Megan Hart’s TEAR YOU APART, a contemporary erotica pitched as 9 ½ weeks meets Unfaithful, to Susan Swinwood at Mira, by Bradford Literary Agency (World).

Charlotte Bennardo & Natalie Zaman’s BLONDE OPS, pitched as The Devil Wears Prada meets James Bond for teens, featuring a fashion magazine intern in Rome who uncovers a plot to kidnap the First Lady, to Kat Brzozowski and Peter Joseph at Thomas Dunne Books, for publication in 2014, by Natalie Fischer Lakosil at the Bradford Literary Agency (World).

2011 Golden Heart finalist Victoria Morgan’s CHANGING FORTUNES, in which a damaged & guilt-ridden survivor of the Charge of the Light Brigade has a price on his head and forms an unusual alliance with a woman fleeing her own demons in order to identify his would-be assassins, to Leis Pederson at Berkley Sensation, in a two-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.

Robyn Grady’s next two books in the author’s upcoming Hunter Pact series, to Shana Smith at Harlequin Desire, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2013, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.

Robyn Grady’s THE GODDESS, the first in a series of contemporary romances set in exotic locations involving couples who are thrown together by circumstance then influenced by the mysteries surrounding a collection of rare artifacts, to Liz Pelletier at Entangled, in a three-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.

Alison Kent’s THE KITCHEN AT SECOND AND CHANCES, a contemporary romance about a woman who returns to the small Texas town where she lived as a foster child to buy the old Victorian she called home and turn it into a cafe with the help of a carpenter who mentors ex-cons, to Lindsay Guzzardo at Montlake Romance, in a nice deal, in a three-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.

Ana Barrons’s BLOWN AWAY, aabout a woman who is the prime suspect in her Senator husband’s murder and the FBI agent she shares a past with who is assigned to prove her guilt, to Angela James at Carina Press, in a two-book deal, for publication in Spring 2013, by Laura Bradford at BrBradford Literary Agency (World).

Jennifer Echols’s untitled trilogy of romantic comedies, about high school students selected by their class for the senior superlative Who’s Who categories like Biggest Flirt and Most Likely to Succeed, and how the labels change the way they view themselves and alter the course of their lives, to Annette Pollert at Simon Pulse, in a very nice deal, in a three-book deal, for publication in beginning early summer 2014, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (World English).

Kristin Bailey’s CLOCKWORK ACADEMY, the sequel to the forthcoming Clockwork Key, the author’s first book in the Secret Order of Modern Amusmentists series, clockpunk romantic adventures set in Victorian England, to Anica Rissi at Simon Pulse, in a two-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (World English).
Translation: Taryn Fagerness Agency

Anne Calhoun’s contemporary erotic romance about soldiers returning to civilian life after active duty who find a “no retreat, no surrender” position applies not only to battle but to desire as well, to Leis Pederson at Berkley Heat, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.

Cathy Pegau’s CAUGHT IN AMBER, sci-fi suspense about a former drug addict enlisted to get close to her ex-lover and drug dealer to help save a federal agent’s addicted sister, who finds herself falling in love with the sexy agent, and BREATHLESS, to Angela James at Carina Press, for publication in 2013, by Natalie Fischer Lakosil at Bradford Literary Agency (World).