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Thursday, November 23, 2006



Latest Women's/Romance Publishing News

Per Publishers Lunch

NYT bestselling author Cherry Adair's next paranormal suspense trilogy, to Charlotte Herscher at Ballantine, in a significant deal, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA).

WHEN LIGHT BREAKS and BETWEEN THE TIDES author Patti Callahan Henry's next two novels, to Ellen Edwards at NAL, in a good deal, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA).

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 wose 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). Foreign rights to Frauke Brodd at Diana Verlag in Germany, in a very nice deal; Sander Verheijen at Uniboek in Holland; and Giovanna Canton at Sonzogno in Italy, in a pre-empt.

NYT bestselling author Mary B. Morrison's WHEN SOMEBODY LOVES YOU BACK, to Selena James at Dafina, by Andrew Stuart of The Stuart Agency.

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, by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency (World).

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, by Steve Laube of the Steve Laube Agency (world).

Stephanie Rowe's HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME HOT, for the Immortally Sexy paranormal romance series, to Melanie Murray at Warner Forever, in a two-book deal, for publication spring 2007, by Michelle Grajkowski at 3 Seas Literary Agency (world).

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 (World).

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.

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).

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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