Kat Latham’s PLAYING IT CLOSE, in which a legendary rugby player never expected that his vacation fling would only last one night – or that he would be the one left wanting more but when his team needs a new sponsor, he discovers he needs to reconnect with the only woman who ever wrote him a Dear John letter, to Angela James at Carina Press, for publication in April 2014, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
Contemporary Romance
Cara McKenna’s LAY IT DOWN, the first book in a new series featuring a gang of motorcycle vigilantes hell-bent protecting their badlands home from a dangerous enemy, to Claire Zion at NAL, in a two-book deal, for publication in beginning late summer 2014, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (World English).
Translation: Taryn Fagerness Agency
Steampunk
Karina Cooper’s ENGRAVED and TRANSMUTED, the final two books in the St. Croix Chronicles series, in which a bounty hunter returns to Victorian London to settle unfinished business, no matter what the stakes, to Angela James at Carina Press, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
Meg Maguire’s romance novella
Meg Maguire’s untitled novella about a canceled Christmas flight that turns into an expected – and erotic – road trip, for two reunited friends, to Laura Barth at Harlequin Blaze, in a nice deal, for publication in Christmas 2014, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
NYT bestselling author Lauren Dane’s BLADE ON THE HUNT
NYT bestselling author Lauren Dane’s BLADE ON THE HUNT, the 3rd book in the Rowan Summerwaite series, again to Angela James at Carina Press, for publication in November 2014, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
Anne Calhoun’s erotic romance
Anne Calhoun’s WHAT HAPPENS IN BROOKLYN, an erotic romance in which an EMT finds himself in a heated competition with a food truck chef, to Leis Pederson at Intermix, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
Anne Calhoun’s contemporary erotic romance
Anne Calhoun’s THE LIST, a contemporary erotic romance in which a married couple who has drifted apart agree to reenact the key moments of their relationship before deciding whether the future should include each other, to Leis Pederson at Berkley Heat, in a nice deal, in a two book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
NYT bestselling author Lauren Dane’s THE LONG HAUL
NYT bestselling author of DRAWN TOGETHER, Lauren Dane’s THE LONG HAUL, which begins the Ink and Chrome contemporary erotic romance series set in Seattle’s hottest custom motorcycle and classic car restoration shop, to Leah Hultenschmidt at Grand Central, in a good deal, in a three-book deal, for publication in Summer 2015, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (World English).
Translation: Taryn Fagerness Agency
Debut Author/Illustrator Picture Book
Author/illustrator and former Dr. Beardface (Beard-fah-SAY!) on ‘Scrubs’ Geoff Stevenson’s GERALD THE GIANT GIANT, about a giant who is so big…he can’t even fit inside a picture book! to Allyn Johnston at Beach Lane Books (Simon & Schuster), in a pre-empt, by Natalie Lakosil at Bradford Literary Agency, for publication in 2015.
Debut contemporary YA
Michelle Levy’s THE END OF THE BEGINNING, a debut contemporary YA in the tradition of Eleanor & Park, about two broken people who not only learn to survive but also learn to love, to Nancy Conescu at Dial, for publication in 2015, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (World English). Translation: Taryn Fagerness Agency
Debut Historical Romance
Tamara Hughes’s historical romance debut ONCE UPON A MASQUERADE, set in 1880’s New York about a maid who sneaks into a ball in order to seduce a wealthy suitor for the money to save her father, never expecting to fall in love, to Gwen Hayes at Entangled Scandalous, by Natalie Lakosil at Bradford Literary Agency, for publication in 2014