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From: Publishers Lunch [email protected] Subject: {Disarmed} Lunch Weekly Deluxe Date: November 21, 2016 at 4:14 AM To: [email protected] Publishers Super book Marketplace Search contacts agents rights deals jobs tracker reviews bestsellers help Lunch Weekly for Monday, November 21, 2016 Deal News If for some reason this mail has reached you even though you are not a paying member of PublishersMarketplace.com, please visit the link below to join us all the time for complete deal reports and more. Click to register https://www.publishersmarketplace.com/register/ The Key A handy key to our Lunch deal categories. While all reports are always welcome, those that include a category will generally receive a higher listing when it comes time to put them all together. "nice deal": $1 - $49,000 "very nice deal": $50,000 - $99,000 "good deal": $100,000 - $250,000 "significant deal": $251,000 - $499,000 "major deal": $500,000 and up Note that the deal sections Canada, Digital, and UK (if any) are denoting the publisher, not the rights acquired. Canadian and UK publishers can acquire local or world rights; digital publishers can and increasingly do also acquire print rights, and will some times do full offset print runs with mainstream distribution; etc. Deal Reports Just e-mail to [email protected] if you aren't using the online form linked below. Report a deal using the online form FICTION Debut Leslie Cohen's New York love story between a music writer prone to whimsy and a level- headed, practical engineer, pitched as Girls in White Dresses meets One Day, to Elana Cohen at Gallery, for publication in 2017, by Andrew Blauner at Blauner Books Literary Agency (World). Autumn Chiklis' RAISING MOM, inspired by her viral texts with her mom and told via journal entries, text messages, social media posts and more, follows a girl who moves back in with entries, text messages, social media posts and more, follows a girl who moves back in with her parents after graduating to discover that she and her mother have reversed roles and she's now the responsible adult to a wild, fun-loving partygoer, to Jaime Coyne for Wednesday Books, by Erin Malone at William Morris Endeavor (NA). Barbara Lynn-Davis's CASANOVA'S SECRET WIFE, based on actual accounts by Giacomo Casanova of a fourteen-year-old girl he passionately loved, married in a secret ceremony - and ruined; based on Lynn-Davis's research in Venice while completing her Ph.D. in Renaissance Art at Princeton University, to Alicia Condon at Kensington, in a two-book deal, for publication in July 2017, by Elizabeth Winick Rubinstein at McIntosh & Otis (World). Diana Forbes's MISTRESS SUFFRAGETTE, chronicling a young suffragist's attempts to thwart the twisted mind games of a villainous society couple before their antics unravel everything she's fighting for, to Michael James at Penmore Press, by John Willig at Literary Services (world). [email protected] Mystery/Crime Karen Brooks's LOCKSMITH'S DAUGHTER, the story of a young woman in Elizabethan England who has apprenticed under her father, the most skilled locksmith in London, and after losing her reputation thanks to a scandalous love affair, is recruited to work for Sir Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth's sinister spymaster, and THE CHOCOLATEMAKER'S WIFE, to Rachel Kahan at William Morrow, for publication in 2018, by Jim Frankel at the James Frankel Agency (World English ex ANZ). Author of the Aspergers Mysteries, Mysterious Detective Mysteries, and Agent to the Paws Mysteries, Jeff Cohen writing as EJ Copperman's ninth and tenth books in his USA Today bestselling Haunted Guest House series, moving to Matt Martz at Crooked Lane, in a two- book deal, by Josh Getzler at Hannigan Salky Getzler (World English). Translation: [email protected] Film/TV/Audio: [email protected] NYT bestselling author Shelley Noble's ASK ME NO QUESTIONS, the first in a new historical mystery series set in Gilded Age Manhattan, in which a young and beautiful widowed countess leaves London society for adventure in America, only to find herself turning amateur sleuth as she is swept up in a scandalous murder investigation, to Amy Stapp at Forge, in a two-book deal, by Kevan Lyon at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (World English). Foreign: Taryn Fagerness Agency USA Today bestselling author Rose Pressey's books 6 and 7 in her Haunted Vintage Mystery Series, featuring an amateur sleuth and vintage clothing connoisseur set in Sugar Creek, Georgia, to Michaela Hamilton at Kensington, by Jill Marsal at the Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (World). Sci-Fi/Fantasy Timothy Johnston's new OCEANIA series, SATURATION POINT, THE SAVAGE DEEPS, and FATAL DEPTHS, set in a near future underwater colony, to ChiZine, by Carolyn Forde of Westwood Creative Artists. Derek Kunsken's debut THE QUANTUM MAGICIAN, a space opera heist in which a bio- engineered con man assembles a crew of misfits to smuggle a fleet of warships through a tightly controlled wormhole, to Jonathan Oliver at Solaris, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2018, by Kim-Mei Kirtland at Howard Morhaim Literary Agency (World English). L. Penelope's SONG OF BLOOD AND STONE, WHISPERS OF SHADOW AND FLAME, CRY OF METAL AND BONE and a fourth book in The Earthsinger fantasy series, featuring two lands and their people torn between deep-seated secrets, incredible power, magic and love, to Monique Patterson at St. Martin's, for publication in Winter 2018 (World). Thriller Tess Sharpe's adult debut BARBED WIRE HEART, set in rural northern California, about a meth kingpin's daughter who must destroy her father's empire to stop a turf war and save herself, her town and the battered women she protects, to Lindsey Rose at Grand Central, by Jim McCarthy of Dystel, Goderich & Bourret (World). Jim McCarthy of Dystel, Goderich & Bourret (World). Women's/Romance Zoraida Cordova writing as Zoey Castile's STRIPPED, the first in her new Happy Endings series, pitched as a New York-style Magic Mike, to Norma Perez-Hernandez at Kensington, in a three-book deal, by Adrienne Rosado of Leibo Literary. Megan Frampton's LADY BE BAD, the first in her Victorian-set THE DUKE DAUGHTER'S series, wherein a father desperately tries to marry off his eclectic daughters in an attempt to help them find their happily ever after, to Lucia Macro at Avon, in a three-book deal, by Louise Fury at The Bent Agency. Teri Wilson's ROYALLY ROMA, pitched as a retelling of the classic Audrey Hepburn film Roman Holiday, in which a royal prince tries to escape his hectic and rigid life and ends up leading a young graduate student on a chase through the Eternal City, book 1 in "The Royals" series, to Elana Cohen at Pocket, in a three-book deal, for publication in March 2017, by Elizabeth Winick Rubinstein at McIntosh & Otis (World). Mary Brendan's untitled book one of a new Regency duet, set in England and Ireland circa 1818, to Sheila Hodgson at Harlequin Historical, in a nice deal, by Juliet Burton at the Juliet Burton Literary Agency (World). Martha Kennerson's ALWAYS MY BABY, a new series that introduces a family saga in Texas, to Carly Silver at Kimani, in a nice deal, in a four-book deal, for publication in May 2017, by Lissa Woodson (World). Jo Leigh's series set in a small seaside town in Rhode Island, to Birgit Davis-Todd at Harlequin Superromance, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal (World). Elle Wright's book about a family of sexy, smooth and prestigious male doctors, to Shannon Criss at Kimani, in a nice deal, in a four-book deal, for publication in March 2018, by Sara Camilli at The Sara Camilli Agency (World). Nadine Gonzalez's novel where friends take on the vibrant Miami real estate scene, to Keyla Hernandez at Kimani, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in February 2018 (World). Christine Wenger's next three books in the Gold Buckle Cowboy series, focusing on three ranchers who love as hard as they ride, to Michelle Grajkowski at Harlequin Western Romance, in a nice deal, by Michelle Grajkowski at 3 Seas Literary Agency (World). Debbi Rawlins's three books in the Made in Montana series, to Kathleen Scheibling at Harlequin Western Romance, in a nice deal, for publication in October 2017 (World). Sandra Robbins's first book in a new series revolving around heroes protecting babies in danger, to Elizabeth Mazer at Harlequin Love Inspired, in a nice deal, for publication in March 2018, by Natasha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency (World). Michelle Major's continuing Crimson, Colorado series, more stories of the citizens of this small town in the mountains finding love and family, to Gail Chasan at Harlequin Special Edition, in a nice deal, in a four-book deal, for publication in September 2017, by Nalini Akolekar at Spencerhill Associates (World). Hope White's baby-themed book set in the West, to Allison Lyons at Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense, in a nice deal, for publication in 2018 (World). Christy Jeffries's three new titles in the SUGAR FALLS, IDAHO series, set in a Colorado ski resort town known for the local scenery and popular cookie bakery, in which a recurring cast of characters try to not-so-subtly match-make new couples and help them find love, to Susan Litman at Harlequin Special Desire, in a nice deal, for publication in January 2018, by Karen Solem at Spencerhill Associates (World). Margaret Daley's The Lone Star Justice series in which Texas Rangers find faith and love, to Melissa Endlich at Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense, in a nice deal, in a six-book deal (World Melissa Endlich at Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense, in a nice deal, in a six-book deal (World rights).