monica McKayhan's inspirational romance, about a father who finds himself involved in an unexpected relationship during a complicated custody battle, to Evette Porter at Kimani, in a nice two-book deal ($1 - $49,000), by Pamela Harty of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 10/24/06 Kirkus Reviews editor Elaine Szewczyk's debut, I'M WITH STUPID,
a comic novel set in South Africa and New York involving three friends whose
lives are complicated by an inept park ranger, an heir to a tube sock fortune,
and a cheating fiance, to Caryn Karmatz-Rudy for Warner 5 Spot, in a nice deal
($1 - $49,000), by Jeff Kellogg at Pavilion Literary Management (world). JULIE AND ROMEO author Jeanne Ray's THE SAME MAN TWICE, in which a re-married college professor's life is thrown into turmoil, to Shaye Areheart at Shaye Areheart Books, by Lisa Bankoff at ICM (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 10/23/06 Karin Tabke's WICKED, a sexy historical, to Lauren McKenna at Pocket, in a two-book deal, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (world). - Publisher's Lunch 10/23/06 USA TODAY bestselling author Jon Salem's TAN LINES, described as a 21st century Valley of the Dolls, and the follow-up BIKINI WAX, to Jennifer Weis at St. Martin's, in a pre-empt, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (World). - Publisher's Lunch 10/23/06 Susan Minot's new novel, a love story, to Jordan Pavlin at Knopf, for publication in 2009, by Georges Borchardt at Georges Borchardt (NA). UK rights to Fourth Estate. - Publisher's Lunch 10/22/06 Robin Miller writing as Robin Caroll's BAYOU BURNING, involving
voodoo, multiple murder suspects, and a long-standing family vendetta, in which
ex-lovers must work together to prove their innocence before the real murderer
targets them, to Krista Stroever at Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense, by
Kelly Mortimer of the Mortimer Literary Agency. PC Cast's first two books in her new dark paranormal series, which focuses on a supernatural investigative team that deals with the underbelly of paranormal activities in a world much like ours, except when things go bump in the night, they do a lot more than simply make noise, to Mary Theresa Hussey at Nocturne, by Meredith Bernstein. - Publisher's Lunch 10/19/06 UK TV producer Jane Fallon's GETTING RID OF MATTHEW, about a long-suffering mistress who finally decides it's time to dump her married lover and get on with her life; pitched for fans of Lizy Buchan, Jane Green, and Jennifer Weiner, to Ellen Archer and Pamela Dorman at Voice, by Jonny Geller at Curtis Brown UK (US). - Publisher's Lunch 10/18/06 Jane Lockwood's CHAINED, an exotic erotic historical romance, to Laura Cifelli at NAL, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Lucienne Diver at Spectrum Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 10/17/06 Therese Fowler's SOUVENIR, pitched as "in the tradition of
Nicholas Spark's The Notebook, paired with the family drama of Jodi Picoult," to
Linda Marrow at Ballantine, at auction, by Wendy Sherman at Wendy Sherman
Associates. Author of WALKING WEST and THE SHOPKEEPER'S WIFE Noelle Sickels'
THE MEDIUM, set against a backdrop of home front sacrifices and romances during
World War II, featuring a young heroine who must come to grips with her
exceptional ability to foresee the future, to John Helfers at Tekno, by Jeffery
McGraw at The August Agency (world English). Janet Evanovich's next two Stephanie Plum novels, #13 and #14 in the series, to Headline, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), by Claire Roberts and Robert Gottlieb at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 10/12/06 Cydney Rax's HOW TO BE HIS NUMBER ONE, about an unlucky-in-love woman and her gorgeous friend, who is always able to snag the guys she wants, and who tries to help her friend seduce her dream guy, to Lindsey Moore at Crown, by Claudia Menza at the Menza-Barron Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 10/11/06 Caitlin Kittredge's NIGHT LIFE, in which a homicide detective
is a werewolf without a pack, but she has bigger things to worry about,
including the string of ritual murders in her precinct, a too-hot-to-be-trusted
werewolf pack leader, and her out-of-control moonphase that may cost her her
job, her sanity... or her life, to Rose Hilliard at St. Martin's, by Rachel
Vater at Lowenstein-Yost (NA). Brenda Novak's next romantic suspense trilogy, to Margaret Marbury at Mira, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (world). - Publisher's Lunch 10/11/06 Stephanie Bond's next two books in her humorous mystery series BODY MOVERS, about a hip single woman who works for Neiman Marcus by day and moves bodies from crime scenes by night, to Margaret Marbury and Brenda Chin at Mira, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (world). - Publisher's Lunch 10/11/06 Attorney Lisa Landolt's HUNT CLUB, about a group that
guarantees a young woman they will get her any man she wants - but the FBI wants
to know how far will these women go, to Lucia Macro at Avon, in a nice deal ($1
- $49,000), by Janet Benrey at Hartline Literary Agency. Tami Hoag's KILL THE MESSENGER, optioned to Mark Bethea and Grant Turck of Velocity Entertainment for feature film development, by Andrea Cirillo at the Jane Rotrosen Agency.- Publisher's Lunch 10/6/06 Jana DeLeon's UNLUCKY, a humorous romance/mystery hybrid where
a voodoo-cursed-into-bad-luck Poker card "cooler" gambles her future and her
heart on a sexy undercover FBI agent, to Leah Hultenschmidt at Dorchester, in a
nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Kristin Nelson of the Nelson Literary Agency (NA). Two new novels by NYT bestseller Susan Elizabeth Phillips,
again to Carrie Feron at William Morrow, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), for
seven figures, by Steven Axelrod at The Axelrod Agency (world English). Stephanie Tyler's Navy SEAL trilogy, HARDER TO BREATHE, HARD TO HANDLE and HARD TO HOLD, in which three brothers are forced to reveal their secrets to the women they love, to Shauna Summers for Bantam Dell, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 10/5/06 Gail Crease's INTERLUDE, about a successful lawyer's journey to a remote island in the Pacific Northwest to look for a missing woman, and to find the courage to start a new life after a brutal mugging tears her old one apart, to Brenda Chin and Tara Gavin for Harlequin Next, by Sally Harding at The Harding Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 10/3/06 Charlotte Hughes' WHAT LOOKS LIKE CRAZY, featuring a cast of odd Southerners, to Christine Zika at Berkley, for six figures, in a two-book deal, by Al Zuckerman at Writers House (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 10/2/06 RITA award-winner Beth Pattillo's THE SWEETGUM KNIT LIT SOCIETY, in which five women find faith and healing through their knitting and their novels, to Dudley Delffs at WaterBrook Press, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2008, by Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 9/28/06 Laura Caldwell's RED HOT LIES, featuring a sassy, redheaded trial lawyer who turns to sleuthing when her fiance disappears on the same day her big client is killed, to Margaret Marbury at Mira, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), in a three-book deal, by Maureen Walters at Curtis Brown. - Publisher's Lunch 9/26/06 Syrie James's THE LOST MEMOIRS OF JANE AUSTEN, written in a modernized Jane Austen style that weaves fact and fiction together seamlessly, and in which Jane Austen meets Mr. Ashford, falls in love, and has just the relationship her legions of fans and readers might wish for the beloved spinster, to Lucia Macro at Avon, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), at auction, by Tamar Ellman at the Laura Dail Literary Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 9/25/06 Lucinda Betts's SHE BEAST, an anthology of erotic romances where each story features a woman shape shifter; HORSE PLAY, a single-author, paranormal erotic romance anthology; and MYTHOS, a multi-authored, paranormal erotic romance anthology, to Hilary Sares at Kensington Aphrodisia, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Faith Hamlin at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 9/25/06 NYT bestselling author Lynsay Sands's three untitled historical romances, to Erika Tsang at Avon, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Jenny Bent at Trident Media Group (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 9/22/06 Wendy Nelson Tokunaga's MIDORI BY MOONLIGHT, which follows the misadventures of a Japanese Bridget Jones who has escaped the straitjacket society of Japan to start a new life in San Francisco, only to find that her American Dream isn't all it's cracked up to be, to Jennifer Weis at St. Martin's, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Marly Rusoff at Marly Rusoff & Associates (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 9/22/06 Marjorie M. Liu's four untitled paranormal romance novels, to Chris Keeslar at Dorchester Leisure, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Lucienne Diver of Spectrum Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/21/06 Deidre Knight's PARALLEL PURSUIT, the next paranormal romance the Parallel Series, to Anne Bohner at NAL, by Pamela Harty of The Knight Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 9/21/06 Doreen Rainey's FOOLISH PRIDE, about an unlikely couple who team up to stop their siblings from marrying, only to find themselves fighting their own attraction, to Evette Porter at Kimani, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Pamela Harty of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/21/06 Maxine Billing's IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH, the sequel to The Breaking Point, in which a couple will see just how strong their marriage is when the husband is faced with a serious health condition, again to Glenda Howard at Kimani, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-boo | |