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Friday, May 19, 2006



Latest Women's/Romance Publishing News

Per Publishers Lunch

Music executive and former Chicago Bulls cheerleader Erika Kendrick's ROOKIE: Confessions of a Professional Cheerleader, a chick lit tale of a hip hop executive who dumps her cheating fiance, swears off men, and follows her shrink's advice by following a childhood dream of trying out for a place on the squad of the Chicago Diamonds' cheerleaders, and immediately has in fraternizing with the team, plus a second book, APPETITE, to Melody Guy at Ballantine/One World, in a very nice deal, for publication in spring 2007, by Stephany Evans at the Imprint Agency.
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Tess Mallory's HIGHLANDER'S SONG, in which a woman takes her dream trip to Scotland and discovers an ancient artifact that sends her back in time and into the arms of a handsome Scottish outlaw, to Kate Seaver for Berkley Sensation, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown at Brown Literary Agency (World).
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Brenda Minton's THE STRONGEST CORD, about a woman who escaped Oklahoma for a new life, but thirteen years later she returns, a stalker hot on her heels, to John Helfers at Tekno Books, in a nice deal, by Janet Benrey at Hartline Literary Agency. Janet@hartlineliterary.com

Phillipa Ashley's DECENT EXPOSURE, about a woman escaping her PR job for a quiet life and finding love in the process, to Cat Cobain for Little Black Dress, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal, by Broo Doherty for Wade & Doherty (World).
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C.C. Harrison's THE CHARMSTONE, in which a misfit socialite on a mission to fulfill a last request of her believed to be deceased father, to John Helfers at Five Star, by Stephany Evans at Imprint Agency. imprintagency@earthlink.net

Julie Lessman's CHASING AFTER THE WIND, an inspiring saga of an Irish family on the brink of war and a young girl on the brink of womanhood, to Lonnie Hull DuPont at Revell/Baker Books, in a three-book deal, by Natasha Kern. natasha@natashakern.com

Jamie Leigh Hansen's BETRAYED, about a contemporary heroine who has been murdered nine times trying for a thousand years to save her lover who has been imprisoned as a statue -- and must release a curse and outwit the villain to have a hope for one life together at last, to Anna Genoese at Tor, in a two-book deal, by Natasha Kern.
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Anna Schmidt's SEASONS, to Beverly Solotov at Harlequin Everlasting, in a nice deal, by Natasha Kern.
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The Key
"nice deal" $1 - $49,000
"very nice deal" $50,000 - $99,000
"good deal" $100,000 - $250,000
"significant deal" $251,000 - $499,000
"major deal" $500,000 and up

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