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Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Latest Women's/Romance Publishing News
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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, in a three-book deal, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency (world).
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).
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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
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).
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Latest Women's/Romance Publishing NewsPer Publishers Lunch Susan Mallery's four new contemporary romances, to Tara Parsons at Harlequin's HQN, in a significant deal, by Annelise Robey at Jane Rotrosen Agency (world). 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, in a two-book deal, by Annelise Robey at Jane Rotrosen Agency (World). 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). 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. 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, by Lucienne Diver of Spectrum Literary Agency (NA). Operation G-Spot author Jodi Lynn Copeland's two contemporary erotic romances, to Hilary Sares at Kensington Aphrodisia, in a nice deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world). 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 Labels: Publishers Lunch
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Sunday, May 20, 2007
Latest Women's/Romance Publishing NewsPer Publishers Lunch 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, by Meredith Bernstein at Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency. Kate Douglas's WOLF TALES VII, WOLF TALES VIII, WOLF TALES IX, to Audrey LaFehr at Kensington Aphrodisia, in a very nice deal, by Jessica Faust at BookEnds. jfaust@bookends-inc.com Phyllis Schieber's THE SINNER'S GUIDE TO CONFESSION, about three women, best friends who all have their secrets from one another -- and everyone else, and as their stories unfold, dreams will be shattered, truths revealed, and lives unalterably changed, to Leslie Gelbman and Jackie Cantor at Berkley, for publication in summer 2008, plus the first paperback publication of Schieber's first novel, Willing Spirits (1998), by Harvey Klinger at Harvey Klinger (NA).
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).
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, for two books, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world).
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.
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.
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Sharon Cullars Coffee Talk at 5/20/2007 07:17:00 PM
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Monday, May 14, 2007
Latest Women's/Romance Publishing NewsPer Publishers Lunch Susan Sizemore's three new vampire romances, to Micki Nuding at Pocket, in a very good deal, by Ethan Ellenberg of the Ethan Ellenberg Agency (world). 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 Cathy Yardley's TURNING JAPANESE, 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). 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, by Natasha Kern of the Natasha Kern Literary Agency (world). 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). 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. 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 Labels: Publishers Lunch
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Monday, May 07, 2007
Latest Women's/Romance Publishing NewsPer Publishers Lunch 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, in a two-book deal, by Nephele Tempest at The Knight Agency (NA). 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). 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).
Karin Tabke's next two books in her erotic suspense series, to Lauren McKenna at Pocket, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA).
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, by Nephele Tempest at The Knight Agency (World).
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, by Bob Diforio at D4EO Literary Agency (World).
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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).
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, in a two-book deal, by Joyce A. Hart at Hartline Literary Agency (World).
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Monday, April 30, 2007
Latest Women's/Romance Publishing NewsPer Publishers Lunch 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. 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, in a two-book deal, by Kim Lionetti at BookEnds (world). Julia Templeton's HIGHLAND BRIDE, continuing with characters first introduced in THE BARGAIN, to Leis Pederson at Berkley Heat, in a nice deal, by Kim Lionetti at BookEnds. 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 Labels: Publishers Lunch
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Sunday, April 22, 2007
Latest Women's/Romance Publishing NewsPer Publishers Lunch 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, by Steve Axelrod at The Axelrod Agency (NA). steve@axelrodagency.com 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). Delta Dupree's DANCE WITH ME, to Hilary Sares at Kensington Aphrodisia, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (World).
Cara Summers's next three Blaze novels, to Brenda Chin at Harlequin, by Maureen Walters at Curtis Brown (World).
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, by Jenny Rappaport at the L. Perkins Agency (World).
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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
Eva Marie Everson's HEELS ON WOOD and ONE MAN'S LIFE, to Vicki Crumpton at Baker Books, in a nice deal, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency (world).
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, by Elaine English at Elaine English (NA).
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Latest Women's/Romance Publishing NewsPer Publishers Lunch Robin Schone's CRY FOR PASSION, to Kate Seaver at Berkley Sensation, in a good deal, by Nancy Yost at Lowenstein-Yost (NA). Sally MacKenzie's three new titles in the Naked Nobility series, to Hilary Sares at Kensington, in a very nice deal, by Jessica Faust at BookEnds. jfaust@bookends-inc.com 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, in a three-book deal, by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. 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).
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).
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Bella Andre's two new erotic romances about the bad boys of professional football, to Micki Nuding at Pocket, in a nice deal, by Jessica Faust at BookEnds. jfaust@bookends-inc.com
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 (world).
cindy@cindyprocter-king.com
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.
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, by Pam Ahearn of Ahearn Agency (World).
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Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Latest Women's/Romance Publishing NewsPer Publishers Lunch 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). evanmarshall@TheNovelist.com Judith Todd's BROKEN WING, to Kerry Estevez at Medallion, in a nice deal, by Bob Diforio at D4EO Literary Agency (World). d4eo@optonline.net Delilah Devlin's three erotic novellas, again to May Chen at Harper, for immediate e-book publication, in a nice deal, by Bob Diforio at D4EO Literary Agency (World). d4eo@optonline.net 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. mla@mtpalomar.net
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).
rcurtis@curtisagency.com
Caridad Pineiro Scordato's Christmas Vampire Novella, to Stacy Boyd at Harlequin Nocturne, by Caren Johnson Literary Agency.
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.
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.
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).
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, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World).
Cynthia Eden's TOUCHING THE DARKNESS, a psychologist whose patients are all supernatural creatures -- lovelorn succubi, vampires with blood phobias and the occasional shifter with commitment issues -- is pulled into a brutal murder investigation as a profiler, to Kate Duffy and Megan Records at Kensington Brava, in a nice deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (World).
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Latest Women's/Romance Publishing NewsPer Publishers Lunch 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). evanmarshall@TheNovelist.com 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, by Natasha Kern of the Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World English). 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). 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 Labels: Publishers Lunch
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Sunday, March 18, 2007
Latest Women's/Romance Publishing NewsPer Publishers Lunch 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, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). 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, in a pre-empt, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency (world English).
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.
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, by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary.
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).
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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, the first in The Dark Realm Series, to May Chen at Avon Red, in a nice deal, by Bob Diforio at D4EO Literary Agency (World). d4eo@optonline.net
Vivi Anna's BLOOD SECRETS and DARK LIES, the first in the Valorian Chronicles, to Tara Gavin at Harlequin Nocturne, by Bob Diforio at D4EO Literary Agency (World).
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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, by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency.
Stella MacLean's HEART OF MY HEART, and a love relationship that lasts a lifetime, to Paula Eykelhof at Harlequin, in a nice deal.
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Monday, March 05, 2007
Latest Women's/Romance Publishing NewsPer Publishers Lunch 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, in a two-book deal, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency (world English). Two-time RITA finalist Anna Schmidt's untitled NASCAR romance, to Tina Colombo at Harlequin, in a nice deal, by Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). 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, in two-book deal, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (world English).
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, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (world). Natasha@natashakern.com
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).
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, by Jill Grosjean at the Jill Grosjean Literary Agency.
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).
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, in a two-book deal, by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency.
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, by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency.
Irene Brand's A MAN TO LEAN ON, to Harlequin Love Inspired, in a nice deal, by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency.
Sarah McCarty's Western historical Promise series and her paranormal Dark Haven anthologies, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a very nice deal, in a four-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency (world).
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Sunday, February 25, 2007
Latest in Women's/Romance PublishingPer Publishers Lunch 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). 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 Labels: Publishers Lunch
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Monday, February 12, 2007
Latest Women's/Romance Publishing NewsPer Publishers Lunch 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, by Elaine English of Elaine English Literary (world). 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). laurie@agentsavant.com 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.
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).
Anne Stuart's untitled novella for Christmas anthology, to Marsha Zinberg at Harlequin, in a nice deal, by Jane Dystel at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (World).
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).
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Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Latest Women's/Romance Publishing NewsPer Publishers Lunch 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. 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). 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. cynthia.ditiberio@harpercollins.com
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, in a three-book deal, by Pamela Harty of The Knight Agency.
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, by Emily Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency (NA).
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
Modean Moon's EVERMORE, A LITTLE PEACE AND QUIET and THE COVENANT, to Vera Nazarian at Norilana Books.
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(Congrats Monica! Well done!)
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Sharon Cullars Coffee Talk at 2/06/2007 09:53:00 PM
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Monday, January 29, 2007
Latest Women's/Romance Publishing NewsPer Publisher's Lunch 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. 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.
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, by Judith Riven at Judith Riven Literary Agent (NA).
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).
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).
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.
cynthia.ditiberio@harpercollins.com
Cheyenne McCray and Jennifer Ashley's SEDUCTION, to Linda Wisdom at Illusion, in a nice deal.
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 (world).
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Monday, January 22, 2007
Latest Women's/Romance Publishing NewsPer Publishers Lunch 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). 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). 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).
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.
Donna Fasano's HINDSIGHT and THE MERRY-GO-ROUND, to Tara Gavin at Harlequin Next, in a nice deal, by Evan Marshall at the Evan Marshall Agency (world).
Erin Grady's IN CHILL OF THE NIGHT, to Debbie Malone at Mystique, in a nice deal.
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).
Phyllis Campbell's PRETEND I'M YOURS, to Leanne Burroughs at Highland Press.
Isabel Mere's ALMOST TAKEN, to Leanne Burroughs at Highland Press.
Cynthia Owens's IN SUNSHINE OR IN SHADOW, to Leanne Burroughs at Highland Press.
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Sharon Cullars Coffee Talk at 1/22/2007 10:28:00 AM
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Latest Women's/Romance Publishing NewsPer Publishers Lunch 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). 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.
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).
Deb Marlowe's debut SCANDALOUS LORD, REBELLIOUS MISS, to Maddie Rowe at Harlequin Mills & Boon, in a nice deal, by Pam Ahearn at The Ahearn Agency (world).
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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).
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Sunday, January 07, 2007
Latest Women's/Romance Publishing NewsPer Publishers Lunch. 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, by Marly Rusoff at Marly Rusoff & Associates (NA). 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). 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 Labels: Publishers Lunch
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Sharon Cullars Coffee Talk at 1/07/2007 06:36:00 PM
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Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Latest Women's/Romance Publishing NewsPer Publishers Lunch 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, by Kay McCauley. 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).
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).
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Michele Dunaway's PICTURE PERFECT, SWEET SENSATIONS, and EDUCATING HANK, to Beverly Sotolov at Harlequin, in a nice deal, by Jessica Faust at BookEnds.
jfaust@bookends-inc.com
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, for publication in November 2007, by Michelle Grajkowski of Three Seas Literary Agency.
Anna Schmidt's LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE, set in turn-of-the-century Nantucket, to Melissa Endlich at Harlequin Love Inspired, in a nice deal, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (NA).
natasha@natashakern.com
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, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). natasha@natashakern.com
Lisa Renee Jones's HARD AND FAST, to Wanda Ottewell at Harlequin B, in a nice deal, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). natasha@natashakern.com
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