Lisa Rose’s SHMULIK PAINTS THE TOWN, about a painter hired to create a mural to celebrate Israel Independence Day who receives help from an unexpected source when he’s unable to finish the project, to Joni Sussman at Kar-Ben, by Natalie Lakosil at Bradford Literary Agency.
New Picture Book
Andria Rosenbaum’s MONSTER MIA, in which a girl packs up her little “monster” sister and sends her to Monstralia, only to discover it’s a real place and she may not be able to get her back from the monsters who’ve made her their queen, to Tracy Mack at Scholastic, by Natalie Lakosil at Bradford Literary Agency.
4th DEFIANCE title
Stephanie Tyler’s 4th installment in the DEFIANCE series, to Angela James at Carina Press, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (World).
Debut Cozy Mystery
Auralee Wallace’s SKINNY DIPPING WITH MURDER, about a girl who reluctantly returns to her small lakeside community and its crazy residents to help her mother, and finds herself the prime suspect in a murder, to Holly Ingraham at St. Martin’s, in a three-book deal, by Natalie Lakosil at Bradford Literary Agency (World).
Debut Chapter Book
Stephanie Faris’s PIPER MORGAN JOINS THE CIRCUS, the first in a new chapter book series following the sassy Piper Morgan and the messes she makes as she tries helping her recently unemployed-now-temp mom with her new jobs, searching for a place to finally call “home” again, to Alyson Heller at Aladdin, in a four-book deal, by Natalie Lakosil at Bradford Literary Agency (world).
Holiday Novella
NYT bestseller Lauren Dane’s untitled holiday novella, to Sarah Frantz at Riptide Publishing, for publication in 2016, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
Romantic Thriller
Tara Brown’s BLOOD AND BONE, pitched as a blend of TOTAL RECALL and THE CELL, about mistaken identity, a woman on the run, and the uncertainty of love when nothing you remember matches reality, to JoVon Sotak at Montlake Romance, in a three-book deal, for publication in 2015, by Natalie Lakosil at Bradford Literary Agency (World).
New Deal for NYT Bestseller Katee Robert
NYT bestselling author of WRONG BED, RIGHT GUY Katee Robert’s FEELING THE HEAT, the start of a new contemporary romance series that’s a little dangerous & a lot hot in which two members of prominent Boston crime families fall for each other while trying to prevent an underground war, to Leah Hultenschmidt at Grand Central, in a nice deal, in a three-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
New Deals for NYT Bestseller Lauren Dane
Author of THE BEST KIND OF TROUBLE, NYT bestseller Lauren Dane’s 4th book in the Rowan Summerwaite urban fantasy series, plus the first two books in a new paranormal romance series pitched as Harper Valley PTA meets Northern Exposure, with werewolves, beginning with AT FIRST GLANCE, to Angela James at Carina Press, in a four-book deal, for publication in beginning late 2015, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
M/M Novella
HelenKay Dimon’s untitled m/m romance novella featuring two assassins trying to get out of the game…but no one wants to let them, in an upcoming holiday anthology, to Sarah Frantz at Riptide Publishing, for publication in 2015, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
Contemporary Romance
Kat Latham’s untitled series, about three brothers who own an outdoor adventure company in Montana, and the women who turn their lives upside down, to Sinclair Sawhney at Tule, in a three-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.