Recent Deals .

Below are a sampling of our recent deals as announced on Publisher’s Marketplace. Please note that this list is not all inclusive.
Updated June 30, 2010

Non-Fiction

Iraq war veteran and Purple Heart recipient Bryan Anderson's NO TURNING BACK, written with David Mack, chronicling Bryan's journey of recovery and embracing of life as a triple amputee, and how he uses his life experiences to motivate others to overcome obstacles and improve their own quality of life, to Denise Silvestro at Berkley, in a very nice deal, at auction, by Deidre Knight and Lucienne Diver at The Knight Agency (World English).
 
General/Other

Sheila Turnage's MOVING WITH THE SUN, about a tenacious 11 year-old who, as a baby, washed ashore in a small Southern town during a hurricane and is seeking answers about her parentage while trying to solve the mystery surrounding the eccentric family who took her in, to Alisha Niehaus at Dial Children's, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, by Melissa Jeglinski at The Knight Agency (World).
 
Women's Fiction/Romance

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, in a three-book deal, by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency.
 
Women's Fiction/Romance

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, by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency.
 
Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Rob Thurman's sequel to CHIMERA, to Anne Sowards at Roc, by Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency.
 
Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Diana Pharaoh Francis's SHADOW CITY, in which the apocalypse of magic has destroyed most of humanity and magical creatures of every stripe are crawling out of the woodwork to take back the world; Horngate is the only independent covenstead that remains; vastly outpowered, they fight to survive against both human and magical enemies, to Jennifer Heddle at Pocket, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal, by Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency.
 
Young Adult

NYT bestselling author Molly Cochran's LEGACY, in which a girl's world is turned on its ear when she overhears her never-mentioned mother and the words "criminally insane" uttered in the same sentence; when she's shipped away to a boarding school where nothing is as it seems, her survival may depend on unraveling past and present mysteries, to Alexandra Penfold at Paula Wiseman Books, by Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency.
 
Women's Fiction/Romance

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.
 
Women's Fiction/Romance

Joey W. 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.
 
Women's Fiction/Romance

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.
 
Women's Fiction/Romance

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.
 
Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Steven Harper's THE DOOMSDAY VAULT, first in a new series of steampunk novels in which two people join an underground police force in Victorian London, where they fight zombies, mad scientists, and air pirates in an attempt to save the British Empire from a terrible plague, only to discover that the cure may be worse than the disease, to Anne Sowards of Ace, in a nice deal, in a three-book deal, by Lucienne Diver of The Knight Agency (world English).
 
Women's Fiction/Romance

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).
 
Young Adult

Author of the Secret Society Girl series and RAMPANT Diana Peterfreund's FOR DARKNESS SHOWS THE STARS, a post-apocalyptic retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion, to Kristin Daly at Balzer & Bray, in a good deal, for publication in 2011, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency (NA).
 
Women's Fiction/Romance

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.
 
Women's Fiction/Romance

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, by Deidre Knight of The Knight Agency.

 
     
   
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