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Past Romance Deals| 2009 |2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002| | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Amanda Cabot's CHRISTMAS ROSES, asking can an itinerant carpenter searching for his father and a young widow seeking only her daughter's well-being find happiness in a small Wyoming mining town in the fall of 1882?; it may take a miracle, but after all Christmas is the time of miracles, to Vicki Crumpton at Revell, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in September 2012, by Joyce Hart at Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/29/2010 Samantha Grace's THE RUINATION OF A RAKE, the first in a new Regency romance series, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, in a four-book deal, by Nephele Tempest at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/28/2010 Robin Caroll's three-book romantic suspense series JUSTICE QUEST, starting with INJUSTICE FOR ALL, featuring a fugitive FBI contractor who witnessed a federal judge's murder, her godfather, dealing with social issues (corruption, conspiracy, cover-ups, mistaken paternity, secret identity, and drunk driving) and emotional ones (loss of faith, betrayal, loss of parents, hidden secrets, and family issues between siblings), to Karen Ball at B&H Publishing, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2012, by Steve Laube at the Steve Laube Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 6/25/2010 Kendra Leigh Castle's DARK AWAKENING, in which a vampire queen's personal hunter finds himself torn between his loyalty to the ancient vampire dynasty he serves and his attraction to the woman he has been told to find, a mysterious mortal who bears the mark of a dynasty long vanished, to Selina McLemore at Grand Central, for publication in Summer 2011, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 6/25/2010 Film rights to RITA-award winning author Linnea Sinclair's THE DOWN HOME ZOMBIE BLUES, pitched as CSI: Miami meets Men In Black where an intergalactic operative hooks up with a local Florida homicide cop in an undercover caper to save the planet, optioned to C. Duke Marsh, by Sean Daily at Hotchkiss & Associates, on behalf of Kristin Nelson at Nelson Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/22/2010 Kiera Cass's trilogy beginning with THE SELECTION, a dystopian romance pitched as "The Hunger Games" meets "The Bachelor," following a 17-year-old, one of the eligible young women selected to compete to become the next queen, who finds herself falling in love despite only wanting to break her family out of the lower castes and leaving her boyfriend at home, to Erica Sussman at Harper Children's, in a three-book deal, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), in a pre-empt, by Elana Roth at Caren Johnson Literary Agency (World English elana@johnsonliterary.com - Publisher's Lunch 6/22/2010 Janice Maynard's untitled book, about a woman who proposes to the wealthy man she once rejected in order to retain custody of her orphaned niece, to Krista Stroever at Silhouette Desire, by Emily Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/22/2010 Regina Scott's THE IRRESISTABLE EARL, in which an intelligent spinster steps out of the shadows to protect her beloved stepbrother from a duel only to find herself the center of his charming enemy's romantic attentions, to Tina James at Love Inspired Historical, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Emily Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/22/2010 Starr Ambrose's SILVER SPARKS, in which a major tabloid scandal hits a small Colorado resort town, reviving the "bad girl" reputation of a hometown beauty and pushing a visiting celebrity to dangerous lengths to keep his image clean, to Abby Zidle at Pocket, with Danielle Poiesz editing, in a two-book deal, for publication in December 2011, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/22/2010 Marjorie Liu's HUNTER KISS books four and five, to Kate Seaver for Ace, by Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 6/22/2010 Turkish rights to Jill Shalvis's SLOW HEAT, DOUBLE PLAY, to Pozitif, by Asli Ermis at Asli Karasuil Telif Literary Agency on behalf of Jenny Bent at The Bent Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/21/2010 NYT bestselling author Bobbi Smith's next two untitled Western historical romances, to Leah Hultenschmidt at Dorchester, by Evan Marshall at the Evan Marshall Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/18/2010 Indonesian rights to Nalini Singh's ANGELS' BLOOD and ARCHANGEL'S KISS, to Pustaka Zahra, by Whitney Lee of The Fielding Agency on behalf of Elaine Spencer at the Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/18/2010 Tessa Dare's next three Regency romances in a new series, to Tessa Woodward at Avon, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World English). hb@cornerstoneliterary.com - Publisher's Lunch 6/18/2010 USA Today bestselling author Maya Bank's next three novels in her KGI romantic suspense series, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a good deal ($100,000 - $251,000), by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (world English). - Publisher's Lunch 6/17/2010 Jennifer Allee's THE MOTHER ROAD, in which a newly betrayed wife also learns her mother's Alzheimer's has progressed, so decides a road trip is in order, picks up her estranged sister along Route 66 - the mother road - and heads toward their Midwest childhood home, to Barbara Scott at Abingdon Press, for publication in 2012, by Sandra Bishop at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 6/17/2010 Catherine Richmond's A PRAIRIE BRIDE BY PROXY, in which a Dakota homesteader who is ready for marriage discovers that it will take more than a sod roof over the head of his married-by-proxy bride to make her feel at home, to Natalie Hanemann and Amanda Bostic at Thomas Nelson, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, for publication in 2011 and 2012, by Sandra Bishop at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 6/17/2010 Hope Ramsay's contemporary romance TICKET TO LAST CHANCE, the first in a series set in small town, South Carolina, where the Ladies Auxiliary believe in the transforming power of true love, to Alex Logan at Grand Central, in a four-book deal, for publication starting in 2011, by Elaine English of Elaine English. - Publisher's Lunch 6/17/2010 Stephanie Julian's DAWN AND DARKNESS, in which Etruscan gods and goddesses now living in contemporary Reading, PA are pitted against mythological creatures, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, in a three-book deal, by Elaine English of Elaine English. - Publisher's Lunch 6/17/2010 Fran Baker's THE TALK OF THE TOWN, in the heat and the heart of the Great Depression, the Waltons' daughter falls for Cool Hand Luke, to Rosalind Greenberg at Five Star Expressions, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in September 2011 (World English). DelphiBks@aol.com - Publisher's Lunch 6/17/2010 NYT bestselling author Kat Martin's novella, A SONG FOR MY MOTHER, to Roger Cooper at Vanguard Press, for publication April 2011, by Robert Gottlieb and Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 6/16/2010 Dutch rights to Lynsay Sands's BITE ME IF YOU CAN and A BITE TO REMEMBER, to Audax, by Philip Sane at Lennart Sane Agency, on behalf of Jenny Bent at The Bent Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/16/2010 Theresa Meyers's THE HUNTER, pitched as a sexy blend of Supernatural meets Wild Wild West and featuring three demon-slaying brothers destined to save the world, to Peter Senftleben at Kensington, in a three-book deal, by Holly Root at Waxman Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/16/2010 A PORTRAIT OF MARGUERITE author Kate Lloyd's contemporary tale LEAVING LANCASTER, portraying an adult daughter on the brink of spiritual change, an aging mother forced to reveal a secret she'd rather have left buried with her memories of Viet Nam, and an Amish family facing a land crisis, to Don Pape at David Cook, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in spring 2012, by Sandra Bishop at MacGregor Literary.- Publisher's Lunch 6/16/2010 Tia McCollors's STEPPIN' INTO THE GOOD LIFE, the follow-up novel to THE LAST WOMAN STANDING, in which a woman, devastated when her long-time boyfriend chooses to reunite with his ex-wife, finds more than she bargained for when she attends the remarriage ceremony, to Cynthia Ballenger at Lift Every Voice, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in spring 2011, by Sandra Bishop at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 6/16/2010 Rhyannon Byrd's RUSH OF DARKNESS, the next title in her Primal Instinct series, in which a woman who's part vampire finds herself dangerously drawn to a human male who once hunted her kind for a living, to Mary-Theresa Hussey at Harlequin, with Ann Leslie Tuttle editing, in a good deal ($100,000 - $251,000), in a three-book deal, by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/14/2010 Debby Giusti's THE OFFICER'S SECRET, the first in her new Military Investigation series focusing on the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation division, to Emily Rodmell at Steeple Hill Love Inspired, in a two-book deal, for publication in May 2011, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/14/2010 Robin Owens's HEART SEARCH, the next feature title in her Celta Heart series, as well as an untitled three-in-one anthology set in the same world, again to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/14/2010 Joey Hill's VAMPIRE'S KEEPER, in which a reclusive vampire must teach young vampire children how to survive in a brutal adult vampire world all while guarding himself from Elisa, a beautiful marked servant who brings with her a threat unlike any he's prepared for, to Wendy McCurdy at Berkley, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/14/2010 Red Garnier's law enforcement novella, to Monique Patterson at St. Martin's, for publication in a summer 2011 anthology, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/11/2010 Addison Fox's THE BACHELOR GAME, set in a small Alaskan town whose three matriarchs, in a not-so-secret ploy to get their grandsons happily married off, host an annual contest that teams the town's rugged bachelors with women from the Lower 48, to Kerry Donovan at NAL, in a three-book deal, by Holly Root at Waxman Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/11/2010 Beth Williamson's WUTHERING HEIGHTS, WILD AND WANTON, exploring the dark sexuality of the Bronte classic, bringing intense new romantic dimensions to the relationships of the characters in this bold new vision, to Paula Munier at Adams Media, for publication in Fall 2010, by Gina Panettieri at Talcott Notch Literary Services on behalf of Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (World). laura@bradfordlit.com - Publisher's Lunch 6/10/2010 Michelle Pillow's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, WILD AND WANTON, taking the readers behind the closed doors of the classic Jane Austen novel, exploring the romantic lives of the characters with passion and humor in a delightful reimagining, to Paula Munier at Adams Media, for publication in Fall 2010, by Gina Panettieri at Talcott Notch Literary Services on behalf of Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (World). laura@bradfordlit.com - Publisher's Lunch 6/10/2010 Dolores Durando's MARGE'S PLACE, to Deborah Smith at Bell Bridge Books, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in February 2011 (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/9/2010 Sandra Brown, ed.'s International Thriller Writers anthology, with Allison Brennan, featuring 25 original stories by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Roxanne St. Claire, Mariah Stewart, Lee Child, Cindy Gerard, Joan Johnston, Paul Levine, Carla Neggers, Alexandra Sokoloff and others, to Margaret Marbury at Mira, by Dan Conaway at Writers House (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/8/2010 Author of Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs series, Molly Harper's HOW TO FLIRT WITH A NAKED WEREWOLF and HOW TO TALK TO A NAKED WEREWOLF, again to Jennifer Heddle at Pocket, by Stephany Evans of FinePrint Literary Management. Rights: Jacqueline@fineprintlit.com - Publisher's Lunch 6/8/2010 Lauren Nichols's DEAD OF NIGHT, to Patience Smith at Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Cherry Weiner at Cherry Weiner Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 6/3/2010 Angi Morgan's BAD BOY UNCOVERED, the story of a police officer who, to clear her brother of murder charges, forges a tempestuous partnership with a rogue DEA agent, uncovering danger and a passion neither can deny, to Allison Lyons at Harlequin Intrigue, by Jill Marsal at the Marsal Lyon Literary Agency. Jill@MarsalLyonLiteraryAgency.com - Publisher's Lunch 6/2/2010 Laura Griffin's next book in her "Tracers" series, again to Abby Zidle at Pocket, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/2/2010 Pat White's LOST WITNESS, in which a woman remembers nothing after witnessing a murder except the face of her attacker, yet she's told that the man she believes to be the killer is the man who saved her and he is now determined to protect her from a murderer who believes she will remember all and will see her dead before that happens, to Allison Lyons at Harlequin, for publication in May 2011, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 6/1/2010 French rights to Nalini Singh's ARCHANGEL'S KISS, again to J'ai Lu, by Anne Lencludof the Lenclud Literary Agency on behalf of Elaine Spencer at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/27/2010 Sharon Dunn's DARK THREAT, to Emily Rodmell at Steeple Hill, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Janet Kobobel Grant at Books & Such Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/26/2010 #1 NYT bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love's BLOOD TRINITY, and a second untitled book in their BELADOR CODE series, to David Shelley at Little Brown UK, by Robert Gottlieb and Jessica Olivo at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 5/25/2010 Pamela Clare's CONNOR'S STORY, in which the son of exiled Scottish rebels who was coerced into fighting with the English against the French travels with a Mohican war chief to a Shawnee village to negotiate for peace only to find a white woman being forced to run the gauntlet and marry an Indian after her family has been slain and discovers that he is her only hope of rescue, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 5/24/2010 Digital rights to Hope Tarr's MY LORD JACK and A ROGUE'S PLEASURE, to Angela James at Carina Press, for publication in July 2010 (World). - Publisher's Lunch 5/24/2010 USA Today bestselling author Kelly Hunter's next three romances, to Joanne Grant at Harlequin Mills & Boon, for publication in 2011, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 5/24/2010 Jules Bennett's next sultry romance, to Charles Griemsman at Silhouette, for publication in 2011, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 5/24/2010 Christyne Butler's next three heartwarming romances, to Charles Griemsman at Silhouette Special Edition, for publication in 2011, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 5/24/2010 G-Spot, Candy Licker, Thug-a-licious author Queen of Urban Erotica's next three novels and a novella, to Selena James at Dafina, by Ken Atchity at AEI Literary Management. kja@aeionline.com - Publisher's Lunch 5/24/2010 Sherrilyn Kenyon's next three novels in her LEAGUE series, to David Shelley at Piatkus, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Robert Gottlieb and Jessica Olivo at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 5/24/2010 Hope Tarr's MY LORD JACK, in which a French courtesan flees Revolutionary France for Scotland in search of her Scots father and has her life saved by a sexy Scottish hangman who talks to animals, to Angela James at Carina Press, in a two-book deal, for publication in July 2010 - Publisher's Lunch 5/24/2010 Sun Chara's GAMBLIN' LADY, in which coming-of-age in the Old West called for a fast-draw and a loaded deck ... but when the showdown's between a lawman and his gamblin' lady, it's explosive!, to Chris Keeslar at Dorchester, by Kelly Mortimer of Mortimer Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/21/2010 Emery Lee's FORTUNE'S SON, following THE HIGHEST STAKES, in which real events and people, including the courtiers of princes, the turf-followers, gamesters, courtesans, and the intriguers of Georgian England, whose paths continually cross with the protagonists', chronicle their journey through hardship, loss, and finally enduring love, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, by Kelly Mortimer of Mortimer Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/21/2010 Violet Blue's JUST WATCH ME: Erotica for Women, a collection of short story erotic by and for women, to Brenda Knight at Cleis Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in September 2010 (World). bknight@cleispress.com - Publisher's Lunch 5/21/2010 Rachel Kramer Bussel's ORGASMIC: Erotica for Women, a collection of short erotic stories with an emphasis on women experiencing different types of orgasms, and PASSION: Erotic Romance for Women, a collection of erotic short stories with a focus on romance and passionate encounters, to Brenda Knight at Cleis Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in August 2010 (World). bknight@cleispress.com - Pu blisher's Lunch 5/21/2010 Rita finalist Michelle Willingham's CLAIMED BY THE HIGHLANDER, to Joanne Grant at Mills & Boon, in a three-book deal, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World). - Publisher's Lunch 5/21/2010 Anna Carey's The EVE Trilogy, pitched as The Hunger
Games meets Romeo and Juliet, set years after a deadly virus has killed
most of the population, in which a girl Karina Cooper's BLOOD OF THE WICKED, about a hardened witch hunter and the woman he needs to execute, not love, set in a post-devastation world where magic and murder have become synonymous, to Esi Sogah at Avon, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), in a three-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/21/2010 NYT bestseller Carla Neggers's next five books, to Margaret Marbury at Mira, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), by Jodi Reamer at Writers House (World). jreamer@writershouse.com - Publisher's Lunch 5/21/2010 Caridad Pineiro's SINS OF THE INNOCENT and SINS OF THE DAMNED in her new paranormal series where survivors of an ancient Andean race capable of stealing one's life energy will cross paths with individuals involved with a top secret project that has genetically altered humans to overcome wars' wounds and life threatening disease, to Selina McLemore at Grand Central, for publication in Spring 2011, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 5/21/2010 Sherrill Bodine's ANOTHER TOUCH OF VENUS, starring a curvy, Louboutin-wearing vintage jewelry expert who stumbles upon a dazzling mermaid brooch that was stolen in a legendary Chicago heist, and CONNOR CLAYWORTH O'FLYNN, Venus's childhood nemesis, now a handsome lawyer who can't resist her considerable charms, to Michele Bidelspach at Grand Central, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Danielle Egan-Miller at Browne & Miller Literary Associates (World). - Publisher's Lunch 5/20/2010 Trish Perry's UNFORGETTABLE, the story of a 1950s New York/Washington romance between a ballroom dance studio owner and the WWII vet/newspaper reporter she can't seem to avoid or forget, for the WHEN I FALL IN LOVE SERIES, to Susan Downs at Summerside Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/20/2010 Cara Summers's WRONG BED, to Brenda Chin at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Maureen Walters at Curtis Brown (World). - Publisher's Lunch 5/20/2010 Katy Madison's TAINTED BY TEMPTATION, to Esi Sogah at Avon, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, for publication in February 2011, by Maureen Walters at Curtis Brown (world English). - Publisher's Lunch 5/19/2010 Jennifer Morey's DIE TO KEEP, in which an audacious CIA agent searches for answers to her father's murder while investigating a US arms dealer and discovering that something more might exist between her and her partner, to Keyren Gerlach at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Maureen Walters at Curtis Brown (World). - Publisher's Lunch 5/19/2010 Michelle Rowen's THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC, the third title in the author's "Living in Eden" paranormal romance series, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, by Jim McCarthy at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (World). - Publisher's Lunch 5/18/2010 Emma Wildes's LADIES IN WAITING, a new series featuring women who were embroiled in scandal during their debut season, making them "not marriage material" until the right rake comes along to change that, to Laura Cifelli at NAL, in a two-book deal, by Barbara Poelle at Irene Goodman Agency (World English). Foreign: Heather Baror at Baror International - Publisher's Lunch 5/17/2010 Cindy Holby's ABEL KANE, of the second-generation Wind Series, featuring a woman torn between her brother, who is falsely accused of killing a woman, and the bounty hunter who is after him for his sister's murder, to Chris Keeslar at Dorchester, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/17/2010 Darlene Franklin's LOVE'S RAID, when someone robs the local bank, the constable must decide if it's the work of Confederates from nearby St Albans, or someone closer to home, to JoAnne Simmons at Barbour, by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 5/17/2010 Ann Aguirre and Carrie Lofty, writing as Ellen Connor's NIGHTFALL, MIDNIGHT, and DAYBREAK, the "Dark Age Dawning" trilogy, in which human survivors find love in the midst of an apocalypse, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Sensation, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 5/14/2010 Carrie Lofty's FLAWLESS, in which a dashing and reckless viscount and his estranged wife must turn the fortunes of a South African diamond company or else forfeit her inheritance, while at the same time confronting their wounded marriage and an ambitious mining tycoon determined to destroy not only their work but their marriage as well, to Lauren McKenna at Gallery, in a two-book deal, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 5/13/2010 Erica Vetsch's BEFORE THE DAWN, in which a woman sues her fiance for calling off the wedding, to JoAnne Simmons at Barbour, for publication in 2011, by Rachelle Gardner at WordServe Literary Group. - Publisher's Lunch 5/13/2010 Mary James and Jean James's SPARROW ALONE ON A HOUSETOP, to Vivian Zabel at 4RV, for publication in 2012, by Terry Burns at Hartline Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/13/2010 Paula Graves's final three Cooper Justice series books, to Allison Lyons at Harlequin Intrigue, for publication in April, May and June 2011. - Publisher's Lunch 5/13/2010 Pam Lewis's A YOUNG WIFE, a sweeping saga of passion, betrayal, and violence as a young Dutch woman crosses three continents for love, family and ultimately redemption, again to Amanda Murray at Simon & Schuster, by Jennifer Rudolph Walsh at William Morris Endeavor. - Publisher's Lunch 5/13/2010 NYT bestselling author Kat Martin's next contemporary romantic trilogy, to Susan Pezzack-Swinwood at Mira, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), by Robert Gottlieb and Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 5/13/2010 Stasia Ward Kehoe's AUDITION, about a teenage girl from rural Vermont who is accepted to the prestigious Jersey Ballet and who struggles to stay focussed on her dream as she falls deeply in love with an older male choreographer, to Kendra Levin at Viking Children's, for publication in Spring 2012, by Catherine Drayton at Inkwell Management (World). catherine@inkwellmanagement.com - Publisher's Lunch 5/11/2010 TEMPEST RISING author Nicole Peeler's next three Jane True books, again to Devi Pillai at Orbit, by Rebecca Strauss at McIntosh & Otis. - Publisher's Lunch 5/11/2010 Zuri Day's SUMMER ROMANCE, to Selena James at Dafina, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in July 2011, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 5/11/2010 Tami Dane's BLOOD OF EDEN, the first book in a series in which a woman forced to work for the new Paranormal Behavioral Analysis Unit (PBAU) of the FBI investigates strange deaths while caring for her schizophrenic mother and succumbing to an attraction to the frenemy who stole her real job, to Audrey LaFehr at Kensington, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 5/11/2010 Lutishia Lovely's MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS and TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS, to Selena James at Dafina, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 5/11/2010 Kaki Warner's next historical western romance trilogy about three women who head out West to find opportunity and end up finding love, to Wendy McCurdy at Berkley Sensation, by Nancy Coffey at Nancy Coffey Literary & Media Representation. - Publisher's Lunch 5/11/2010 Complex Chinese rights to Loretta Chase's DON'T TEMPT ME, again to Treetype, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Gray Tan at The Grayhawk Agency on behalf of Zoe F. Shacham at Nancy Yost Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 5/10/2010 Carrie Jones and Steven Wedel's GHOST SICKNESS, during which protagonist Aimee turns to new kid in town and romantic interest, Alan, for help in protecting those dear to her by battling the evils of an ancient spirit with a frightening agenda, again to Michelle Nagler at Bloomsbury Children's, for publication in 2011, by Edward Necarsulmer IV at McIntosh & Otis (world English). - Publisher's Lunch 5/10/2010 Elizabeth Sinclair's HAWK'S MOUNTAIN, a sweet contemporary romance, to Debra Dixon at Bell Bridge Books, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in Winter 2011 (world). - Publisher's Lunch 5/10/2010 Lindi Peterson's debut Her Best Catch, a sweet contemporary romance, to Deborah Smith at Bell Bridge Books, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in Winter 2011 (world). - Publisher's Lunch 5/10/2010 Norwegian rights to Barbara Cartland's LOVE IS HEAVEN, LOVERS IN LISBON and SECRET HARBOUR, to Cappelen Damm, by Lina Hammarling at Lennart Sane Agency, on behalf of Rupert Crew - Publisher's Lunch 5/5/2010 Shiloh Walker's untitled novella, for inclusion in a connected anthology featuring new stories set in the series' worlds of the participating authors, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Sensation, for publication in 2012, by Irene Goodman.- Publisher's Lunch 5/4/2010 Shayla Black's next two contemporary erotic romances in her Wicked Lovers series, a third contemporary erotic romance launching a new series, and an untitled novella for inclusion in a connected anthology featuring new stories set in the series' worlds of the participating authors, again to Kate Seaver at Berkley Heat and Sensation, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 5/3/2010 Katharine Ashe's next trilogy, a Regency ex-spy series, to Lucia Macro at Avon, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 5/3/2010 Tracy Anne Warren's next four Regency-set historicals, continuing her New York Times' bestselling series about the Byron brothers, to Lucia Macro at Avon, in a significant deal ($251,000 - $499,000), by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 5/3/2010 World Spanish rights to Nalini Singh's ANGELS' BLOOD and ARCHANGEL'S KISS (#1 & 2 in the Guild Hunters Serie), to Debolsillo, by Philip Sane at Lennart Sane Agency, on behalf of Elaine Spencer at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/30/2010 World Spanish rights to Nalini Singh's SLAVE TO SENSATION, VISIONS OF HEAT and CARRESSED BY ICE (#1,2 & 3 in the Psy/Changeling Series), to Plaza & Janes, by Philip Sane at Lennart Sane Agency, on behalf of Elaine Spencer at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/30/2010 NYT bestseller Julie Leto's HARD TO HOLD, to Michele Matrisciani at HCI, for True Vows, a new reality-based romance series, for publication in October 2010, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/29/2010 Christie Craig's fun contemporary romance trilogy centered on the DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS private detective firm, to Michele Bidelspach at Grand Central, at auction, by Kim Lionetti at Berkley (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/29/2010 Lisa Dale's SLOW DANCING ON PRICE'S PIER, in which a Newport R.I. coffee-shop owner struggles to cope with her divorce and come to terms with the shift in her identity, the loss of the only family she's known, and the unresolved feelings she still holds for her ex-husband's brother, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a two-book deal, by Kim Lionetti at BookEnds (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/29/2010 Lynsay Sands's four untitled historical romances and a Christmas novella, to Erika Tsang at Avon, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), by Jenny Bent at The Bent Agency (world English). - Publisher's Lunch 4/29/2010 Tracey Devlyn's A LADY'S REVENGE, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, in a nice deal, in a three-book deal, by Donald Maass at Donald Maass Literary Agency (World).- Publisher's Lunch 4/28/2010 Mildred Colvin's REDEEMING SARAH'S PRESENT, in which a single woman meets her birthson near his eighteenth birthday and is reconnected to her high school sweetheart, to JoAnne Simmons at Barbour, in a nice deal, ($1 - $49,000) by Janet Benrey at Benrey Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/28/2010 NYT bestselling author Mary Morrison's next untitled novel of erotica, to be written under the pseudonym Honey B, again to Karen Thomas at Grand Central, by Andrew Stuart at The Stuart Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/28/2010 Jill Shalvis's SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE, begins the Lucky Harbor novels, a fiction series centering around three estranged sisters and the falling down on its axis beach inn they inherit, where they find hope, home and ... love, to Beth de Guzman and Alex Logan at Grand Central, in a three-book deal, by Jenny Bent at The Bent Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 4/28/2010 Jill Gregory's next two untitled novels, to Wendy McCurdy at Berkley, by Ellen Levine at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 4/27/2010 Jill Sorenson's SHARK ISLAND, featuring marine biologists on the Farallon Islands, and LOST BEACH, featuring a surfer and an FBI agent in Mexico, to Stacy Boydat Silhouette Romantic Suspense, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2011 and 2012, by Laurie McLean at Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/27/2010 Julie Kagawa's final book in The Iron King series about a half-fae daughter and her quest for love with a queen's son, to Natashya Wilson at Harlequin Teen, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), in a four-book deal, for publication in 2011-2012, by Laurie McLean at Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents (World). laurie@agentsavant.com - Publisher's Lunch 4/27/2010 M.B. Brown's DRAIN YOU, a cool, sexy and sarcastic girl's teen ennui is shattered when she meets a boy and falls in love, learning soon thereafter that upscale southern California is crawling with the undead - and that he is one of them, to Tara Weikum at Harper Children's, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), in a two-book deal, for publication in Summer 2012, by Ann Behar at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency (World). annbehar@sgglit.com - Publisher's Lunch 4/26/2010 Molly O'Keefe's CAN'T BUY ME LOVE, about a street-smart woman hiding from her dubious past and a hockey player living in fear of a future without the sport that defines him, to Shauna Summers at Bantam Dell, part of a two book, very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000) by Pam Hopkins of Hopkins Literary Associates. - Publisher's Lunch 4/26/2010 Kate Welsh's untitled book about a widow who escapes west in a marriage of convenience that turns into a love match, and a second about a man who was wed at gunpoint and left his heiress wife to make his own way in the west, but must return to save her from a land grabber who threatens her ranch and her life, to Linda Fildew at Harlequin Historicals - London, by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/25/2010 Lexi George's debut paranormal trilogy DEMONS IN DIXIE, about a feisty small-town florist who meets an ancient, inter-dimensional demon hunter who is in hot pursuit of a rogue demon, to Megan Records at Kensington, a three-book deal that includes a piece in Kensington's Halloween anthology, I Married a Demon Slayer, by Jill Marr at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency (world).- Publisher's Lunch 4/23/2010 Michelle Celmer's next three books in her Black Gold Billionaires series, about a group of wealthy oil barons set on saving their company while avoiding marriage, to Charles Griemsman at Silhouette Desire, in a two-book deal, by Melissa Jeglinski at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/23/2010 Polish rights to Nora Roberts's SAVOR THE MOMENT (BRIDE QUARTET #3), to Proszynski Media, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Aleksandra Matuszak of ANAW Literary Agency on behalf of Writers House. aleksandra@literatura.com.pl - Publisher's Lunch 4/21/2010 Tamara Denby's sequel to DARKEST FIRE, in a two-book deal, to Audrey LaFehr at Kensington, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency - Publisher's Lunch 4/21/2010 Glynna Sirpless's HOMECOMING HEARTS, in which a
guilt-ridden young woman harbors a secret that can clear the name of an
old high school flame Mia Marlowe's HAPPILY EVER HIGHLANDER, set in 1822 when the newly crowned King George IV was visiting Scotland in which a Scottish Rake meets a damsel who believes in courtly love, to Leah Hultenschmidt at Leisure Books, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/21/2010 Author of WARRIOR ASCENDED Addison Fox's next two books in the Warriors of the Zodiac series, featuring warriors granted the powers of their astrological signs and charged with protecting humanity, to Kerry Donovan at NAL, by Holly Root at Waxman Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 4/21/2010 Leanna Ellis's FORSAKEN, first in the Plain Fear series in which a young Amish woman mourning the mysterious 'death' of her beloved, now a vampire, must choose between two brothers, between good and evil, between a lasting love and the damnation of her soul, to Peter Lynch at Sourcebooks, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 4/18/2010 Anna Schmidt's WITH THE GREATEST OF EASE, set in Sarasota, Florida in May, 1928 in which a young Amish widow searches for her runaway son, leading her to the winter home of a circus and a wealthy owner who has his own history of running away from his past, to Tina James at Steeple Hill, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/18/2010 Mia Marlowe's AN IMPROPER GENTLEMAN, to Alicia Condon at Kensington, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/18/2010 Julie Kenner, writing as J.K. Beck's books four through six in her soon-to-be-published Shadow Keeper series of paranormal romances about an age-old judicial system that is hidden within and mirrors our own, to Shauna Summers at Bantam Dell, in a very good deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (world). - Publisher's Lunch 4/16/2010 Karen Marie Moning's three novels that will spin off from her New York Times bestselling Fever series, again to Shauna Summers at Delacorte Press, by Amy Berkower at Writers House (NA). Moning's graphic novel, linking the events of the Fever series with those of her new trilogy, to Betsy Mitchell at Del Rey. - Publisher's Lunch 4/15/2010 Heather Killough-Walden's NO ANGLE, a sexy paranormal series featuring four archangel brothers and their earthly quest for heavenly soulmates, to Claire Zion at New American Library, in a three-book deal, for publication in 2011, by Robert Gottlieb at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 4/15/2010 NYT bestselling author Robyn Carr's two hardcover Christmas novels, about the mythical, bucolic Virgin River region of northern California, home of manly men sufficiently secure in their masculinity to do most of the cooking, again to Valerie Gray at Mira, by Liza Dawson of Liza Dawson Associates. - Publisher's Lunch 4/13/2010 Paula Graves's untitled book 4 of a new continuity series for Harlequin Intrigue, to Allison Lyons at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in October 2011. - Publisher's Lunch 4/12/2010 Maureen Smith's next four books, to Kelli Martin at Kimani, for publication in 2010-2013, by Jessica Faust at BookEnds (world). - Publisher's Lunch 4/12/2010 Anna Clevenger's THE BUTTERFLY'S PROTECTOR, in which a beautiful British spy is blackmailed into completing one final mission for the crown, and the major who is sent to ensure she complies learns that much more than the fate of the perilous task is at stake, that the beautiful spy and his long protected heart are in danger as well, to Tessa Woodward at Avon, in a two-book deal, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 4/12/2010 Essence bestselling author Kayla Perrin's WINTER BREAK, in which a college student disappears during a Caribbean cruise, to Jennifer Enderlin at St. Martin's, in a two-book deal, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/10/2010 Devyn Quinn's DARKNESS DESCENDING series, featuring the beginning of the end; the first seal has been broken and the plague of vampirism has been unleashed upon mankind; the disease is spreading rapidly and humans are unable to resist the infection; of the few who survive the invasion, one victim stands alone above all others and Lucifer's demons are about to learn that hell hath no fury like a woman possessed, to Jhanteigh Kupihea at NAL, in a three-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/9/2010 A.C. Arthur's novella, to Glenda Howard at Arabesque, for publication in 2012, by Christine Witthohn at Book Cents Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/9/2010 A.C. Arthur's next 3 category romances, to Glenda Howard at Kimani Romance, for publication in 2011-2012, by Christine Witthohn at Book Cents Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/9/2010 PEARL award winner Kimberly Frost's book #3 in the SOUTHERN WITCH series, set in the small town of Duvall, Texas, where the only thing more troublesome than gossip-is magic, to Leis Pederson at Berkley, by Elizabeth Winick at McIntosh & Otis (world English). - Publisher's Lunch 4/8/2010 Rebecca Zanetti's FATED, with the leaders of two feuding vampire races desperate to possess her and her daughter's psychic gifts, a latent empath is forced to accept a vampire leader's offer to be his mate, to Megan Records at Kensington, in a three-book deal, for publication in Winter 2011, by Caitlin Blasdell at Liza Dawson Associates (World). cblasdell@lizadawsonassociates.com - Publisher's Lunch 4/8/2010 NYT bestselling author Susan Mallery's multi-book deal, including a gift hardcover, to Tara Parsons at HQN, in a seven-figure deal, by Annelise Robey at Jane Rotrosen Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 4/7/2010 Mia Marlowe's TOUCH OF A THIEF, in which an impoverished gentlewoman turns jewel thief and joins a conspiracy to steal a malevolent red diamond called Blood of the Tiger to save the people ruled by an Indian Prince and prevent Queen Victoria from falling under the jewel's curse, only to fall in love with one of the conspirators, to Alicia Condon at Kensington, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/7/2010 Polish rights to Nora Roberts's KEY SERIES vol. 1-3, to Proszynski Media, by Aleksandra Matuszak of ANAW Literary Agency on behalf of Writers House. - Publisher's Lunch 4/7/2010 Melissa Ford's LOVE BITES, an insider look at the world of popular blogs for women, to Deborah Smith and Debra Dixon at Bell Bridge Books, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in December 2010, by Katherine Fausset at Curtis Brown. - Publisher's Lunch 4/5/2010 Tawny Taylor's paranormal novella for an original collection, to Audrey LaFehr at Kensington, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 4/5/2010 Robin Lee Hatcher's Hart's Crossing series VETERAN'S WAY, LEGACY LANE, DIAMOND PLACE, and SWEET DREAMS DRIVE, stories of love and reconciliation celebrating family, faith, and forgiveness, to Aaron Patterson at StoneHouse Ink, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/5/2010 Zuri Day's LOVIN' BLUE, to Selena James at Dafina, in a two-book deal, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (world).- Publisher's Lunch 4/5/2010 Meg Cabot's AVALON HIGH, a suspenseful retelling of the King Arthur legend in a contemporary high school setting, to Disney Channel, by Bill Contardi on behalf of Laura Langlie. - Publisher's Lunch 4/2/2010 Claudia Gabel's ROMEO & JULIET & VAMPIRES, a riotous twist on the most tragic love story of all time where a human-vampire blood feud and forbidden love have undeadly consequences, to Catherine Onder at Harper Children's, for publication in Summer 2010, by Christy Fletcher at Fletcher & Company (world). - Publisher's Lunch 4/2/2010 Dorothy Mays's ROBBER BARON, in which a railroad titan's thirst for revenge threatens to destroy the only woman he has ever loved, to Raela Schoenherr at Bethany House, in a two-book deal, by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/2/2010 Jacquie Greenfield's COLORADO SECRETS and COLORADO PICK UP MAN, to Rosalyn Greenfield at Tekno Books, by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/2/2010 Liz Fichera's VANISHED, set in the American Southwest where a young Hohokam Indian woman stops at nothing to return to her village after she's snatched by Spanish invaders in 1499, turning her escape into the adventure of a lifetime, to Angela James at Carina Press. - Publisher's Lunch 4/1/2010 Shelley Gray's A TEXAN'S PROMISE, in which a former Confederate officer escorts the woman he's sworn to protect across Texas in 1873 and A TEXAN'S DREAM, in which he not only wins a rundown ranch in a poker game, but discovers the woman who lives there needs a hero, to Barbara Scott at Abingdon Press, by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 4/1/2010 Rosslyn Elliott's THE SADDLER'S DAUGHTER, Book 1 in The Heart of Ohio Trilogy, in which two young people haunted by the past find love and freedom as they assist fugitive slaves in early America, to Ami McConnell at Thomas Nelson, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Rachelle Gardner at WordServe Literary Group. - Publisher's Lunch 4/1/2010 Jillian Kent's SECRETS OF THE HEART, Book 1 in The Ravensmoore Chronicles, a tale of romantic suspense in which an English noblewoman meets a titled gentleman whose desire to practice medicine could ruin any chance for love, to Debbie Marrie at Strang/Realms, in a nice deal, in a three-book deal, by Rachelle Gardner at WordServe Literary Group. - Publisher's Lunch 4/1/2010 Gail Whitiker's AN ADMIRABLE LADY, about an aristocratic beauty intent on protecting the reputations of those around her, until she locks horns with a man whose job it is to expose society's misdeeds, to Flo Nicoll at Mills & Boon, by Sally Harding of The Cooke Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 4/1/2010 Gail Whitiker's THE TROUBLE WITH LOVE, about a sensible
young woman who scoffs at romantic love NYT bestselling author Nicole Jordan's next historical romances, to Kate Collins at Ballantine, in a significant deal ($251,000 - $499.000), by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates. - Publisher's Lunch 3/31/2010 Dianne Christner's A BEE IN HER BONNET, first in a trilogy called The Plain City Bridesmaids, following three friends coming of age and becoming brides within the a contemporary Mennonite culture; in the three storylines, one bride is immersed, one has "escaped" and one is caught between the two, to Rebecca Germany at Barbour, in a three-book deal, for publication in Summer 2011, by Greg Johnson at WordServe Literary Group (World). - Publisher's Lunch 3/31/2010 Teddy Harrison's DRAGON LORD OF NEW YORK, about a half-wyr bartender who is blackmailed into stealing from a multi-billion dollar business dragon, who she then must trust in order to survive, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Amy Boggs at the Donald Maass Literary Agency (World English). aboggs@maassagency.com - Publisher's Lunch 3/31/2010 Sandra Hyatt's FALLING FOR THE PRINCESS, in which a princess must pretend she's engaged to a man who's against everything she represents, and A ROYAL LESSON IN SEDUCTION, in which a prince, with a duty to marry well, finds himself falling for his chauffer's daughter, to Charles Griemsman at Silhouette Desire, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/31/2010 Russian rights to Kat Martin's ROYAL'S BRIDE, REECE'S BRIDE, RULE'S BRIDE, to AST, by Ludmilla Sushkova at Andrew Nurnberg Associates in association with Jessica Olivo at Trident Media Group on behalf of Kimberly Whalen. - Publisher's Lunch 3/30/2010 R.G. Alexander's TEMPT ME, a three-novella single-author erotic anthology about the magic of Sedona, three friends, and one simple ritual that tempts them with their heart's desires, to Kate Seaver for Berkley Heat, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/26/2010 NYT bestselling author Andrea Kane's new romantic thriller series, in which a team of forensic investigators presses the boundaries of the law to solve impossible crimes, moving to Adam Wilson at Mira, in a two-book deal, by Andrea Cirillo and Christina Hogrebe at Jane Rotrosen Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/26/2010 Stephanie Newton's POINT BLANK, a suspense-filled story set in the fictional town of Sea Breeze, Florida, to Melissa Endlich at Steeple Hill, in a two-book deal, for publication in April 2011, by Melissa Jeglinski at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/25/2010 International rights to Hope Tarr's A ROGUE'S PLEASURE, to Crystal, by Thananchai Pandey at Tuttle-Mori, on behalf of Jenny Bent at The Bent Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/25/2010 Digital rights to Sherrilyn Kenyon's DARK HUNTER series, which focuses on the sexy vampire-like immortals who defend humans from soul-stealing Daimons, to Jack Sallay at Vook, for publication in 2011, by Robert Gottlieb at Trident Media Group (World English).- Publisher's Lunch 3/25/2010 Miralee Ferrell's LOVE FINDS YOU IN TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA, an historical romance set in 1881 Tombstone that will embody the spirit of the Old West, to Rachel Meisel at Summerside Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency.- Publisher's Lunch 3/24/2010 Susan Page Davis's LOVE FINDS YOU ON PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, in 1860, the Island is astir when it's announced the Prince of Wales will make the first royal visit, in the latest of the popular LOVE FINDS YOU series, to Rachel Meisel at Summerside Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 3/24/2010 Gerry Bartlett's 7th 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 3/24/2010 Dakota Cassidy's ACCIDENTALLY CATTY, the fifth title in her Accidental Series, this time about a veterinarian who's mistakenly turned into a cougar, and true to stereotype soon finds herself involved with a much younger man, again to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, by Elaine Spencer at The Knight Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 3/23/2010 Cara Elliott's THE CIRCLE OF SIN Trilogy, when an old mistake threatens utter ruin and scandal, each of the 'Sinners' is forced to accept help from an unexpected hero, to Amy Pierpont at Forever, with Frances Jalet-Miller editing, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in Spring, Summer, Fall 2010, by Bob Diforio at D4EO Literary Agency (World). d4eo@optonline.net - Publisher's Lunch 3/23/2010 USA Today bestselling author Leigh Greenwood's next two books in the Night Riders western historical romance series, to Chris Keeslar at Dorchester, by Natasha Kern. natasha@natashakern.com - Publisher's Lunch 3/26/2010 RITA-nominated author Kate Moore's TO SEDUCE AN ANGEL and a second Regency historical in her "Sons of Sin" series, to Wendy McCurdy at Berkley, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Pam Ahearn of Ahearn Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 3/18/2010 Two-time Rita finalist Anna Schmidt's A STRANGER'S GIFT and two other novels in the Women of Pinecraft series, in which the Beatitudes thread through stories of Mennonite women living in a community in Sarasota, Florida, to Rebecca Germany at Barbour, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 3/18/2010 Saskia Walkers's WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM JOE, a short story about a man who will go to any lengths to win his woman, even if that means sharing her with another man, to Adam Wilson at Spice Briefs, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/18/2010 Kasey Michaels's untitled novella for a three-story summer anthology loosely based around a family reunion, with additional stories by Sarah Mayberry and Teresa Southwick, to Marsha Zinberg and Stacy Boyd at Harlequin, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), for publication in July 2011, by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates for the Kasey Michaels only (world). - Publisher's Lunch 3/16/2010 Crystal Jordan's next three erotic volumes and an erotic novella, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington Aphrodesia, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/16/2010 The Moment Between author Nicole Baart's FAR FROM HERE, exploring the irrevocable impact of tragedy and finding hope when a young widow who, just as love reenters her life, must confront the truth about what really happened to her husband, a pilot who disappeared in the Alaskan wilderness, and SLEEPING IN EDEN, about a middle-aged doctor and a lovestruck high school student whose lives intersect across time after the body of young woman is unearthed in an Iowa barn, to Becky Nesbitt at Howard Books, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000)), in a two-book deal, by Danielle Egan-Miller at Browne & Miller Literary Associates (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 3/12/2010 Serena Miller's SECRET OF KATIE CALLAWAY, about a woman hired on as a cook in an 1870's lumber camp determined to prove her grit, to Vicki Crumpton at Revell, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2010, by Sandra Bishop at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 3/11/2010 Amanda Forester's THE HIGHLANDER'S CAPTIVE, again to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, in a two-book deal, by Barbara Poelle at Irene Goodman Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/11/2010 Romantic suspense author Dee Davis's three new books in the A-Tac series, to Amy Pierpont at Grand Central, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 3/10/2010 Vivi Anna's next two paranormal romances which will begin a new series featuring demon hunters, again to Tara Gavin at Silhouette Nocturne, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/10/2010 Author of EVE OF DARKNESS Sylvia Day's ANGEL ENCHAINED, book one in a dark and sexy paranormal trilogy, in which angels, vampires, and lycans are all vying for power, to Danielle Perez at NAL, at auction, in a three-book deal, by Robin Rue at Writers House (World). - Publisher's Lunch 3/9/2010 NYT bestselling author L.A. Banks's untitled fallen angels series, to Jennifer Heddle at Pocket, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), in a two-book deal, by Sara Crowe at Harvey Klinger (world). sara@harveyklinger.com - Publisher's Lunch 3/9/2010 Mildred Colvin's FACING TESSA'S PAST, while traveling along Route 66, an unmarried mother of three renews a relationship with the one man in her past who frightens her and is faced with telling him that her youngest son is also his, to JoAnne Simmons at Heartsong Presents, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2011, by Janet Benrey at Benrey Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/5/2010 Tessa Adams's next two books in the Dragon Heat series, to Jhanteigh Kupihea at NAL, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Emily Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency (World).- Publisher's Lunch 3/4/2010 ACCORDING TO JANE and FRIDAY MORNINGS AT NINE author Marilyn Brant's THE GRAND EUROPEAN, the story of a conservative young woman's journey of self-discovery as she travels abroad with her adventurous aunt's sudoku-and-mahjong club, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, by Nephele Tempest at The Knight Agency.- Publisher's Lunch 3/4/2010 Audio rights to NYT bestselling author Nalini Singh's ANGELS' BLOOD, ARCHANGEL'S KISS, plus the next two books in her Guild Hunter series, to Ashley Swafford at Tantor Media, by Nephele Tempest at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/4/2010 Gwen Faulkenberry's LOVE FINDS YOU IN BRANSON, MISSOURI, in which an actress is swept into the real-life drama of early Branson through her grandmother's diary, and finds her true home (as well as true love) in the bargain, to Rachel Meisel at Summerside Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 3/4/2010 Liz Carlyle's three books in new atmospheric, sexy Victorian romance series, to Lucia Macro at Avon, in a significant deal ($251,000 - $499,000), by Nancy Yost of the Nancy Yost Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 3/4/2010 Alicia Rasley's THE RICHEST GIRL IN TOWN, in which a woman's life unravels when she discovers her husband's love child, to Debra Dixon and Deborah Smith at Bell Bridge Books, in a nice deal, for publication in February 2011 (World). - Publisher's Lunch 3/3/2010 ($1 - $49,000) Lisa Mondello's IN A SOLDIER'S ARMS, to Elizabeth Mazer at Steeple Hill, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in March 2011, by Michelle Grajkowski at 3 Seas Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/3/2010 Author of SECRET LIVES OF HUSBANDS AND WIVES Josie Brown's EXTRACURRICULAR, in which long-held family secrets, a cheating scandal, and parents behaving badly at an exclusive private school threaten to unravel one couple's seemingly perfect life, again to Megan McKeever at Gallery, by Holly Root at Waxman Literary Agency (world). Film: Jon Cassir & Matthew Snyder at CAA - Publisher's Lunch 3/3/2010 RITA award winner Stephanie Feagan, writing as Trinity Faegen's THE REDEMPTION OF AJAX, first in The Mephisto Covenant series, about a son of the dark angel, Mephistopheles, and his discovery and poignantly awkward courtship of a descendant of the daughter of Eve, to Greg Ferguson of Egmont, in a two-book deal, by Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 3/2/2010 Miranda Neville's third and fourth books in the Burgundy Club series featuring the adventures and loves of a group of young Regency, to Esi Sogah of Avon, in a two-book deal, by Frances Mallary at Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency.- Publisher's Lunch 3/2/2010 Candace Haven's SHE WHO DARES, WINS, the next book in her Stonegate Investigative Agency series, to Kathryn Lye at Harlequin Blaze, in a three-book deal, by Elaine Spencer at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/26/2010 Multiple RWA contest winner Beatriz Williams's OVERSEA, a sweeping love story pitched as Sebastian Faulks' BIRDSONG meets Diana Gabaldon's OUTLANDER, to Rachel Kahan at Putnam, at auction, by Alexandra Machinist at Linda Chester Literary Agency (world English). Rights to Droemer Knaur in Germany and Sijthoff in the Netherlands, in pre-empts. Foreign: wlee@fieldingagency.com - Publisher's Lunch 2/26/2010 Author of LIFE AS I KNOW IT Melanie Rose's COMING HOME,
pitched as in the vein of Cecilia Ahern and Allison Winn Scotch, about a
woman who sparks a second chance at life for a young widower when she's
stranded at his house during a blizzard along with his mute six-year-old
daughter Lorie O'Clare's next novel in her island fantasy novels, to Peter Senftleben for Kensington Aphrodisia, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/25/2010 Coming Undone and Relentless author Lauren Dane's BOUND BY MAGIC, the first in a sexy new paranormal romance series, to Leis Pederson 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 2/25/2010 Christy Barritt's UNDER FIRE, as a woman's stalker gets more aggressive, she has no choice but to flee her home and stay under the watchful eye of her brother's best friend, who doesn't want to add one more obligation to an already long list, but he can't tell his best friend no when he requests a place for his sister to stay; as a desperate man plays deadly games, the two must learn to depend on each other and on God in order to survive, to Tina James at Steeple Hill, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in Fall 2011, by Joyce Hart at Hartline Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/25/2010 NYT bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry's THE PERFECT LOVE SONG: A Holiday Tale, a heartwarming and romantic novella about the strength of love and dreams, to Roger Cooper at Vanguard Press, for publication in October 2010, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 2/24/2010 Christina Crooks' PLAYING DIRTY, a BDSM romantic suspense novel about a dating coach struggling with sinister sexual desires, to Peter Senftleben at Kensington Aphrodisia, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/23/2010 Sandra Hyatt's untitled part of a new continuity series for Silhouette Desire to Charles Griemsman at Silhouette, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/23/2010 Juliana Stone's HIS DARKEST SALVATION, a sexy paranormal romance which continues the series that begins with the upcoming His Darkest Hunger, again to Esi Sogah at Avon, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/23/2010 Cathleen Smith's WRANGLIN' A REDNECK, a sexy contemporary romance in which a straight-laced Yankee gets stranded deep in the heart of Texas while searching for her missing sister in a town full of colorful crazies determined to match her up with their favorite hometown hero, to Alex Logan at Grand Central, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for two books, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/22/2010 NYT bestselling author Brenda Joyce's next five historical romances, to Tara Parsons at HQN, with Miranda Indrigo editing, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), by Lucy Childs and Aaron Priest at Aaron Priest Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 2/22/2010 Samantha Sotto-Yambao's EVER AFTER HAPPILY, a delightful debut in which a young widow discovers that her dead husband may in fact be very much alive - which would be wonderful if the bearer of this news wasn't her thirty-two-year old husband's thirty-two-year old grandson, her search for answers takes readers on an adventure from revolutionary Paris to medieval Prussia to ancient Venice, to a place where she discovers whether love is truly everlasting, to Kate Kennedy at Shaye Areheart Books, by Stephanie Kip Rostan at Levine Greenberg Literary Agency (World). kschulze@randomhouse.com - Publisher's Lunch 2/19/2010 Kady Cross's HEAVY METAL, about a league of young aristocrats facing dark forces, to Krista Stroever at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Nancy Yost of the Nancy Yost Literary Agency (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 2/19/2010 Amanda Berry's L.A. CINDERELLA, in which a young accountant uncovers an embezzlement plot that could destroy the career of her Hollywood heartthrob boss, and they must work together to catch the thief, to Patience Smith at Harlequin Silhouette, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in June 2010, by Becca Stumpf at Prospect Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/19/2010 Dana Mentink's TURBULENCE, in which a woman boards a flight for her vacation, then realizes nothing to do with the plane or the people is as it first appears, to Emily Rodmell at Harlequin, by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 2/19/2010 Michele Bardsley's NEVER AGAIN, the next two books in a new paranormal series beginning the story of a cursed witch, who has the power to heal any wound but only at great cost to herself, and the Wizard of Nevermore, and her ex-brother-in-law who was almost killed by her sister, and is now the only person she can turn to for help - if he'll give it, to Laura Cifelli at NAL, in a two-book deal, by Stephanie Kip Rostan at Levine Greenberg Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/18/2010 Spanish rights to Amanda Forester's THE HIGHLANDER'S SWORD, to Via Magna, by Anne Landa in association with Julio F Yanez. anne.landa@sourcebooks.com - Publisher's Lunch 2/18/2010 Spanish rights to Mary Wine's TO CONQUER A HIGHLANDER, to Via Magna, by Anne Landa in association with Julio F Yanez. anne.landa@sourcebooks.com - Publisher's Lunch 2/18/2010 Spanish rights to Shana Galen's THE MAKING OF A DUCHESS, to Via Magna, by Anne Landa in association with Julio F Yanez. anne.landa@sourcebooks.com - Publisher's Lunch 2/18/2010 COME HELL OR HIGH WATER and OVER MY DEAD BODY author Michele Bardsley's next two books in the Broken Heart, Oklahoma series, about a rural town struggling to become an oasis for parakind ever since an out of control vampire "turned" most of the humans (including the entire PTA, the librarian and the diner cook) - and the battle raging between them and the demons, zombies and other creatures with darker motives over the secret that makes Broken Heart such a powerful place, to Laura Cifelli at NAL, by Stephanie Kip Rostan at Levine Greenberg Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/18/2010 French rights to Molly Harpers's NICE GIRLS DON'T HAVE FANGS and NICE GIRLS DON'T DATE DEAD MEN (Book 1 and 2 of a trilogy), to Mathieu Saintout at Bibliotheque Interdite, by Donatella d'Ormesson Literary on behalf of Jacqueline Murphy at FinePrint Literary Management. jacqueline@fineprintlit.com - Publisher's Lunch 2/18/2010 Lee Roland's VIPER MOON, in which a young woman has pledged her life to an entity called the earth mother and rescues children from the dark ruins of the Barrows, an area in Duivel, Missouri where evil breeds, to Kerry Donovan at Eclipse Press, in a three-book deal, for publication in Winter 2011, by Caren Estesen at Caren Johnson Literary Agency (World English kara@johnsonlitagency.com - Publisher's Lunch 2/17/2010 Stacey Fedele's JULIET IMMORTAL, the real story of Romeo and Juliet, former lovers, now sworn enemies and immortal warriors for good and evil who wage war for the eternal souls of soul mates throughout time, and ROMEO REDEEMED, to Michelle Poploff at Delacorte, for publication in 2011, by Caren Estesen at Caren Johnson Literary Agency (World English). kara@johnsonlitagency.com - Publisher's Lunch 2/17/2010 Jessa Slade's VOWED IN SHADOWS, the next two books in The Marked Souls series, in which immortal warrior lovers battle evil while facing demonic possession, Armageddon, and most frighteningly of all, each other, to Kerry Donovan at NAL, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, for publication in Winter 2011, by Becca Stumpf at Prospect Agency (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 2/17/2010 Sophie Renwick's MISTS OF ANNWYNN, sequel to VELVET HAVEN, once again exploring the world of the Velvet Haven nightclub where immortals and humans meet to party and save the world, to Tracy Bernstein at NAL, for publication in February 2011, by Mary Louise Schwartz at Belfrey Literary Agency. mls@thebelfreyliteraryagency.com - Publisher's Lunch 2/16/2010 Thai rights to Anne Stuart's RAZIEL, to Amarin, by Thananchai Pandey at Big Apple Tuttle-Mori on behalf of Lauren Abramo at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management. labramo@dystel.com - Publisher's Lunch 2/12/2010 Jo Ann Ferguson's next book in the Patchwork Mysteries series, to Beth Adams at Guideposts, by Jennifer Jackson at the Donald Maass Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/12/2010 USA Today bestselling author Emma Holly's novella for a contemporary erotic romance anthology, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/9/2010 Lisa Childs's fourth title in her paranormal witch series, to Tara Gavin at Silhouette, by Melissa Jeglinski at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/9/2010 Cassie Miles's untitled part of a new continuity series for Harlequin Intrigue, to Allison Lyons at Harlequin, by Melissa Jeglinski at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/9/2010 Elisabeth Naughton's next three books in her upcoming Eternal Guardians series in which seven immortal warriors descended from the greatest heroes in Ancient Greece battle the armies of the Underworld and serve as mankind's last hope, to Leah Hultenschmidt at Dorchester, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication beginning in early 2011, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/8/2010 Megan Hart's untitled novella for a contemporary erotic romance anthology, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Heat, for publication in 2011, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/8/2010 Lauren Dane's untitled novella for a contemporary erotic romance anthology, to Leis Pederson at Berkley Heat, for publication in 2011, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/8/2010 Beth Kery's untitled novella for a contemporary erotic romance anthology, to Leis Pederson at Berkley Heat, for publication in 2011, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/8/2010 Skin Game author Ava Gray's untitled novella in her Skin series for a sexy paranormal anthology, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Sensation, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/8/2010 Beth Kery's first two books in her Harbor Town USA series, about three families torn apart and then drawn back together by a mutually tragic past, to Susan Litman at Silhouette Special Edition, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/8/2010 Tina Leonard's next six books plus a novella, to Kathleen Scheibling at Harlequin American, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/8/2010 Kathleen O'Reilly's next trilogy, to Kathryn Lye at Harlequin Blaze, for publication in summer 2011, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 2/8/2010 Sandra Hyatt's Christmas novella, to Charles Griemsman at Silhouette Desire, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 2/8/2010 Leanna Renee Hieber's Books 3 and 4 in the STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL Series, in which the Guard struggles against Underworld forces to put Prophecy in place, then to face a fate most haunted; the turn of the century and a world at war, to Chris Keeslar at Dorchester, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Nicholas Roman Lewis. nicholas@nrllegal.com - Publisher's Lunch 2/8/2010 Robin Jones Gunn's LOVE FINDS YOU IN SUNSET BEACH, HAWAII, to Jason Rovenstine at Summerside Press, for publication in February 2012, by Janet Kobobel Grant at Books & Such Literary Agency. janet@booksandsuch.biz - Publisher's Lunch 2/5/2010 Corday Productions's SALEM'S SECRETS, SCANDALS AND LIES, Volumes I,II,&III, first three fiction titles based upon the plots and characters from "DAYS OF OUR LIVES," and DAYS OF OUR LIVES 45TH ANNIVERSARY TREASURY, to Peter Lynch at Sourcebooks, for publication in 2010-11, by Jeff Herman at the Jeff Herman Agency (world). jeff@jeffherman.com - Publisher's Lunch 2/5/2010 NYT bestselling author Brenda Novak's next romantic suspense trilogy, to Margaret Marbury and Paula Eyklehoff at Mira, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), for publication in 2011, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (world). - Publisher's Lunch 2/3/2010 Stephanie Chong's paranormal romantic trilogy, beginning with WHERE DEMONS FEAR TO TREAD, in which heaven and hell collide and where angels fall from grace and demons fall…in love, to Valerie Grey at Mira, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (world). - Publisher's Lunch 2/3/2010 Stephanie Stiles's BETTER THAN TV, a humorous look at pregnancy and a stay-at-home mom, to Laura Cifelli at NAL, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Scott Eagan at Greyhaus Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/2/2010 Kristina Wright's FAIRY TALE LUST: Erotic Fantasies for Women, a collection of erotic fairy tales, including classic tales with twists and new stories inspired by fairy tales, to Brenda Knight at Cleis Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in July 2010 (World). bknight@cleispress.com - Publisher's Lunch 2/2/2010 Violet Blue's SWEET LOVE: Erotic Fantasies for Couples, a collection of erotic stories about couples playing out their erotic fantasies, to Brenda Knight at Cleis Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in April 2010 (World bknight@cleispress.com - Publisher's Lunch 2/2/2010 Cindy Jone's debut I'LL FIND YOU IN MANSFIELD PARK, about a
young woman who flies to England to re-enact scenes from Mansfield Park at a
Jane Austen Festival and must confront whether she is a protagonist in her own
life or merely a secondary character repeating foolish mistakes, to Lucia Macro
at Avon, at auction, for publication spring/summer 2011, by Laura Rennert at
Andrea Brown Literary Agency (NA). USA Today bestselling author Catherine Mann's five-book deal, to Krista Stroever at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Barbara Collins Rosenberg at Rosenberg Group (World). - Publisher's Lunch 2/1/2010 Norwegian rights to Mary Jo Putney's ONE PERFECT ROSE, to Schibsted, by Lennart Sane at Lennart Sane Agency, on behalf of Meryl Earl at Kensington. - Publisher's Lunch 1/29/2010 Christina Brooke's SURRENDER TO A RAKE, in which an astonishing bequest puts a young widow in uncomfortably close proximity to her late husband's notorious heir, to Monique Patterson at St. Martin's, in a three-book deal, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/28/2010 Opal Carew's six erotic romance novels, to Rose Hilliard at St. Martin's, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Emily Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/28/2010 Author of Deeper, Megan Hart's next three erotic romances, again to Susan Pezzack-Swinwood at Spice, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99.000), in a three book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/28/2010 Maria Geraci's THE BOYFRIEND OF THE MONTH CLUB, about a woman who breathes new life into her dwindling book club by transforming it into a boyfriend club where women critique the men they've dated, comparing them to classic literary heroes and villains, to Wendy McCurdy at Berkley, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/27/2010 USA TODAY bestselling author Julie Kenner's Christmas novella, to Marsha Zinberg at Harlequin, for inclusion in their Christmas 2011 anthology, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 1/27/2010 Rose Lerner's LILY AMONG THORNS, in which a young woman
innkeeper who has worked hard to bury her past finds herself facing the man who
long ago helped her escape her life as a prostitute and is now turning to her
for her help; she believes the biggest threat to her independence are the sparks
that fly between them until disaster threatens and she finds they must work
together to fight for their freedom and their lives, to Leah Hultenschmidt at
Dorchester, for publication in January 2011, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon
Literary Agency (World). Lorie O'Clare's next three books in her Bounty Hunter Series, to Monique Patterson at St. Martin's, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/26/2010 German rights to Sandra Hill's VIKING IN LOVE, to Luebbe, by Bastian Schlueck at Thomas Schlueck Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/25/2010 Turkish rights to Beth Pattillo's JANE AUSTEN RUINED MY LIFE and MR. DARCY BROKE MY HEART, to Pegasus, by Asli Ermi at Asli Karasuil Telif Haklari Ajansi. - Publisher's Lunch 1/25/2010 Thai rights to Suzanne Forster's SURRENDER, BABY, to Crystal, in an 8-book deal, by Thananchai Pandey at Tuttle-Mori, in association with Jessica Olivo at Trident Media Group on behalf of Robert Gottlieb. - Publisher's Lunch 1/22/2010 AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT author Alissa Johnson's NEARLY A LADY, in which a warship captain returns home to find that his recently deceased father has left a previously unknown inheritor, a young woman of very independent spirit heretofore living alone in rural Scotland, to Kate Seaver at Berkley, in a two-book deal, by Emmanuelle Alspaugh at Judith Ehrlich Literary Management. - Publisher's Lunch 1/22/2010 Indonesian rights to Linda Howard's ICE: A NOVEL, to Gramedia Pustaka Utama, by Big Apple Agency on behalf of Ballantine. - Publisher's Lunch 1/22/2010 Spanish rights to Karen Kendall's TAKE ME FOR A RIDE, to Claridad, by Lara Lea Allen on behalf of Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 1/22/2010 German rights to Julie Kenner's TAINTED, TORN, and TURNED, to VGS, by Lara Lea Allen on behalf of Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 1/22/2010 Jacqueline Diamond's next three books in the Safe Harbor Medical series, to Kathleen Scheibling at Harlequin American, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2011, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/21/2010 Lutishia Lovely's TOO HOT TO HANDLE, in which a woman gets fired, visits a friend in L.A., and loses her heart in a whirlwind romance she can't forget, to Selena James at Dafina, for publication in summer 2011, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/21/2010 Joss Ware's next three books in the ENVY CHRONICLES, a post-apocalyptic romance series that follows a group of men and women surviving in a dark new world, to Erika Tsang at Avon, for publication in early 2011, by Marcy Posner at Sterling Lord Literistic (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 1/21/2010 Lara Chapman's FLAWLESS, a modern retelling of the Cyrano story in which a senior-class salutatorian with a notable nose agrees to help her perfectly gorgeous best friend catch the eye of the new hottie at school, only to discover he's actually the perfect guy for her, to Caroline Abbey at Bloomsbury Children's, by Holly Root at Waxman Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 1/20/2010 Golden Heart finalist Laura Navarre's THE DEVIL'S TEMPTRESS, about a disgraced Muslim knight and an ardent Christian lady at Eleanor of Aquitaine's court, to Leah Hultenschmidt at Dorchester, by JD DeWitt at the View Literary Agency. jd@theviewlit.com - Publisher's Lunch 1/19/2010 Hannah Schwartz's three-book urban fantasy deal, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2011, by Amberly Finarelli at Andrea Hurst Literary Management (US). - Publisher's Lunch 1/17/2010 Diana Gabaldon's OUTLANDER VIII, The eighth volume in the bestselling family saga, to Nita Taublib at Delacorte Press, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), for publication in Fall 2013, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency (US). - Publisher's Lunch 1/17/2010 Lisa Desrochers' debut PERSONAL DEMONS, about a good Catholic girl with a snarky streak who finds herself caught between an angel and a demon both fighting for her soul, and ultimately her heart, to Melissa Frain at Tor, in a three-book deal, at auction, for publication Fall 2010, by Suzie Townsend at FinePrint Literary Management (world English). Translation: jacqueline@fineprintlit.com - Publisher's Lunch 1/17/2010 Sandra Hill's VIKING IN LOVE, to Luebbe, by Bastian Schlueck at Thomas Schlueck Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/17/2010 Patricia Rosemoor's next two books in the McKenna series, to Denise Zaza at Harlequin Intrigue, by Jennifer Jackson at the Donald Maass Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/14/2010 Linda Thomas-Sundstrom's next two works of paranormal romance and two novellas, to Tara Gavin at Silhouette Nocturne, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 1/14/2010 Janice Daugharty's BIG EDDY, a multi-generational saga about a Southern family struggling to preserve a beloved home, to Deborah Smith at Bell Bridge Books, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in February 2011, by Laura Strachan.- Publisher's Lunch 1/14/2010 Deborah Grace Staley's THE ANGEL RIDGE Series, a charming, small-town romance series set in Tennessee, to Deborah Smith and Debra Dixon at Bell Bridge Books, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, for publication in 2011 (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/14/2010 Dutch rights to Lynsay Sands A QUICK BITE, to Uitgeverij De Vrijbuiter, by Philip Sane at Lennart Sane Agency, on behalf of Jenny Bent at The Bent Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/13/2010 Shannon Vannatter's WHITE PEARLS, book three in a 3-book series, about an apartment manager with a bad reputation and a secret baby, trying to handle her landscaper, who has a chip on his shoulder against the birth mother who gave him up, to JoAnne Simmons at Barbour's Heartsong Presents, by Kelly Mortimer at Mortimer Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/13/2010 Shannon Vannatter's WHITE DOVES, book two in a three-book series, when a promotion to Postmaster transfers the town-drunk's daughter too close to home, can she face her past and find comfort on the guilt-laden, broad-shoulder of a mail carrier?, to JoAnne Simmons at Barbour's Heartsong Presents, by Kelly Mortimer at Mortimer Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/13/2010 Lucy Dillon's LOST DOGS AND LONELY HEARTS, in which dogs adopted from a local shelter lead their new owners to happy endings, to Jackie Cantor at Berkley, for publication in Spring 2011, by David Forrer at Inkwell Management on behalf of Lizzy Kremer at David Higham Associates in the UK (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 1/13/2010 USA Today bestselling author Sophie Jordan's (aka Sharie Kohler) FIRELIGHT, the first in a series in which a girl who descends from dragons and breathes fire flees danger among her own kind and the humans that hunt her by escaping to the mortal world where she attends high school and falls for a boy with dark secrets of his own, to Farrin Jacobs and Kari Sutherland at Harper Teen, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), in a three-book deal, by Maura Kye-Casella of Don Congdon Associates. - Publisher's Lunch 1/12/2010 Rita winner Catherine Mann's new military-themed romantic suspense series, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), in a three-book deal, for publication in Spring 2011, by Barbara Collins Rosenberg at Rosenberg Group (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/12/2010 Laura Griffin's UNSTOPPABLE, a novella in which a forensic anthropologist unearths deadly secrets in the deserts of west Texas, then must thwart a terror plot with the help of a Navy SEAL, in an anthology of romantic suspense, DEADLY PROMISES, to Abby Zidle at Gallery Books, for publication in Fall 2010, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 1/12/2010 Christy Reece's next romantic suspense trilogy, to Kate Collins at Ballantine, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), for publication in Spring/Summer 2011, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 1/11/2010 Polish rights to Rachel Caine's LORD OF MISRULE and CARPE CORPUS, to Amber, by Graal, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), on behalf of Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/7/2010 Elaine Levine's LEAH AND THE AVENGER, the third book in the author's western historical series, Men of Defiance, to Megan Records at Kensington, in a two-book deal, by Melissa Jeglinski at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 1/5/2010 Sharon Dunn's EASY PREY, in which the director of the Birds of Prey Rescue Center finds a mangled eagle and knows something sinister is going on in the mountains, but then she encounters her buddy from childhood just returned from serving in Iraq, and the two of them discover a trail of blood in the canyon that makes them realize they are dealing with more than injured birds, to Emily Rodmell at Love Inspired, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Janet Kobobel Grant at Books & Such Literary Agency. janet@booksandsuch.biz - Publisher's Lunch 1/4/2010 SHADOWED SUMMER author Saundra Mitchell's THE VESPERTINE, a new take on Gothic romance about a Gilded-Age girl who stirs forbidden desires and long-hidden secrets with her new gift of prophecy- power she may share with an intriguing boy who seems to come and go with the mists, to Julie Tibbott at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children's, by Sara Crowe at Harvey Klinger (world). - Publisher's Lunch 1/4/2010 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Pat Rushford's next book in the "Hope Haven" series, to Lindsay Guzzardo at Guideposts, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Sandra Bishop at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 12/29/2009 Courtney Walsh's A PERFECT CIRCLE, in which, after losing her battle to cancer, a woman leaves her three childhood friends with nothing but memories and photographs of the summers they all spent together, and as they work on their memory book, old wounds are mended and lives are changed, to Beth Adams at Guideposts, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in fall 2011, by Sandra Bishop at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 12/29/2009 NYT bestselling author Hannah Howell's next four historical romances, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, in a significant deal ($251,000 - $499,000), by Evan Marshall at Evan Marshall Literary Management (World). evanmarshall@optonline.net - Publisher's Lunch 12/24/2009 Robyn Grady's next works of sexy series romance, to Shana Smith at Silhouette Desire, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2011, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (World). - Publisher's Lunch 12/22/2009 NYT bestselling author Christina Skye's next three contemporary romances featuring a circle of friends united by their shared love of knitting, to Tara Parsons at HQN, for publication in 2011, by Annelise Robey at Jane Rotrosen Agency (World).- Publisher's Lunch 12/21/2009 Dorothy Love's BEYOND ALL MEASURE, in which a penniless milliner travels to post-Civil War Hickory Ridge, TN as a companion to an aunt whose nephew, a veteran of the famed Texas Brigade, helps her to understand how God is at work in our lives, to Ami McConnell at Thomas Nelson, in a three-book deal, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/18/2009 Margaret Mallory's next book in her new series RETURN OF THE HIGHLANDERS, in which four young men hurry home to Scotland from France after hearing news of the disastrous Battle of Flodden to dislodge the usurper who has claimed leadership of their clan and to restore the rightful new clan chief as their leader, to Alex Logan at Grand Central, for publication in Summer 2011, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (World).- Publisher's Lunch 12/17/2009 Charlotte Featherstone's DARK WALTZ, in which a budding novelist uses her story to woo an elusive lord as he works to keep her safe from a killer while searching to recover important Masonic treasures that have been stolen from their hiding place in the Middle East, to Lara Hyde with Tara Parsons for HQN, in a two-book deal, for publication in Fall 2011, by Mary Louise Schwartz at Belfrey Literary Agency. mls@thebelfreyliteraryagency.com - Publisher's Lunch 12/17/2009 Cecilia Grey's debut A LADY AWAKENED, about an iron-willed widow who makes a high-stakes bargain with a neighborhood rake to conceive a fraudulent heir and safeguard her liberty and inheritance, beginning the Blackshears series, to Shauna Summers at Bantam Dell, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), in a two-book deal, by Emmanuelle Alspaugh at Judith Ehrlich Literary Management. - Publisher's Lunch 12/16/2009 Darlene Franklin's BRIDGE TO LOVE, second book in the Green Mountain Brides series, the story of a Vermont farmer in the early 1800's, making a life for himself during the Year of No Summer, to JoAnne Simmons at Heartsong, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 12/16/2009 NYT bestselling author of ANGELS' BLOOD and BLAZE OF MEMORY Nalini Singh's untitled novella in her Guild Hunter series, for an anthology about fallen angels, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Sensation, by Nephele Tempest at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/15/2009 Jennifer Haymore's next three historical romance novels, again to Selina McLemore at Grand Central, by Barbara Poelle at Irene Goodman Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/15/2009 Kris Kennedy's next historical romance, moving to Abby Zidle at Pocket, in a two-book deal, in a pre-empt, by Barbara Poelle at Irene Goodman Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/15/2009 DEMON FORGED AND DEMON BOUND author Meljean Brook's untitled novella in her Guardian series, for an anthology about fallen angels, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Sensation, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/15/2009 Michelle Celmer's NEXT DOOR NANNY, to Charles Griemsman at Silhouette, by Melissa Jeglinski at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/15/2009 Lydia Dare's THE TAMING OF THE WOLF, the fourth title in the author's ongoing historical paranormal series, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, in a four-book deal, by Melissa Jeglinski at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/15/2009 Red Garnier's ROMANCED FOR REVENGE, in which a woman finds herself fighting for the custody of her son next to her longtime enemy, a powerful man who has more than revenge in mind, to Charles Griemsman at Silhouette Desire, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/14/2009 NIGHT VILLA author Carol Goodman's THE DEMON LOVER, the first novel in a sophisticated paranormal series featuring a Mythology professor who teaches at an unconventional college with a mystical faculty, to Linda Marrow at Ballantine, by Loretta Barrett (NA).- Publisher's Lunch 12/14/2009 Myra McEntire's debut HOURGLASS, a timeslip romance in which a girl who sees ghosts meets a boy who knows the truth about what her visions really are, and he alone can unlock the secrets of her past, to Regina Griffin at Egmont, in a two-book deal, by Holly Root at Waxman Literary Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 12/14/2009 Jaci Burton's sexy novella WILD NEED, where two people realize what they want may not be what they need, to be published with WILD NIGHTS, to Kate Seaver at Berkley Heat, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (world). - Publisher's Lunch 12/14/2009 Karin Tabke's dark, erotic paranormal series, pitched as Sons of Anarchy meets Rise of the Lycans, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Heat, in a three-book deal, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 12/14/2009 Yahrah St. John's TWO TO TANGO, in which an ambitious labor attorney begins a no-strings attached relationship with her handsome millionaire client until she falls for the sexy mogul, to Glenda Howard at Kimani, in a three-book deal, for publication in 2011-2012, by Christine Witthohn at Book Cents Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 12/10/2009 Angi Morgan's SEE JANE RUN, in which a dedicated FBI agent must help his former love in a desperate race to rescue her kidnapped son and uncover her well-guarded secret, to Allison Lyons at Harlequin Intrigue, by Jill Marsal at the Marsal Lyon Literary Agency. Jill@MarsalLyonLiteraryAgency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/9/2009 Caris Roane's debut GUARDIANS OF ASCENSION, a dimensional world in which winged vampire warriors battle to save Mortal Earth and Second Earth while protecting the powerful women to which they're bonded, to Rose Hilliard at St. Martins, in a six-figure deal, in a pre-empt, in a four-book deal, for publication in 2011, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 12/9/2009 Patti O'Shea's "DEMON'S PREY," to Tara Gavin of Nocturne Bites, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/8/2009 Jordan Dane's RECKONING FOR THE DEAD, in which a bounty hunter's past casts a dark shadow over her future when her DNA turns up as part of a cold case in Wisconsin-evidence in a murder investigation that was committed before she was abducted by an infamous serial pedophile in Illinois when she was only a child; the evidence forces her to deal with her dark past and the tainted memory of a mother she never knew, to Lucia Macro of Avon, by Meredith Bernstein of Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency - Publisher's Lunch 12/8/2009 THE BROTHERS TORRES author Coert Voorhees's ANNIE FLEET AND THE GOLDEN JAGUAR, about a scuba diving, treasure hunting, female young Indiana Jones-type who has to balance her global search for Cortez's fabled golden statue against a possible romance with the son of the world's most famous movie star, again to Ari Lewin at Hyperion, by Sara Crowe at Harvey Klinger (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 12/7/2009 Julie Cannon's I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, in which a WWII recruiting poster touches a young girl's heart, moving her to join the Navy, leaving her small southern town and her lovelorn beau behind, to Susan Downs at Summerside Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2010, by Sandra Bishop at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 12/6/2009 Lecia Cornwall's debut UNMASKING THE COUNTESS, in which one night at a masked ball, a woman gives in to temptation, and lets an innocent flirtation turn into a steamy encounter in a dark garden with a man who will not make it easy for her to forget her moment of weakness and is determined to learn the identity of the unknown lover who captured his heart, to Tessa Woodward at Avon, in a two-book deal, for publication in Spring 2011, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agencyy (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 12/4/2009 Louisa Edwards's next two contemporary romances in the Recipe for Love series, rounding out a trilogy to be published in 2011, following a team of talented, passionate young cooks as they compete for the coveted title of Best American Chef -- and learn that sometimes the best prize is finding the love of your life where you least expect it, to Rose Hilliard at St. Martin's, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 12/3/2009 Courtney Allison Moulton's MY SOUL TO REAP, in which a sixteen-year-old begins seeing Reapers; monstrously sized wolf-like creatures; with the help of a handsome boy who has waited 60 years for her return, she unlocks her full power; soon the secrets of her past-lives surface - including truths that may be too frightening to remember; now she must keep an army of Reapers from consuming every soul on the planet...starting with hers, WINGS OF THE WICKED, and HYMN TO THE FALLEN, to Sarah Shumway at Katherine Tegen Books, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), In a pre-empt, by Elizabeth Jote at Objective Entertainment. - Publisher's Lunch 12/3/2009 Anne Osterlund's EXILE, the sequel to AURELIA, the continuing story of Princess Aurelia as she travels her kingdom while in exile after refusing the arranged marriage her father orchestrated; and SALVATION, the story of a Mexican American teen and a Caucasian teen, who strike up an unlikely romance which is put to the test when one is involved in a car accident that causes the fatality of another teenager, to Angelle Pilkington at Puffin/Speak, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in Dec 2010 and April 2012, by Kelly Sonnack at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 12/2/2009 Jaci Burton's new very sexy romantic suspense series, to Linda McFall at Mira, in a two-book deal, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (world). - Publisher's Lunch 12/1/2009 Jami Alden's dark, romantic suspense trilogy, based on a forced confession and wrongful conviction of an alleged murderer that dramatically alters the lives of three women involved in his case, to Michele Bidelspach at Grand Central, at auction, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 12/1/2009 Sherrilyn Kenyon with Dianna Love's THE BELADOR CODE, an urban fantasy thriller in which a league of international warriors with extraordinary abilities rise up to save mankind from supernatural terrorists, to Louise Burke and Lauren McKenna at Pocket, in a major deal, in a two-book deal, by Robert Gottlieb at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 11/30/2009 Aimee Carter's THE GODDESS TEST, in which an 18-year old discovers, in addition to spending six months a year with a dark stranger, she must also pass seven tests that no one else has survived and battle a god determined to see her fail if she is to save her mother's life, to Mary-Theresa Hussey at Harlequin Teen, in a two-book deal, by Rosemary Stimola at Stimola Literary Studio. rosemary@stimolaliterarystudio.com - Publisher's Lunch 11/30/2009 Gemma Halliday's debut DEADLY COOL, in which a sixteen-year-old finds out that her boyfriend was cheating on her with the president of the chastity club; when she goes to confront the cheaters, she finds the girl dead instead and now must solve the murder, to Erica Sussman at Harper Children's, in a two-book deal, by Holly Root at Waxman Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 11/25/2009 Lisa Mondello's FLY AWAY HOME, a story about a Marine coming home to escape trauma and tragedy only to find that God has given him a second chance at happiness, to Elizabeth Mazer at Steeple Hill, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in October 2010, by Michelle Grajkowski at 3 Seas Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 11/24/2009 Sandra Robbins's CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE, in which a crusading newspaper reporter and a police detective must stop a vigilante before he sparks an all-out war on the city streets between rival gangs, to Tina James at Steeple Hill, by Natasha Kern at the Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 11/23/2009 Essence bestseller, Christy finalist and RITA finalist Angela Benson's DELILAH'S DAUGHTERS, in which Delilah and her three adult daughters see the fabric of their family unravel in their pursuit of success and also see it reshaped as each woman learns what's most important in life, to Wendy Lee at Harper, in a two-book deal, by Natasha Kern at the Natasha Kern Literary Agency(World). - Publisher's Lunch 11/23/2009 RITA finalist and Daphne DuMaurier award winner Nina Bruhns's romantic suspense trilogy in red, white and blue based on the ideals of Blood, Valor, and Honor each featuring a different branch of courageous men in uniform and heroines who keep our country safe and secure, to Kate Seaver at Berkley, in a three-book deal, by Natasha Kern at the Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 11/23/2009 Author of Real Life & Liars Kristina Riggle's HERITAGE HILL, a
novel of a blended family in which a missing teenager and a volatile ex-wife
could destroy the fragile bonds of a struggling household built on the
optimistic premise that love can conquer all, again to Lucia Macro at Avon, in a
very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), in a two-book deal, by Kristin Nelson at
Nelson Literary Agency (NA). Margaret Daley's next inspirational continuity story about the Texas Rangers, to Emily Rodmell at Steeple Hill, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2011, by Steve Laube at the Steve Laube Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 11/19/2009 Tracey Cross's LOVE FINDS YOU IN SUNDANCE, WYOMING; LOVE FINDS YOU IN WILDROSE, NORTH DAKOTA; and LOVE FINDS YOU IN BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, to Rachel Meisel at Summerside Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Steve Laube at the Steve Laube Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 11/19/2009 J.R. Ward's three new novels in the Black Dagger Brotherhood, to Kara Welsh at NAL, by Steven Axelrod of The Axelrod Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 11/19/2009 Leigh Duncan's CATCH OF A LIFETIME, a young widow who owns a fly fishing shop tangles with a real estate developer over the future of a pristine riverside property, to Laura Barth at Harlequin American Romance, for publication in 2011, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World). - Publisher's Lunch 11/17/2009 NYT and USA Today bestselling author Mariah Stewart's COMING HOME and GOODBYE AGAIN, to Linda Marrow at Ballantine, in a major deal, in a three-book deal, by Loretta Barrett of Barrett Books (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 11/16/2009 Kay Thomas's BULLETPROOF BODYGUARD, in which a young, widowed mother on the Mississippi coast is forced to help with a casino robbery when her three-year-old son is kidnapped by "guests" at her bed and breakfast, to Denise Zaza at Harlequin Intrigue, with Elizabeth Mazer editing, for publication in April 2010, in a two-book deal, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World). - Publisher's Lunch 11/13/2009 Anne Stuart's RAZIEL, the first in a series, about fallen angels turned vampires who are sentenced to shepherd the dead to the afterlife after archangel Uriel wins a power struggle against Lucifer, causing him to be cast out of Heaven; when Raziel, one of the Fallen, decides to rescue his newest ward en-route to hell, his actions, and his undeniable attraction to her, set off a chain of events that lead to a wholesale rebellion by the Fallen against Uriel and his minions, as they seek to rescue Lucifer and restore the balance of power among the forces of good and evil, to Abby Zidle at Pocket, in a two-book deal, by Jane Dystel at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 11/10/2009 Dutch rights to Lori Wilde's THERE GOES THE BRIDE, to De Vrijbuiter, by Philip Sane at Lennart Sane Agency, on behalf of Jenny Bent at The Bent Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 11/9/2009 Norwegian rights to Barbara Cartland's THE SECRET OF THE MOSQUE, HAUNTED and LUCIFER AND THE ANGEL, to Cappelen Damm, by Lennart Sane Agency, on behalf of Rupert Crew. - Publisher's Lunch 11/9/2009 Therese Stenzel's HIDDEN HEARTS, part of the Christmas Mail-Order Bride Novella Collection - in which a reluctant bride, determined to keep her past from her success-driven new husband, attempts to build a new life but finds it difficult when he's apparently keeping secrets of his own, to JoAnne Simmons at Barbour, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in fall 2010, by Sandra Bishop at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 11/9/2009 Seventeen-year-old debut author Kody Keplinger's THE DUFF (Designated Ugly Fat Friend), pitched as reminiscent of Juno and She's Come Undone, in which a cynical and witty "DUFF" decides the intrigue of casual sex with a gorgeous-but-jerkoff player is more alluring than facing her own issues with self-esteem...until it all goes wrong when they realize they're falling in love, to Vast Entertainment, in a pre-empt, with McG (CHARLIE'S ANGELS, TERMINATOR: SALVATION) attached to direct, by Brendan Deneen at Fineprint Literary Management on behalf of Joanna Stampfel-Volpe at Nancy Coffey Literary & Media Representation. Brendan@FineprintLit.com - Publisher's Lunch 11/9/2009 USA Today bestselling author Maureen Child's (writing as Regan Hastings) new three-book dark paranormal romantic suspense series, THE AWAKENING, in which after a few millenia, a coven of witches awakens to their previously dormant and latent powers to reconvene - fighting against time, civilization and themselves to find the cursed relics that threaten humanity - before Satan rises and claims his power, to Kerry Donovan and Claire Zion at NAL, for publication in 2011, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Donna Bagdasarian at Publication Riot Group (World). - Publisher's Lunch 11/6/2009 Scholastic editor-in-chief and best selling YA author David Levithan's THE LOVER'S DICTIONARY, an alphabetically episodic narrative that traces the ups and downs of an urban romance, to Jonathan Galassi at Farrar, Straus, in a six-figure deal, in a pre-empt. - Publisher's Lunch 11/6/2009 Stephanie Dray's LILY OF THE NILE, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a two-book deal, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 11/5/2009 Marie Force's new contemporary romance, telling the tale of an airline pilot catapulted to national hero status, after safely landing a jet full of people following a catastrophe and how he must learn to live with - and enjoy - his newfound fame and the rabid female attention that comes with it until a lucky punch knocks some sense into him and opens his eyes to true love, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, for publication in Spring 2011, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 11/5/2009 Olivia Cunning's sexy new series about five rock stars who each meet their muse, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, in a five-book deal, for publication in 2010, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 11/4/2009 Helen Scott Taylor's THE RUBY KISS, in the Magic Knot Fairies series, a contemporary fantasy romance set in the English Westcounty and Ireland, in which a vampiric fairy chooses a human woman as his mate only to discover she has inherited magical powers and that two rival Scottish fairy courts are fighting to claim her, to Alicia Condon at Dorchester, for publication in January 2011, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 11/4/2009 Lisa Hendrix's IMMORTAL CHAMPION, a sequel to IMMORTAL OUTLAW, to Kate Seaver at Berkley, in a two-book deal, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World). - Publisher's Lunch 11/4/2009 Janelle Mowery's LOVE FINDS YOU IN SILVER CITY, IDAHO, in which a recovered burn victim who worked hard to overcome her grief and bitterness feels her inner peace slipping away when her father, owner of the town livery and a nearby played-out mine, employs a man secretive enough to keep her guessing and handsome enough to tug at her affections, to Rachel Meisel at Summerside Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in fall 2010, by Sandra Bishop at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 11/4/2009 Sherri Browning-Erwin and Charlotte Bronte's JANE SLAYRE, a paranormal retelling of "Jane Eyre," in which Jane is a vampyre slayer and Rochester's wife is a werewolf, to Jennifer Heddle at Gallery, at auction, for publication Spring 2010, by Stephany Evans at FinePrint Literary Management (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 11/4/2009 USA Today bestselling author Maureen Child's next six books in the New Kings series, again to Krista Stroever at Harlequin, for Silhouette Desire, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Donna Bagdasarian at Publication Riot Group (World). - Publisher's Lunch 10/31/2009 Grace Burrowe's Regency historical romance series featuring the sons of an irascible Duke, determined to thwart their father's matrimonial schemes and plans to ensure his succession, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, in a three-book deal, for publication in Fall 2010, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 10/29/2009 Janice Hanna's LOVE FINDS YOU IN GROOM, TEXAS, in which the last single man in Groom, Texas, has too many choices available to him, to Rachel Meisel at Summerside Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 10/29/2009 Sunny's MONA LISA SMILING, a single-author dark fantasy anthology featuring a race of beautiful supernatural shape-shifters descended from the moon, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 10/28/2009 Melissa Mayhue's HEALING THE HIGHLANDER in her Daughters of the Glen series, in which a 21st century woman who's spent the last decade rebuilding her life in 13th century Scotland is forced to face her inner demons when she meets her match in a sexy Scottish Highlander, to Megan McKeever at Pocket, in a very nice deal, in a two-book deal, by Elaine Spencer at The Knight Agency - Publisher's Lunch 10/27/2009 Janice Maynard's RICH AS SIN, in which a family's dark secret is brought to light when the young woman they once shunned returns to the Wyoming ranch where she grew up and finds herself still in love with the enigmatic, autocratic eldest son, to Krista Stroever at Harlequin Desire, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Emily Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 10/27/2009 Tessa Adams's DARK EMBERS, Book 1 in the Dragon Heat series, about the near extinction of a shape-shifting dragon clan due to disease and its leader's search for a cure, to Becky Vinter at NAL, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Emily Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 10/27/2009 Tracy Wolff's WHAT LOVE MEANS, the story of a woman who refuses to love and the man who can't help but love her, to Wanda Ottewell at Harlequin Superromance, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Emily Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 10/27/2009 Laurie London's BONDED BY BLOOD, the first in her Sweetblood series, about a vampire warrior who must protect a human woman with a particularly delicious blood type from the vampire predators who hunt her, to Margo Lipschultz at HQN, in a two-book deal, by Emmanuelle Alspaugh at Judith Ehrlich Literary Management (World). - Publisher's Lunch 10/26/2009 Victoria Dahl's trilogy featuring siblings who run a microbrewery in Boulder, Colorado to be published in fall 2011, and a novella to be published in an anthology in spring 2011, to Tara Parsons at HQN, by Amy Moore-Benson at AMB Literary Management (world). - Publisher's Lunch 10/26/2009 Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie's five-book children's series
Wicked, about a young woman who learns she is a descendant of a coven of witches
RITA award-winner Caridad Ferrer's WHEN THE STARS GO BLUE, a reinvention of Bizet's Carmen set in contemporary Miami against the world of competitive drum and bugle corps, to Toni Plummer at Thomas Dunne Books, by Adrienne Rosado at PMA Literary & Film Management (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 10/22/2009 Rena Finney's SEASONS OF CHANGE, in which a woman returns to her hometown after twenty years, but is she willing to risk her heart again for the love of family or for the love of a man?, to Brenda Diaz at Urban Renaissance Books, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, for publication in Spring 2010, by Maxine Thompson at Maxine Thompson Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 10/20/2009 Suzetta Perkins's NOTHING STAYS THE SAME, sequel to Ex-Terminator, to Charlemaigne at Strebor Books, in a nice deal, for publication in Spring 2010, by Maxine Thompson at Maxine Thompson Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 10/20/2009 Lena Scott's WEST END GIRLS, Book One: Three sisters deal with the trials and tribulations of living in a Northern California ghetto, to Natalie Weber at Urban Soul, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Maxine Thompson of Maxine Thompson Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 10/20/2009 NYT bestselling author, Sherryl Woods' A Chesapeake Shores Christmas, continuing her series, in which the parents of the O'Brien clan remarry after more than a decade of separation and alienation, and a second novel, both for hardcover, to Margaret Marbury at Mira, with Joan Marlow Golan editing, by Denise Marcil at Denise Marcil Literary Agency. Denise@DeniseMarcilAgency.com - Publisher's Lunch 10/19/2009 Marie Treanor's BLOOD ON SILK, a story of love and distrust between a beautiful, fiery Scottish academic and a powerful vampire out for vengeance on those who staked him nearly 400 years ago, to Kerry Donovan at NAL, by Robert Gottlieb at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 10/19/2009 Leigh Michaels's #5 UPPER SEYMOUR STREET, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, in a three-book deal, for publication in 2010-2011, by Christine Witthohn at Book Cents Literary Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 10/15/2009 Leslie Tentler's MIDNIGHT CALLER, in which an FBI agent, with the aid of a psychologist, must hunt down a sadistic killer known as "the vampire," to Linda McFall at Mira, in a three-book deal, by Stephany Evans at FinePrint Literary Management. - Publisher's Lunch 10/14/2009 Courtney Milan's next two historical romances, to Tara Parsons at HQN, with Margo Lipschultz editing, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Kristin Nelson at Nelson Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 10/14/2009 Loreth Anne White's untitled Christmas novella, to Susan Litman at Harlequin, for publication in October 2010, by Jennifer Jackson at the Donald Maass Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 10/9/2009 Donna Ball's third book in the Ladybug Farm series, and Keys to the Castle, about a woman who inherits a castle in France and the surprises she finds there, to Jackie Cantor at NAL, by Jennifer Jackson at the Donald Maass Literary Agency, - Publisher's Lunch 10/9/2009 NYT bestselling Victoria Alexander's two Christmas hardcovers and three paperback originals, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, by Meg Ruley of the Jane Rotrosen Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 10/9/2009 Maggie Stiefvater's NYT bestseller SHIVER, a bittersweet paranormal romance, about two teens (a 16-year-old girl and a mysterious boy who spends his winters as a wolf) struggling to be together against all odds, to Michael Lynne and Robert Shaye at Unique Features/Warner Bros, by Eric Reid at William Morris Endeavor, on behalf of Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown Literary Agency ljrennert@mac.com - Publisher's Lunch 10/8/2009 Author of GENTLEMEN PREFER SUCCUBI Jill Myles's next book in the Succubus Diaries series, as well as the first book in a new paranormal romance series set at a paranormal dating agency, to Micki Nuding at Pocket, by Holly Root at Waxman Literary Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 10/7/2009 Maureen Smith writing as Naomi Chase's DIVAS NEED LOVE TOO, to Selena James at Dafina, in a two-book deal, by Jessica Faust at BookEnds. - Publisher's Lunch 10/7/2009 Haley Tanner's VACLAV AND LENA, a love story set in the Russian émigré society of Brighton Beach, in which two very young people, separated by tragedy, reunite many years later only to have their true love threatened by a turbulent family history, to Susan Kamil for Dial Press, by Molly Friedrich at Friedrich Agency (NA). Rights: pcirone@friedrichagency.com - Publisher's Lunch 10/7/2009 Jean Brashear's THE GODDESS OF OKRA, in which a Texas woman goes on a whimsical search for her reincarnated sister, to Debra Dixon and Deborah Smith at Bell Bridge Books, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in sprin 2010 (World). - Publisher's Lunch 10/6/2009 Deborah Grace Staley's HEART'S DESIRE, the third book in Staley's sweet romance series, Angel Ridge, set in a small Tennessee town, to Debra Dixon and Deborah Smith at Bell Bridge Books, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in September 2010 (World). - Publisher's Lunch 10/6/2009 Deborah Harkness's A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES, a tale of science and magic in which a long-lost alchemical manuscript is discovered at the Bodleian Library at Oxford, leading to romance between a 1,500 year old vampire and a witch in denial of her powers, to Carole DeSanti at Viking, by Sam Stoloff at the Frances Goldin Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 10/2/2009 Kimberly Van Meter's new trilogy, about the three foster sons of "Mama Jo", to Johanna Raisanen at Harlequin SuperRomance, by Pam Strickler. - Publisher's Lunch 10/1/2009 Jules Bennett's next contemporary romance, to Diana Ventimiglia at Silhouette Desire, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (World). - Publisher's Lunch 9/30/2009 Kay Stockham's next four heartwarming romances, to Wanda Ottewell at Harlequin Superromance, by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates (World). - Publisher's Lunch 9/30/2009 NYT and USA Today bestselling author Lori Foster's contemporary romance novella for an anthology, to Margo Lipschultz at HQN, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), for publication in 2011, by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates (World). - Publisher's Lunch 9/30/2009 Charlotte Carter's A COWBOY'S HEART, to Emily Rodmell at Love Inspired, by Pam Strickler. - Publisher's Lunch 9/30/2009 Lavinia Kent's untitled Regency historical, in which an heiress who has avoided marriage impulsively compromises herself to save her cousin and is forced to marry the best friend of her first love, to Tessa Woodward at Avon, in a two-book deal, by Helen Breitwieser at Cornerstone Literary (World). - Publisher's Lunch 9/30/2009 Author of MESSED UP Janet Lynch's ADDICTED TO HER, the story of a star on the school's wrestling team who's head over heels with a girl who's leading him down dangerous paths while he ignores the girl who adores him and is perfect for him, again to Mary Cash at Holiday House by Jodie Rhodes. jrhodes1@san.rr.com - Publisher's Lunch 9/28/2009 Kalayna Price's GRAVE WITCH, about a broke magic-eye for hire, but a case with a sexy reaper, a dark cop, and a ghost-silencing killer has more than her rent on the line - it may cost her soul, to Jessica Wade of Penguin, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), in a three-book deal, by Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency (world English). - Publisher's Lunch 9/28/2009 Roisin Meaney's EIGHT MONTHS ON EMMET STREET, in which a cupcake shop owner searches for love after her boyfriend leaves her for another woman, to Sara Weiss at 5 Spot, for publication in April 2011, by Joanna Kaliszewska at Headline (US). - Publisher's Lunch 9/28/2009 Christina Phillips's HIS FORBIDDEN PRINCESS, in which a Roman centurion leads an invasion into Cambria, and the druid princess who both defies and enthralls him, to Kate Seaver at Berkley Heat, in a two-book deal, by Emmanuelle Alspaugh at Judith Ehrlich Literary Management. - Publisher's Lunch 9/28/2009 Two more Noc Bites to accompany her forthcoming GUARDIAN series by Connie Hall, to Keyren Greylach at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Pam Ahearn of Ahearn Agency. pahearn@aol.com - Publisher's Lunch 9/28/2009 Victoria Zackheim's HE SAID WHAT?!, a collection of personal
essays by writers including Joyce Maynard, Julia Glass, Pam Houston, and Beverly
Donofrio revealing their most intimate experiences of torment, humor, even
revenge, to Brooke Warner at Seal Press, by Jill Marsal at the Marsal Lyon
Literary Agency. Patricia Sargeant writing as Regina Hart's new NBA sports romance series with Fast Break, to Selena James at Kensington, in a three-book deal, by Roberta Brown of The Brown Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/24/2009 Paperback NYT bestselling author Teresa Medeiros' GOODNIGHT TWEETHEART: A LOVE STORY IN 140 CHARACTERS OR LESS, in which a man and a woman meet, and fall in love, on Twitter, to Lauren McKenna at Pocket, by Andrea Cirillo at Jane Rotrosen Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/24/2009 Brenda Minton's THE COWBOY'S SWEETHEART, THE COWBOY AND THE PREACHER, and A COWBOY HOMECOMING, to Melissa Endlich at Steeple Hill for publication in August 2010, Spring 2011 and Summer 2011, by Janet Benrey at Benrey Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/22/2009 Morgan St. James writing as Arliss Adams's A DREAM LOST, a young ballerina's struggle for survival after being kidnapped, raped and left for dead, to Lisa Smith at L&L Dreamspell, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in October 2010 (US). - Publisher's Lunch 9/21/2009 Beth Kery's DOWN AND DIRTY, 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 9/21/2009 Anya Bast's RAVEN'S QUEST, again to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Sensation, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/18/2009 Rita-nominated author Marta Perry's next three novels in her PLEASANT VALLEY AMISH series, exploring the struggles of contemporary Amish women to be in the world but not of the world while staying true to their hearts in a rural Pennsylvania community, again to Susan Allison at Berkley, with Ellen Edwards at NAL editing, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Danielle Egan-Miller at Browne & Miller Literary Associates (World). - Publisher's Lunch 9/18/2009 Sarah Gray's WUTHERING BITES, a retelling of Wuthering Heights
in which Heathcliff is a vampire, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, in a very
nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), for publication in September 2010, by Evan
Marshall at Evan Marshall Agency (World). Ann Ross's twelfth and thirteenth books in the Miss Julia series, to Carolyn Carlson at Viking, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), by Deborah Schneider at Gelfman Schneider (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 9/18/2009 Susan Lyons writing as Susan Fox's next two books in her "planes, trains, automobiles, and a cruise ship" Wild Ride series in which three older sisters find sexy romances on the way home to their baby sister's wedding, to Audrey LaFehr at Kensington Brava, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, by Emily Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/18/2009 Susan Lyons's SEX ON THE SLOPES, featuring three unlikely couples who find sexy secret romances at a destination wedding in Whistler, BC, to Wendy McCurdy at Berkley, in a two-book deal, by Emily Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/18/2009 NYT bestselling author Marie Bostwick's A THREAD SO THIN, which follows A SINGLE THREAD and A THREAD OF TRUTH, to Reader's Digest and Center Point, by Meryl Earl at Kensington, on behalf of the Jill Grosjean Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/18/2009 Debra Mullins's THE TRUTHSEERS trilogy, about the descendants of Atlantis who must stop a madman from discovering the key to the power of the ancients, to Heather Osborn at Tor Romance, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/17/2009 THE BRONZE HORSEMAN author Paullina Simons's romances TATIANA AND ALEXANDER and THE SUMMER GARDEN, to Peggy Hageman at Harper, by Robert Gottlieb at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 9/16/2009 Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart Award for Unpublished Authors finalist Cara Lynn James's LOVE ON A DIME, first in a series of historical romance novels set in Newport, Rhode Island, during the Gilded Age of the 1890s, to Thomas Nelson, for publication in June 2010. - Publisher's Lunch 9/16/2009 Two-time Rita Finalist Anna Schmidt's COME NEXT CHRISTMAS, to Tina James at Harlequin Love Inspired, for publication in Fall 2010, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 9/15/2009 Graphic Novel - MEANWHILE author/illustrator Jason Shiga's EMPIRE PARK, about a young librarian who follows the girl he loves from San Francisco to Brooklyn in an attempt to win her back, to Charles Kochman, Maggie Lehrman, and Sheila Keenan at Abrams ComicArts, by Daniel Lazar at Writers House (world). - Publisher's Lunch 9/15/2009 Lilli Feisty's DELICIOUS, in which a bad-boy L.A. chef is forced to spend a year cooking for a woman whose just inherited an organic cafe in the far depths of northern California, to Alex Logan at Grand Central, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/14/2009 Stephanie Bond's next three works, including a contemporary
romantic comedy, plus two more books in the BODY MOVERS sexy mystery series
about an Atlanta woman who works for Neiman Marcus by day and helps her brother
move bodies from crime scenes by night, to Margaret Marbury at Mira, in a good
deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. Marcella Burnard's debut ENEMY WITHIN, a futuristic romance about a tough-as-nails female starship captain and the notorious space pirate who commandeers her ship, set amid an escalating intergalactic cold war, to Leis Pederson at Berkley, in a two-book deal, by Emmanuelle Alspaugh at Judith Ehrlich Literary Management (World). - Publisher's Lunch 9/11/2009 Jessica Andersen's next three titles in her ongoing Bear Claw Crime Lab series, again to Allison Lyons at Harlequin Intrigue, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2011, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/11/2009 IPPY award-winning author Judith James's SHELTER FROM THE STORM, to Tara Parsons at HQN, in a three-book deal, by Bob Diforio (World). - Publisher's Lunch 9/10/2009 Deborah Reber's LANGUAGE OF LOVE, featuring a sixteen-year-old, who is used to being a plain Jane until her world is thrown upside down when a super cute boy mistakes her for a foreign exchange student!; putting on a fake accent, she dons her new persona to win his heart, but at what price?, to Michael del Rosario at Simon Pulse, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Susan Schulman at Susan Schulman Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/10/2009 Lauren Dane's INSIDE OUT, continuing the contemporary romance series which began with LAID BARE and MESMERIZED, the fourth book in her futuristic/Phantom Corps series, to Leis Pederson at Berkley Heat, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 9/10/2009 Jody Hedlund's debut THE PREACHER'S BRIDE, an unlikely romance between a feisty Puritan maiden and a preacher whose enemies want him silenced, to David Long at Bethany House, in a three-book deal, by Rachelle Gardner at WordServe Literary Group. - Publisher's Lunch 9/9/2009 Vickie McDonough's books 2 and 3 in the Texas Boardinghouse Brides series, when the sheriff of a small town says he needs a bride, his friends get him a mail-order bride -- unfortunately they order three, to Becky Germany at Barbour, by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 9/7/2009 Margaret Daley's three book series, each with the theme of Home Schooling, and based in Tallgrass, Oklahoma as part of their community's HHH (The Helping Hands Homeschooling Association), 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 9/4/2009 Olivia Gates's two paranormal romances and a novella set in a world where vampires, demons and other supernatural creatures are pitted against their hereditary enemies, super-powered humans called Eradicators, to Natashya Wilson at Silhouette Nocturne. - Publisher's Lunch 9/4/2009 Author of the blog scandalouswoman.blogspot.com Elizabeth
Mahon's SCANDALOUS WOMEN, an intriguing look at the tumultuous lives of some of
history's most fascinating and notorious women, to Jeanette Shaw at Perigee, for
publication in 2011, by Erin Niumata at Folio Literary Management (World). Maggie Award finalist Lynette Eason's PROTECTIVE CUSTODY, a continuation of her ongoing HIGH STAKES series, in which an unlikely duo -- a U.S. 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 9/2/2009 Donna Alward's next works of romance, to Sally Williamson at Mills and Boon, in a three-book deal, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 9/1/2009 OYSTERS & CHOCOLATE authors Jordan LaRousse and Samantha Sade's next anthology of literary erotica, to Brooke Warner at Seal Press, by Emmanuelle Alspaugh at Judith Ehrlich Literary Management. - Publisher's Lunch 9/1/2009 Dana Mentink's BAD CROSSING, in which a woman finds herself stuck in the Badlands of South Dakota and she tries to help someone in need -- and makes the worst decision of her life, to Emily Rodmell at Harlequin, by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 8/31/2009 Stephanie Perkins's ANNA AND THE BOY MASTERPIECE, in which American Anna Oliphant spends a year in a Parisian boarding school and falls for her multi-national classmate, plus a companion novel, LOLA AND THE BOY NEXT DOOR, to Julie Strauss-Gabel at Dutton Children's, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), at auction, for publication in Fall 2010, by Kate Schafer Testerman at kt literary (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 8/31/2009 Serena Miller's debut LOVE FINDS YOU IN SUGARCREEK, OHIO, in which a legendary pro baseball player seeks protection from the media for himself and his traumatized four-year-old son by disguising himself, changing his name, and driving into the back roads of America where he finds anonymity in a farmhouse inn owned by three elderly Amish sisters, to Rachel Meisel at Summerside Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in September, 2010, by Sandra Bishop at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 8/30/2009 Cynthia Eden's untitled contemporary romance novella in an upcoming Christmas 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 8/28/2009 Ann Aguirre writing as Ava Gray's SKIN PRIVILEGE, the first book in a series about six abductees who escape from a secret facility only to discover they have been altered in frightening ways, again to Cindy Hwang at Berkley Sensation, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a two-book deal, for publication in early 2011, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/28/2009 National Readers' Choice Award-winner Jasmine Haynes's next two erotic volumes, to Wendy McCurdy for Berkley Heat, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/27/2009 Ellen Schreiber's ONCE IN A FULL MOON, the first book in a new romantic series in which a woman falls in love with a mysterious, worldly, attractive, and seductive but misunderstood guy, who under the glow of the moon turns into a werewolf, to Sarah Shumway at Katherine Tegen Books, in a significant deal, in a three-book deal, by Ellen Levine at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 8/27/2009 HOT WHEELS AND HIGH HEELS and TALL TALES AND WEDDING VEILS author Jane Graves's contemporary romance about a female bodyguard whose world is turned upside-down when an indiscretion with her employer gives a whole new meaning to the importance of "protection," to Michele Bidelspach at Grand Central, in a two-book deal, by Stephanie Kip Rostan at Levine Greenberg Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 8/26/2009 Kelly Ann Riley's debut KITTY'S FIRE, in which an L.A. firefighter returns to her hometown to prove her father didn't start the fire that killed him and two others, and an ex-FBI agent goes undercover as the new fire chief to prove her wrong; but neither expect the sparks that fly between them, to Tina James of Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense, by Kelly Mortimer at Mortimer Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/26/2009 Mermen series romance author Judi Fennell's imagination takes flight for her next tongue-in-cheek series, pitched as I Dream of Jeannie meets Indiana Jones, where the desert is hot, but the romance is even hotter, again to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, in a three-book deal, for publication in 2010, by Jennifer Schober at Spencerhill Associates (world). - Publisher's Lunch 8/26/2009 SEVEN LOVES author Valerie Trueblood's MARRY OR BURN, a novella and ten stories of weddings and their consequences, tender or cruel but always surprising, to Jack Shoemaker at Counterpoint, by Jessica Papin at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management. - Publisher's Lunch 8/24/2009 Sandra Hyatt's THE PLAYBOY PRINCE, in which a woman finds herself falling for the prince who is escorting her back to his country for the purpose of marrying his brother, to Diana Ventimiglia at Silhouette Desire, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/24/2009 RWA Golden Heart winner Darynda Jones' FIRST GRAVE ON THE RIGHT and two subsequent novels featuring a heroine who is a private investigator and has a side job as a grim reaper, to Jennifer Enderlin at St. Martin's, in a six-figure deal, in a pre-empt, by Alexandra Machinist at Linda Chester Literary Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 8/24/2009 Rita Award-winning Terri Garey's THE DEVIL'S BARGAIN trilogy, a
spin-off of the Nicki Styx series, featuring the ultimate fallen angel and the
souls of three lost women, again to Erika Tsang at Avon, by Annelise Robey and
Christina Hogrebe at Jane Rotrosen Agency (World English). Lynne Marshall's next two medical romance titles, to Sally Williamson at Mills & Boon, by Joanna Stampfel-Volpe at Nancy Coffey Literary & Media Representation (World). - Publisher's Lunch 8/21/2009 Anne Marsh's BOND WITH ME, in which a woman temporarily sells her soul to a fallen angel in exchange for a favor, only to get more than she bargained for when he wants her for eternity as his bondmate, to Alicia Condon at Dorchester, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/21/2009 2009 Daphne Award winner Kylie Brant's books 4-6 in The
Mindhunters series of dark romantic thrillers set within a private agency
comprised of forensic profilers, seasoned investigators, and ex-FBI agents that
contracts with local law enforcement on particularly high profile and puzzling
crimes - again to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a very nice deal ($50,000 -
$99,000), by Danielle Egan-Miller at Browne & Miller Literary Associates (World
English). Author of the forthcoming SEX AND THE SINGLE EARL Vanessa
Kelly's next two regency-set historical romances, to John Scognamiglio at
Kensington, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Evan Marshall at the Evan
Marshall Agency (World). Lori Wilde's next two books set in Twilight, Texas, featuring former high school sweethearts who get a second chance at love, to Lucia Macro at Avon, by Jenny Bent at The Bent Agency (world English). - Publisher's Lunch 8/19/2009 Christy nominee for Let Them Eat Cake Sandra Byrd's TO DIE FOR, the story of a woman, pledged forever as the best friend to Anne Boleyn and pitched as Gossip Girl meets The Tudors for the inspirational market, to Becky Nesbitt at Howard Books, in a very nice deal, ($50,000 - $99,000) in a three-book deal, by Danielle Egan-Miller at Browne & Miller Literary Associates (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 8/19/2009 Gerri Russell's KNIGHT OF PASSION, the third in the Brotherhood
of the Scottish Templars series (which begins next month with TO TEMPT A
KNIGHT), to Leah Hultenschmidt at Dorchester, in a nice deal ($1 -
$49,000), by Pam Ahearn of Ahearn Agency (world). Amanda Cabot's WHEN SUMMER ENDS, in which three sisters find love and adventure in the Wyoming Territory in the Wyoming Winds trilogy; though one sister has no intention of staying at Ft. Laramie, her sister's marital problems, a stolen shipment of gold and an Army officer who's not what he appears to be change her mind; WAITING FOR SPRING and AUTUMN'S PROMISE, to Vicki Crumpton at Revell, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in 2011, 2012, 2013, by Joyce Hart at Hartline Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 8/17/2009 Hope Tarr, Betina Krahn and Jacquie D'Alessandro's untitled
Victorian Christmas anthology, in which three previously unlucky-in-love women
are given a last chance for Happily Ever After at the hands of a trio of
would-be guardian angels out to earn their wings before the Twelfth Night of
Christmas in this anthology of novellas set in Victorian England, to Marsha
Zinberg at Harlequin Single-Title Anthology, for publication in December 2010.
Allie Mackay's MUST LOVE KILTS, about a modern American woman whose dream vacation to Scotland goes wrong when she accidentally invokes ancient dangers and finds herself in the arms of a sexy medieval Highlander, to Kerry Donovan at NAL, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/14/2009 Sylvia Day's TAKING THE HEAT novella, for Men Out of Uniform, an erotic romantic suspense anthology featuring men of law enforcement and the women they'll go to any lengths to protect and possess, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, by Robin Rue at Writers House. - Publisher's Lunch 8/13/2009 His Other Lover author Lucy Dawson's next novel, in which a woman's new best friend exposes the dark side of female friendship, to Lucia Macro at Avon, by Melissa Chinchillo at Fletcher & Company (US). - Publisher's Lunch 8/13/2009 Karin Tabke's WANTED novella, for Men Out of Uniform, an anthology featuring men of law enforcement and the women they'll go to any lengths to protect and possess, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 8/12/2009 Maya Banks's SOUL POSSESSION, for Men Out of Uniform, an anthology featuring men of law enforcement and the women they'll go to any lengths to protect and possess, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 8/12/2009 Gail Whitiker's THE MISTRESS WAGER, about a young French girl who is offered a London Season by a former British spy whose life she saved, to Kimberley Young at Mills & Boon, by Sally Harding at The Cooke Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 8/12/2009 Sharon Ashwood's next two books in THE DARK FORGOTTEN paranormal romance series, to Laura Cifelli at NAL, by Sally Harding of The Cooke Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 8/12/2009 Lori Bryant-Woolridge's CAN'T HELP THE WAY THAT I FEEL: Hot
Black Women's Erotica, an anthology of African-American erotica for women, to
Brenda Knight at Cleis Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for
publication in April 2010, by Sara Camilli at the Sarah Camilli Agency (world).
Rachel Kramer Bussel's FAST GIRLS: Erotic Stories for Women, an
erotic collection of stories for women from a best-selling writer and editor, to
Brenda Knight at Cleis Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for
publication in April 2010 (world). Film rights to Ernessa Carter's 32 CANDLES, a fairytale of how
the town's ugly duckling escapes Mississippi, reinvents herself as a beautiful
lounge singer in LA, where, several years later, she runs into her high school
crush; unaware of her true identity, he finds himself as in love with her as she
once was with him, to Miramax Films, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by
Steve Fisher at APA on behalf of the Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency. NYT bestselling author Karen Robards' two new contemporary romantic suspense novels, to Louise Burke at Pocket, with Maggie Crawford editing, for publication beginning in March 2010, by Robert Gottlieb of Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 8/19/2009 Elizabeth Ludwig's LOVE FINDS YOU IN CALICO, CALIFORNIA, in which a woman follows her father to California after hearing news of a silver strike, but loses him soon after arriving, taking comfort in the help of another miner, to Rachel Meisel at Summerside Press, by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 8/7/2009 Author of PROTECTOR'S HONOR, Kit Wilkinson's SABOTAGE, a story of shady dealings with those hanging around the world of Olympic equestrians, to Elizabeth Mazer at Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 8/7/2009 Eileen Carr's THE BONES WILL TELL and another untitled romantic
suspense novel, to Micki Nuding at Pocket, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000),
by Pam Ahearn at Ahearn Agency (world). Carlene Thompson's NEVER TURN YOUR BACK and another women's
suspense novel, to Jennifer Weis at St. Martin's, in a very nice deal ($50,000 -
$99,000), by Pam Ahearn at Ahearn Agency (world). Stephanie Doyle's HEART AT RISK, to Wanda Ottewell at Silhouette Romantic Suspense, by Melissa Jeglinski at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/6/2009 Cassie Miles's new duet featuring a mystery surrounding two stolen embryos, to Allison Lyons at Harlequin Intrigue, in a three-book deal, by Melissa Jeglinski at The Knight Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 8/6/2009 Mistress of Pleasure author Delilah Marvelle's HOW TO AVOID A SCANDAL, first in a new series of hot historical romances tied together by a book which all young London society women are required to read, to Tracy Farrell at HQN, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Donald Maass at Donald Maass Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 8/5/2009 C. Allyn Pierson's AND THIS OUR LIFE, continuing the "Pride and
Prejudice" saga, the story of young Georgiana's entry into society following the
marriage of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy, to Deb Werksman at
Sourcebooks, by Nicholas Croce at The Croce Agency. Maxine Schnall and Ken Salikoff's PARIS TO DIE FOR, starring Jackie Bouvier, a concept based on the real job offer she received as a young woman from the CIA, and HAVANA TO DIE FOR, to Tracy Martin at Grand Central, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), by Melissa Chinchillo at Fletcher & Company (World). - Publisher's Lunch 8/4/2009 Cheryl Ann Smith's MATCHING THE COURTESANS, in which the daughter of a famous courtesan is determined to save others from the life her mother lived by educating them and matching them with suitors, until she crosses paths with a duke who is furious at her for stealing his mistress, both of their lives are upended when his plan for revenge turns instead to a plan for love and happily ever after, to Wendy McCurdy at Berkley, in a two-book deal, for publication in Spring 2011, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 8/4/2009 P. J. McCalla's COUSIN MYRTLE, a young gold-digger marries an older man only to reform after his scheming cousin moves in with them, to Barbara Eunice at The Elevator Group, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in August 2010. - Publisher's Lunch 8/3/2009 Holly Denham's pseudonymous HOLLY'S INBOX 2: SCANDAL IN THE CITY, continuing the tale of the author's love and life as a receptionist in London, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, by Jonathan Lyons at Lyons Literary, on behalf of Broo Doherty at Wade and Doherty. - Publisher's Lunch 7/29/2009 NYT bestselling author Connie Mason's THE LORD OF DEVIL ISLE,
in which a privateer, de facto Lord of Devil Isle (the old name for Bermuda) and
a dedicated libertine has little trust of women, but when he saves a trio of
wreck survivors bound for the colonies he requires them to marry men of the
island, little imagining the lovely Eve will capture his heart, to Alicia Condon
at Dorchester, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World English).
NYT bestselling author Susan Mallery's IF SHE COMES BACK TO YOU, about a woman reinventing herself after a divorce and dealing with the unexpected discovery of her birth mother, to Tara Parsons for Mira, in a two-book deal, by Annelise Robey at Jane Rotrosen Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 7/28/2009 Lauren Nichols' TWINKLE TWINKLE... DEADLY STARS, to Patience Smith at LIS Harlequin, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Cherry Weiner at Cherry Weiner Literary Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 7/28/2009 Heidi Betts's next two humorous sexy vampire novella
collections, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington Brava, by Richard Curtis of
Richard Curtis Associates. 2009 RITA Award winner Susan May Warren's SONS OF THUNDER, to Susan Downs at Summerside Press, in a very nice deal ($50,000 - $99,000), in a three-book deal, for publication in Spring 2010, by Steve Laube at the Steve Laube Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 7/28/2009 NYT bestselling author Vicki Lewis Thompson's WEREWOLF IN MANHATTAN, in which a werewolf-romance novelist discovers that werewolves actually exist when a member of the pack is assigned to be her bodyguard during her book tour, to Claire Zion at NAL, by Robert Gottlieb at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 7/27/2009 Jo Davis's I SPY A NAUGHTY GAME, the second erotic suspense in the author's SHADO Agency series, about a pair of estranged lovers who must play an illicit sexual game in order to prevent the transfer of a stolen weapon of mass destruction into enemy hands, to Tracy Bernstein at NAL Heat, in a two-book deal, by Roberta Brown of the Brown Literary Agency.- Publisher's Lunch 7/27/2009 Night Life and Street Magic author Caitlin Kittredge's four new works of urban fantasy, to Rose Hilliard at St. Martin's, in a very nice deal, by Rachel Vater at Folio Literary Management (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 7/22/2009 APOCALYPSE HAPPENS and THUNDER MOON Lori Handeland's SHAKESPEARE UNDEAD, inspired by a conversation with her editor at RWA and quickly turned into a proposal exploring the Bard and vampires, zombies and more, to Jennifer Enderlin of St. Martin's, for publication in spring 2010, by Irene Goodman at Irene Goodman Agency (world). - Publisher's Lunch 7/22/2009 Elizabeth Baldwin's DEFIANT, featuring a woman announcing to the ton the only way to ensure independence is as a widow and the surprising man from her past who steps up to the challenge to die, to Megan Records at Kensington, in a three-book deal, by Barbara Poelle at Irene Goodman Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 7/22/2009 Anne O'Brien's THE VIRGIN WIDOW, an historical novel about Anne Neville, the betrothed of Richard of Gloucester, with whom she is parted when her father's treason forces her to flee into exile, to Ellen Edwards at NAL, at auction, by Jennifer Unter at The Unter Agency for Jane Judd (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 7/21/2009 Renee Ryan's HAILEY'S HERO, to Melissa Endlich at Love Inspired, in a three-book deal, by Caren Estesen at Caren Johnson Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 7/20/2009 Lila DiPasqua's AWAKENED BY A KISS, a historical single-author anthology based on three of Charles Perrault's famous fairytales, to Kate Seaver at Berkley, in a two-book deal, by Caren Estesen at Caren Johnson Literary Agency (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 7/20/2009 Ciji Ware's A RACE TO SPLENDOR, along with reprint rights to ISLAND OF THE SWANS, WICKED COMPANY, A COTTAGE BY THE SEA, A LIGHT ON THE VERANDA, and MIDNIGHT ON JULIA, to Deb Werksman at Sourcebooks, by Celeste Fine at Folio Literary Management (World English). - Publisher's Lunch 7/20/2009 NYT bestselling author Linda Howard and Linda Winstead Jones's
new paranormal series, to Ballantine, for publication in April 2010, followed by
Book Two in August 2010, Robin Rue at Writers House (world). Director of the Texas Christian Writers' Conference Martha Rogers's BECOMING LUCY, in which a young heiress living with her guardians in Oklahoma Territory in 1889 falls in love with a ranch hand who must face murder charges back in Texas; MORNING FOR DOVE, in which a young woman of Indian heritage falls in love with a young man only to find prejudice and hatred thwarting the relationship; and FINDING BECKY, in which a school teacher returns to her home town with new ideas about women's rights and religion, but her childhood sweetheart is determined to find the girl he loves behind all her new ideas, to Debbie Marrie at Strang Communications, in a four-book deal, for publication in January 2010 - January 2011, by Tamela Hancock Murray at Hartline Literary Agency - Publisher's Lunch 7/14/2009 Veronica Wolff's DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA and THE DEVIL'S OWN, beginning a new historical romance series pitched as The Bridgertons meets Party of Five set in the Highlands, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, by Stephanie Kip Rostan at Levine Greenberg Literary Agency (World). - Publisher's Lunch 7/13/2009 Michelle Monkou's next two romances, to Kelli Martin at Harlequin Kimani, by Amy Moore-Benson at AMB Literary Management (world) - Publisher's Lunch 7/13/2009 Linda Conrad's SONS OF THE BEDOUIN trilogy, featuring three sheik brothers, to Keyren Gerlach at Silhouette Romantic Suspense, in a four-book deal, by Amy Moore-Benson at AMB Literary Management (world). - Publisher's Lunch 7/13/2009 Deborah Smith's THE TOMATO MOONS OF MORNING GLORY, to Debra Dixon of Bell Bridge Books, in a two-piece anthology with Sarah Addison Allen's IN MY DREAMS, for publication in Winter 2010. - Publisher's Lunch 7/13/2009 Pat Rushford's STORIES FROM HOPE HAVEN, BOOK #2, to Beth Adams at Guideposts, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), for publication in Spring 2010, by Sandra Bishop at MacGregor Literary. - Publisher's Lunch 7/10/2009 New York Times bestselling author of BREAKPOINT JoAnn Ross's HARBOR HOUSE, a series of contemporary novels exploring community, family, love, and the universal struggle to choose between what is and what could be, and the next five books in the Coldwater Cove series, to Laura Cifelli at NAL, in a major deal ($500,000 and up), by Robin Rue at Writers House (world). - Publisher's Lunch 7/9/2009 2009 Golden Heart Finalist Yvonne Harris's VIGILANTE BRIDE, to David Long at Bethany House, in a two-book deal, by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 7/9/2009 Caroline Fyffe's THE MCCUTCHEONS, to Leah Hultenschmidt at Dorchester, by Mary Sue Seymour at The Seymour Agency. - Publisher's Lunch 7/9/2009 Dakota Cassidy's SUCK IT UP PRINCESS, the first in a humorous contemporary series about ex-trophy wives and their painful reentry into the foreign world of Wal-Mart, coupon clipping, minimum-wage jobs, all while learning true love means more than botox and silicone implants, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), in a three-book deal, by Elaine Spencer at The Knight Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 7/8/2009 Tricia Goyer's SONGBIRD UNDER A GERMAN MOON, right after WWII,
a twenty-one-year-old is invited to Germany as one of the lead singers in an USO
tour for occupation troops, but the former Nazi-held mansion the troupe is
housed in holds dangers she never dreamed of, including her backup singer being
found unconscious and another performer missing; yet a US Army Signal Corps
photographer has his eye on the pretty songbird, despite unknowingly capturing
on film the clues to find the culprit who is creating the mayhem, to Susan Downs
at Summerside Press, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Janet Kobobel Grant at
Books & Such Literary Agency. Darlene Franklin's THE PRODIGAL PATRIOT, as tensions rise in the Republic of Vermont during the Revolutionary War, the son of a Tory falls for the daughter of a Patriot; first in the new "Green Mountain Brides" series, to JoAnne Simmons at Heartsong, in a nice deal ($1 - $49,000), by Chip MacGregor at MacGregor Literary - Publisher's Lunch 7/7/2009 Maya Banks's new miniseries, to Diana Ventimiglia at Silhouette Desire, in a four-book deal, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. - Publisher's Lunch 7/6/2009 USA Today bestselling author Roxanne St. Claire's new romantic suspense trilogy, to Amy Pierpont at Grand Central, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), in a pre-empt, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 7/6/2009 Gerry Bartlett's sixth 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 7/6/2009 ATLANTIS UNLEASHED author Alyssa Day's ATLANTIS BETRAYED,
continuing the author's NYT bestselling Warriors of Poseidon series, to Cindy
Hwang at Berkley, in a three-book deal, by Steven Axelrod at The Axelrod Agency
(NA). BURNING ALIVE author Shannon Butcher's next three paranormal romance novels in her Sentinel Wars series about the warriors who stand between humanity and the demons intent on taking over the world, to Cindy Hwang at NAL, in a good deal ($100,000 - $250,000), by Nephele Tempest at The Knight Agency (NA). - Publisher's Lunch 7/1/2009 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 | |