Ellie Palmer’s FOUR WEEKENDS AND A FUNERAL, to Aufbau (Germany), at auction, by Nina Sahm at Agence Hoffman, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
German rights for A VINE MESS series
Tessa Bailey’s SECRETLY YOURS and UNFORTUNATELY YOURS, to Rowohlt (Germany), in a two-book deal, by Uwe Neumahr at Agence Hoffman, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
German rights for EMBLEM ISLANDS 1 & 2
Alex Aster’s EMBLEM ISLAND: CURSE OF THE NIGHT WITCH and EMBLEM ISLAND: CURSE OF THE FORGOTTEN, to DTV (Germany), at auction, in a two-book deal, by Andrea Wildgruber at Agence Hoffman, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
CRUZITA AND THE MARIACHEROS making noise in spring 2024
Ashley Granillo’s CRUZITA AND THE MARIACHEROS, where a girl must save her family’s failing panaderia by winning a mariachi band contest—the only problem being she hates mariachi music and can’t speak Spanish, to Amy Fitzgerald at Lerner Publishing, in a nice deal, for publication in spring 2024, by Hannah Andrade at Bradford Literary Agency (world).
TO HAVE AND TO HEIST follow up coming summer 2024
Author of the forthcoming TO HAVE AND TO HEIST Sara Desai’s TIL HEIST DO US PART, the next romantic caper following a modern-day Robin Hood crew, to Kristine Swartz at Berkley, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2024, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world).
Spanish rights for WICKED BEAUTY
Katee Robert’s WICKED BEAUTY, to Planeta (Spain), by Sandra Bruna at Sandra Bruna Literary Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
New baseball romance from author of LOVE IN A TIME OF SERIAL KILLERS
Alicia Thompson’s next untitled romance about a professional baseball player who unknowingly falls for a heckler in the crowd after she secretly slides into his DMs, to Kristine Swartz at Berkley, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2024, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world English).
New book from Soraya Lane
Author of WIVES OF WAR Soraya Lane’s THE ITALIAN DAUGHTER, the first in the The Lost Daughters series, in which four women who meet as strangers are given clues to their past, which sends them on their own individual journeys to discover a secret heritage they never knew existed, until now, to Laura Deacon at Bookouture, in an exclusive submission, in a four-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world).
Rights also to Droemer Knaur (Germany), at auction, in a six-figure deal; to Park (Netherlands), in a pre-empt; to Otava (Finland), at auction; to Albatros (Poland), in a pre-empt; to Sextante (Brazil); to Planeta Poland (Poland); to Planeta Portugal (Portugal); to City Editions (France); to Garzanti (Italy); to Lindbak and Lindbak (Denmark); to Euromedia (Czech Republic); to Modan (Israel); to Vulkan (Serbia); and to Kirjastus Pegasus (Estonia).
New book in Texas Cattleman’s Club coming early 2024
Barbara Dunlop’s untitled book in the Texas Cattleman’s Club continuity series, to Kathryn Lye at Harlequin Desire, in a nice deal, for publication in early 2024, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world).
New romcom from Lydia Sharp
Lydia Sharp’s FRENEMIES WITH BENEFITS, a rom-com about a girl who propositions her nemesis to give her lessons in hooking up so she can seduce the experienced older boy of her dreams, to Stacy Cantor Abrams at Entangled Teen, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2023, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world).
Debut FOUR WEEKENDS & A FUNERAL for pub fall 2024
Ellie Palmer’s debut FOUR WEEKENDS AND A FUNERAL, pitched as a twist on While You Were Sleeping, in which a post-double-mastectomy BRCA1 carrier attends her ex-boyfriend’s funeral to find that no one knows he dumped her and agrees to play the role of grieving girlfriend for his family, but never counted on falling for his grumpy best friend, to Kate Dresser at Putnam, in a six-figure deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2024, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world English).