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PAGE PAGE RECENTLY PUBLISHED TITLES MIRA BOOKS Pam Jenoff ...... 3 Allison Brennan ...... 24 Mike Chen ...... 4 Beverly Long ...... 24 Kelsey Miller ...... 5 Hannah Mary McKinnon...... 25 Courtney Evan Tate ...... 25 Rick Mofina ...... 26 FILM NEWS Ellen Meister ...... 27 Teri Wilson ...... 6 Mike Chen ...... 27 Jane Gillmartin...... 28 PARK ROW BOOKS Alka Joshi ...... 28 E.R. Ramzipoor ...... 7 Tiffany Reisz ...... 28 Serena Burdick ...... 8 Meg Little Reilly ...... 29 Mary Kubica ...... 8 Robyn Carr ...... 29 Kimberly Belle ...... 9 Brenda Novak ...... 30 Jason Allen ...... 10 Sheila Roberts...... 31 Erin Khar ...... 10 Carla Neggers ...... 32 Heather Graham ...... 33
HANOVER SQUARE PRESS Sharon Sala ...... 34 Judy Melinek & T.J. Mitchell ...... 11 Debra Webb ...... 34 Linda Lael Miller ...... 35 Tom Clancy, Steve Pieczenik & Jerome Preisler ...... 11 Stephanie Laurens ...... 35 Neil Olson ...... 12 Jamie Green ...... 12 HQN BOOKS Rick Ross ...... 13 Julia London ...... 36 Timothy Bella ...... 13 Candace Camp ...... 36 Craig Pittman ...... 13 Susan Mallery ...... 37 Karine Jean-Pierre ...... 14 RaeAnne Thayne ...... 38 Mitch Weiss & Holbrook Mohr ...... 14 Lori Foster ...... 39 Scott Pelley ...... 15 Toni Blake ...... 40 Samuel M. Katz ...... 15 Cara Bastone ...... 40 Dan Abrams and David Fisher ...... 16 Mona D. Shroff ...... 41 Phil Keith & Tom Clavin ...... 17 Synithia Williams ...... 41 Jennifer Snow ...... 41
GRAYDON HOUSE Jodi Thomas ...... 42 Jo McNally ...... 43 Emily Belden ...... 18 Sarah Morgan ...... 43 Tarryn Fisher...... 19 JoAnn Ross ...... 44 Tara Laskowski ...... 19 Brenda Jackson ...... 44 Wendy Francis ...... 20 Gena Showalter ...... 45 Hester Fox ...... 20 Marie Force ...... 45 Kristin Rockaway ...... 21 Lee Tobin McClain...... 46 Molly Fader ...... 21 Maisey Yates ...... 47 Nicola Cornick ...... 22 Diana Palmer ...... 48 Falguni Kothari ...... 23 B.J. Daniels ...... 49 Jamie Raintree ...... 23 Delores Fossen ...... 50 Patricia Davids ...... 51 Marta Perry ...... 51 Recently Published Titles
New York Times bestselling author Pam Jenoff
THE LOST GIRLS OF PARIS From the author of the runaway bestseller The Orphan’s Tale comes a remarkable story of Instant friendship and courage centered around three women and a ring of female spies during World New York War II. Times Bestseller! 1946, Manhattan Y One morning while passing through Grand Central Terminal on her way to work, Grace Healey fi nds an abandoned suitcase tucked beneath a bench. Unable to resist her own curiosity, Grace opens the suitcase, where she discovers a dozen photographs—each of a different woman. In a moment of impulse, Grace takes the photographs and quickly leaves the station. PARK ROW BOOKS On-sale: February 2019 Historical Fiction Grace soon learns that the suitcase belonged to a woman named Eleanor Trigg, leader of a ring of female secret agents Trade Paperback who were deployed out of London during the war. Twelve of these women were sent to Occupied Europe as couriers 384 pages; $16.99 U.S.; and radio operators to aid the resistance, but they never returned home, their fates a mystery. Setting out to learn the Rights: World truth behind the women in the photographs, Grace fi nds herself drawn to a young mother turned agent named Marie, whose daring mission overseas reveals a remarkable story of friendship, valor and betrayal.
Vividly rendered and inspired by true events, New York Times bestselling author Pam Jenoff shines a light on the incredible heroics of the brave women of the war, and weaves a mesmerizing tale of courage, sisterhood and the great strength of women to survive in the hardest of circumstances.
Comparison Titles: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn, The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck
The Lost Girls Of Paris Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio) • Korean (Zahn Publishing) • Portuguese – Brazil (HarperCollins • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • Large Print (Thorndike Press) Brasil) • Book Club (Bookspan) • Macedonian (Sakam Knigi) • Spanish (HarperCollins Ibérica) • German (Aufbau) • Norwegian (Cappelen Damm) • Swedish (HarperCollins Nordic) • Italian (Newton Compton) • UK (HQ)
“[A] terrifi c, fast-paced novel… This is a mesmerizing tale full of appealing characters, intrigue, suspense, and romance.” —Publishers Weekly
“[A] gripping WWII-era tale… Jenoff breathes life into the tale of a committed “Band of Sisters” who displayed boundless courage in the face of historically dire circumstances, creating a compelling and exciting read.” —Booklist
“Jenoff brings serious girl power to this story of brave women and the war.” —Cosmopolitan, Best Book Club Book of 2019
Pam Jenoff’s next two titles will be available in February 2021 and January 2022.
Other Pam Jenoff titles available: The Kommandant’s Girl, The Diplomat’s Wife, The Ambassador’s Daughter, The Winter Guest, The Last Summer At Chelsea Beach and The Orphan’s Tale
The Orphan’s Tale (March 2017) Rights Sold: • Audio (Harlequin Audio) • German (Aufbau) • Portuguese – Brazil (HarperCollins • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • Hebrew (Yediot Aharonot Books) Brasil) • Book Club (Bookspan) • Hungarian (Animus Kiado Kft) • Portuguese – Portugal (Presenca) • Simplifi ed Chinese (Zhejiang • Indonesian (PT Elex Media) • Romanian (Grup Media Litera) Literature and Art Publishing) • Italian (Newton Compton) • Slovak (Albatros Media/Motto) • Czech (Albatros Media/Motto) • Korean (Zahn Publishing) • Spanish (HarperCollins Ibérica) • Dutch (Karakter) • Large Print (Thorndike Press) • Swedish (HarperCollins Nordic) • Estonian (Ersen Ou Eram Books) • Macedonian (Sakam Knigi) • Turkish (Pegasus) • French (Editions Michel Lafon) • Norwegian (Cappelen Damm) • UK (HQ)
The The Orphan’s Orphan’s Tale Tale Instant Over 500,000 New York Times Ycopies sold! YBestseller! - 3 - Recently Published Titles Mike Chen
HERE AND NOW AND THEN DEBUT To save his daughter, he’ll go anywhere—and any-when… AUTHOR
Kin Stewart is an everyday family man: working in IT, trying to keep the spark in his marriage, struggling to connect with his teenage daughter, Miranda. But his current life is a far cry from his previous career…as a time-traveling secret agent from 2142. H Stranded in suburban San Francisco since the 1990s after a botched mission, Kin has kept his past hidden from everyone around him, despite the increasing blackouts and memory loss affecting his time-traveler’s brain. Until one afternoon, his “rescue” team arrives—eighteen years too late.
MIRA BOOKS Their mission: return Kin to 2142, where he’s only been gone weeks, not years, and where another family is waiting for On-sale: February 2019 Science Fiction him. A family he can’t remember. Hardcover 336 pages; $26.99 U.S.; Torn between two lives, Kin is desperate for a way to stay connected to both. But when his best efforts threaten to Rights: World destroy the agency and even history itself, his daughter’s very existence is at risk. It’ll take one fi nal trip across time to save Miranda—even if it means breaking all the rules of time travel in the process.
A uniquely emotional genre-bending debut, Here and Now and Then captures the perfect balance of heart, playfulness, and imagination, offering an intimate glimpse into the crevices of a father’s heart and its capacity to stretch across both space and time to protect the people that mean the most.
Comparison Titles: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch, The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Here and Now And Then Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio) • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • Czech (Dobrovsky)
“Quick pacing, complex characters, and a fascinating premise make this an unforgettable debut.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
“Highly recommended for readers both new and familiar with the genre, and for fans of Audrey Niffenegger’s The Time Traveler’s Wife.” —Library Journal, Starred Review
“[A] gripping, fast-paced time-travel thriller.” —Shelf Awareness, Starred Review
“A subtly woven meditation about the fragility of time raises the bar in this smart, fun, and affectionate story.” —Kirkus Reviews
“The plot twists and turns…in speedy, page-fl ipping style, defying me each time I thought I knew what was coming.” —NPR
“[An] enjoyable venture into time travel…[readers] will be drawn in by the human questions at its heart.” —BookPage
- 4 - Recently Published Titles Kelsey Miller
I’LL BE THERE FOR YOU: THE ONE ABOUT FRIENDS Six friends that became a family. A television show that became a phenomenon.
Today, Friends is remembered as an icon of ’90s comedy and the Must See TV years. But when the series debuted in 1994, no one anticipated the sensation it would become. From the fi rst wave of Friends mania to the backlash and renaissance that followed, the show maintained an uncanny connection to its audience, who saw it both as a refl ection of their own lives and an aspirational escape from reality. In the years since, Friends has evolved from prime-time megahit to nostalgic novelty, and fi nally, to certifi ed classic. Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Joey and Phoebe have entered the pantheon of great television characters, and yet their stories remain relevant still.
I’ll Be There for You is a deep dive into Friends history and lore, exploring all aspects of the show, from its unlikely HANOVER SQUARE origins to the societal conditions that amplifi ed its success. Journalist and pop culture expert Kelsey Miller relives the PRESS show’s most powerful moments, sheds light on its sometimes dated and problematic elements, and examines the On-sale: November 2018 Pop Culture Nonfi ction worldwide trends that Friends catalyzed, from contemporary coffee culture to the wildly popular ’90s haircut The Hardcover; Rachel. Taking readers behind the scenes, Miller traces the cast’s rise to fame and untangles the complex relationship 304 pages; $26.99 U.S.; between the actors and their characters. Weaving in revelatory interviews and personal stories, she investigates the role Rights: World of celebrity media, world-changing events and the dawning of the digital age—all of which infl uenced both the series and its viewers.
I’ll Be There for You is the defi nitive retrospective of Friends, not only for fans of the series, but for anyone who’s ever wondered what it is about this show—and television comedy—that resonates so powerfully.
Comparison Titles: Seinfeldia by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong Live from New York by James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales I’ll Be There For You: The One About Friends Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio) • Portuguese (HarperCollins Ibérica) • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • Polish (Wydawnictwo Sine Qua Non Romanski) • Czech (Dobrovsky) • Russian (Eksmo) • Simplifi ed Chinese (Beijing Times Chinese Press) • Slovak (Dobrovsky) • Danish (HarperCollins Nordic) • Spanish (HarperCollins Ibérica) • French (HarperCollins France) • Swedish (HarperCollins Nordic) • German (Heyne) • UK (HQ) • Italian (HarperCollins Italia)
“The defi nitive Friends history.” —EW.com
“Nostalgic and affectionate, with plenty of dish; just the thing for fans of the show.” —Kirkus Reviews
“This detailed, affectionate look at the history of the 1990s megahit Friends traces the show from its beginnings… to one of the defi ning cultural touchstones for an entire generation… A smart, nostalgic read.” —Booklist
“Deeply reported and brimming with delicious insight, Kelsey Miller’s account of the Friends phenomenon takes us on a nostalgic, thrilling and bittersweet journey behind the scenes of a TV show that captured the fl eeting moment in our lives when friends became family.” —Erin Carlson, author of I’ll Have What She’s Having: How Nora Ephron’s Three Iconic Films Saved the Romantic Comedy
- 5 - Film News Teri Wilson UNLEASHING MR. DARCY Hallmark created It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single woman teetering on the verge two films based on of thirty must be in want of a husband. Unleashing Mr. Darcy: Unleashing Mr. Darcy Not true for Manhattanite Elizabeth Scott. Instead of planning a walk down the aisle, and she’s crossing the pond with the only companion she needs—her darling dog, Bliss. Marrying Mr. Darcy! Caring for a pack of show dogs in England seems the perfect distraction from the scandal that ruined her teaching career, and her reputation, in New York. What she doesn’t count on is an unstoppable attraction to billionaire dog breeder Donovan Darcy. The London tycoon’s a little bit arrogant, a whole lot sexy…and the chemistry between them is disarming. When passion is finally unleashed, might Elizabeth hope to take HQN BOOKS home more than a blue ribbon? Y On-sale: January 2014 Contemporary Romance Trade Paperback 384 pages; $14.95 U.S.; Unleashing Mr. Darcy Rights Sold: Rights: World • Audio (Audible) • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • Czech (Baronet) • Estonian (Ersen Ou Eram) • French (HarperCollins France) • German (HarperCollins Germany) • Large Print (Thorndike Press) • UK (HQ)
UNMASKING JULIET Ever since she was a little girl learning to make decadent truffles in her family’s chocolate shop, Juliet Arabella has been aware of the bitter feud between the Arabellas and the Mezzanottes. With their rival chocolate boutiques on the same street in Napa Valley, these families never mix. Until one night, when Juliet anonymously attends the annual masquerade ball. In a moonlit vineyard, she finds herself falling for a gorgeous stranger, a man who reminds her what passion is like outside the kitchen. But her bliss is short-lived when she discovers her masked prince is actually Leo Mezzanotte, newly returned from Paris and the heir to her archenemy’s confection dynasty.
With her mind in a whirl, Juliet leaves for Italy to represent the Arabellas in a prestigious chocolate competition. The prize money will help her family’s struggling business, and Juliet figures it’s a perfect opportunity to forget Leo…only to find him already there and gunning for victory. As they compete head-to-head, Leo and Juliet’s fervent attraction boils HQN BOOKS over. But Juliet’s not sure whether to trust her adversary, or give up on the sweetest love she’s ever tasted… On-sale: June 2014 Contemporary Romance Unmasking Juliet Rights Sold: Trade Paperback • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) 384 pages; $14.95 U.S.; Rights: World • Czech (Baronet) • Estonian (Ersen Ou Eram) • French (HarperCollins France)
“Unleashing Mr. Darcy is a wonderful modern-day fairy tale that especially appeals to dog lovers. Readers unfamiliar with dog shows will find the premise interesting without being overwhelming. The interactions between the main characters are delightful and the secondary characters add greatly to the reader’s enjoyment.” —RT Book Reviews, Top Pick, 4 ½ stars
“Wilson wisely avoids repeating Austen’s plot or attempting to emulate her sharp satire, but she manages to get in more than a few bits of homage… Devoted Austen fans will find much to enjoy in this fun contemporary rendition.” —Publishers Weekly
“Dog lovers and readers who love Austen pastiches will savor this latest showing of the famous couple.” —Booklist
“Unleashing Mr. Darcy is a delightful story full of charm, wit and heart. I didn’t want to see it end…A truly romantic tale.” —USA TODAY bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne
- 6 - Park Row Books
Park Row Books was launched in 2016 and is dedicated to publishing an exclusive list of voice-driven and thought-provoking books across a variety of genres, from mainstream literary fi ction and book club fi ction to literary suspense and narrative nonfi ction.
E.R. Ramzipoor
THE VENTRILOQUISTS Brussels, 1943. DEBUT Orphaned when the Nazis invaded, 12-year-old street urchin Helene survives by living as a boy and AUTHOR selling copies of the country’s most popular newspaper, Le Soir, now turned into Nazi propaganda like so many others. Helene’s entire world changes when she befriends a misfi t journalist, Marc Aubrion, who draws her in to the Front de l’Indépendance, a secret network of resistance fi ghters publishing dissident underground newspapers. H Aubrion’s unbridled creativity and linguistic genius attracts the attention of August Wolff, a high-ranking Nazi offi cial tasked with swaying public opinion against the Allies. Wolff captures Aubrion and his comrades and gives them an impossible choice: use the voice of the resistance to paint the Allies as monsters, or be killed. Faced with no decision at On-sale: September 2019 all, Aubrion has a brilliant idea—he, Helene, and his fellow condemned resistance writers will pretend to do the Nazi’s Historical Fiction bidding, all the while writing and distributing a fake edition of Le Soir. “Faux” Soir will mock the Reich, poke fun at Hardcover 544 pages; $27.99 U.S.; Hitler and Stalin, and give power back to the Belgians by daring to laugh in the face of their oppressors. Rights: World The ventriloquists have agreed to die for a joke, and they have only eighteen days to tell it.
Told with dazzling scope, taut prose and devastating emotion, The Ventriloquists illuminates the extraordinary acts of courage by ordinary people forgotten by history—unlikely heroes who risked everything to orchestrate the most elaborate feat of satire Europe has ever seen.
Comparison Titles: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
The Ventriloquists Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio) • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • Dutch (Uitgeverij de Fontein) • Italian (Newton Compton) • Portuguese – Portugal (HarperCollins Ibérica) • Spanish (HarperCollins Ibérica)
“The clock starts hammering on page one as Ramzipoor brilliantly gives a lost moment of history voice, fl esh, and soul. This frighteningly relevant look at what happens when the news is controlled by biased and antagonistic forces becomes spellbinding as masters of subterfuge risk everything in order to carry forth their own trembling truth.” —Devin Murphy, national bestselling author of The Boat Runner
“Art and artifi ce, life and death, collide powerfully in The Ventriloquists, a novel about a colorful band of resistance fi ghters who risk everything to publish a subversive newspaper mocking the Reich while at the same time pretending to work for it. Eloquently reminding us that self-expression is the truest form of survival, E.R. Ramzipoor has made an unforgettable and important contribution to the canon of Holocaust literature.” —Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Orphan’s Tale
“The skills of Aubrion and his miss-matched gang of conspirators is matched by the exquisite weaving of this story by E.R. Ramzipoor. Funny, sad, and poignant in its telling, The Ventriloquists reminds us that so much of what we read, hear and watch is propaganda—for someone, for some organization, some country. I cannot recommend this story high enough.” —Heather Morris, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz
- 7 - Park Row Books Serena Burdick NOT WITHOUT MY SISTER NOT Despite how inseparable they are, the Tildon sisters could not be more different. Luella is the DEBUT AUTHOR WITHOUT MY brave older sister, who at 16 is more interested in making friends with gypsies than practicing ballet. Effie, is the quieter younger sister, who at 13 is content to write stories and daydream about the SISTER future. Effie was born with a heart defect and each year she lives is seen as an accomplishment by everyone except Luella, who understands Effie’s strength, despite her small frame. Serena Burdick H • COVER COMING SOON • It’s the summer of 1913, and there is unrest at the Tildon residence. When the girls accidentally discover a shocking secret about their father, Luella becomes embolden to do as she pleases, including giving up ballet and her parents’ dream of her being a professional dancer. But her rebellion comes with consequences, and one morning Luella is mysteriously gone. Without a note or trace of her sister’s whereabouts, Effie suspects their father has made good on On-sale: January 2020 his threat to send Luella to the House of Mercy, a work house for wayward girls, and hatches a plan to get herself Historical Fiction Trade Paperback committed to save her sister. However, her plan falls short when she realizes Luella isn’t there and with no one to 336 pages; $16.99 U.S.; believe her story, Effie’s escape seems impossible—unless she can trust an enigmatic girl named Mable. As their fates Rights: World entwine, Mable and Effie must rely on each other and their friendship to survive.
With rich historical detail, a charismatic cast of characters, and gorgeous prose, Not Without My Sister is a compulsive, heartwarming read that explores not only the historical Not Without My Sister, but the lives—and secrets—of the girls who stayed there. Not Without My Sister Rights Sold: • Australia (HarperCollins Australia)
New York Times bestselling author Mary Kubica
THE OTHER MRS. When a woman is found murdered on a small island town off the coast of Maine, one woman and her family realize that the killer may be closer to home than they ever could have imagined.
The Other Mrs. Rights Sold: • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • Spanish (HarperCollins Ibérica) • Dutch (HarperCollins Holland) • UK (HQ) • French (HarperCollins France)
Other Mary Kubica titles available: The Good Girl, Pretty Baby, Don’t You Cry, Every Last Lie and When The Lights Go Out On-sale: March 2020 Psychological Suspense Also available by Mary Kubica Hardcover Title: Price Format Page Count Pub Month/Year Rights 336 pages; $26.99 U.S.; Rights: World The Good Girl $24.95 U.S. Hardcover 352 pages August 2014 World Pretty Baby $24.95 U.S. Hardcover 384 pages August 2015 World Don’t You Cry $26.99 U.S. Hardcover 384 pages June 2016 World Every Last Lie $26.99 U.S. Hardcover 336 pages July 2017 World When The Lights Go Out $26.99 U.S. Hardcover 336 pages September 2018 World
Grey Matter Over 1.3 million Productions and copies of Topic Studios The Good Girl have chosen sold writer-director Oren Moverman worldwide! to adapt The Good Girl into a thriller Y drama series
“When The Lights Go Out will keep you questioning everything—and everyone—untilY the riveting conclusion. A twisty, captivating, edge-of-your-seat read.” —Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author of All The Missing Girls
- 8 - Park Row Books
USA TODAY bestselling author Kimberly Belle
DEAR WIFE From the bestselling author of The Marriage Lie and Three Days Missing comes a riveting new novel of suspense about a woman who, in a fi ght for survival, must decide just how far she’ll go to escape the person she once loved.
Beth Murphy is on the run…
For nearly a year, Beth has been planning for this day. A day some people might call any other Wednesday, but Beth prefers to see it as her new beginning—one with a new look, new name and new city. Beth has given her plan signifi cant thought, because one small slip and her violent husband will fi nd her.
On-sale: July 2019 Sabine Hardison is missing… Psychological Suspense Trade Paperback 336 pages; $15.99 U.S.; A couple hundred miles away, Jeffrey returns home from a work trip to fi nd his wife, Sabine, is missing. Wherever she is, Rights: World she’s taken almost nothing with her. Her abandoned car is the only evidence the police have, and all signs point to foul play.
As the police search for leads, the case becomes more and more convoluted. Sabine’s carefully laid plans for her future indicate trouble at home, and a husband who would be better off with her gone. The detective on the case will stop at nothing to fi nd out what happened and bring this missing woman home. Where is Sabine? And who is Beth? The only thing that’s certain is that someone is lying and the truth won’t stay buried for long.
Comparison Titles: Watch Me Disappear by Janelle Brown, Don’t You Cry by Mary Kubica
Dear Wife Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio) • Large Print (Thorndike Press) • Portuguese – Brazil (HarperCollins Brasil)
“An enthralling plot with compelling characters that make it impossible to pull yourself from the page. Belle has hit another one out of the park!” —Liv Constantine, author of The Last Mrs. Parrish and The Last Time I Saw You
“Subtle, insidious, clever… Dear Wife is spellbinding. I was hooked from the fi rst page. You’re going to love Kimberly Belle’s latest outing. And you aren’t going to see it coming…” —J.T. Ellison, New York Times bestselling author of Tear Me Apart
“Dear Wife had me at hello. From the moment I met Beth, a smart, tough woman on the run from her abusive husband, I couldn’t stop reading-and that was before the twists started coming fast and furious. Written with heart, humor, and a hefty dose of truth beneath the thrills, Dear Wife is a wild and massively entertaining ride.” —Amy Gentry, author of Good as Gone and Last Woman Standing
Kimberly Belle’s next title will be available in June 2020.
The Marriage Lie (January 2017) Rights Sold: Three Days Missing (July 2018) Rights Sold: • Audio (Blackstone Audio) • Audio (HarperAudio) • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • Complex Chinese (Spring International Publishers) • Complex Chinese (Spring International Publishers) • Croatian (24 SATA d.o.o.) • Simplifi ed Chinese (Beijing Bocaiyaji Culture Media Co., Ltd.) • Estonian (Ersen Ou Eram) • Croatian (24 SATA d.o.o.) • German (Aufbau Verlag) • Czech (Dobrovsky s.r.o.) • Italian (Newton Compton) • Estonian (Ersen Ou Eram) • Large Print (Thorndike Press) • German (Aufbau Verlag) • Hungarian (Tericum Kiado) • Italian (Newton Compton) • Large Print (Thorndike Press) • Polish (Wydawnictwo Filia) • Portuguese – Brazil (Editora Gente) • Portuguese – Portugal (Saida de Emergencia) • Russian (Centrepolygraph) • Spanish (Ediciones Versatil) • Turkish (Hep Kitap) We have sold over • UK (HQ) 300,000 copies of The Marriage Lie!
- 9 Y- Park Row Books Jason Allen
THE EAST END DEBUT A tragic accident threatens to unravel two families in this gripping novel of suspense and AUTHOR culture clash set in the Hamptons.
Corey Halpern, a local high schooler with a troubled home life, is desperate to leave the Hamptons and start anew somewhere else. His last summer before college, he settles for theH escapism he fi nds in sneaking into neighboring mansions.
One night just before Memorial Day weekend, he breaks in to the wrong home at the wrong time: the Sheffi eld estate, where he and his mother, Gina, work. Under the cover of darkness, Leo Sheffi eld—a billionaire CEO, patriarch and the owner of the vast lakeside manor—arrives unexpectedly with a companion. After a shocking poolside accident, On-sale: May 2019 everything depends on Leo burying the truth before his family and friends arrive for the holiday weekend. Unfortunately Literary Fiction Hardcover for him, Corey saw what happened, as did other eyes in the shadows. 304 pages; $26.99 U.S.; Rights: World Secrecy, obsession and desperation dictate each character’s path in this spectacular debut. In a race against time, each critical moment holds life in the balance as Corey, Gina and Leo approach a common breaking point. With an ending as explosive as the Memorial Day fi reworks on the island, The East End welcomes a bright new voice in fi ction.
Comparison Titles The Affair
The East End Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio)
“Allen has created a fascinating, kinetic, and insightful look at America’s unspoken caste system of class, where great wealth and poverty both come with deep emotional roots.” —Devin Murphy, National Bestselling author of The Boat Runner and Tiny Americans
“The East End, Jason Allen’s debut literary thriller, is equal parts heart and suspense. Both daring and forceful, the language not only advances the narrative, but propels it forward, every sentence as compelling as the hire-wire dazzle of its plot line. But what sets this novel apart is Allen’s compassionate and psychologically complex characters. The book’s craft and intrigue cannot help but enlist for him a wide and grateful readership.” —Jack Driscoll, author of The Goat Fish and The Lover’s Knot
“Jason Allen’s The East End is a razor focused and suspenseful race through one fateful weekend in the Hamptons. With taut prose and an eye for the up-close-and-personal, Allen deftly navigates the jagged chasms between the Haves and the Have-nots, revealing the very things that often bridge those distances.” —Nicholas Mainieri, author of The Infi nite
Erin Khar
HEROINE DEBUT Erin Khar’s memoir Heroine is a voice-driven, harrowing story of one woman’s decade-long AUTHOR battle with opioid addiction that explores the very nature of why people do drugs, casting light HEROINE on the larger opioid crisis, written with the intention to destigmatize the topic of drug addiction. Comparison Titles: Blackout by Sarah Hepola, The Chronology of Water by Lidia YuknavitchH erin khar and The Recovering by Leslie Jamison
• COVER COMING SOON •
On-sale: March 2020 Memoir Heroine Rights Sold: Hardcover 352 pages; $27.99 U.S.; • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) Rights: World
- 10 - Hanover Square Press
Launched in 2017, Hanover Square Press aims to publish compelling, original fiction and narrative nonfiction encompassing a broad range of genres—from crime, thrillers, and high-concept fiction to history, journalism, and memoir. Hanover Square Press is guided by the search for works full of engaging ideas, unique subjects, and fast-paced stories.
Judy Melinek and TJ Mitchell
FIRST CUT San Francisco’s newest medical examiner Dr. Jessie Teska has made a chilling discovery. A suspected overdose case contains hints of something more sinister: a drug lord’s attempt at a murderous cover up. But as Jessie digs deeper, she FIRST CUT faces unexpected pushback from her superiors, who urge her to stay in her lane, close the case, and move on.
For Jessie, San Francisco was supposed to be a fresh start, a chance to escape her troublesome past in Los Angeles. Judy melinek and Instead she finds herself overworked and underpaid, working in a dingy morgue and living under the fog in a cramped TJ miTchell converted cable car. Now, despite warnings from her surly colleagues and threats from her domineering boss, she is • COVER COMING SOON • determined to discover the truth.
As more bodies land on her autopsy table, Jessie uncovers a constellation of deaths that point to an elaborate plot On-sale: January 2020 involving nefarious opioid traffickers and San Francisco’s shifting terrain of tech startups. Autopsy means “see for Procedural Hardcover yourself,” and Jessie Teska won’t stop until she has seen it all—even if it means the next corpse on the slab could be her 336 pages; $26.99 U.S.; own. Rights: World Gritty, compelling, and introducing an irresistibly badass heroine, First Cut is a deliciously thrilling crime debut from the New York Times bestselling authors of Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner.
First Cut Rights Sold: • Australia (HarperCollins Australia)
Tom Clancy, Steve Pieczenik & Jerome Preisler
NET FORCE: DARK WEB The number-one threat to our nation’s security isn’t domestic or foreign: it’s online. The U.S. president wants to tackle NET FORCE: the urgent problem head-on and launches a new, top-secret line of defense: Net Force. But before the new organization DARK WEB can be announced, the country is hit by an unprecedented, two-pronged terror attack: a crippling cyber-strike and a series of massive explosions. Tom clancy, STeve Pieczenik & Not yet empowered by Congress nor embraced by a skeptical intelligence community, still untested, unproven, and Jerome PreiSler officially unnamed, Net Force’s elite group of cyber-experts and field operatives must lead the fight against the ongoing • COVER COMING SOON • waves of hacks while tracking down the mastermind behind the attack. Their failure could mean global catastrophe. Success may lead them to become the highest-level security agency in the United States.
On-sale: November 2019 An of-the-moment, ripped-from-the-headlines technothriller, Net Force: Dark Web relaunches one of the Technothriller Tall Mass-Market most prescient series in the Tom Clancy universe at a time when cybersecurity is more relevant than ever. Paperback 736 pages; $9.99 U.S.; Net Force: Dark Web Rights Sold: Rights: World • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • French (HarperCollins France) • Japanese (HarperCollins Japan)
Net Force: Crow Zero will be available in November 2020.
- 11 - Hanover Square Press Neil Olson
BEFORE THE DEVIL FELL A dark, suspenseful novel that dives into the intertwined families of a small New England town, and the history of witchcraft that binds them together.
Will Connor returns to his hometown, a small village north of Boston, to care for his aging mother. He’s kept his distance from the town since childhood, but once back home he finds himself taking another look at a mysterious death that took place during one of his mother’s “spirit circles.” His mother had embraced the hippie generation’s fascination with new age and witchcraft, but the unexpected death of a close friend put an end to the meetings of the modern-day coven.
Or did it?
On-sale: October 2019 As Will looks deeper into his family’s history he discovers that her practices weren’t so much a passing fad but the latest Literary Fiction Small Hardcover link in a long tradition of New England witchcraft, which still seems to hold a power over the town. Will hopes that 352 pages; $25.99 U.S.; finding answers to the death will put his questions to rest, there are those who are willing to resort to violence to keep Rights: World those secrets buried.
Comparison Titles: The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor
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“Before the Devil Fell is a suspenseful, atmospheric and eerie tale of small-town secrets and a dangerous bond that links families through the centuries.” —Megan Chance, author of A Drop of Ink
The Black Painting (January 2018) Rights Sold: • Audio (Harlequin Audio) • Large Print (Thorndike Press) • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • UK (HQ) • Bulgarian (Millennium Publishing)
“The Black Painting is a fast-paced psychological thriller with a fascinating set of characters caught in a web of family lies, deceits, secrets, mental instability and a possible murder. This powerful tale of love and betrayal centers around a sinister painting that may, or may not, be haunted. A real page-turner.” —B. A . Shapiro, author of The Art Forger
“A riveting psychological thriller, a serious dissection of a dysfunctional family and an exploration of the power of art to change lives.” —Associated Press
Jaime Green
DEBUT THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE: SCIENCE, IMAGINATION AND OUR VISION OF THE COSMOS AUTHOR THE One of the most powerful questions humans ask about the cosmos is: Are we alone? Yet every book POSSIBILITY that asks this very question reduces it to yes or no, to odds and probabilities. Maybe this is because OF LIFE writing in this field has been dominated by scientists instead of writers, but there’s a huge opportunity for an outsider’s view on astronomy and its pressing questions. The science is fascinating, but it doesn’t exist in a vacuum. H Jaime Green Intertwined with science’s attempts to answer questions about life beyond Earth is science fiction’s attempts to imagine • COVER COMING SOON • answers. There’s more science in sci-fi than many people realize—and more imagination in science, too. By exploring these fundamental pursuits of knowledge and storytelling together, we can understand each more deeply. And taken together, science and fiction look at the possibility of life beyond Earth not as a yes-or-no question, but as possibilities, On-sale: July 2021 plural—and by looking at the ways we imagine alien life, we also explore the meaning of life right here at home. Nonfiction Hardcover 288 pages; $26.99 U.S.; With the omnivorous intellect of Leslie Jamison and the enthusiastic curiosity of Mary Roach, Jaime Green Rights: World uses her signature essayistic approach to combine science journalism and cultural criticism in a book that will speak to readers of popular science, science fiction, and literary essays alike.
Comparison Titles: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson The Possibility of Life Rights Sold: • All Rights Available - 12 - Hanover Square Press Rick Ross
HURRICANES: A MEMOIR The highly-anticipated memoir from hip-hop icon Rick Ross chronicles his coming of DEBUT age amid Miami’s crack epidemic, his star-studded controversies, and his unstoppable AUTHOR rise to fame.
Rick Ross is an indomitable presence in the music industry, but few people know the full story behind his rise to fame. Now, for the first time, Ross offers a vivid, dramatic and unexpectedly Hcandid account of his early childhood, his tumultuous adolescence, and his dramatic ascendency in the world of hip-hop.
Born William Leonard Roberts II in 1976, Ross grew up “across the bridge,” in a Miami at odds with the city’s glitzy beaches, clubs and yachts. The Coral City projects where Ross came of age stood at the epicenter of the city’s crack On-sale: September 2019 epidemic. Surrounded by poverty and gang violence, Ross defied the odds, finishing high school and receiving a Autobiography Hardcover football scholarship. To survive he inhabited multiple, often contradicting worlds, working as a correctional officer by 304 pages; $26.99 U.S.; day while dealing drugs at night. All the while, he honed his musical talent until a chance encounter changed his life Rights: World forever.
From his early collaborations with DJ Khaled to his first deal with Def Jam to his breakout hit “Hustlin’” and the numerous health scares, arrests and feuds he had to transcend along to way, Hurricanes is a revealing portrait of one of the biggest stars in the rap game, and an intimate look at the birth of an artist.
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Timothy Bella BARKLEY Barkley is a biography of Charles Barkley, a Hall of Famer who was one of the greatest basketball players from the 90s and is one of the most beloved figures in pop culture. His raw talent and off-court bluster drew comparisons to BARKLEY Muhammed Ali, and Bella argues that he helped pave the way for our current age of athlete-activism. An Emmy winning sports commentator, Barkley’s popularity continues to grow. A recent NPR piece about his decades-long friendship with a fan ignited the internet for days, boosting Barkley’s profile and drumming up goodwill from those outside the sports TimoThy Bella world.
• COVER COMING SOON • There has never been a book length Charles Barkley biography, and Timothy Bella’s robust proposal feels like the substantive and compelling book to fill the gap. A Washington Post journalist, Bella has great media connections and relevant sport biography experience. He was the lead researcher for the bestseller Tiger Woods. On-sale: June 2021 Biography Hardcover Barkley Rights Sold: 384 pages; $26.99 U.S.; • All Rights Available Rights: World
Craig Pittman
CAT FIGHT: THE WILD, WEIRD BATTLE TO SAVE THE ENDANGERED FLORIDA PANTHER CAT FIGHT: Plenty of animals protected by the Endangered Species Act have made comebacks. The DEBUT THE WILD, WEIRD California condor, the bald eagle, the American alligator—all of them were once in danger AUTHOR BATTLE TO SAVE THE of going extinct, and are now considered safe. But none of them were quite as close to ENDANGERED winking out 6 as the panther. And none was brought back through such an unusual FLORIDA PANTHER method—basically, an ecological Hail Mary pass that connected and scored. craiG PiTTman H The book will expand beyond the narrow focus on panthers to look at how the U.S. handles endangered species of all • COVER COMING SOON • kinds, spending time and money bringing some populations back while allowing others that are less charismatic to slip off into oblivion. The book will also look at the times that federal officials have fallen back on captive breeding as a last-resort method of saving species, with a mixed record. But they couldn’t use captive breeding for the panther, which On-sale: March 2020 meant they had to do something no one had tried before. Nonfiction Hardcover 352 pages; $26.99 U.S.; As more and more species around the world are headed for extinction, the story of the panther offers what one writer Rights: World dubbed “a classic Anthropocene motif.” It shows how people drive these animals toward oblivion, then try to move heaven and earth to bring them back. This book will show just how difficult and expensive it can be to save just one type of animal—and how there can be unintended consequences from that apparently praiseworthy achievement.
Untitled Rights Sold: • All Rights Available - 13 - Hanover Square Press Karine Jean-Pierre
MOVING FORWARD: A STORY OF HOPE, HARD WORK, AND THE PROMISE OF AMERICA DEBUT A moving, inspiring political memoir and progressive call-to-arms from the current national AUTHOR spokesperson for MoveOn.org, chronicling her own experiences, from growing up in New York’s Haitian community to working in the Obama White House, and charting a path for others to help change the face of politics. H Part memoir, part how-to and part progressive political handbook, Moving Forward: A Story of Hope, Hard Work, and the Promise of America takes the reader on a journey that begins in the Haitian-American enclave in Queens, New York, where I grew up. Most political origin stories have the same backbone: reading the Washington Post in elementary school; skipping school to see a presidential candidate; canvassing door to door before they can count to ten.
On-sale: November 2019 That story can be intimidating. It reinforces the feeling people so often have that politics is a closed system; that if you Memoir Hardcover weren’t participating in debate club or Young Democrats or Model U.N. by the time you finished high school, you have 352 pages; $26.99 U.S.; no chance in politics. Rights: World That is not Karine Jean-Pierre’s story. Unlike many people in politics, she is a naturalized American citizen. She wasn’t drawn to politics until after college, when she realized she wanted to have impact, to have her voice heard in the public arena, and to speak for those who are silenced in our society.
In Moving Forward: A Story of Hope, Hard Work, and the Promise of America, Jean-Pierre sets out to make politics accessible to anyone who wants to take part, no matter how or where they grew up or how young or old they might be. In the age of Trump, the need for all of us to participate has never been more crucial. The progressive cause needs us if we are to rescue the nation from Trump and the evils of racism, sexism and the Koch brothers’ billions. This book will be a call-to-arms for those who know that now is the time we must act.
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Mitch Weiss and Holbrook Mohr
BROKEN FAITH From author and Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Mitch Weiss and his colleague Holbrook Mohr comes BROKEN the bone-chilling story of the Word of Faith Fellowship, a secretive evangelical community based in North FAITH Carolina and ruled by fear and abuse.
In 1979, Jane Whaley, a fiery preacher with a thick Southern drawl, attracted a small group of followers—22 men and miTch WeiSS and women drawn in by her charisma, passion, and promise that through prayer and deliverance, they could turn their lives holBrook mohr around. • COVER COMING SOON •
In the years since, through a combination of manipulation, blackmail, and violence, Whaley’s following has expanded to include thousands of congregants across three continents. In the eyes of her followers, she’s a prophet—to disobey her On-sale: June 2020 means eternal damnation. It could also mean hours of physical abuse. The control she exerts is absolute: she decides Nonfiction Hardcover what her followers study, where they work, whom they can marry—even when they can have sex. 352 pages; $26.99 U.S.; Rights: World A gripping, meticulously detailed narrative, Broken Faith is the story of Jane Whaley’s rise to power and life inside the Word of Faith Fellowship. At the heart of the book is the harrowing account of the Cooper family— Rick, Suzanne, and their children, who joined the church in 1993 thinking they’d found stability, community, and peace. Instead, they had their lives torn apart. It would take two decades before they found the courage to leave and the strength to finally seek justice and share their story. Broken Faith Rights Sold: • Australia (HarperCollins Australia)
- 14 - Hanover Square Press Scott Pelley
TRUTH WORTH TELLING: A REPORTER’S SEARCH FOR MEANING IN THE STORIES OF OUR TIMES DEBUT AUTHOR An inspiring memoir from the front lines of history by award-winning 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley. Don’t ask the meaning of life. Life is asking, what’s the meaning of you? H With this provocative question, Truth Worth Telling introduces us to unforgettable people who discovered the meaning of their lives in the historic events of our times. A 60 Minutes correspondent and former anchor of the CBS Evening News, Scott Pelley writes as a witness to events that changed our world. In moving, detailed prose, he stands with fi refi ghters at the collapsing World Trade Center on 9/11, advances with American troops in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, and reveals private moments with presidents (and would-be presidents) he’s known for decades. Truth Worth On-sale: June 2019 Telling offers a resounding defense of free speech and a free press as the rights that guarantee all others. For readers who Memoir Hardcover believe values matter and truth is worth telling, Pelley writes, “I have written this book for you.” 464 pages; $26.99 U.S.; Rights: World Truth Worth Telling: A Reporter’s Search for Meaning in the Stories of Our Times Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio)
Praise for Scott Pelley: “The most well-qualifi ed and proven television journalist ever to ascend to the anchor job .” —Columbia Journalism Review
“The legacy of Edward R. Murrow lives in the daring, long-range investigations of Scott Pelley.” —Washington Times
“Genuine gravitas and commitment to his craft.” —Variety
“Pelley’s tenure has been marked by his intelligent, truth-seeking approach to the news, pulling no punches while still remaining impartial.” —Washington Post
Samuel M. Katz
NO SHADOWS IN THE DESERT DEBUT AUTHOR NO Samuel M. Katz’s No Shadows in the Desert reveals the inside story of how the US and Jordan SHADOWS partnered to destroy ISIS, drawing on the author’s access to King Abdullah, as well as his IN THE numerous sources in US intelligence. DESERT Comparison Titles: Directorate S by Steve Coll, Rise And Kill First by Ronen Bergman H Samuel m. kaTz
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- 15 - Hanover Square Press Dan Abrams and David Fisher
THEODORE ROOSEVELT FOR THE DEFENSE: THE COURTROOM BATTLE TO SAVE HIS LEGACY New York Times bestselling authors of Lincoln’s Last Trial take readers inside the courtroom to witness an epic case in which Theodore Roosevelt, weighing one last presidential run, challenged corruption in the political party that made him.
“No more dramatic courtroom scene has ever been enacted,” reported the Syracuse Herald on May 22, 1915 as it covered “the greatest libel suit in history,” a battle fought between former President Theodore Roosevelt and the leader of the Republican party.
Teddy Roosevelt, the boisterous and mostly beloved national hero, had accused his former friend and political ally, now turned rival, the Republican Party leader William Barnes of corruption. The furious Barnes responded by suing Roosevelt On-sale: June 2019 for an enormous sum that would have fi nancially devastated him. Narrative Nonfi ction Hardcover 400 pages; $27.99 U.S.; But the trial wasn’t about money, it was a fi ght for reputation. For Roosevelt this was to be his last hurrah. He still Rights: World harbored political dreams, and there were strong indications he intended to make one more run for the White House. Barnes had his own political ambitions, planning to run for the United States Senate. Those hopes would be dashed if he could not defeat a man so widely respected as “Colonel Roosevelt.”
Following the case through court transcripts, news reports, and other primary sources, New York Times bestselling authors Dan Abrams and David Fisher present a high-defi nition picture of the former president, still fi ghting for his own political career and, just as importantly, the patriotic ideals he held dear.
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Dan Abrams and David Fisher’s next two titles will be available in June 2020 and June 2021.
Lincoln’s Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him To The Presidency Rights Sold: New York Times • Audio (HarperAudio) Ybestseller
Praise for Lincoln’s Last Trial: New York Times Bestselling Title A USA TODAY Top 10 Hot Book for Summer
“[The case] cemented Lincoln’s image as a courtroom star—and Abrams and Fisher have made the most of their material, polishing a musty transcript into an entertaining slice of life. ” —USA TODAY
“The authors give readers a moment-by-moment account of the murder trial, which featured a well-liked young victim, a claim of self-defense, [and] a deathbed admission… Lincoln enthusiasts will fi nd the illumination of his preternatural legal skills a worthy subject; casual readers will fi nd the centerpiece murder trial an engrossing legal thriller.” —Publishers Weekly
“Legal affairs journalist Abrams and coauthor Fisher illuminate a key marker on Abraham Lincoln’s path to the White House… The transcripts reveal Lincoln at his best, fi ghting for a cause he believed in with brilliance and passion—qualities that would serve him so well as president.” —Booklist
- 16 - Hanover Square Press Phil Keith with Tom Clavin
ALL BLOOD RUNS RED: THE LEGENDARY LIFE OF EUGENE BULLARD—BOXER, PILOT, SOLDIER, SPY Eugene Bullard lived one of the most fascinating lives of the twentieth century. The son of a former slave and a Creek Indian, Bullard fl ed home at the age of eleven to escape the racial hostility of his Georgia community. His fi ve-year journey led him to a tramp steamer bound for Europe. There he discovered boxing, climbed the ranks, and garnered worldwide fame as the “Black Sparrow.” At 18 he settled in Paris, a beloved celebrity and bon vivant. A year later World War I broke out.
Bullard joined the foreign legion, where he went on to become the fi rst African-American fi ghter pilot in history. After the war, Bullard returned to Paris a decorated war hero, and leveraged his celebrity to become a fi xture of Parisian nightclub society. Hemingway and Fitzgerald drank champagne at his club. A young Langston Hughes worked as a busboy. His counted Picasso, Josephine Baker, and Man Rey as friends. He married a French countess and they had On-sale: November 2019 two daughters. At the dawn of World War II, with echoes of Casablanca, Bullard became a French spy, drawing Nazi Narrative History Hardcover soldiers to his club and conducting crucial surveillance for the Allies. After fl eeing Paris he joined the Resistance before 352 pages; $27.99 U.S.; being safely smuggled onto a ship bound for America. He lived out the rest of his life in Harlem with his daughters, Rights: World working as an assistant for Louis Armstrong.
All Blood Runs Red is the dramatic untold story of an American hero, a though-provoking survey of the twentieth century, and a portrait of a man who came from nothing and by his own courage, determination, gumption, intelligence, and luck forged a legendary life.
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Graydon House is a new line of modern love stories and relationship-driven novels by both celebrated and new authors.
Emily Belden
HUSBAND MATERIAL Twenty-nine-year-old Charlotte Rosen has a secret: she’s a widow. Ever since the fateful day that leveled her world, Charlotte has worked hard to move forward. Great job at a hot social media analytics company? Check. Roommate with no knowledge of her past? Check. Adorable dog? Check. All the while, she’s faithfully data-crunched her way through life, calculating the probability of risk—so she can avoid it.
Yet Charlotte’s algorithms could never have predicted that her late husband’s ashes would land squarely on her doorstep fi ve years later. Stunned but determined, Charlotte sets out to fi nd meaning in this sudden twist of fate, even if that includes facing her perfectly coiffed, and perfectly diffi cult, ex-mother-in-law—and her husband’s best friend, who seems to become a fi xture at her side whether she likes it or not.
On-sale: October 2019 But soon a shocking secret surfaces, forcing Charlotte to answer questions she never knew to ask and to consider the Women’s Fiction Trade Paperback possibility of forgiveness. And when a chance at new love arises, she’ll have to decide once and for all whether to 304 pages; $16.99 U.S.; follow the numbers or trust her heart. Rights: World Husband Material Rights Sold: • All Rights Available
HOT MESS Twenty-something Allie Simon is used to playing by the rules—until Chicago’s most sought-after, up-and-coming culinary genius, Benji Zane, walks into her world and pulls her into his. The only thing more renowned than Benji’s mouthwatering masterpieces and equally luscious good looks? His struggle with addiction and his reckless tendency to live life on the edge, no matter the havoc he wreaks along the way. But loving someone means supporting him no matter what, or so Allie tells herself. That’s why, when Benji’s offered the chance to light up foodie hot spot Randolph Street with a high-profi le new restaurant, Allie takes the ultimate risk and invests her life savings in his dream.
Then one day Benji disappears, relapsing to a place where Allie can’t reach him. Left with nothing but a massive withdrawal slip and a restaurant that absolutely must open in a matter of weeks, Allie fi nds herself thrust into a world of luxury and greed, cutthroat business and sensory delight. Lost in the mess of it all, she can either crumble completely or On-sale: April 2018 fi ght like hell for the life she wants and the love she deserves. Women’s Fiction Trade Paperback 416 pages; $15.99 U.S. With razor-sharp wit and searing insight, Emily Belden serves up a deliciously dishy look behind the kitchen Rights: World doors of a hot foodie town.
Comparison Titles: Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler, The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisburger
Hot Mess (April 2018) Rights Sold: • Audio (Harlequin Audio) • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • UK (HQ)
Praise for Hot Mess: “[F]ull of fi re and fury… Belden’s excellent tell-it-like-it-is read is perfect for foodies and entrepreneurs alike.” —Library Journal (starred review)
“Combining the wit and insight of Stephanie Danler’s Sweetbitter (2016) with the drama of Jessica Tom’s Food Whore (2015), Belden’s fi rst novel is a glimpse into the fast-paced fi ne-dining industry… Full of heart, heat, and passion, this restaurant rom-com in novel form is an exhilarating debut.” —Booklist
“[A]n engrossing, slow-burn read that yields a very satisfying emotional payoff… Rich with perfect details, balanced between the various different relationships and presented in a well-crafted narrative, this novel is meant to be savored.” —RT Book Reviews (Top Pick)
- 18 - Graydon House Tarryn Fisher
THE WIVES Imagine that your husband has two other wives whom you’ve never met, but you love him so much you don’t THE WIVES care. Then imagine you meet one of these other wives, and you learn that her husband—who is also your husband—is violent and angry, a person completely unknown to you. How far would you go to fi nd the truth, even if it put your life on the line?
Tarryn FiSher Thursday’s husband, Seth, has two other wives—but she doesn’t live in a harmonious, domestic, sister-wife situation: she has no idea who Seth’s other wives are; she’s never met them. She only sees her husband one day a week. • COVER COMING SOON •
Thursday loves Seth so much that she’s ok with this arrangement, or so she thinks. When she fi nds a scrap of information about another of his wives, Hannah, she can’t help herself, and she tracks Hannah down, striking up a friendship with On-sale: January 2020 her. Hannah doesn’t know who Thursday really is, and when Hannah starts showing up to their coffee dates with Thriller Trade Paperback suspicious bruises, Thursday realizes, with dawning horror, that Hannah is being abused by her husband. Who, of 288 pages; $16.99 U.S.; course, is also Thursday’s husband, but Thursday has never known him to be violent. Rights: World What follows is a thriller unlike anything you’ve read before, set at a breakneck pace as Thursday races to fi nd the truth about her marriage, Seth, Hannah, and about Seth’s mysterious third wife—before it’s too late for all of them.
Comparison Titles: The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
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Tara Laskowski
ONE NIGHT GONE One sultry summer in the 1980s, a teenage girl arrived in the wealthy vacation town of DEBUT AUTHOR Opal Beach to start her life anew—to achieve her destiny. But before the summer was up, she vanished.
Decades later, when Allison Simpson is offered the opportunity to house-sit in Opal Beach, it seems like the perfect chance to regroup and start fresh after a messy divorce. It’s the off-season,H after all, which means peace and quiet on the Jersey Shore, and more important for Allison, safety.
But when Allison becomes drawn into the story of a girl who disappeared from town thirty years before, she begins to realize that Opal Beach isn’t as idyllic as it seems. The walls of the gorgeous homes hide dark secrets. And as Allison On-sale: October 2019 digs deeper into the mystery, she uncovers not only the shocking truth, but fi nds herself caught in the middle of a Thriller Trade Paperback twisted plot. 384 pages; $16.99 U.S.; Rights: World Part electric coming-of-age story and part breathtaking mystery, One Night Gone is an atmospheric, suspenseful novel about power, privilege and, ultimately, sisterhood. One Night Gone Rights Sold: • All Rights Available
“Featuring a brilliantly executed dual timeline with two unforgettable narrators, Tara Laskowski’s One Night Gone is a timely and timeless mystery, one that will keep you obsessively reading well past your bedtime.” —Paul Tremblay author of The Cabin at the End of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts
“There is so much to love in Tara Laskowski’s One Night Gone that I don’t even know where to start. At its core, it’s a mystery, and a perfectly paced, well-plotted one at that. But it’s also a beautifully lyrical coming-of-age story that depicts the socioeconomic divide of small beach town life, with all the 1980s fl avor to go with it. Laskowski is a truly gifted storyteller with that ’X-factor’ you look for—but rarely fi nd—in a debut author. Spectacular.” —Jennifer Hillier, author of Jar of Hearts
- 19 - Graydon House Wendy Francis THE GRADUATES Wendy’s new novel centers on a modern-day blended family that gathers together for a graduation weekend THE in Boston in early June. GRADUATES Meredith Parker works as a nurse in a neonatal hospital where she tends to the needs of drug-addicted newborns in the wee hours of the night. It helps to soften the fact that her own babies, Dawn and Cody, are about to graduate college Wendy FranciS and go off on their own. Meredith is proud of her twins, but the upcoming weekend stirs up a host of emotions. She’s counting on her teddy bear of a husband, Joel, to help her through. Meanwhile, daughter Dawn worries about her • COVER COMING SOON • “golden boy” brother, who’s been acting weird the last few weeks of school. It’s not like him to be cagey, and she can’t fi gure out what’s going on.
On-sale: April 2020 Throughout the weekend, Meredith struggles to be on her best behavior at the summery dinner parties and awards Women’s Fiction Trade Paperback ceremonies, where she’s forced to rub elbows with her ex-husband, Roger, and his new much younger wife, Lily. 384 pages; $16.99 U.S.; Tensions simmer with each appetizer tray that is passed. There’s some question whether superstar Cody will actually Rights: World graduate. And, at the fi nal graduation party, it comes to light that more than one person in the family has been hiding a very big secret. Step-families, drugs, alcohol, graduation weekend—it’s like a human Molotov cocktail. Give it a little shake, and who knows what will happen?
Comparison Titles: The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney and This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
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Hester Fox
THE WIDOW OF PALE HARBOR A town gripped by fear. A woman cast out. Can he save Pale Harbor from itself?
Maine, 1846. Gideon Stone is desperate to escape the ghosts that haunt him in Massachusetts after his wife’s death, so he moves to Maine, taking a position as a minister in the remote village of Pale Harbor.
But not all is as it seems in the sleepy town. Strange, unsettling things have been happening, and the townspeople claim that only one person can be responsible: Sophronia Carver, a reclusive widow who lives with a spinster maid in the decaying Castle Carver. Sophronia must be a witch, and she almost certainly killed her husband.
As the incidents escalate, one thing becomes clear: they are the work of a madman inspired by the wildly popular On-sale: October 2019 stories of Mr. Edgar Allan Poe. And Gideon must fi nd answers, or Pale Harbor will suffer a fate worthy of Poe’s darkest Historical Fiction tales. Trade Paperback 352 pages; $16.99 U.S.; Rights: World Comparison Titles: The Restorer by Amanda Stevens
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Hester Fox’s next title, The Orphan of Cemetery Hill, will be released in October 2020.
The Witch of Willow Hall Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio) • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • UK (HQ) Praise for The Witch of Willow Hall: “Fox’s spins a satisfying debut yarn that includes witchcraft, tragedy, and love, set in 1821 New England… The inclusion of Gothic elements adds a visceral feel that fans of historical fi ction with a dash of the supernatural will enjoy.” —Publishers Weekly
“A creepy estate, juicy scandal, family secrets, ghosts and a handsome yet mysterious suitor make this a satisfying and quietly foreboding tale that never gets too dark… For fans of Deborah Harkness, Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman, Jane Eyre and Charmed.” —BookPage
“This historical-fi ction debut touches on sisterhood, family, and coming into one’s own, with a dash of romance amid a Gothic atmosphere.” —Booklist
- 20 - Graydon House Kristin Rockaway
HOW TO HACK A HEARTBREAK Swipe right for love. Swipe left for disaster.
By day, Mel Strickland is an underemployed helpdesk tech at a startup incubator, Hatch, where she helps entitled brogrammers—“Hatchlings”—who can’t even fi x their own laptops, but are apparently the next wave of startup geniuses. And by night, she goes on bad dates with misbehaving dudes she’s matched with on the ubiquitous dating app, Fluttr.
But after one dick pic too many, Mel has had it. Using her brilliant coding skills, she designs an app of her own, one that allows users to log harrassers and abusers in online dating space. It’s called JerkAlert, and it goes viral overnight.
On-sale: August 2019 Women’s Fiction Trade Paperback Mel is suddenly in way over her head. Worse still, her almost-boyfriend, the dreamy Alex Hernandez—the only non- 384 pages; $15.99 U.S.; douchey guy at Hatch—has no idea she’s the brains behind the app. Soon, Mel is faced with a terrible choice: one that Rights: World could destroy her career, love life, and friendships, or change her life forever.
Comparison Titles: My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella
How to Hack a Heartbreak Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio) • Czech (Dobrovsky) • German (HarperCollins Germany) Kristan Rockaway’s next title will be available in July 2020.
“A current and clever read, impossible to put down… Rockaway has masterfully painted the current dating landscape so many are navigating these days.” —Renée Carlino, USA TODAY bestselling author of Blind Kiss
“Smart, fun, fast-paced. Rockaway seamlessly blends the trials of modern dating with the challenges of being a woman in a male- dominated workplace.” —Helen Hoang, author of The Kiss Quotient
“Rockaway leads us on a charged ride through Internet dating and the start-up world through the shrewd eyes of S.T.E.M.-and-the-city girl, Melanie Strickland, and every bit of it is a page-turner.” —Robinne Lee, author of The Idea of You
Molly Fader
THE MCAVOY SISTERS BOOK OF SECRETS DEBUT What drove their family apart just might bring them back together… AUTHOR
It’s been seventeen years since the tragic summer the McAvoy sisters fell apart. Lindy, the wild one, left home, carved out a new life in the city and never looked back. Delia, the sister who stayed, became a mother herself, raising her daughters and running the family shop in their small PennsylvaniaH hometown on the shores of Lake Erie.
But now, with their mother’s ailing health and a rebellious teenager to rein in, Delia has no choice but to welcome Lindy home. As the two sisters try to put their family back in order, they fi nally have the chance to reclaim what’s been lost over the years: for Delia, professional dreams and a happy marriage, and for Lindy, a sense of home and an old fl ame— On-sale: July 2019 and best of all, each other. But when one turbulent night leads to a shocking revelation, the women must face the past Women’s Fiction Trade Paperback they’ve avoided for a decade. And there’s nothing like an old secret to bring the McAvoy women back together and 384 pages; $16.99 U.S.; stronger than ever. Rights: World With warm affection and wry wit, Molly Fader’s The McAvoy Sisters Book of Secrets is about the ties that bind family and the power of secrets to hold us back or set us free.
The McAvoy Sisters Book of Secrets Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio)
Molly Fader’s next title will be available in June 2020.
“The McAvoy Sisters Book of Secrets is the perfect read for a summer day.” —Jill Shalvis, New York Times bestselling author
“The talented Molly Fader will keep you turning the pages right down to the oh-so-satisfying fi nal twist.” —Susan Wiggs, New York Times bestselling author
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USA TODAY bestselling author Nicola Cornick
THE WOMAN IN THE LAKE From the bestselling author of House of Shadows and The Phantom Tree comes a spellbinding tale of jealousy, greed, plotting and revenge—part history, part mystery—for fans of Kate Morton, Susanna Kearsley and Barbara Erskine.
London, 1765
Lady Isabella Gerard, a respectable member of Georgian society, orders her maid to take her new golden gown and destroy it, its shimmering beauty tainted by the actions of her brutal husband the night before.
Three months later, Lord Gerard stands at the shoreline of the lake, looking down at a woman wearing the golden gown. On-sale: March 2019 As the body slowly rolls over to reveal her face, it’s clear this was not his intended victim… Historical Fiction Trade Paperback 320 pages; $16.99 U.S.; 250 Years Later… Rights: World When a gown she stole from a historic home as a child is mysteriously returned to Fenella Brightwell, it begins to possess her in exactly the same way that it did as a girl. Soon the fragile new life Fen has created for herself away from her abusive ex-husband is threatened at its foundations by the gown’s power over her until she can’t tell what is real and what is imaginary.
As Fen uncovers more about the gown and Isabella’s story, she begins to see the parallels with her own life. When each piece of history is revealed, the gown—and its past—seems to possess her more and more, culminating in a dramatic revelation set to destroy her sanity.
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House of Shadows (November 2017) Rights Sold: The Phantom Tree (September 2018) Rights Sold: • Audio (Harlequin Audio) • Audio (HarperAudio) • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • French (HarperCollins France) • UK (HQ) • German (HarperCollins Germany) • Italian (HarperCollins Italia) • UK (HQ)
Praise for The Phantom Tree: “Fans of Kate Morton will enjoy this thrilling tale.” —Candis Magazine
“A must-read for fans of romantic time-slip novels.” —Historical Novel Society
“There is much to enjoy in [this] sumptuous novel.” —Sunday Mirror
“Filled with romance, drama, mystery and intrigue. Perfect for fans of Tracy Rees, Barbara Erskine, and Kate Riordan.” —Historical Novel Society
- 22 - Graydon House Falguni Kothari
THE OBJECT OF YOUR AFFECTIONS Two best friends rewrite the rules of friendship, love and family…and change everything they thought they knew about motherhood
Paris Kahn Fraser has it all—a successful career as an assistant district attorney, a beautiful home in New York City, and a handsome, passionate husband who chose her over having a family of his own. Neal’s dream of fatherhood might have been the only shadow in their otherwise happy life…until Paris’s best friend comes to town.
Naira Dalmia never thought she’d be a widow before thirty. Left reeling in the aftermath of her husband’s death, all she wants is to start over. She trades Mumbai for New York, and rigid family expectations for the open acceptance of her best friend. After all, there isn’t anything she and Paris wouldn’t do for each other. On-sale: March 2019 Women’s Fiction Trade Paperback But when Paris asks Naira to be their surrogate, they’ll learn if their friendship has what it takes to defy society, their 368 pages; $16.99 U.S.; families and even their own biology as these two best friends embark on a journey that will change their lives forever. Rights: World Wry, daring and utterly absorbing, The Object of Your Affections is an unforgettable story about two women challenging the norms…and the magic that happens when we choose to forge our own path.
Comparison Titles: Perfect for fans of Emily Giffi n, Amy Hatvany and Marisa de los Santos.
The Object Of Your Affections Rights Sold: My Last Love Story (February 2018) Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio) • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • India (HarperCollins India) • UK (HQ)
“The Object of Your Affections is a perfect read for fans of messy love stories, Indian style.” —Shelf Awareness, Starred Review
“Kothari manages to balance deeply complicated issues of marriage, feminism, and abandonment with enough aspirational escapism to make the book a lot of fun.” —Booklist, Starred Review
Jamie Raintree
MIDNIGHT AT THE WANDERING VINEYARD Mallory Graham is returning home to the heat and vines of Southern California in search of the peace she can’t fi nd in the city. Her parents’ vineyard is an escape for tourists, but full of mixed memories for Mallory. It may also be the one place she can fi nd the forgiveness she seeks. But can things ever go back to the way they once were—in the days before that long, hot, heartbreaking summer?
Growing up, it was Mallory and Kelly. Kelly and Mallory. Nothing could come between them. That summer before college, bucket list in hand, they greeted every sunrise and chased every sunset. Tattoos—check. Sleeping under the stars—check.
But when Mallory met Sam, everything changed. Older, experienced and everything Mallory never knew she wanted, On-sale: April 2019 Sam was her fi rst taste of love—and the one adventure Mallory didn’t want to share with Kelly. But Kelly had her own Women’s Fiction Trade Paperback secrets, too, until the night tragedy struck and their perfect summer—and their friendship—unraveled. 368 pages; $16.99 U.S.; Rights: World Now, after ten years away, Mallory is home and determined to make amends. No more secrets, no more half-truths. As Kelly slowly lets her guard down, Mallory convinces her to complete their unfi nished list of hopes and dreams. But Mallory’s not the only one back in town, and when Sam reappears, Mallory risks making all the same mistakes—and maybe a few new ones—to try to heal that which was broken. Midnight At The Wandering Vineyard Rights Sold: Perfectly Undone (October 2017) Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio) • All Rights Available
Praise for Perfectly Undone: “[Perfectly Undone] is the most sensational, emotionally raw, and satisfying debut of the fall.” —Redbook Magazine
“Debuting author Raintree has crafted a novel packed with rich, lyrical language, heartbreaking secrets, and enticing characters, a family drama appealing to lovers of women’s fi ction.” —Booklist
“From page one Perfectly Undone is a lush and emotional journey through grief, guilt, forgiveness, and healing. Jamie Raintree portrays the struggle of a life coming undone with empathy and honesty. Raintree gently guides us through the labyrinth of desire and love; a beautiful debut from a vivid voice in women’s fi ction.” —Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author
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MIRA Books publishes breakout and established commercial fiction across a variety of genres, from book club fiction, thrillers and psychological suspense to sweeping historicals, speculative novels and more.
New York Times bestselling author Allison Brennan
THREE New York Times bestseller Allison Brennan is a gifted storyteller and a publishing wunderkind; since her THREE bestselling debut (The Prey, in 2006) she has had twenty New York Times bestsellers and thirty USA TODAY bestsellers. Her novels have been nominated for numerous literary awards—from ITW (best paperback thriller), RT Reviewers Choice Awards (best suspense novel—winner), the RITAs (best romantic suspense) and the Daphne Du Maurier Award (best mainstream suspense novel, which she has won twice). Like Lisa Gardner alliSon Brennan (to whom she is frequently compared), Allison started out writing romantic suspense but has moved squarely into the mainstream. • COVER COMING SOON •
With her new novel, Three, she’s come up with a big, stand-alone thriller that will also launch a book-a-year series featuring a fabulous cast of recurring characters. It’s the story of a troubled female police detective and an ambitious On-sale: March 2020 FBI special agent who wind up at the center of a ticking-clock investigation into a diabolical serial killer; and the bond Thriller Hardcover they forge in this crucible sets the stage for the future books in the series. 400 pages; $26.99 U.S.; Rights: World Three Rights Sold: • All Rights Available
Beverly Long
TEN DAYS GONE Set in the sleepy town of Baywood, Wisconsin, 4 women are dead in 40 days, all killed 10 days apart. They’re all found naked with their clothes folded neatly next to them and all have been smothered with a pillow from their own bed. There are no signs of struggle. The residents of this quiet town are on edge and desperate for answers.
Detectives A.L. McKittridge and Rena Morgan are tasked with investigating the gruesome murders. They work day and night trying to find leads, but they seem to be racing against time. The detectives get their first big break in the case when they discover that all the murdered women have signed a petition to save a historic building, the Gizer Hotel. Every tenth name on the petition has been killed. And, they are killed on the tenth day. A.L. and Rena question a successful Chicago businessman and real estate developer who wants to tear down the Gizer Hotel, but he appears to have an airtight alibi that puts him far from Baywood at the time of the murders. On-sale: January 2020 Thriller Mass-Market Paperback While they don’t know who the killer is, they know the next likely victim is Tess Lyons. She is the fiftieth signer on the 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; petition. A.L. and Rena rush to Tess’s house to take her to safety, but she is nowhere to be found. Rights: World Ten Days Gone Rights Sold: • All Rights Available
Dropped Off, the second book in this series, will be released in July 2020.
- 24 - MIRA Books Hannah Mary McKinnon
HER SECRET SON How far would you go to protect the ones you love…when they may not be yours to protect?
When Josh’s longtime partner, Grace, dies in a tragic accident, he is left with a mess of grief—and full custody of her seven-year-old son, Logan. While not his biological father, Josh has been a dad to Logan in every way that counts, and with Grace gone, Logan needs him more than ever.
Wanting to do right by Logan, Josh begins the process of becoming his legal guardian—something that seems suddenly urgent, though Grace always brushed it off as an unnecessary formality. But now, as Josh struggles to fi nd the paperwork associated with Logan’s birth, he begins to wonder whether there were more troubling reasons for Grace’s reluctance to make their family offi cial. On-sale: June 2019 Thriller Trade Paperback As he digs deeper into the past of the woman he loved, Josh soon fi nds that there are many dark secrets to uncover, and 384 pages; $15.99 U.S.; that the truth about where Logan came from is much more sinister than he could have imagined… Rights: World Tightly paced and brimming with tension, Her Secret Son is a heartbreakingly honest portrait of a family on the edge of disaster and a father desperate to hold on to the boy who changed his life. Her Secret Son Rights Sold: • All Rights Available
Other Hannah Mary McKinnon titles available: The Neighbors
Hannah Mary McKinnon’s next novel, The Other Sister, will be released in June 2020.
Praise for The Neighbors: “A haunting story about love, loss, and the complexities of marriage. A graphic, gritty exploration of unfulfi lled desire and deceit with an explosive fi nale that readers won’t forget anytime soon.” —Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Girl
“Secrets and scandal are at the heart of [this] up-all-night tale. Filled with a tangled web of twists and turns, The Neighbors is a gripping, edge-of-your-seat story all the way to the shocking end.” —Kimberley Belle, bestselling author of The Marriage Lie
“[T]he perfect couple, the perfect neighbors and haunting secrets that won’t stay hidden. McKinnon expertly leads you down a dark, twisty path and just when you think you are safe…one fi nal surprise that will leave you gasping for air.” —Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of The Weight of Silence and Not a Sound
Courtney Evan Tate
I’LL BE WATCHING YOU It’s every mother’s nightmare… but one she will not accept.
In an unthinkable fl ash, Emmy Fisher’s fi fteen-year-old daughter, Leah, seemingly drowns close to shore one summer night—at least that is what the police report says.
In deep grief, Emmy needs time and courage before she can enter Leah’s bedroom. But when she does, she fi nds something at fi rst bewildering, then unspeakable, as she begins to understand the full implications…
She uncovers evidence that Leah had been secretly involved with someone, someone perhaps older, someone with dark appetites. Bit by bit, the last few months of Leah’s life unfold in a terrifying way that Emmy can hardly imagine. All she On-sale: April 2019 knows is that she has to fi nd the person who took her sweet daughter’s innocence. No matter the cost. Psychological Suspense Trade Paperback 336 pages; $15.99 U.S.; The truth will set her free. Or bury her. Rights: World I’ll Be Watching You Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio)
Other Courtney Evan Tate titles available: Such Dark Things
“An authentic, absorbing story of love, friendship, and grief… A must for mystery shelves.” —Library Journal, starred review
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USA TODAY bestselling author R i c k M o fi n a
MISSING DAUGHTER Families with nothing to hide don’t have so many secrets.
Life can change in an instant. For Ryan and Karen Lane, it happens on the morning they discover their twelve-year-old daughter’s window open, their beloved Maddie missing from her bed.
Police investigate. Suspicions swirl. A teenage boy admits he was outside her bedroom window the night she disappeared. A halfway house for convicts recently opened in the neighborhood. The Lane family is thrown into turmoil, then detectives turn their sights on them.
No one is ruled out. Not Karen, with her tragic past, who argued with her daughter. Not Ryan, with his violent streak. Not Maddie’s thirteen-year-old brother, Tyler, who heard voices in her room the night she vanished. On-sale: March 2019 Thriller Days, weeks, months, then agonizing years go by without answers, the Lanes fearing that Maddie is gone forever…until Tall Mass-Market Paperback a stunning twist shocks everyone, plunging the family deeper into a world of buried secrets whose revelations threaten 512 pages; $9.99 U.S.; the very foundation of their lives. Rights: World except French Missing Daughter Rights Sold: • Audio (Dreamscape Media)
THE LYING HOUSE There’s only one way to bury a secret…
Lisa Taylor had friends, family and a job she loved back in Cleveland. But when her husband, Jeff, lands the promotion of a lifetime, she gives it all up to stand by him. Their whirlwind move to Miami feels like an adventure, their idyllic new neighborhood the perfect place to start a family. But their dreams are shattered when a stranger breaks into their house, holding a knife to Lisa’s throat before Jeff can chase him off.
Suddenly, every sacrifi ce Lisa made is like a loss she’ll never recover from. But Jeff makes it clear there’s too much at stake to return to Ohio. Isolated and afraid, Lisa becomes a hostage in her own home. She can’t shake the feeling she’s being watched. And with the man she married growing increasingly unrecognizable, she’s starting to wonder whether their hasty move was to pursue a better life—or escape a chilling past that won’t be outrun. On-sale: December 2019 Thriller Tall Mass-Market Paperback The Lying House Rights Sold: 400 pages; $9.99 U.S.; • All Rights Available Rights: World except French
Rick Mofi na’s next title will be available in September 2020.
Other Rick Mofi na titles available: Vengeance Road, The Panic Zone, In Desperation, The Burning Edge, Six Seconds, They Disappeared, Into The Dark and Last Seen
Praise for Rick Mofi na: “Well-developed characters and an intense pace add to this gripping novel. This latest from a gifted storyteller should not be missing from your reading pile.” —Library Journal, starred review, on Missing Daughter
“Mofi na’s tense, taut writing makes every thriller he writes an adrenaline-packed ride.” —Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author
“Edge-of-your-seat thrilling.” —Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author, on Last Seen
- 26 - MIRA Books Ellen Meister A Dana Barry Mystery
DEVIL IN THE DETAILS (Book 1 in the series) Dana Barry’s life is a mess. Newly unemployed after getting fi red from Hot Topic for mouthing off to customers, she DEVIL IN THE has too much free time on her hands, which always means trouble. And while she loves performing with her theater DETAILS troupe Sweat City, their tiny plays don’t pay the bills. So when she learns the Home Shopping Channel is auditioning for new hosts, she dives in with nothing to lose and is stunned when she actually lands the job. Her keen eye for detail, an uncanny knack for knowing what makes people tick, and a lot of sheer bravado make her perfect for her new role and ellen meiSTer she is suddenly on the brink of a strikingly successful career.
• COVER COMING SOON • But when the Shopping Channel’s star Kitty Todd is found shot to death in her offi ce, Dana can’t help but involve herself in trying to track down the killer. She was never one to mind her own business, and like any true actress, she inevitably winds up at the center of every drama. Plus, she knows the homicide detective’s prime suspect is innocent—they were On-sale: January 2020 together on the roof for some slightly illicit alone time when they heard the gunshot, after all. Lorenzo’s record may not Mystery Mass-Market Paperback be squeaky clean but she can tell the single father has a heart of gold. He may even be marriage material—something 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; she’d be able to focus on if only Detective Marks wasn’t so handsome and their chemistry wasn’t so electric. Dana is Rights: World this close to having it all if, just this once, she can keep herself out of trouble and not screw it up. But for Dana Berry, trouble usually comes easier and is always a lot more fun… Devil in the Details Rights Sold: • All Rights Available
The second book in this series will be released in May 2020.
Mike Chen
THE PAUSE Six years after a global pandemic, it turns out that the End of the World was more like a big pause. Coming out of quarantine, 2 billion unsure survivors split between self-governing big cities, hippie communes, and wasteland gangs. When the father of a presumed-dead pop star announces a global search for his daughter, four lives collide: Krista, a cynical event planner; Moira, the ex-pop star in hiding; Rob, a widowed single father; and Sunny, his seven-year-old daughter. As their lives begin to intertwine, reports of a new outbreak send the fragile society into a panic. And when the government enacts new rules in response to the threat, long-buried secrets surface, causing Sunny to run away seeking the truth behind her mother’s death. Now, Krista, Rob, and Moira must fi nally confront the demons of their past in order to hit the road and reunite with Sunny—before a coastal lockdown puts the world on pause again.
On-sale: February 2020 The Pause Sold: Science Fiction • Audio (HarperAudio) Hardcover 368 pages; $26.99 U.S.; Rights: World
Here and Now And Then (February 2019) Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio) • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • Czech (Dobrovsky)
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THE MIRROR MAN DEBUT Jeremiah Adams is middle aged, middle management, and dissatisfi ed with his life. Now he’s AUTHOR THE MIRROR been given the option to step out of it all for an entire year, and he’ll be paid handsomely MAN for it. No one, not even his family, will know that he’s gone, since the corporation he works for, ViGen Pharmaceutical, will replace him with a perfect clone. But as he lounges in luxury, watching “himself” carry on, he comes to realize that ViGen does not have the best intentions H Jane GilmarTin and his family is in danger. Stuck as a prisoner as his “real” life spirals out of control, Jeremiah questions the things he thought he wanted, and he’ll need to escape and bring down ViGen. • COVER COMING SOON •
Fast-paced and character-driven, The Mirror Man features near-future biotechnology and gaming, asks questions about who we are at our core, but is really about family and the decisions we make. The central On-sale: July 2020 father-son relationship keeps it very commercial while lightly exploring where pharmaceutical and Speculative Fiction Hardcover biotechnology advances might take us. 384 pages; $26.99 U.S.; Rights: World The Mirror Man Rights Sold: • All Rights Available
Alka Joshi
THE HENNA ARTIST The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi is a lushly-rendered historical novel set in post-Raj 1950s Jaipur. DEBUT THE HENNA Lakshmi Shastri, the protagonist, has spent years carving out a life for herself as a henna artist AUTHOR ARTIST after fl eeing her abusive husband and backward rural village for the Rajasthan capital. Lakshmi’s tenacity and spirit see her join the ranks of other brave women of historical fi ction, such as Farough Farrokhzad in Jasmin Darznik’s Song of a Captive Bird. With gorgeous prose and urgent themes, it alka JoShi will captivate readers of Shobha Rao’s Girls Burn Brighter, and those who seek a narrative both H compelling and necessary. • COVER COMING SOON •
The Henna Artist Rights Sold: • All Rights Available On-sale: April 2020 Historical Fiction Hardcover 368 pages; $26.99 U.S.; Rights: World Tiffany Reisz
THE ROSE Bestselling author Tiffany Reisz returns with an imaginative tale of lust and magic, and the dangers unleashed when the two are combined…
On the day of Lia’s university graduation party, her parents—wealthy art collectors with friends in high places—gift her a beautiful wine cup, a rare artifact decorated with roses. It’s a stunning gift, and one that August Bowman, a friend of her parents and a guest at Lia’s party, also has his eye on. The cup, August tells her, is known as the Rose kylix, and it’s no ordinary cup. It was used in the temple ceremonies of Eros, Greek god of erotic love, and has the power to bring the most intimate sexual fantasies to life.
But Lia is skeptical of August’s claims of the cup’s mythology and magic—after all, he’s a collector himself, and she On-sale: May 2019 suspects he just wants to get his hands on this impressive piece of art. So he dares her to try it for herself, and when Lia Women’s Fiction drinks from the Rose kylix she is suddenly immersed in an erotic myth so vivid it seems real—as though she’s living out Trade Paperback 400 pages; $15.99 U.S.; the most sensual fantasy with August by her side… Rights: World Realizing the true power of this ancient and dangerous relic, Lia is even more wary of giving it up, though August insists it is only safe with him. He’s willing to pay the full value of the cup, but Lia has another type of trade in mind. One that fi nds them more tangled up in each other—and in fantasy—than either was prepared for. The Rose Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio) • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • Czech (Dobrovsky)
Other Tiffany Reisz titles available: The Bourbon Thief, The Night Mark and The Lucky Ones “This novel beautifully blends high art and absorbing prose with the sensual rendezvous of famed pairs in Greek legend.” —Library Journal, Starred Review “The characters are delightfully sympathetic, and the simple framing device works well, with some bonuses for mythology fans.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review - 28 - MIRA Books Meg Little Reilly
THE BRIGHTS ON VACATION When the four adult sons of recently retired Senator John Bright, and their signifi cant others, join their parents at the family’s Berkshire compound for their mandatory summer vacation, the matriarch Patty decides to hire a documentary fi lm maker to memorialize their time together. The Brights, a family of outsized pride, are beautiful, competitive, athletic and terrible… They have everything they need, except the ability to see themselves clearly. Naturally, they let their guard down.
Caught up in the news of the day, the Senator misses being in the limelight and so he fl oats, at least on camera, another political run, this time for governor. That is, until one by one family secrets start coming to light. And keep coming… The Brights On Vacation Rights Sold: On-sale: March 2020 • All Rights Available Women’s Fiction Trade Paperback 336 pages; $15.99 U.S.; Other Meg Little Reilly titles available: We Are Unprepared and Everything That Follows Rights: World
Praise for Meg Little Reilly: “It is impossible to predict what will happen in Everything That Follows, a novel that stays surprising from beginning to end and refuses to provide easy answers for the moral quandaries at its heart. There is nothing outlandish about the terrible situation Reilly’s characters confront—and force each other to confront—and its plausibility makes their story all the more riveting.” —Suzanne Berne, author of The Dogs of Littlefi eld
“Timely and terrifying.” —Publishers Weekly on We Are Unprepared
“Any book group will have lots to discuss here.” —Library Journal on We Are Unprepared
New York Times and USA TODAY Robyn Carr bestselling author
THE VIEW FROM ALAMEDA ISLAND #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr delivers a poignant and 20 million powerful story about how one woman’s best intentions lead to the worst of books by situations and how the power of love helps her to heal and ultimately triumph. Robyn Carr sold! From the outside looking in, Lauren Delaney has a life to envy—a successful career, a solid marriage to a prominent surgeon and two beautiful daughters who are off to good colleges. But on her twenty-fourth wedding anniversary Lauren makes a decision that will change everything.
Lauren won’t pretend things are perfect anymore. She defi es the controlling husband who has privately mistreated her On-sale: May 2019 Y throughout their marriage and fi les for divorce. And as she starts her new life, she meets a kindred spirit—a man who is Women’s Fiction Trade Paperback also struggling with the decision to end his unhappy marriage. 336 pages; $16.99 U.S.; Rights: World But Lauren’s husband wants his “perfect” life back and his actions are shocking. Facing an uncertain future, Lauren discovers an inner strength she didn’t know she had as she fi ghts for the love and happiness she deserves. The View from Alameda Island Rights Sold: • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • Large Print (Thorndike Press) • Dutch (HarperCollins Holland) • Spanish (HarperCollins Ibérica) • French (HarperCollins France) • Swedish (HarperCollins Nordic) • Italian (HarperCollins Italia) • UK (HQ)
Other Robyn Carr titles available: The Summer That Made Us
Robyn Carr’s next title trade paperback title will be available in May 2020.
Robyn Carr’s 5th title in the Sullivan’s Crossing series will be available in January 2020.
Praise for Sullivan’s Crossing series: “The well-paced plot, engaging and well-defi ned characters, and an inviting setting make Carr’s latest an enhancement not only to the romance shelves but to any fi ction collection.” —Booklist, starred review, What We Find
“Robyn Carr has done it again…What We Find is complex, inspirational, and well-written. A romance that truly inspires readers as life hits them the hardest.” —San Francisco Book Review on What We Find - 29 - MIRA Books
New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak
Silver Springs Series
UNFORGETTABLE YOU (Book 4 in the series) Jada Brooks couldn’t have known how her life would change when she fell for bad boy Maddox Richardson back in high school. She couldn’t have known his troubled brother would leave hers forever crippled. Or that she’d be forced to shun Maddox completely—only to discover she was carrying his child.
Although Maddox was devastated by the events that transpired that fateful night, losing Jada was the worst of it. He’s back in Silver Springs, ready to make amends and provide the kind of youth outreach that once saved him. If only he’d known Jada was in town too, he would never have come.
Jada’s returned to Silver Springs to be with family after her father’s death. But when she sees Maddox, every tough decision she’s made concerning their now twelve-year-old daughter begins to haunt her. Falling for him again is so On-sale: March 2019 tempting, but not only does she stand to alienate her family—if he fi nds out about Maya, she could lose what matters Contemporary Romance most. Mass-Market Paperback 416 pages; $7.99 U.S.; Rights: World
CHRISTMAS IN SILVER SPRINGS (Book 5 in the series) Come home to Silver Springs for the holidays, where broken hearts learn to love again…together.
So much for forever. When Elle Devlin’s rock star husband ditches her on his way to the top, she takes her two daughters to her sister’s place in Silver Springs for the holidays, hoping family can heal her broken heart. But comfort comes in unexpected places when she crosses paths with Tobias Richardson.
The moment Tobias spots Elle, he recognizes a sadness he knows all too well. After spending thirteen years in prison paying for his regretful past, Tobias is ready to make amends, and maybe helping Elle is the way to do it. But offering her a shoulder to cry on ignites a powerful attraction and a desire neither saw coming.
On-sale: November 2019 Fearing her reaction, Tobias doesn’t divulge his ex-con status, let alone the shameful details. So when Elle’s ex shows Contemporary Romance up in Silver Springs and reveals the truth in a bid to win her back, Tobias is sure he’s lost her for good. But maybe this Mass-Market Paperback 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; Christmas he’ll receive the forgiveness—and the love—he deserves. Rights: World Silver Springs Series Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio) • Dutch (HarperCollins Holland) • Large Print (Thorndike Press) • Spanish (HarperCollins Ibérica) • Swedish (HarperCollins Nordic)
Other Silver Springs titles: No One But You, Until You Loved Me and Right Where We Belong
Brenda Novak’s next trade paperback title will be available in April 2020.
Other trade paperback titles available by Brenda Novak: Before We Were Strangers
“Once you visit Silver Springs, you’ll never want to leave.” —Robyn Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“Fascinating characters, powerful confl icts and complex emotions make any Brenda Novak book a must-read for me.” —Sherryl Woods, #1 New York Times bestselling author
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USA TODAY bestselling author Sheila Roberts
CHRISTMAS FROM THE HEART USA TODAY bestselling author Sheila Roberts takes readers to the charming, snowbound town of Pine River in this irresistible holiday romance.
Sometimes you need to look beyond the big picture to see what really matters
Olivia Berg’s charity, Christmas from the Heart, has helped generations of families in need in Pine River, Washington, but this year might be the end of the road. Hightower Enterprises, one of their biggest donors since way back when Olivia’s grandmother ran the charity, has been taken over by Ebenezer Scrooge the Second, aka CFO Guy Hightower, and he’s declared there will be no more money coming to Christmas from the Heart.
On-sale: October 2019 Guy is simply being practical. Hightower Enterprises needs to tighten its belt, and when you don’t have money to spare, Contemporary Romance Trade Paperback you don’t have money to share. You’d think even the pushy Olivia Berg could understand that. 384 pages; $16.99 U.S.; Rights: World With charitable donations dwindling, Olivia’s Christmas budget depends on Hightower’s contribution. She’s focused her whole life on helping this small town, even putting her love life on hold to support her mission.
When Guy’s Maserati breaks down at the edge of the Cascade foothills, he’s relieved to be rescued by a pretty young woman who drives him to the nearby town of Pine River. Until he realizes his rescuer is none other than Olivia Berg. What’s a Scrooge to do? Plug his nose and eat fruitcake and hope she doesn’t learn his true identity before he can get out of town. What could go wrong? Christmas From The Heart Rights Sold: • UK (HQ)
A Moonlight Harbor Novel
THE SUMMER RETREAT (Book 3 in the series) Join USA TODAY bestselling author Sheila Roberts for a seaside escape to the beaches of Moonlight Harbor.
Celeste Jones has plans for a perfect summer with her boyfriend (and hopefully soon-to-be fi ancé)—until he dumps her to be with the woman he’s had on the side for months. Heartbroken and furious, Celeste resolves to move on. When the going gets tough, the tough…okay, the not-so-tough go to the beach.
As soon as school lets out for the summer, she waves goodbye to her fi rst-graders, packs up her bikini and heads for Moonlight Harbor, where she knows her big sister, Jenna, will receive her with open arms. Jenna could probably use some help at the Driftwood Inn, and Celeste is happy to do chores around the place in exchange for a relaxing summer escape. She just needs something—or someone—to distract her from her troubles. On-sale: May 2019 Contemporary Romance Mass-Market Paperback Finding The One can be tricky, and Jenna is determined to make sure Celeste gets it right this time around. Not that 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; Jenna’s an expert. She’s still trying to sort out her own love life. But if both sisters listen to their hearts, eventually they’re Rights: World bound to discover that life—and love—is good at the beach.
A Moonlight Harbor Novel Series Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio) • Swedish (HarperCollins Nordic)
Other Moonlight Harbor series titles available: Welcome To Moonlight Harbor and Winter At The Beach
Sheila Roberts’s next title will be available in May 2020.
“A cast of endearing characters, a warmly humorous look at the myriad forms mother-daughter relationships can take, and a delightful small-town setting come together enchantingly in Roberts’s latest sweetly engaging novel.” —Booklist on A Wedding On Primrose Street
“Sweet, affecting, and emotionally charged, this multi-threaded story highlights the complex relationships between mothers and daughters, and while more women’s fi ction than pure romance, this is sure to appeal to fans of both genres.” —Library Journal on A Wedding On Primrose Street
“No one writes emotionally satisfying, warmhearted tales of small-town life quite like Roberts.” —Booklist
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New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers Swift River Valley Series
STONE BRIDGES (Book 9 in the series) New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers has captivated readers with Knights Bridge—a scenic New England town where families and friends experience joy and face challenges together. With its world of inns, old houses, wonderful, quirky characters, romance and adventure, it’s a town you won’t want to leave.
Adrienne Portale has never settled in one place for long, but takes a job as innkeeper in tiny Knights Bridge, Massachusetts, to spend some time getting to know the father she only recently found. When three small boys get lost in the wilderness that borders the inn, Adam Sloan leads the search. His family ties to the town go back generations. Adrienne sees the bond that people in a small town have as they band together to fi nd the missing children. Adam is impressed with her calm strength, but he’s sure she won’t fi nd what she’s looking for in his quiet hometown.
On-sale: April 2019 Despite their differences, Adam and Adrienne discover they have more in common than they’d expected. They love to Contemporary Romance Mass-Market Paperback explore old stone walls and bridges, and she adores his dog. As summer bleeds into the gorgeous New England fall, the 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; attraction between them grows, and they must decide where—and who—makes a place home. Rights: World Swift River Valley Series Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio) • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • Large Print (Thorndike Press) Other Swift River Valley series titles available: Secrets of the Lost Summer, That Night on Thistle Lane, Cider Brook, Echo Lake, A Knights Bridge Christmas, The Spring at Moss Hill, Red Clover Inn and The River House “Neggers captures readers’ attention with her usual fl air and brilliance and gives us a romance, a mystery and a lesson in history. Her story will engage readers all the way through.” —RT Book Reviews, Top Pick, (4.5 stars) on Secrets of the Lost Summer
“This heartwarming tale is full of fascinating secondary characters, and enhanced by plot threads involving the long-term effects of a fl ooded valley, a search for stolen jewels, and long-ago passion.” —Booklist, Starred Review on Secrets of the Lost Summer
Sharpe & Donovan Series
RIVAL’S BREAK (Book 9 in the series) A deadly poisoning, a stolen painting and a criminal mastermind challenge the skills of FBI agents Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan as never before in their latest high-stakes case. New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers has crafted a gripping novel of international intrigue and suspense not to be missed.
Emma Sharpe is recovering from a shattering loss while her husband, Colin Donovan, is deep into his latest undercover mission. So they’re grateful to enjoy a peaceful autumn weekend together on the southern Maine coast to celebrate Colin’s brother Andy’s wedding.
But the peace is short-lived when Kevin Donovan, a marine patrol offi cer, receives a call to check on suspected food poisoning at a party aboard a yacht. Colin decides to tag along. He is surprised to recognize one of the victims as an On-sale: September 2019 undercover British intelligence offi cer, and it quickly becomes evident they’re dealing with something very sinister. At Romantic Suspense Hardcover the same time a valuable painting by Irish artist Aoife O’Byrne—a friend of Emma and Colin’s—is missing from the 384 pages; $26.99 U.S.; yacht, and the connections make the investigation international and extremely personal. Rights: World Emma and Colin discover they are up against a deadly foe who plans to strike again. With the help of HIT, their small, elite Boston-based FBI team, they must foil an attack that will have devastating effects. It’s a case that will alter their lives beyond anything they’ve ever imagined…
Rival’s Break Rights Sold: • Australia (HarperCollins Australia)
Other Sharpe & Donovan titles: Saint’s Gate, Heron’s Cove, Declan’s Cross, Harbor Island, Keeper’s Reach, Liar’s Key, Thief’s Mark and Impostor’s Lure
“Fans of romantic suspense will fi nd plenty to like.” —Publishers Weekly on Liar’s Key
“[An] intense, edge-of-your-seat whirlwind.” —Booklist on Liar’s Key
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New York Times and USA TODAY Heather Graham bestselling author Krewe of Hunters Series THE SUMMONING (Book 27 in the series) THE SEEKERS (Book 28 in the series) A call from beyond… The truth is scarier than fiction.
When Kristi Stewart inherits a property in the Kerri Wolf has joined the crew of The Seekers, a old part of Savannah, she knows it comes with show that searches for paranormal phenomena, stories of hauntings. But she doesn’t believe as they explore a supposedly haunted old in ghosts, even while she runs seances for the inn on the road between Philadelphia and guests of McLane House Bed-and-Breakfast. Harrisburg. The place is famous for its warm Until the inexplicable midnight appearance of welcome—and infamous for being the site of one of her infamous ancestors. Terrified, she an ax murder rampage in the 1920s. They’ve flees into the night—and right into the arms of barely begun when a very real dead body is On-sale: June 2019 Dallas Wicker. On-sale: August 2019 discovered in the basement. As a nonfiction Romantic Suspense Romantic Suspense Mass-Market Paperback Mass-Market Paperback author, Kerri is supposed to be the rational one, 384 pages; $8.99 U.S.; Dallas is trying to uncover the truth about 384 pages; $8.99 U.S.; but she can’t explain a terrifying apparition that Rights: World a colleague who died under suspicious Rights: World seems to be both a threat and a warning. circumstances. As strange happenings continue to plague Kristi’s home, it is soon clear that there’s a very living threat in the Former detective Joe Dunhill knows what she’s going through—the neighborhood—several people have disappeared without a trace. strange gift of being able to see and talk to the dead is a struggle Dallas can’t find any connection between the victims, but someone he shares. A new member of the FBI’s Krewe of Hunters, he’s on wanted them gone, and it might be linked to the history of McLane the team investigating the disturbing death. The town is steeped in House. And that means Kristi should be very afraid. old-fashioned superstition, and the deeper Joe and Kerri plunge into the dark secrets of the inn, the closer they get to a devastating truth. th The Stalking, the 29 book in the Krewe of Hunters series, Will a bloody history be repeated? Or can the spirits of the past will be released in October 2019. reach out to stop a killer? Comparison Titles for Krewe of Hunters series: In Death series by J.D. Robb
Krewe of Hunters Series Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio) • Book Club (Bookspan) • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • Large Print (Thorndike)
Heather Graham’s next mass-market paperback titles will be available in June 2020 and August 2020.
Praise for Heather Graham: “Graham stands at the top of the romantic suspense category.” —Publishers Weekly “Graham is a master at world building and her latest is a thrilling, dark, and deadly tale of romantic suspense.” —Booklist, starred review, on Haunted Destiny “Graham is a master at writing stories that weave the paranormal with the everyday… This book was a great read with twists and turns on every page that is classic Graham style.” —RT Book Reviews on Wicked Deeds
New York Confidential Series
A LETHAL LEGACY (Book 4 in the series) Treasure Or Treachery?
Douglas Island sits off the coast of New York State, its imposing cliffs warning away visitors. Still, Finn Douglas has big plans for his inheritance and the rambling manor house that dominates the landscape. He has a vision to turn the island into a resort getaway for overworked city dwellers. But when the broken body of his business partner is found at the base of the rocky escarpment, he fears it wasn’t an accident.
Special Agent Craig Frasier agrees to help his cousin Finn by investigating, and with psychologist Kieran Finnegan at his side, heads to the island. As Craig and Kieran delve into the history of the Douglas estate, they discover that the property comes complete with strange lore and a blood-soaked past. Something evil seems to be lurking in the caverns that run On-sale: March 2019 beneath the stony ground. Is there something on the island that someone is willing to kill to protect? Kieran and Craig Romantic Suspense take on a dangerous search for the truth, where one false step could send them plummeting to their deaths, and one Hardcover 336 pages; $26.99 U.S.; wrong turn could bring them face-to-face with a killer. Rights: World A Lethal Legacy Rights Sold: Other New York Confidential titles: Flawless, • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) A Perfect Obsession and A Dangerous Game • Book Club (Bookspan) • Italian (HarperCollins Italia) • Large Print (Thorndike Press) Heather Graham’s next hardcover title will be available in April 2020.
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New York Times bestselling author Sharon Sala Jigsaw Files Series
THE MISSING PIECE (Book 1 in the series) Multimillionaire Carter Dunleavy has gone missing. He left his Denver offi ce to go to a meeting in the city and never arrived. Denver PD has his car on traffi c cameras and then he just disappears. His family is trying to run the vast estate without him, but he needs to be found, dead or alive, so they hire PI Charlie Dodge to fi nd out what happened. Charlie fl ies to Denver, searches for several days and to his surprise fi nds the man alive and in hiding.
The Missing Piece Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio) • Japanese (HarperCollins Japan)
On-sale: August 2019 Sharon Sala’s next title will be available in February 2020. Contemporary Romance Mass-Market Paperback 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; Other Sharon Sala titles: Family Sins, Race Against Time, Life Of Lies and In Shadows Rights: World
“The Youngblood family is a force to be reckoned with. Despite the tragic circumstances, watching this family gather around and protect its own is an uplifting tribute to familial love.” —RT Book Reviews on Family Sins
USA TODAY bestselling author Debra Webb The Undertaker’s Daughter Series
THE SECRETS WE BURY THE LIES WE TELL (Book 2 in the series) (Book 1 in the series) Nothing hurts like the truth. Nothing stays buried forever… Doctor Rowan Dupont knows a serial killer Doctor Rowan Dupont knows death. She grew is coming for her. Julian Addington has been up surrounded by it in her family’s Victorian waiting. Watching. And it’s only a matter of time funeral home, and it’s haunted her since the before he strikes. But what Julian doesn’t know day her twin sister drowned years ago. Between is that Rowan is ready for him. And more than her mother’s subsequent suicide and the recent anything she wants answers. How well did the murder of her father, coming home to run the depraved killer actually know her mother? And funeral home feels fi tting—even if it leaves her how many lies have been spun in the years On-sale: May 2019 vulnerable to an obsessive serial killer. On-sale: October 2019 since she took her own life? Romantic Suspense Romantic Suspense Mass-Market Paperback Mass-Market Paperback 432 pages; $7.99 U.S.; Rowan refuses to let fear keep her from 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; Working alongside her childhood friend Police Rights: World honoring her family. But the more time she Rights: World Chief Billy Brannigan, Rowan is determined spends back in Winchester, Tennessee, the more she fi nds herself to get to the bottom of her mother’s puzzling suicide once and for questioning what really happened that fateful summer. Had her all—even if it means exposing an unsettling past. It certainly seems sister’s death truly been an accident? And what pushed their mother like her family’s Victorian funeral home has borne witness to more to take her own life? The dark lake surrounding Rowan’s hometown than one dark secret, but when a recent double homicide leads to holds as many secrets as the bodies that fl oat in its chilling depths. an even grislier discovery, separating the truth from the lies might be But Rowan is running out of time if she’s going to uncover the truth the last thing Rowan does. before somebody sinks her for good.
The Undertaker’s Daughter Series Rights Sold: • Audio (Dreamscape Media)
The third book in The Undertaker’s Daughter series will be released in April 2020.
Other Debra Webb titles available: No Darker Place, A Deeper Grave, The Coldest Fear and The Longest Silence
“A gripping read!” —#1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown on The Longest Silence
“The twists and turns in this dark, taut drama make it both creepy and compelling.” —New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry on The Longest Silence
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New York Times and USA TODAY Linda Lael Miller bestselling author Home Front Series
THE YANKEE WIDOW (Book 1 in the series) A richly layered saga is set against the backdrop of the Civil War.
In The Yankee Widow, gifted storyteller Linda Lael Miller explores the complexities and heartbreak that families experienced as men took up arms to preserve the nation and defend their way of life.
Told in a smart, assured and compelling voice, this is the story of Caroline, the young wife and childhood sweetheart of Jacob, who together live on a farm raising their daughter, Rachel, just outside of Gettysburg. When Jacob joins the Northern army to do his duty and help save the Union, no one anticipates he will not return. Caroline gets news that he is wounded and has been taken to Washington, DC, with his regiment, and so she must fi nd her way there and navigate the thousands of other wounded soldiers to fi nd him. On-sale: May 2019 Historical Fiction Hardcover Thus begins this novel that focuses on the strong women and men of both sides and both races who sacrifi ced so much 432 pages; $26.99 U.S.; and loved so well during this critical juncture in American history. Rights: World The Yankee Widow Rights Sold: • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • Book Club (Bookspan)
New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens The Cavanaughs Series
THE PURSUITS OF LORD KIT CAVANAUGH (Book 2 in the series) One of the most desirable bachelors in London society, Lord Christopher Cavanaugh has discovered the true path for himself in yacht building. Kit has formed a business to make ocean-going yachts for the upper class, and after considerable research, he’s settled on Bristol as his base because there he can get all the right skills in one place to launch Cavanaugh Yachts.
As he scouts a location for his business, Kit encounters Sylvia Buckleberry, a woman he thought he’d never set eyes on again after meeting her at his brother’s wedding. Sylvia is the sort of irritating, judgmental female he might, in other circumstances, have been tempted to subtly pursue, purely to rattle her in payment for her hoity dismissal of him.
Kit discovers that Sylvia runs a charity for impoverished children and that they are being forced out of their current On-sale: May 2019 location by his company. Not wanting to be responsible for the closing of the school, Kit assists Sylvia in securing a Historical Romance Mass-Market Paperback; better home for her school and in doing so, also secures her heart. 336 pages; $7.99 U.S.; Rights: World except The Pursuits of Lord Kit Cavanaugh Rights Sold: German and Spanish • Audio (HarperAudio) • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • Czech (HarperCollins Polska) • French (HarperCollins France) • Hungarian (HarperCollins Hungary) • Italian (HarperCollins Italia) • Portuguese – Brazil (HarperCollins Brasil) • UK (HQ)
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HQN is Harlequin’s flagship mainstream romance imprint and home to many of today’s top-selling romance stars. We publish across all formats and romance subgenres, with a particular emphasis on contemporary, western, historical and paranormal romance.
New York Times and USA TODAY Julia London bestselling author A Royal Wedding Series THE PRINCESS PLAN (Book 1 in the series) New York Times bestselling author Julia London invites you to A Royal Wedding in The Princess Plan.
In 1845 England, three women are bound by a lifelong friendship. Eliza Tricklebank, the oldest daughter of a magistrate, sticks close to home to help her father with his work. Her younger sister, the widowed Mrs. Hollis Honeycutt, is quite busy with her bi-weekly gazette, in which the latest fashions and the most tantalizing on dits about London’s high society are reported. Honeycutt’s Gazette of Fashion and Domesticity for Ladies has become highly sought after, as people want to see and be seen within the special sections of the paper. Suddenly, all anyone can talk about is the very famous and notorious Crown Prince of San Genova, who is coming to London for the summer, and the ball that is to be held in his honor. That is one ball these women will not miss—who doesn’t want the chance to marry a prince?
On-sale: December 2019 Everyone is vying for an invitation to the ball, and any event where the prince might be. Eliza, Hollis, and Eleanor Historical Romance Mass-Market Paperback manage to get invitations to the grand ball and catch a glimpse of him, but after a night of drinking and dancing, and the 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; prince’s assistant is found dead the next day. High society is plunged into chaos. After Eliza receives a mysterious letter Rights: World except from someone who claims to have knowledge of the death, will the girls be able to work with a mysterious stranger and Japanese discover what happened? A Royal Wedding Rights Sold: • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • Spanish (HarperCollins Ibérica) • German (HarperCollins Germany) • UK (HQ) • Italian (HarperCollins Italia) A Princess by Christmas will be released in June 2020, and the 3rd book in this series will be released in October 2020. Other series by Julia London available: The Highland Groom Novels and The Cabot Sisters “[E]nticing from the very first pages…[Seduced by a Scot] showcases two magnetic protagonists and their delightful journey toward love.” —Publishers Weekly
New York Times bestselling author Candace Camp The Mad Morelands Series
HER SCANDALOUS PURSUIT (Book 7 in the series) London, 1867. Thisbe Moreland is a student of science and she is one of the best, though her greatest frustration is being dismissed by her peers because she’s a woman. She has no interest in fashion, London gossip, or having a season— Thisbe is designing a life of her own making, dedicated to science and scholarship. She certainly has no plans to fall in love.
Desmond is doing his best to advance his scientific education, but it’s difficult when he has to work two jobs to support himself. After all, he doesn’t belong to London’s aristocracy, or even its middle class. When he borrows notes at a lecture from the beautiful Thisbe, his life takes a sharp turn for the unexpected.
Thisbe is attracted to Desmond immediately; she loves his quick mind and their intellectual sparring. But can there be a On-sale: September 2019 future for two people from such different backgrounds? And when a mysterious artifact from Desmond’s past turns up Historical Romance Mass-Market Paperback; in Thisbe’s home, the two are quickly led down a dangerous path neither of them thought possible. 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; Rights: World The Mad Moreland Series Rights Sold: • Italian (HarperCollins Italia) • Spanish (HarperCollins Ibérica) • Japanese (HarperCollins Japan) • UK (HQ) Other The Mad Moreland series titles: His Sinful Touch and His Wicked Charm “Those who have not discovered Camp’s Mad Morelands are in for a treat… Camp is a consummate storyteller whose well-crafted prose and believable characterization ensure that this intriguing mystery…will utterly enchant readers.” —RT Book Reviews on His Sinful Touch
“Alex and Sabrina are a charming pair.” —Bookpage on His Sinful Touch
“[Camp] is renowned as a storyteller who touches the hearts of her readers time and time again.” —RT Book Reviews - 36 - HQN Books
#1 New York Times and USA TODAY Susan Mallery bestselling author Happily Inc Series
MEANT TO BE YOURS (Book 5 in the series) Susan fi rst introduced readers to her captivating new series set in Happily Inc, a small California community where wedding tourism is the main economy, in You Say It First (HQN Books, 9/17). Meant To Be Yours is the fi fth title in the series.
Happily Inc Series Rights Sold: On-sale: November 2019 • Audio (HarperAudio) • Italian (HarperCollins Italia) Contemporary Romance • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • Large Print (Thorndike Press) Mass-Market Paperback • Dutch (HarperCollins Holland) • Spanish (HarperCollins Ibérica) 384 pages; $8.99 U.S.; Rights: World • Estonian (Ersen Ou Eram) • Swedish (HarperCollins Nordic) • German (HarperCollins Germany) • UK (HQ) • Hungarian (HarperCollins Hungary)
Susan Mallery’s next Happily Inc series title will be released in November 2020.
Other Happily Inc series titles: You Say It First, Second Chance Girl, Why Not Tonight and Not Quite Over You
“An inventive heroine who comes into her own and a caring hero who fi gures out what’s important give in to love in this lighthearted romance.” —Library Journal on You Say It First
“The romance is sweet and hot, the writing is quick and easy, and Mallery (A Million Little Things, 2017, etc.) begins to lay the foundation for her series, building the stories of Nick’s brothers and the women in Pallas’ group of friends. In fact, the starring relationship in the book is really between Pallas and her girlfriends. A great choice for a weekend read.” —Kirkus Reviews on You Say It First
THE SUMMER OF SUNSHINE AND MARGOT The Baxter sisters come from a long line of women with disastrous luck in love. But this summer, Sunshine and Margot will turn disasters into destiny…
As an etiquette coach, Margot teaches her clients to fi t in. But she’s never faced a client like Bianca, an aging movie star who gained fame—and notoriety—through a campaign of shock and awe. Schooling Bianca on the fi ne art of behaving like a proper diplomat’s wife requires intensive lessons, forcing Margot to move into the monastery turned mansion owned by the actress’s intensely private son. Like his incredible home, Alec’s stony exterior hides secret depths Margot would love to explore. But will he trust her enough to let her in?
Sunshine has always been the good-time sister, abandoning jobs to chase after guys who used her, then threw her away. On-sale: June 2019 No more. She refuses to be “that girl” again. This time, she’ll fi nish college, dedicate herself to her job as a nanny, and Contemporary Romance Hardcover she 100 percent will not screw up her life again by falling for the wrong guy. Especially not the tempting single dad who 368 pages; $26.99 U.S.; also happens to be her boss. Rights: World Master storyteller Susan Mallery weaves threads of family drama, humor, romance and a wish-you-were-there setting into one of the most satisfying books of the year! The Summer of Sunshine and Margot Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio) • Italian (HarperCollins Italia) • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • Spanish (HarperCollins Ibérica) • Dutch (HarperCollins Holland) • Swedish (HarperCollins Nordic) • German (HarperCollins Germany) • UK (HQ) • Hungarian (HarperCollins Hungary)
Susan Mallery’s next book will be released in June 2020.
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New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne
THE CLIFF HOUSE Three women—two sisters and their aunt—and the cliff house on the northern California coast that served as a beacon to them all…
After the death of their mother, sisters Daisy and Beatriz Davenport found a home with their aunt Stella in the beautiful and welcoming town of Cape Sanctuary. They never knew all the dreams that Stella sacrifi ced to ensure they had everything they’d ever need. Now, with Daisy and Bea grown, it’s time for Stella to reveal the secret she’s been keeping from them—a secret that will change their family forever.
Bea thought she’d sown all her wild oats when she got pregnant far too young. The marriage that followed was rocky and not destined to last, but it gave Bea her wonderful, mature, now eleven-year-old daughter, Marisol. But just as she’s On-sale: April 2019 beginning to pursue a new love with an old friend, Bea’s ex-husband resurfaces and turns their lives completely upside Women’s Fiction down. Hardcover 368 pages; $26.99 U.S.; Rights: World Then there’s Daisy—sensible, rational, fi nancially prudent Daisy. She’s never taken a risk in her life—until she meets a man who makes her question everything she thought she knew about life, love and the power of taking chances.
In this heartwarming story, Stella, Bea and Daisy will discover that the path to true happiness is fi lled with twists and turns, but love always leads them back home.
The Cliff House Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio) • Dutch (HarperCollins Holland) • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • Large Print (Center Point) • Book Club (Bookspan) • UK (HQ)
RaeAnne Thayne’s next hardcover title will be released in April 2020.
“Thayne is in peak form in this delightful, multiple-perspective tale of the entwined lives and loves of three women in a Northern California seaside community.” —Booklist, Starred Review
Haven Point Series
A HAVEN POINT CHRISTMAS (Book 10 in the series) New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne brings readers back to Haven Point to share the poignant story of Luke Hamilton, who thought his wife, Elizabeth, died seven years ago and who must now come to terms with her return and her reasons for leaving while she and their young children prepare for Christmas.
A Haven Point Christmas Rights Sold: On-sale: October 2019 • Dutch (HarperCollins Holland) Contemporary Romance • UK (HQ) Trade Paperback 352 pages; $16.99 U.S.; Rights: World
Other Haven Point series titles available: Snow Angel Cove, Redemption Bay, Evergreen Springs, Riverbend Road, Snowfall On Haven Point, Serenity Harbor, Sugar Pine Trail, The Cottages On Silver Beach and Season Of Wonder
RaeAnne Thayne’s next title in the Haven Point series will be released in July 2020.
Other series available by RaeAnne Thayne: Haven Point and Hope’s Crossing
Praise for RaeAnne Thayne: “Thayne’s a true expert at writing contemporary holiday romance.” —RT Book Reviews on Snow Angel Cove
“Entertaining, heart-wrenching, and totally involving, this multi threaded story overfl ows with characters readers will adore.” —Library Journal on Evergreen Springs (starred review)
“Endearing small-town residents and bratty cats add humor to this heartwarming, steady-paced holiday romance.” —Publishers Weekly on Sugar Pine Trail
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New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Lori Foster
SISTERS OF SUMMER’S END As the summer ends, friendship begins…
When single mom Joy Lee abandoned her old life to take a job at a lakeside resort, she found something that her family’s wealth and infl uence could never buy: peace of mind. Not easy to come by for the once-burned divorcée who keeps everyone at a distance. But when her new friend, Maris, dares her to take a chance with the drive-in’s charismatic new owner, everything changes for Joy and her young son.
A diffi cult childhood has left Maris Kennedy with defi nite priorities. Her job running Summer’s End, the camp store and café, comes fi rst. Always. Nothing could ever make her risk that hard-won security—especially not her free-spirited colleague. But the more she encourages Joy to open herself up to new experiences, the more Maris begins to wonder On-sale: June 2019 what she, too, might be missing. Women’s Fiction Trade Paperback 368 pages; $15.99 U.S.; Learning how to trust will bring Joy and Maris together. And soon they form a friendship that leaves them as close as Rights: World sisters—and open to love where they least expect it…in Summer’s End. Sisters of Summer’s End Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio) • Japanese (HarperCollins Japan) • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • Large Print (Thorndike Press) • Dutch (HarperCollins Holland) • Swedish (HarperCollins Nordic) • Italian (HarperCollins Italia) • Spanish (HarperCollins Ibérica)
Other Lori Foster trade paperback titles available: Cooper’s Charm
Lori Foster’s next trade paperback title will be released in August 2020.
“Lori Foster delivers the goods.” —Publishers Weekly
“A sexy, believable roller coaster of action and romance.” —Kirkus Reviews on Run The Risk
“Foster’s writing satisfi es all appetites with plenty of searing sexual tension and page-turning action in this steamy, edgy, and surprisingly tender novel.” —Publishers Weekly on Getting Rowdy
“Foster brings her signature blend of heat and sweet to her addictive third Ultimate martial arts contemporary.” —Publishers Weekly on Tough Love (starred review)
Road To Love Series
SLOW RIDE (Book 2 in the series) You can’t put the brakes on love…
Ronnie Ashford needs a distraction. In the morning, she has to offer arrogant, conventional Jack Crews a job and convince him not to take it. She doesn’t need anyone’s help, thank you very much. But tonight is all about the tall, sexy stranger who just walked in the bar—and all the delicious trouble they could get into together. Too bad just as things are heating up between them, he whispers the three little words that destroy everything: “I’m Jack Crews.”
Jack is determined to connect with fi ery Ronnie—in bed and out of it—but her terms are clear. If he takes the job, helping her acquire prized artifacts for her mysterious bosses, anything between them is strictly off-limits. Somehow he has to convince a woman who’s never felt like she belonged that she’s found her place—with him. And with the danger On-sale: March 2019 sparking hotter than the fi re between them, it’s going to be one unforgettable trip… Contemporary Romance Mass-Market Paperback 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; Road To Love Series Rights Sold: Rights: World • Audio (HarperAudio) • Italian (HarperCollins Italia) • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • Japanese (HarperCollins Japan) • Dutch (HarperCollins Holland) • Spanish (HarperCollins Ibérica)
Other Road To Love series titles available: Driven To Distraction
All Fired Up , the third book in the Road to Love series, will be released in December 2019.
“Count on Lori Foster for sexy, edgy romance.” —New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz on No Limits
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USA TODAY bestselling author Toni Blake Summer Island Series
THE ONE WHO STAYS (Book 1 in the series) THE GIVING HEART (Book 2 in the series) Lose your heart to Summer Island, where Spend a white Christmas on Summer Island, summers are easy, winters are cozy and where the fi res are warm and the romance friends welcome you with open arms. is hotter
Summer Island has always been home to Meg Lila Sloan is house-sitting for her sister, Meg, Sloan. She runs the Summerbrook Inn, like her who owns an inn on Summer Island—it seemed grandmother did, and she loves the laid-back like the perfect getaway. Now Lila wonders why pace of life and the close-knit community the she ever thought spending Christmas alone on island offers. Meg also loves Zack Sheppard, a an isolated island was a good idea. To make local man she’s been seeing for years. What she matters worse, local real estate developer Beck On-sale: August 2019 doesn’t love is Zack’s refusal to commit to her, On-sale: November 2019 Grainger is trying to cut down the beautiful Contemporary Romance Contemporary Romance Mass-Market Paperback his reluctance to be exclusive with her. Mass-Market Paperback trees that line Meg’s property. Lila can’t let this 448 pages; $8.99 U.S.; 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; happen; Meg will never forgive her. Rights: World Seth Darden arrives on Summer Island in Rights: World search of summer work, but also in search Beck can understand Lila’s anger—sort of. The of something else—his past. There are secrets buried at the trees are on the neighboring property, not Meg’s, and the land was Summerbrook Inn, secrets that forged the path of Seth’s life. But he zoned for residential use months ago. His plans were no secret. He wasn’t counting on falling for the lovely innkeeper, Meg. dislikes being at odds with his friend’s sister, though, especially because Lila is appealing in every way: loyal, quick-witted and When Meg meets Seth, she can’t ignore the sparks that fl y between completely stunning. them, even though she feels like her heart has been torn in half. But if Zack won’t commit, should she take the leap with Seth? And can Lila hates that she’s so attracted to Beck, who seems like a genuinely she even have a future with him if he can’t reckon with his past? good man, despite his tree-murdering tendencies. And their chemistry is off the charts. She just wishes he’d let this development go. As Summer Island counts down to a snowy Christmas, Lila and Beck will have to strike a compromise that seems impossible for them both—or risk losing the best thing either of them has ever had.
Summer Island Series Rights Sold: • All Rights Available “Toni Blake’s romances are so delicious, so intoxicating and addictive, a good night’s sleep isn’t even an option… No one does it like Toni Blake.” —New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr
“Sexy and emotional.” —Carly Phillips, New York Times bestselling author
“Toni Blake writes wonderful books!” —Jennifer Crusie, New York Times bestselling author
Cara Bastone
Forever Brooklyn Series DEBUT AUTHOR JUST A HEARTBEAT AWAY (Book 1 in the series) JUST A Widowed Sebastian Dorner was adrift after his wife’s sudden death, until his son’s pre-K teacher, HEARTBEAT Via DeRosa, threw him a lifeline in the form of a daily checklist. Now, three years later, they’re reunited at his son’s new school where Via’s started as a guidance counselor and he volunteers AWAY H as a lunch monitor.
cara BaSTone Twenty-something Via is kind and pretty but far too young for 42-year-old Seb—plus she has a boyfriend. But these two, whose lives have both been heavily touched by loss, can’t deny they fi nd comfort and joy in each other’s presence. As • COVER COMING SOON • friendship slowly turns to love, their sexual attraction goes from simmer to boil as well.
This warm, emotional story will charm readers with its realistic characters, vibrant Brooklyn setting, and the slowly On-sale: May 2020 building intensity that take Seb and Via from friends to lovers. It’s the story of fi nding home, safety, and family where Contemporary Romance Mass-Market Paperback you least expect it. 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; Rights: World Just a Heartbeat Away Rights Sold: • All Rights Available
The second and third books in the Forever Brooklyn series will be released in February 2021 and September 2021.
- 40 - HQN Books Mona D. Shroff
HEADS OR TAILS When Sam Hutcherson fi nds out that Maya had his child fi fteen years ago—without telling him— DEBUT AUTHOR HEADS OR he begins to question everything about his life. He was fi nally living the dream: a congressional bid TAILS in his sights, engaged to a smart woman—not to mention the big break in his case at the fi rm. Or so he thought. Being a father brings out long suppressed dreams he had once nurtured, forcing Sam to face his feelings for Maya as well. mona d. ShroFF H Gourmet coffee shop owner Maya Rao never intended on telling Sam he was a father. Certainly not fi fteen years after • COVER COMING SOON • the fact. But Maya is desperate. Their daughter, Samantha, is being wrongly accused of drug possession as well as assault—again. Maya can’t allow her daughter to serve jail time, so the charges must be wiped clean. The only person in a position to help her out is Sam. Her conservative Indian mother would not approve of Maya approaching him. But On-sale: January 2020 Maya’s real problem is what to do now that he knows. And with Sam suddenly back in her life, old sparks are turning Contemporary Romance Mass-Market Paperback into renewed fl ame… 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; Rights: World Heads Or Tails Rights Sold: • All Rights Available
Synithia Williams Forbidden Promises Series
FORBIDDEN PROMISES (Book 1 in the series) Violinist India Robidoux only plans to return to home for a brief visit after touring. She doesn’t want to get swept up in the whirlwind of drama that tends to be a day-to-day part of her family’s successful tobacco empire. But she’s sucked into her brother’s high-profi le political campaign, and worse, she’s recruited to work with her older sister’s ex-husband. A big problem considering she’s still in love with him.
Travis Strickland is the most successful defense attorney in Eastern North Carolina, and he owes it all to the Robidoux family. India’s father gave him a job when Travis was ready to turn to the streets for money, then paid his way through college. He’d do anything for Mr. Robidoux, including marrying the sister Mr. Robidoux chose for him instead of the one he wanted. Now India’s back in town and even though he knows he should keep away, one smoldering kiss turns into a secret affair neither wants to stop. But family loyalties and desperate enemies threaten to keep them apart. On-sale: March 2020 Contemporary Romance Mass-Market Paperback Forbidden Promises Rights Sold: 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; • All Rights Available Rights: World Synithia Williams’s next two titles will be available in September 2020 and March 2021.
Jennifer Snow Alaska Search-and-Rescue Series
AN ALASKAN CHRISTMAS (Book 1 in the series) In Alaska, it’s always a white Christmas—but the sparks fl ying between two reunited friends could turn it red- hot…
If there’s one gift Erika Sheraton does not want for Christmas, it’s a vacation. Ordered to take time off, the workaholic surgeon reluctantly trades in her scrubs for a ski suit and heads to Wild River, Alaska. Her friend Cassie owns a tour company that offers adventures to fi t every visitor. But nothing compares to the adrenaline rush Erika feels on being reunited with Cassie’s brother, Reed Reynolds.
Gone is the buttoned-up girl Reed remembers. His sister’s best friend has blossomed into a strong, skilled, confi dent woman. She’s exactly what his search-and-rescue team needs—and everything he didn’t know he craved. The gulf On-sale: October 2019 between his life in Wild River and her big-city career is wide. But it’s no match for a desire powerful enough to melt two Contemporary Romance Mass-Market Paperback stubborn hearts… 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; Rights: World An Alaskan Christmas Rights Sold: • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) The second and third books in this series will be released in May 2020 and November 2020.
“Never too late to join the growing ranks of Jennifer Snow fans.” —Fresh Fiction - 41 - HQN Books
New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas
THE LITTLE TEASHOP ON MAIN A rainy-day ritual—a tea party between three little girls—becomes the framework of not only their friendship, but their lives.
Blonde, curly-haired Zoe is openhearted, kind and free-spirited, and dreams of becoming a famous actor in New York City. Shy Emily struggles with mental health but has the heart and soul of a writer. And Shannon—tall, athletic, strong— has a deep sense of loyalty that will serve her well when she heads off to military college.
As Zoe, Emily and Shannon grow into women—forging careers, following dreams and fi nding love—they’ll learn that life doesn’t always unfold the way they want it to, but through it all, the one constant is each other, and their regular tea parties. And when the unthinkable happens, the girls must come together to face the greatest test of all. On-sale: May 2019 Contemporary Romance A deeply moving novel about the family that raises us, the hearts that nurture us and the great friendships that defi ne our Trade Paperback 336 pages; $15.99 U.S.; lives. Rights: World The Little Teashop on Main Rights Sold: • Large Print (Center Point) Other Jodi Thomas titles available: Mornings On Main
“The Little Teashop on Main is tender, heartfelt and wonderful…I loved every word.” —RaeAnne Thayne, New York Times bestselling author of The Cliff House
“The Little Teashop on Main is a beautiful love letter to the power of female friendship, and when you read it, you’ll feel like you’ve come home. Perfect for fans of Debbie Macomber and Nina George.” —Robyn Carr, New York Times bestselling author of The Best of Us
Ransom Canyon Series
CHRISTMAS IN WINTER VALLEY (Book 8 in the series) Ransom Canyon welcomes you back for a Christmas that has everything you’re looking for: romance, family and a whole lot of Texas.
Cooper Holloway would take nature over people any day, so he heads for a remote cabin to get away once and for all. But when an unexpected visitor shows up needing his help, Cooper is torn between his deep need for solitude and the desire to do the right thing.
Cooper always thought he’d fi nd peace in being alone, but when love fi nds its way into his life, he has to make a choice about his future—just in time for Christmas.
On-sale: October 2019 Christmas in Winter Valley Rights Sold: Contemporary Romance • All Rights Available Mass-Market Paperback 352 pages; $7.99 U.S.; Rights: World
Other Ransom Canyon series titles available: Ransom Canyon, Rustler’s Moon, Lone Heart Pass, Sunrise Crossing, Wild Horse Springs, Indigo Lake and Mistletoe Miracles
Praise for New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas: “Highly recommended.” —Library Journal, starred review, on Sunrise Crossing
“[Sunrise Crossing] will warm any reader’s heart.” —Publishers Weekly, A Best Book of 2016
“This is a novel that settles in the reader’s heart from the beginning to its satisfying end.” —RT Book Reviews on Mornings on Main, 4½ stars, Top Pick!
- 42 - HQN Books Jo McNally Rendezvous Falls Series
SLOW DANCING AT SUNRISE STEALING KISSES IN THE SNOW (Book 1 in the series) (Book 2 in the series) Welcome to Rendezvous Falls, New York, Don’t miss Stealing Kisses in the Snow, where love is where you least expect it… the next funny, heart-tugging romance in Jo McNally’s Rendezvous Falls series When accountant Whitney Foster’s carefully centered around a matchmaking book club calculated life blows up, she escapes to the in Rendezvous Falls, New York. one place that’s always felt like home. But Rendezvous Falls has changed since she’s been away. Her aunt Helen’s winery is in trouble. And she doesn’t trust the sexy, surly stranger On-sale: July 2019 working the vineyard as far as she can throw On-sale: November 2019 Contemporary Romance Contemporary Romance Mass-Market Paperback him. Mass-Market Paperback 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; Rights: World Luke Rutledge would do anything for Helen, Rights: World who’s been like a mother to him. Revive the winery? Sure. Repair her property? No problem. Tolerate Helen’s infuriating, big-shot niece? Well…maybe. But as he and Whitney Rendezvous Falls Series Rights Sold: are forced to work together to rebuild the business, her chilly facade • Dutch (HarperCollins Holland) reveals a woman as complex and intoxicating as a fi ne merlot. • Large Print (Thorndike Press) Throw in a matchmaking book club hell-bent on happily-ever-after and it’s a potent cocktail. Barefoot on a Starlit Night, the third book in the Love should never be calculated. But it doesn’t take Whitney’s math Rendezvous Falls series will be released in June 2020. skills to see that this is adding to up to one tantalizing adventure…
USA TODAY bestselling author Sarah Morgan
ONE SUMMER IN PARIS USA TODAY bestselling author Sarah Morgan returns with this heartwarming novel about the power of friendship, love and what happens when an ending is just the beginning…
To celebrate their twenty-fi fth wedding anniversary, Grace has planned the surprise of a lifetime for her husband—a romantic getaway to Paris. But she never expected he’d have a surprise of his own: he wants a divorce. Reeling from the shock but refusing to be broken, a devastated Grace makes the bold decision to go to Paris alone.
Audrey, a young woman from London, has left behind a heartache of her own when she arrives in Paris. A job in a bookshop is her ticket to freedom, but with no money and no knowledge of the French language, suddenly a summer spent wandering the cobbled streets alone seems much more likely…until she meets Grace, and everything changes. On-sale: April 2019 Contemporary Romance Trade Paperback Grace can’t believe how daring Audrey is. Audrey can’t believe how cautious newly single Grace is. Living in 400 pages; $15.99 U.S.; neighboring apartments above the bookshop, this unlikely pair offer each other just what they’ve both been missing. Rights: World They came to Paris to fi nd themselves, but fi nding this unbreakable friendship might be the best thing that’s ever happened to them… One Summer In Paris Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio) • Hungarian (HarperCollins Hungary) • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • Italian (HarperCollins Italia) • Czech (Dobrovsky) • Large Print (Thorndike Press) • Danish (HarperCollins Nordic) • Portuguese – Brazil (HarperCollins Brasil) • Dutch (HarperCollins Holland) • Spanish (HarperCollins Ibérica) • French (HarperCollins France) • Swedish (HarperCollins Nordic) • German (HarperCollins Germany) • UK (HQ)
Other trade paperback titles by Sarah Morgan: How To Keep A Secret and The Christmas Sisters
Sarah Morgan’s next two titles will be available in October 2019 and May 2020.
Praise for Sarah Morgan: “Morgan is a masterful storyteller, and readers will be fully immersed in this realistic but magical summer in Paris. Packed full of love, loss, heartbreak, and hope, this may just be Morgan’s best book yet. For fans of Jojo Moyes, Taylor Jenkins Reid, and Stacey Ballis” —Booklist
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New York Times bestselling author JoAnn Ross Honeymoon Harbor Series
SUMMER ON MIRROR LAKE (Book 3 in the series) Summertime is the best time to lose yourself in the romance of Honeymoon Harbor…
When he lands in the emergency room after collapsing at the funeral of a colleague and friend, Wall Street hotshot Gabriel Mannion initially rejects the diagnosis of an anxiety attack. But when warned that if he doesn’t change his adrenaline-fueled, workaholic lifestyle he could end up like his friend, Gabe reluctantly returns to his hometown of Honeymoon Harbor to regroup.
As he adjusts to the sight of mountains instead of skyscrapers, Gabe discovers advantages to this small Pacifi c Northwest town he once couldn’t wait to escape. But it’s irresistible librarian Chelsea Prescott who, along with the two foster children she’s taken under her wing, makes slowing down seem like the best prescription ever. On-sale: June 2019 Contemporary Romance Mass-Market Paperback Over the course of their summer romance, Gabe gets a taste of the life he might have had if he’d taken a different path. 432 pages; $7.99 U.S.; But with his return to New York City looming on the horizon, he’ll have to choose between the success he’s worked Rights: World tirelessly for and a ready-made family who offers a very different, richly rewarding future…if he’ll only take the risk. Summer On Mirror Lake Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio) • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) Other Honeymoon Harbor series titles available: Herons Landing and Snowfall On Lighthouse Lane
JoAnn Ross’s next book will be released in July 2020. Praise for Honeymoon Harbor series: “The connection between a deeply confl icted man slowly coming to terms with loss and a woman who understands him adds strength and intensity to a perceptive story that is more than the average friends-into-lovers romance. Vivid, detailed descriptions, real-life issues that resonate… Verdict: [an] excellent start to a promising community series with a stunning Olympic Coast setting.” —Library Journal
“A widower gets a second chance at love in this…sweet fi rst book in Ross’s Honeymoon Harbor series… Fans of cozy small-town romances will be willing to read further in the series.” —Publishers Weekly
New York Times and USA TODAY Brenda Jackson bestselling author Catalina Cove Series FORGET ME NOT (Book 2 in the series) Ashley Ryan never doubted that her husband, Devon, was the love of her life. Even now, three years after Devon died in a car wreck while on a business trip, Ashley can’t bring herself to move on. But when her girlfriends surprise her with a getaway to beautiful Catalina Cove, Louisiana, she gets the shock of her life when she encounters a man—bearded, more rugged than before, but unmistakably her Devon.
“Ray Sullivan” moved to this quiet coastal town after waking up in a hospital with amnesia. Haunted by a life he can’t remember, he’s built walls around his heart and a quiet life running boat tours—a life that includes no recollection of Ashley, a woman he suddenly fi nds himself irresistibly drawn to.
Doctors warn Ashley of the danger in forcing her husband to remember the past. Though she longs to tell him the truth, On-sale: April 2019 she fi nds herself falling all over again for a man she knows may never truly come back to her. In this place where healing Contemporary Romance Mass-Market Paperback and second chances are just a heartbeat away, can love take root once more? 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; Catalina Cove Series Rights Sold: Rights: World • Audio (HarperAudio) • Australia (HarperCollins Australia)
Other Catalina Cove series titles available: Love In Catalina Cove Praise for Brenda Jackson: “Jackson knows how to write crackling love scenes and those burst off the page.” —EW.com on Best Laid Plans “Jackson’s deft plotting and effective red herrings keep the suspense high as her multidimensional characters command the reader’s attention…The only fl aw of this fi rst-rate, satisfying sexy tale is that it ends.” —Publishers Weekly on Forged in Desire (starred review) “Brenda Jackson is the queen of newly discovered love… If there’s one thing Jackson knows how to do, it’s how to pluck those heartstrings and stir up some seriously saucy drama.” —BookPage on Inseparable “[Jackson] proves once again that she rocks when it comes to crafting family drama with a healthy dose of humor and steamy, sweaty sex. Here’s another winner.” —RT Book Reviews on A Brother’s Honor, 4½ stars, Top Pick - 44 - HQN Books
New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter Gods of War Series
FROST AND FLAME (Book 2 in the series) From Gena Showalter, the New York Times bestselling author who brought you the Lords of the Underworld series, comes Frost and Flame, the second book in her sizzling paranormal romance series Gods of War.
Comparison Titles for Gods of War Series: Lords of the Underworld series by Gena Showalter
Gods of War Series Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio) On-sale: October 2019 • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) Paranormal Romance • German (HarperCollins Germany) Mass-Market Paperback 384 pages; $8.99 U.S.; Other Gods of War series titles available: Shadow and Ice Rights: World “The Gods of War is my new obsession! I love this world and these alpha males—this is Gena Showalter at her best!” —J.R. Ward, #1 New York Times bestselling author
New York Times and USA TODAY Marie Force bestselling author Fatal Series
FATAL RECKONING (Book 14 in the series) When tragedy strikes, a cold case suddenly turns hot—and deadly
A peaceful morning is shattered when Washington Metro Police lieutenant Sam Holland’s beloved father succumbs to injuries from an unsolved shooting while on duty four years ago. As the community rallies around Sam and her family, one thing becomes crystal clear: her father’s death has turned the unsolved case into a homicide—and it’s on her to bring her father’s killer to justice.
But the case has been cold for years…until an anonymous tip that’s too shocking to believe leads Sam down a dark and dangerous path. Her husband, Vice President Nick Cappuano, knows if she can’t solve this case, it will haunt her for the rest of her life. She’ll need the strength of their bond to pull her out of the darkness before it’s too late, because as the On-sale: April 2019 missing pieces rapidly fall into place, Sam realizes the truth might just break her all the same—and that her father’s killer Romantic Suspense Mass-Market Paperback isn’t done yet… 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; Fatal Series Rights Sold: Rights: World • Audio (HarperAudio) • German (HarperCollins Germany)
Fatal Accusation, the 15th book in the Fatal series, will be released in January 2020 and the 16th book will be released in June 2020.
Other Fatal Series titles: Fatal Affair, Fatal Justice, Fatal Consequences/Fatal Destiny, Fatal Flaw, Fatal Deception, Fatal Mistake, Fatal Jeopardy, Fatal Scandal, Fatal Frenzy, Fatal Identity, Fatal Threat, Fatal Chaos and Fatal Invasion
Praise for the Fatal series: “Fans of Scandal and House of Cards will love the Fatal Series.” —New York Times bestselling author Cindy Gerard
“Sizzle, mystery and suspense…Fatal Affair has it all! Nick and Sam are a perfect pair and Marie Force is defi nitely an author to watch!” —RT Book Reviews 4.5 Stars for Fatal Affair
Fatal Mistake is “another awesome political/police adventure… The suspect wasn’t easily found and the ending was perfect. This series is fantastic in so many ways making it a defi nite must read for mystery fans!” —Night Owl Reviews Top Pick
- 45 - HQN Books Lee Tobin McClain Safe Haven Series
LOW COUNTRY HERO (Book 1 in the series) Welcome to Safe Haven, where love—and a second chance—is just around the corner…
Sunny, carefree days splashing in the ocean—it’s the life Anna George has always wanted for her fi ve-year-old twins. And now that they’ve made it to Safe Haven, South Carolina, she won’t let anyone stand in her way. Not the abusive ex she’s just escaped and not the rugged contractor who caught her setting up house in the shuttered beachfront cabins he’s refurbishing. When he offers Anna and her daughters a place to stay in exchange for her help with renovations, she’s tempted. His gentle way with her girls makes her want to trust him, but she’s been wrong before…
A family is the last thing contractor and former military man Sean O’Dwyer wants right now. But when he discovers Anna and her girls, he recognizes kindred spirits. They’re survivors who’ve seen the worst of people, just like he has, On-sale: March 2019 and he’ll do anything he can to help them. As he and Anna spend their days bringing the cottages back to life and their Contemporary Romance Mass-Market Paperback nights sharing kisses in the warm bayou breezes, Sean must choose between the life he always wanted and the family 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; he can’t live without. Rights: World
LOW COUNTRY DREAMS (Book 2 in the series) Return to Safe Haven, where a new beginning with your fi rst love is only a heartbeat way…
Yasmin Tanner has devoted her life to making other people’s dreams come true. But between running Safe Haven’s women’s shelter and caring for her brother, the long days—and lonely nights—are catching up with her…until Offi cer Liam O’Dwyer knocks on her door. She had good reasons for breaking Liam’s heart all those years ago, but that hasn’t made sharing their small town any easier. She’s missed him—that’s painfully clear to her now. But that’s not the only secret she’s keeping from him…
Ever since Yasmin left, Liam has kept his head down and his chin up. But when a woman from Yasmin’s shelter goes missing, leaving her teenage son alone, it hits home for Liam. He’ll do whatever it takes to reunite this family…even On-sale: June 2019 work closely with the one woman he can’t forget. Yet as late summer days turn into cozy autumn nights rekindling the Contemporary Romance Mass-Market Paperback past, Liam suspects Yasmin is hiding something. And where her loyalties fall could mean the difference between lost 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; love and a second chance at forever. Rights: World
LOW COUNTRY CHRISTMAS (Book 3 in the series) Come home to Safe Haven, where the best Christmas surprises aren’t the ones under the tree.
Holly Gibson has one wish this Christmas season: to fi nd her young niece’s father. And she’s traveled hundreds of miles to the small town of Safe Haven to make that wish come true. But from the moment Holly lays eyes on the mysterious Cash O’Dwyer, he’s nothing like she expected. Strong and kind, he makes her heart beat faster. And suddenly that little secret she’s keeping about her sister stirs up all kinds of guilt…
Cash is stunned—and more than a little wary—to discover he’s a father. Having a family of his own was never part of his plan…until sweet baby Penny and her fi ercely independent aunt Holly arrive in town. Now he’s fi nding himself trimming trees and stuffi ng stockings for three. But Cash can’t shake the ghosts of his own past this holiday season, On-sale: October 2019 forcing him to choose between the safe life he loved…and the new family he can’t live without. Contemporary Romance Mass-Market Paperback 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; Rights: World
Safe Haven Series Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio)
“Low Country Hero has everything I look for in a book—it’s emotional, tender, and an all-around wonderful story.” —RaeAnne Thayne, New York Times bestselling author
“Enthralling…This enjoyable contemporary romance will appeal to readers looking for twinges of suspense before happily ever after.” —Publishers Weekly
“Fans of Debbie Macomber will appreciate this start to a new series by McClain that blends sweet, small-town romance with such serious issues as domestic abuse.” —Booklist
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New York Times and USA TODAY Maisey Yates bestselling author A Gold Valley Novel
UNBROKEN COWBOY (Book 5 in the series) COWBOY TO THE CORE In Gold Valley, Oregon, forbidden love just (Book 6 in the series) might be the sweetest… Gold Valley’s wildest cowboy has fi nally met his match… Dane Parker traded in his trailer-park roots for glory as a bull rider. But when a serious injury Jamie Dodge is confi dent she knows everything sidelines him for months, it’s the fi rst time he there is to know about cowboys. She grew up can’t just pull himself up by his bootstraps. The surrounded by them, after all. But somehow her last thing he wants to deal with is sweet family new boss, champion saddle bronc rider Gabe friend Bea treating him like one of her wounded Dalton, and his brand of cowboy charm have animals—or the unexpected attraction that her interested in all kinds of things she never On-sale: May 2019 suddenly fl ares between them. On-sale: July 2019 has been before. Contemporary Romance Contemporary Romance Mass-Market Paperback Mass-Market Paperback 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; Beatrix Leighton has loved Dane for years, while 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; There are a million reasons Gabe should ignore Rights: World he’s always seen her as another sister. When Rights: World his attraction to Jamie. He needs her horse- she enlists his help to start her animal sanctuary, training skills on his family’s ranch…and the she thinks it will give him purpose. Instead, it brings all the desire Dodge brothers would happily hurt him for touching her. Forget she feels for him to the boiling point. Bea’s father taught her early on kissing her. He’d be a dead man. But Jamie’s tough-talking attitude that love means loss. But could her forbidden crush turn into a love masks an innocence that tempts him past the breaking point. Down- that will last a lifetime? home girl Jamie soothes the restlessness that’s dogged Gabe his whole life… In Jamie’s arms, has this cowboy fi nally found a place he wants to call home?
LONE WOLF COWBOY (Book 7 in the series) COWBOY CHRISTMAS REDEMPTION Will Gold Valley’s most reclusive cowboy (Book 8 in the series) fi nally fi nd a reason to heal? As snowfl akes fall in Gold Valley, Oregon, will this rugged cowboy fi nally win the As a cowboy, former EMT and a wildland woman of his dreams? fi refi ghter, there’s nothing Jacob Dalton can’t fi x—except his own emotional demons. Since Cowboy Caleb Dalton has loved single mom his best friend’s tragic death, Jacob has isolated Ellie Bell for years. Caleb’s head knows Ellie himself from his family, with only his guilt for will always be strictly off-limits as his best company. Then Vanessa Logan returns to Gold friend’s widow. If only his heart got the memo… Valley. He saved her life during a medical call Spending time with Ellie and her tiny daughter, On-sale: August 2019 years ago, and he’s never forgotten her. Now On-sale: October 2019 Amelia, is pure, irresistible torture. So when Contemporary Romance Contemporary Romance Mass-Market Paperback she’s back in town and working on the Dalton Mass-Market Paperback Caleb discovers that Ellie has a Christmas wish 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; family ranch. But Vanessa’s past is as troubled 352 pages; $7.99 U.S.; list—and wants a kiss under the mistletoe—all Rights: World as his own and he knows that giving in to the Rights: World bets are off. If anyone’s going to be kissing Ellie, heat between them would only end in disaster… it’s him.
For Vanessa, returning home was about healing, not about exploring Ellie has dreaded the holidays since losing her husband. But this year, her attraction with this strong, silent cowboy. Jacob is the guardian she’s fi nally ready to make some changes. She never expects the angel from her past—with strong, capable hands and an irresistible biggest change to be the heart-stopping kiss she shares with Caleb. mouth. He’s a temptation she knows she can’t afford. But after the For almost fi ve years, Caleb has been her best friend, her rock, her chemistry between them explodes, she must tell Jacob he’s not salvation. This Christmas, can Caleb prove he’s also the missing alone anymore—she’s pregnant with his baby. puzzle piece of Ellie’s and Amelia’s hearts?
A Gold Valley Novel Series Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio) • Dutch (HarperCollins Holland) • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • UK (HQ)
Other Gold Valley Novel titles: Smooth-Talking Cowboy, Untamed Cowboy, Good Time Cowboy and A Tall, Dark Cowboy Christmas
Maisey Yates’s next three mass-market paperback titles will be available in July 2020, August 2020 and October 2020. Maisey Yates’s trade paperback title will be available in May 2020.
“Yates’ new Gold Valley series begins with a sassy, romantic and sexy story about two characters whose chemistry is off the charts.” —RT Book Reviews on Smooth-Talking Cowboy (Top Pick)
“Fans of Robyn Carr and RaeAnne Thayne will enjoy [Yates’s] small-town romance.” —Booklist on Part Time Cowboy
“Yates’s thrilling seventh Copper Ridge contemporary proves that friendship can evolve into scintillating romance… This is a surefi re winner not to be missed.” —Publishers Weekly on Slow Burn Cowboy (starred review) - 47 - HQN Books
New York Times and USA TODAY Diana Palmer bestselling author Long, Tall Texans Series
UNLEASHED (Book 47 in the series) She vowed to never trust another man…until she met him.
Clancey Lang knows how to run. She’s been doing it since the day she fl ed her abusive home to save her and her younger brother’s lives. That was the same day she decided to never let herself depend on anyone else. Especially men. Though she’s tempted—mighty tempted—to put her faith in her boss, ruggedly handsome Texas Ranger Colter Banks. If only he would look her way…
For far too long, Colter has been distracting himself with women he knows will never fully satisfy him. But there’s something about his pretty assistant, Clancey, that he simply can’t resist. Something slowly but surely drawing every ounce of his attention. But is he falling for a woman who’ll never let herself be caught? On-sale: July 2019 Contemporary Romance Unleashed Rights Sold: Hardcover • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) 384 pages; $26.99 U.S.; Rights: World • Italian (HarperCollins Italia) • Japanese (HarperCollins Japan) • Polish (HarperCollins Polska) • Portuguese - Brazil (HarperCollins Brasil) • Spanish (HarperCollins Ibérica) • UK (HQ)
Other Long, Tall Texans series titles: Unbridled
Diana Palmer’s next title in the Long, Tall Texans series will be available in July 2020.
“You just can’t do better than a Diana Palmer story to make your heart lighter and smile brighter.” —Fresh Fiction
Wyoming Men Series
WYOMING HEART (Book 9 in the series) True love is in store for one gruff cowboy in New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer’s new Wyoming Men romance.
Cort Grier is no ordinary rancher. Despite his vast wealth, he still works the land with his own bare hands, unlike his troublesome new neighbor, Ophelia Dresden. Fiery, beautiful Ophelia infuriates and entrances Cort, awakening feelings he’d thought long buried. But he knows falling for a city girl can lead only to heartbreak…
Bestselling author Ophelia hardly expects to meet a man like the ones in her novels. But roguishly handsome Cort is an alpha hero through and through, from his stubborn streak to the fi erce way this rugged cowboy protects his heart. When one sizzling kiss leads to another, can Ophelia convince Cort to open his world to her—now and forever? On-sale: October 2019 Contemporary Romance Mass-Market Paperback 384 pages; $8.99 U.S.; Rights: World Wyoming Heart Rights Sold: • Australia (HarperCollins Australia) • Japanese (HarperCollins Japan) • Polish (HarperCollins Polska) • Portuguese - Brazil (HarperCollins Brasil) • Spanish (HarperCollins Ibérica) • UK (HQ)
Other Wyoming Men series titles: Wyoming Strong, Wyoming Rugged, Wyoming Brave, Wyoming Winter and Wyoming Legend
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New York Times and USA TODAY B.J. Daniels bestselling author Sterling’s Montana Series
STROKE OF LUCK (Book 1 in the series) He’s hoping to bury the past. She’s ready to settle the score.
Sterling’s Ranch season open isn’t going so smoothly. With the ranch’s lodge full of guests and a Montana blizzard threatening, Will Sterling needs help—and he needs it fast. So when his childhood friend Poppy Carmichael agrees to lend a hand, he’s grateful for a second chance…and more enticed by the woman she’s become than he cares to admit.
For Poppy, it was supposed to be a retreat full of horse rides and hoedowns—with a side of showing Will what he’s been missing all these years. But as the snow deepens outside, the guests’ suspicion and mistrust turns sinister inside, catching Will and Poppy in the crosshairs.
On-sale: March 2019 Weathering the storm in each other’s arms is all too easy for Will and Poppy, but will a confrontation with a killer mean Romantic Suspense Mass-Market Paperback their reunion is short lived? 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; Rights: World
LUCK OF THE DRAW (Book 2 in the series) He may get a second chance at his one true love—if someone doesn’t kill her fi rst.
When Garrett Sterling leaves for a horseback ride through his family’s sprawling Montana property, he’s expecting a relaxing break from the construction at the Sterling guest ranch. What he gets is something far more sinister. It all happened so fast that it’s hard for Garrett to sort out the facts. But two things are certain: someone is dead and the killer knows there was a witness.
When a woman from his past emerges as a key piece of the investigation, Garrett is determined to uncover what really happened that day, how she’s involved—and why everything she’s ever told him is a lie.
On-sale: June 2019 Romantic Suspense Mass-Market Paperback 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; Rights: World
JUST HIS LUCK (Book 3 in the series) He thought the past was fi nally behind him.
Shade Sterling has carried a torch for Lizzy Conners since senior year of high school. But the timing never felt right for them, especially since his ex-girlfriend, Ariel, disappeared without a trace years ago. Now, with their fi ve-year class reunion approaching, Shade is tired of waiting. Determined to move on with his life and take a chance with Lizzy, he’s all in…until a car is dredged up from a local pond and Ariel’s remains are found inside.
As the newly appointed sheriff, Lizzy must investigate every single lead—including the ones that point right to Shade. She knows she can’t let her heart get in the way of an investigation, but she can’t accept that Shade is guilty. Now if she can only prove it—both to the town out for justice and to herself. On-sale: September 2019 Romantic Suspense Mass-Market Paperback 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; Rights: World Sterling’s Montana Series Rights Sold: • Audio (HarperAudio) • Australia (HarperCollins Australia)
Praise for B.J. Daniels: “Super read by an excellent writer. Recommended!” —#1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller on Renegade’s Pride
“With a surprising villain, a mystery full of twists and turns and engaging characters, RENEGADE’S PRIDE is an addictive page-turner. ” —BookPage on Renegade’s Pride
A new series starting, Montana Justice, will be released in December 2019, April 2020 and September 2020.
Other B.J. Daniels series available: The Montana Cahills, The Montana Hamiltons and Beartooth, Montana
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USA TODAY bestselling author Delores Fossen A Coldwater Texas Novel
HOT TEXAS SUNRISE (Book 2 in the series) Love was the last thing on this untamed cowboy’s mind…until she stole his heart away.
Cleo Delaney will do anything to keep her promise and raise her best friend’s sons—even if it means telling a little white lie to the state to keep them. Cleo turns to the only person she can trust to help her—her fi rst love, Judd Laramie. If he fosters the three young brothers in name only, she’ll do all the heavy lifting. It’s a foolproof plan…but she never imagined that the feelings they once shared would return. With a vengeance.
Texas deputy Judd Laramie is stunned by Cleo’s request. Being a dad—even on paper—is the last thing this cowboy needs right now. But no one knows better than Judd how fl awed the foster system is and how much these brothers need Cleo’s protective love. What starts as a simple lie becomes so much more, and soon it’s clear Judd needs Cleo and On-sale: April 2019 the family they’ve created as much as they need him. Now he’ll do whatever it takes to win Cleo’s heart and claim the Contemporary Romance Mass-Market Paperback future they all deserve. 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; Rights: World
SWEET SUMMER SUNSET (Book 3 in the series) Coldwater’s most-wanted cowboy is just her best friend—until one sizzling summer kiss changes everything…
Rodeo rider Nico Laramie may have a not-so-squeaky-clean reputation with the women of Coldwater, but there are rules he doesn’t break. No bullies. No married women. And defi nitely not his best friend, Eden Joplin. So what exactly is Nico thinking, kissing Eden in front of her jerk ex-husband? With the proverbial bull out of the pen, Nico is about to get gored—hard. Eden has secretly been writing a sex-advice blog called “Naughty Cowgirl,” but her divorce killed all her sexy inspiration. Then, when her gorgeous best friend kisses her in a way that makes her toes curl, suddenly Eden’s mojo is back. And the heat isn’t going away. Now something deep and long-denied is happening between them. Something that could destroy their friendship…or fi nally prove that this time it’s the real deal.
On-sale: July 2019 Contemporary Romance Mass-Market Paperback 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; Rights: World
A COLDWATER CHRISTMAS (Book 4 in the series) Sometimes a little Christmas magic can rekindle the most unexpected romances…
Sheriff Kace Laramie and his brothers found long-awaited happiness when they moved to Coldwater, Texas, as foster children. But the feel-good story has one bittersweet twist—his brief marriage to local rich girl Jana Parker. When that blew up, Kace vowed never to marry again and has kept Jana mostly off his mind…until she comes back to town, needing his help.
Recently divorced for a second time, Jana just wants to create a good life for her young daughter—and keep her mother from marrying Kace’s gold-digging father. Asking him for help may be wrong given their history. But as the stakes—and their chemistry—make the Christmas season sizzle, Jana knows how much more wrong it would be to let a love this On-sale: October 2019 magical slip away again… Contemporary Romance Mass-Market Paperback 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; Rights: World
A Coldwater Texas Novel series Rights Sold: • Audio (Insatiable Press/MMB Media)
Tangled Up in Texas, Chasing Trouble in Texas and Wild Texas Night, the next three books in this series, will be released in March 2020, June 2020 and November 2020.
Other Coldwater Texas Novel titles: Lone Star Christmas
Praise for Delores Fossen: “Clear off space on your keeper shelf, Fossen has arrived.” —New York Times bestselling author Lori Wilde
“The perfect blend of sexy cowboys, humor and romance will rein you in from the fi rst line.” —New York Times bestselling author B.J. Daniels
“From the shocking opening paragraph on, Fossen’s tale just keeps getting better.” —RT Book Reviews on Sawyer, 4½ stars, Top Pick
- 50 - HQN Books Patricia Davids The Amish of Cedar Grove Series
THE WISH (Book 1 in the series) Widow Laura Beth Yoder longs for a family of her own. So much so that she’s preparing to leave the sleepy Amish town she calls home to fi nd love. But a terrible storm washes out the creek, forcing her to wade in and save the life of an Englisch man and his adorable infant son. As they recover at the farm, the baby brings sunshine and joy, while the handsome outsider is fi lled with shadows…and secrets.
Joshua King owes his life and his son’s to Laura Beth. Still, lingering at her farm is out of the question. He must fulfi ll a promise he made to his estranged wife on her deathbed: to deliver their son to his Amish in-laws. With his dark past, Joshua has no other choice. But his plans never took this sweet and surprising Amish widow into account. She just might be his second chance at happiness…and love.
On-sale: May 2019 The Amish of Cedar Grove Series Rights Sold: Contemporary Romance • Audio (HarperAudio) Mass-Market Paperback 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; Rights: World
The Hope and The Prayer, the second and third books in The Amish of Cedar Grove series, will be released in December 2019 and June 2020, respectively.
Marta Perry River Haven Series
AMISH OUTSIDER (Book 1 in the series) He returned to River Haven seeking sanctuary, but the past is determined to follow him.
In the wake of his estranged wife’s murder, widower Michael Forster returns to the Amish community he’d left as a teen. He wants a fresh start for himself and his daughter, Allie, away from those who still believe he’s guilty. In River Haven, a quieter life seems possible. If only Allie’s Amish schoolteacher, Catherine Brandt, was easier to ignore.
A problem solver by nature, Cathy can tell Allie’s withdrawn demeanor isn’t due to shyness. But getting through to Allie also means breaching her father’s hardened defenses. What starts as persistence soon grows into an attraction neither Cathy nor Michael saw coming. When the past suddenly threatens both his daughter and the woman he loves, Michael must risk everything to save them. On-sale: July 2019 Romantic Suspense Mass-Market Paperback 384 pages; $7.99 U.S.; River Haven Series Rights Sold: Rights: World • Audio (Dreamscape Media)
Amish Protector, the second book in the River Haven series, will be released in April 2020.
Other series available by Marta Perry: Echo Falls, House of Secrets and Watcher In The Dark
Praise for Marta Perry: “Abundant details turn this Amish romantic thriller series launch into a work of art.” —Publishers Weekly on Where Secrets Sleep (starred review)
“Perry’s story hooks you immediately. Her uncanny ability to seamlessly blend the mystery element with contemporary themes makes this one intriguing read.” —RT Book Reviews on Home by Dark
“Perry skillfully continues her chilling, deceptively charming romantic suspense series with a dark, puzzling mystery that features a sweet romance and a nice sprinkling of Amish culture.” —Library Journal on Vanish in Plain Sight
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