Soraya M. Lane’s THE LONDON GIRLS, about the lives of two female motorcycle dispatch riders and a brave female ambulance driver during the Blitz in London, and two more World War II historical fiction novels, to Victoria Oundjian at Lake Union Publishing, in a very nice deal, in a three-book deal, for publication in beginning late 2022, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world).

HelenKay Dimon’s MOOREWOOD FAMILY RULES, pitched as a mix of Knives Out and Ocean’s Eight with a twist of humor and romance, in which a woman returns home from prison to her dysfunctional con artist family and tries to get them to go legitimate with the help of a bodyguard she hires to protect her from the pack of grifters she calls kin, to May Chen at Avon Trade, in a very nice deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in winter 2023, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world).

Connie Goldsmith’s SMASHING STIGMA, examining stigmas associated with mental illness, addiction, domestic violence, and more; sharing stories of people who have lived with stigma and overcome it, and including steps teens can take to combat its ugliness, to Shaina Olmanson at Twenty-First Century Books, in an exclusive submission, for publication in spring 2023, by Bradford Literary Agency (world).

A THOUSAND QUESTIONS author Saadia Faruqi’s THE PARTITION PROJECT, about an aspiring journalist whose documentary project about the separation of India and Pakistan causes rifts with both her best friend and Pakistani grandmother, to Rosemary Brosnan at Quill Tree, in a good deal, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, for publication in winter 2024, by Kari Sutherland while at Bradford Literary Agency (world).

Author of PRETTY LITTLE WIFE Darby Kane’s THE LAST INVITATION, about a group of women who believe the justice system has failed, so they create a secret alternative to target very bad men, and it works until they make a fatal mistake that could ruin everything, again to May Chen at William Morrow, in a six-figure deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in late 2022, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world).

Lacey Baker’s WISH UPON A CHRISTMAS STAR, about an art curator whose faith and strength are tested when she returns home to the family that’s always held her close, only to learn that the dreaded Christmas jinx continues as she’s drafted to team up with the local fraternity leader—and her former high school nemesis—to plan the church Christmas tree auction, to Stacey Donovan at Hallmark, in a nice deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2023, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world).