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).
Czech rights for FOUR WEEKENDS & A FUNERAL
Ellie Palmer’s FOUR WEEKENDS AND A FUNERAL, to Euromedia (Czech Republic), by Kristin Olson at Kristin Olson Literary Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
Turkish rights for STARRY EYES
Jenn Bennett’s STARRY EYES, to Marti (Turkey), by Merve Ongen at ONK Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
New series from NYT bestselling author Katee Robert
NYT- and USA Today-bestselling author Katee Robert’s HUNT ON DARK WATERS, the first in the Crimson Sails fantasy romance series, in which a sticky-fingered witch escapes to a new realm and meets a pirate captain, to Cindy Hwang and Kristine Swartz at Berkley, in a three-book deal, for publication in fall 2023, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world English).
Polish rights BEND TOWARDS THE SUN
Jen Devon’s BEND TOWARD THE SUN, to Agora (Poland), by Paulina Machnik at Graal, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
Indonesian rights for BELLINGER SISTERS
Tessa Bailey’s IT HAPPENED ONE SUMMER and HOOK, LINE AND SINKER, to Gramedia (Indonesia), in a two-book deal, by Right Thing Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
New graphic novel from Ted Anderson
Author of THE SPY WHO RAISED ME and MOTH & WHISPER Ted Anderson’s THE MASKED PRINCESS, in which a high schooler cosplaying his childhood-favorite character at an anime con unwittingly becomes an overnight hero after helping a fellow cosplayer, and ends up exploring his gender and discovering new aspects of his identity amid the backdrop of fandom and sudden fame, illustrated by Ollie Roswell, to Samia Fakih at First Second, in an exclusive submission, for publication in 2025, by Jennifer Chen Tran while at Bradford Literary Agency for the author, and by Paloma Hernando at Einstein Literary Management for the illustrator (world).