As announced on Publisher’s Marketplace
Updated April 23rd, 2007

Mother-Daughter team Shirley Jump and Amanda Jump, writing as AJ Whitten's THE WELL, a Shakespearean-based horror series, the first about a teen-aged boy who must find a way to survive as his mother repeatedly tries to kill him, to Julie Tibbett at Houghton Mifflin, in a nice deal, in two-book deal, by Pamela Harty at The Knight Agency.

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Linda Gerber's CHARLATANS, the story of two sisters' journey as they discover their sideshow trance-writing act has deadly consequences, especially when the premonitions start to come true, to Angelle Pilkington at Puffin, in a nice deal, by Elaine Spencer of The Knight Agency.

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Author of Venus Envy Shannon McKelden's VENUS GUY TRAP, the sequel in which the goddess-turned-fairy godmother finds herself unable to provide an Extreme Love Life Makever because all the "Prince Charmings" have the hots for her, again to Melissa Singer at Tor, in a nice deal, by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency (World English).

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Sylvia Day's next three historical romances, bringing the author to 12 books in three years, to Kate Duffy at Kensington Brava, in a very nice deal, by Pamela Harty of The Knight Agency.

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Kate Pearce's next two titles in her HOUSE OF PLEASURE series, about sexually ambiguous Regency Rakes and the women who love them just as they are, again to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, in a nice deal, by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency.

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NO CONTROL author Shannon Butcher's BURNING ALIVE, a paranormal romance, to Anne Bohner at Penguin, in a pre-empt, in a good deal, in a three-book deal, by Nephele Tempest at The Knight Agency (NA).

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Jonathan Friesen's RUSH, about an adrenaline junkie who jepordizes everything he loves when he joins "The Rush Club," a secret group of renegade firefighters, to Angelle Pilkington at Puffin, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal, by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency.

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Author of the Daughters of Blessing Series, Lauraine Snelling's ASTRID BJORKLUND TRILOGY, in which Astrid must choose if her dream of becoming a physician will lead her to foreign lands as a medical missionary or back to Blessing, to Dave Horton at Bethany House, in a good deal, by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency.

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Lauren Baratz-Logsted's CRAZY BEAUTIFUL, a contemporary retelling of Beauty & the Beast about two teens starting fresh at a new school: a beautiful girl and a boy with hooks for hands, to Julia Richardson at Houghton Mifflin, in a very nice deal, at auction, by Pamela Harty of The Knight Agency.

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Charlene Teglia's ANIMAL ATTRACTION, about a woman who always hoped to find out who her birth parents were -- but didn't expect the truth to put her in the middle of a shapeshifter war, complicated by a forbidden love for two mates, again to Rose Hilliard at St. Martin's, in a nice two-book deal, by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency(NA).

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MINE TO POSSESS author Nalini Singh's untitled novella for the anthology, MUST LOVE HELL HOUNDS, to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a nice deal, for publication in 2009, by Nephele Tempest at The Knight Agency.

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Maria Geraci's THE CHURCH OF BUNCO, about a woman and her dysfunctional Bunco group as she struggles to maintain lifelong friendships, spice up her love life, and save her dying beach town, but with every roll of the dice, she discovers that woman cannot live by Bunco alone, to Wendy McCurdy at Berkley, in a two-book deal, in a pre-empt, by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency (NA).y.

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Abby Gaines' THE DIAMOND DIARIES, the sequel to The Diaper Diaries, where a candidate for governor of Georgia is dragged into a fake engagement to the woman who blew the whistle on his father for accepting a bribe in the same job six years ago, and two additional Superromance titles, again to Victoria Curran at Harlequin, by Pamela Harty of The Knight Agency.

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Dakota Cassidy's THE ACCIDENTAL HUMAN, about a multi-level cosmetics saleswoman who thinks she's seen it all with her "accidentally" paranormal friends until she meets a vampire turned human, again to Cindy Hwang at Berkley, in a nice deal by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency (NA).

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Cecil Murphey's HOPE IN THE MIDST OF LOSS: A Message of Comfort and Rest for Survivors and Their Loved Ones and HOPE IN THE MIDST OF ILLNESS: A Message of Comfort and Encouragement for Caregivers and Loved Ones, with Liz Allison, to Jean Christen at Harvest House, by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency.

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Marley Gibson's THE AWAKENING: the first in the Ghost Huntress trilogy, about a sixteen-year-old girl moves from Chicago to an historic Southern town, where she begins to discover her latent psychic powers, to Julia Richardson at Graphia, in a very nice deal, for publication in Spring 2009, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency (NA).

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Rhyannon Byrd's next three titles in the BLOODRUNNERS series, in which a powerful family finds themselves treading a fine line between passion and survival when enemy packs threaten their security, again to Ann Leslie Tuttle at Harlequin, in a nice deal, by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency. Deidre.Knight@knightagency.net