RIGHTS GUIDE FRANKFURT 2012

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RIGHTS GUIDE FRANKFURT 2012

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Table of Contents Pocket Books……..…………………..….…………….………….……..………….……2 Urban Fantasy……………...…………………………………………………………...25 Movie & TV Tie-Ins…………………….……………...………………….……….…..30 Comic Book Tie-Ins/Graphic Novels..………………………………………………....32 Video Game Tie-Ins…………………….……………...………………………..……...33 Star Trek® Books……………….…………….…………….…….………….…….......35 Index of Romance Authors by Genre..……..………….. ……………………………..36

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Pocket Books HUSH / AFTERGLOW/ RELENTLESS / UNTITLED Adair, Cherry May 2011, April 2012, April 2013, February 2014 From The New York Times bestselling author, a sexy new paranormal romantic suspense series featuring the men and women of the Lodestone agency – they can retrieve anything or anyone from anywhere on earth. First title: BLACK MAGIC (7/10). (World English rights. Translation: Trident Media.) HER LAST CHANCE The ‘Avalon’ series Albert, Michele January 2010 The fourth title in Albert’s contemporary romantic suspense series. A hot Philadelphia summer heats up even more when colorful Avalon operative Claudia Cruz and darkly intense FBI agent Vincent DeLuca clash in a battle of wills while chasing down the same art thief. Indiana Jones meets The Da Vinci Code in these fast paced stories. Previous titles in the series: TOUGH ENOUGH (3/07), HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT (5/06) and ONE WAY OUT (3/05).

SILVER SPARKS / GOLD FIRE / UNTITLED 3 Ambrose, Starr December 2011, December 2012, November 2013 A new fun and fast-paced contemporary romance trilogy set in Colorado. First three novels include stand alones LIE TO ME (12/08), OUR LITTLE SECRET (12/09) and THIEVES LIKE US (11/10), featuring Janet and Rocky, an unlikely pair of amateur sleuths who join forces to solve mysteries. (French, Latvian, Japanese, Dutch rights sold.) DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS / DAUGHTER OF LIGHT Andrews, V.C. November 2010, November 2012 The New York Times bestselling author ventures into the world of vampires in this new series. There are over 100 million V.C. Andrews books in print. (UK/Commonwealth, Dutch rights sold.)

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Andrews, V.C. March, October 2011 A new series exploring the dark side of jealousy—and the cruelty of deception. The books tell the story of a homeless teenager, Sasha, whose mother is killed in a terrible car accident. At the hospital she meets a stranger, an older woman named Jordan March, who offers to take her in and adopt her, calling the accident “an act of destiny.” (UK/Commonwealth, Dutch rights sold.) INTO THE DARKNESS Andrews, V.C. March 2012 V.C. Andrews enters the world of ghosts in this second stand-alone paranormal novel. It is summer and for sixteen-year-old Amber, the big event of the year is the recent arrival of her new neighbors, and their seventeen-year-old son Brayden. Amber is shy and introspective, while Brayden is anything but. Amber finds herself drawn to him, but Brayden remains elusive. The more she learns about him, the deeper the mystery becomes. Amber begins to notice some very strange and seemingly inexplicable things, like Brayden's uncanny sixth sense and a sudden feeling of cold she gets around him. (UK/Commonwealth rights sold.) CAPTURING ANGELS Andrews, V.C. August 2012 eBook A young mother struggles to keep her marriage together in the wake of her daughter’s kidnapping…and to keep hope of her return alive. (UK/Commonwealth rights sold.) FORBIDDEN SISTER / UNTITLED Andrews, V.C. March, October 2013 New series from V.C. Andrews, the story of a young woman in search of her wayward older sister. When Emmie Wilcox was seven, her father, frustrated with his 17 year-old daughter Roxanne's misbehavior and defiance, told her to get out. Norton forbid her name be mentioned again and refused to call the police to find her and force her to return. Nearly eight years later, Emmie learns that her sister has become a high-priced New York call girl, living in a fancy hotel only a dozen blocks from where they are. She sets out to spy on her sister and learn more about her, which sets off a series of events and adventures that nearly tear her fragile family apart. (UK/Commonwealth rights sold.)

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‘Doomsday Brethen’ Series Black, Shayla November 2010, TBC The next title in this sexy paranormal series. Drawn from classic Arthurian legend and features the Doomsday Brethen – a team of irresistible heroes reminiscent of the heroes of J.R. Ward's bestselling Black Dagger series: dark, sexy and just a little dangerous. Previous titles: TEMPT ME WITH DARKNESS (9/08), SEDUCE ME IN SHADOW (10/09) and POSSESS ME AT MIDNIGHT (11/09). (Thai, Spanish rights sold.) HAUNTED BY YOUR TOUCH Black, Shayla, Frost, Jeanine, Kohler, Sharie November 2010 Anthology headlined by New York Times bestselling urban fantasy author Jeanne Frost and featuring stories by bestselling paranormal romance authors Sharie Kohler and Shayla Black. NOVACK MURDERS Brown, Julie September 2013 The stunning true crime account behind the grisly and shocking murder of Ben Novack by his wife in a deadly plot to get her hands on his hotel fortunes. TEMPTED ALL NIGHT / WICKED ALL DAY Carlyle, Liz March, September 2009 Pair of Regency romances set in London by NYT bestselling author. In TEMPTED ALL NIGHT Lady Phaedra Northampton a proper English miss is pulled into London’s seedy underworld where she meets and fall in love with jaded spy-for-hire, Tristan Talbot. And in WICKED ALL DAY Miss Zoe Armstrong is whisked away from a ill-conceived romance by her childhood friend Stuart Rowland, the Marquis of Mercer whose own passion for Zoe is soon ignited when the pair are left alone on his country estate. (Australian/NZ, French, Russian, Turkish, Polish, Thai, Norwegian, Indonesian rights sold.)

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The ‘Never’ Trilogy Carlyle, Liz July 2007, August 2007, July 2008 Liz Carlyle’s bestselling Regency trilogy involves a family with dark secrets and dangerous loves. First two titles are: NEVER LIE TO A LADY (6/07) and NEVER DECEIVE A DUKE (8/07). Previous ‘Little Sin’ trilogy: ONE LITTLE SIN (10/05), TWO LITTLE LIES (1/06), THREE LITTLE SECRETS (4/06) and the ‘Devil’ series: NO TRUE GENTLEMAN (7/02), DEVIL YOU KNOW (4/03), DEAL WITH THE DEVIL (3/04) and DEVIL TO PAY (1/05). More than 2 million copies sold to date. (Australian/NZ, French, German, Norwegian, Russian, Polish, Indonesian, Czech, Italian rights sold.) VANISHED IN THE NIGHT / VEILED INTENTIONS Carr, Eileen August 2011, June 2014 Sizzling romantic suspense from an author who “has truly mastered the art of romantic suspense and is a force to be reckoned with.” (Romantic Times). Carr’s first novel was: HOLD BACK THE DARK (3/09). (Norwegian, German rights sold.) A HIGHLANDER CHRISTMAS ‘Highlander’ Series Chapman, Janet October 2009 The seventh novel in Chapman’s ‘Highlander’ romance series featuring a medieval Scottish clan transported through time to modern-day Maine by a matchmaking wizard. Previous Highlander books are: CHARMING THE HIGHLANDER (2/03), LOVING THE HIGHLANDER (5/03), WEDDING THE HIGHLANDER (10/03), TEMPTING THE HIGHLANDER (9/04), ONLY WITH A HIGHLANDER (10/05) and SECRETS OF THE HIGHLANDER (2/08) with 900,000+ copies in print. (German, Spanish, Czech, Thai rights sold.) MOONLIGHT WARRIOR / DRAGON WARRIOR / MYSTICAL WARRIOR ‘Midnight Bay’ Series Chapman, Janet May 2009, February 2010, July 2011 New York Times bestseller Janet Chapman’s new series of paranormal Highlander romances that links to her enormously successful Highlander series through the shapeshifting character of Kenzie Gregor who first featured in SECRETS OF THE HIGHLANDER (2/08). (Czech, Thai rights sold.)

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Chapman, Janet February 2010 The bestselling author of paranormal Highlander romances also writes heartwarming yet sizzling contemporary romance. This is the second novel featuring the sexy Sinclair brothers, following on THE MAN MUST MARRY (11/08) (Czech rights sold). Chapman’s previous contemporary romances are: THE STRANGER IN HER BED (1/07), THE DANGEROUS PROTECTOR (5/05), THE SEDUCTION OF HIS WIFE and THE SEDUCTIVE IMPOSTER (4/04). (German rights sold.) IF YOU DESIRE / IF YOU DECEIVE ‘If You…’ Trilogy Cole, Kresley May, June 2007 The second and third in a trilogy following IF YOU DARE (5/05) featuring three sexy Scottish heroes, all with dangerous careers. One is a spy, one a mercenary and one an assassin. Cole’s previous books have more than 200,000 copies in print. (Russian, German, Spanish, Norwegian, Slovak, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Hungarian, Indonesian, Slovenian rights sold.) LOTHAIRE / MACRIEVE / UNTITLED 11 / UNTITLED 12 ‘Immortals After Dark’ series Cole, Kresley January 2012, May 2013 (Hardcover), February 2014, Feburary 2015 The next novels in Cole’s red hot paranormal series featuring Witches, Demons, Wizards and Valkyries all searching for their one true love. Titles to date: A HUNGER LIKE NO OTHER (4/06), NO REST FOR THE WICKED (11/06), WICKED DEEDS ON A WINTER’S NIGHT (11/07) DARK NEEDS AT NIGHT’S EDGE (5/08), DARK DESIRES AFTER DUSK (6/08), KISS OF A DEMON KING (2/09), PLEASURE OF A DARK PRINCE (3/10) DEMON FROM THE DARK (9/10), and DREAMS OF A DARK WARRIOR (2/11) with more than 1.5 million copies sold. KISS OF A DEMON KING and DREAMS OF A DARK WARRIOR debuted at #1 on The New York Times bestseller list. (UK/Commonwealth, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Thai, Russian, Hungarian, Turkish, Portuguese, Polish, Chinese Complex, Indonesian, Bulgarian, Czech, Slovenian, Croatian rights sold.)

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‘The Dacians’ Series Cole, Kresley December 2012, February, August 2014 #1 New York Times bestseller Kresley Cole introduces The Dacians: Realm of Blood and Mist, a brand new paranormal romance series following the royal bloodline of Dacia, a mysterious vampire kingdom within the Lore (Cole’s world of mythological creatures from the Immortals After Dark series). SHADOW’S CLAIM features Prince Trehan Daciano, a ruthless master assassin who will use every lethal skill he possesses to defend his imperiled kingdom--as well as his newfound princess. When an ancient secret threatens to destroy them all, can Dacia’s notorious prince of shadows keep his bride alive against all odds? (UK/Commonwealth, Thai rights sold.) YOU CANNOLI DIE ONCE / UNTITLED Costa, Shelley June 2013, January 2014 In this cozy mystery, an Italian chef and her cousins start their own investigation to clear their grandmother's name when she's arrested for murder. FLIRTING WITH FOREVER / ACHING FOR ALWAYS / NOVEL SEDUCTION / A TIMELESS BRIDE Cready, Gwyn April, October 2010, October 2011, TBC Fun, sexy time-travel romances with a twist from a fresh new voice in romance. Cready combines the wit of modern chick lit with the romance of historical time travel. Winner of the 2009 RITA award for Best Paranormal Romance. Her debut, TUMBLING THROUGH TIME (2/08), “is fun and sexy and a reading adventure you don’t want to miss.” --Janet Evanovich. Her second novel was SEDUCING MR. DARCY (8/08). (World English rights. Translation: Sterling Lord.) THE SCENT OF JASMINE Deveraux, Jude December 2010 An historical novel set in South Carolina and Florida in 1799. Deveraux’s previous two paperback originals, RETURN TO SUMMERHOUSE (7/08) and CAROLINA ISLE (1/06), each have more than 1 million copies in print. (Russian, Czech, Hebrew, Slovak, Slovenian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Turkish, Greek, Italian rights sold.)

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MOONLIGHT IN THE MORNING / STRANGER IN THE MOONLIGHT / MOONLIGHT MASQUERADE Deveraux, Jude January, December 2012, February 2013 Next three novels set in the author’s world of Edilean, Virginia featuring three women who grew up together and are reunited after years apart. Filled with Deveraux’s trademark charm and masterful storytelling. (Czech, Hebrew, Slovak rights sold.) JUST CURIOUS Deveraux, Jude November 2012 eBook A charming Christmas novella. In the snow-covered hills of Virginia, a young widow finds that miracles really do come in the least expected packages. A LADY’S LESSON IN SCANDAL / AT YOUR PLEASURE / THAT SCANDALOUS SUMMER Duran, Meredith July 2011, April 2012, February 2013 A series from Pocket’s star of Regency romance set in the tense political world of 18 th century Jacobean Britain. Jane Colville resigns herself to marriage with the loathsome Earl of Ruthven to save her family. But when Simon de Vere returns from being imprisoned to claim the earldom as his own, she finds herself trapped in a dangerous game of conspiracy and passion. Previous titles: BOUND BY YOUR TOUCH (7/09), WRITTEN ON YOUR SKIN (8/09) and WICKED BECOMES YOU (5/10). Duran’s debut DUKE OF SHADOWS (3/08) was heralded as a "fascinating, emotionally intense first novel (that) will certainly captivate those seeking a unique setting and unconventional characters.” --Romantic Times. (German, French, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Thai, Spanish, Dutch, Turkish, Chinese Complex, Slovak, Norwegian rights sold.) STAR CROSSED / UNTITLED ‘Star Gazer’ Series Echols, Jennifer March, October 2013 A sizzling new series about a public relations firm, the stars they represent, and everything they’d rather keep private. In STAR CROSSED, Wendy Mann is on top of her game rescuing celebrities from PR scrapes. But when a star she was sent to save nearly gets her fired, she must rehabilitate an impulsive starlet’s career while rubbing up against her arch nemesis from college, the hot and haughty Daniel Blackstone.

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DEMON’S CURSE / SHADOW’S CURSE / WARRIOR’S CURSE Egan, Alexa January, October 2013, February 2014 From debut author Alexa Egan, a new dark and sexy historical paranormal series about shape shifters in Regency-era England. ON SHADOW BEACH / IN SHELTER COVE / AT HIDDEN FALLS / GARDEN OF SECRETS ‘Angel’s Bay’ Series Freethy, Barbara April, May 2010, February, October 2011 A heart-tugging contemporary romance series with a paranormal element from the USA Today bestselling author. Set in Angel’s Bay California where the locals believe that spirits of a centuries old shipwreck make the town a haven for restless souls. First title was SUDDENLY ONE SUMMER (7/09). Freethy is the winner of two RITA awards. (Polish, Turkish rights sold.) THE WAY BACK HOME Freethy, Barbara July 2012 The first in a new heartwarming contemporary romance series from The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, set in the fictional Northern California town of River Rock. RISK NO SECRETS / WITH NO REMORSE / LAST MAN STANDING Gerard, Cindy June 2010, August 2011, February 2012 An exciting series of sexy romantic suspense novels featuring operatives of Black Ops, Inc., a private contracting firm specializing in jobs that the military and the CIA won't touch. Previous titles are SHOW NO MERCY (10/08), TAKE NO PRISONERS (11/08) WHISPER NO LIES (1/09), and FEEL THE HEAT (10/09). (Czech, Thai rights sold.) (Rights to first 3 titles: Maria Carvanis.) KILLING TIME Gerard, Cindy February 2013 An exciting new series featuring Mike “Primetown” Brown, a character from her popular Black Ops, Inc. series.

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MASKED BY MOONLIGHT / CHASED BY MOONLIGHT / CAPTURED BY MOONLIGHT / BOUND BY MOONLIGHT / HUNTER OF SHADOWS / SEEKER OF SHADOWS ‘Moonlight’ series Gideon, Nancy May, June, July 2010, July, November 2011, June 2012 A sexy, paranormal series featuring Charlotte Casissie “Cee Cee,” a homicide detective in New Orleans. Cee Cee is used to investigating grisly killings, what she’s not used to is working alongside New Orleans’s crime boss in order to keep the city from erupting in violence and she definitely isn't used to falling for the crime boss's sexy, shape-shifting right-hand man who, unbeknownst to her, once saved her life. Gideon is an awardwinning author of historical and paranormal romance. (Czech, Thai rights sold.) SHOOT TO KILL / HARD TO GET / READY TO RUN ‘Tracers’ Series Griffin, Laura June, November 2013, May 2014 The latest installments in Griffin’s fast-paced, award-winning romantic suspense series. Previous titles: UNTRACEABLE (12/09), UNSPEAKABLE (7/10), UNFORGIVEABLE (11/10), SNAPPED (8/11), TWISTED (5/12), and SCORCHED (11/12), featuring an elite team of forensic scientists known as the “Tracers” and the cases they help solve. Griffin’s two previous pairs of romantic suspense novels are: ONE LAST BREATH (10/07) / ONE WRONG STEP (5/08) and THREAD OF FEAR (10/08) / WHISPER OF WARNING (4/09). (German, Japanese, Slovak, Norwegian, Polish, French rights sold.) PAYBACK AT MORNING PEAK / UNTITLED Hackman, Gene June 2011, December 2013 Seventeen-year-old Jubal Young discovers that a gang of drunks and outlaws has attacked his family’s farm, raping and murdering Jubal’s mother and sister and leaving Jubal’s father for dead. The memories of his family, his own guilt, and the echoing life lessons of his father, along with the beneficence of a kindly local Judge, help Jubal to seek vengeance on his family’s attackers, pursuing them throughout New Mexico’s gold mining towns—until he has his final vengeance. (Norwegian rights sold.)

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ENEMY LOVER / ENEMY MINE Harlow, Karin June 2010, September 2011 Sexy romantic suspense blended with paranormal elements, featuring L.O.S.T. (Last Option Special Team) femme fatale Jax Cassidy. Jax must first gain the trust of Marcus Cross, an assassin with dark deadly secrets and then eliminate him and his master, Joseph Lazarus, an enemy of the state with a plan to take over the White House. Things get complicated when Jax falls for Cross and discovers he’s a vampire who is quickly rising to the top of Lazarus’ dark empire. HOW TO CAPTURE A COUNTESS / HOW TO PURSUE A PRINCESS / UNTITLED 3 / UNTITLED 4 ‘Duchess Diaries’ Series Hawkins, Karen October 2012, June 2013, November 2013, May 2014 A charming new series, featuring three unruly sisters and their headstrong godmother, the Duchess of Roxburghe, who has a penchant for matchmaking. MUCH ADO ABOUT MARRIAGE / ONE NIGHT IN SCOTLAND / SCANDAL IN SCOTLAND / A MOST DANGEROUS PROFESSION / TAMING OF A SCOTTISH PRINCESS ‘The Hurst Amulet’ Series Hawkins, Karen September, December 2010, June, November 2011, June 2012 A series of Scottish Regency romances from The New York Times bestselling author featuring the Hurst siblings, who first appeared in The MacLean Curse series, and their quest for the family amulet. (Turkish, Russian, Norwegian, Indonesian rights sold.) SLEEPLESS IN SCOTLAND / THE LAIRD WHO LOVED ME ‘The MacLean Curse’ Series Hawkins, Karen August, September 2009 The final titles in Karen Hawkins’ delightful New York Times and USA Today bestselling Highlander-Regency series. The first, HOW TO ABDUCT A HIGHLAND LORD (2/07) has sold more than 192,000, followed by TO SCOTLAND, WITH LOVE (9/07) and TO CATCH A HIGHLANDER (1/08). “Hawkins excels at taking tried-and-true plotlines and turning them into fresh, vibrant books.” -Romantic Times. (Japanese, Russian, Polish, German, Thai, Dutch, Indonesian, Italian, Norwegian, Hungarian rights sold.)

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Hawkins, Karen November 2008, March 2010 Two contemporary romances from The New York Times bestselling author are sparkling, sexy stories. "Full of wonderfully understated humor and some laugh-out-loud moments, this is a fun and engaging tale. The main romance is charming, and the secondary characters make this a very pleasing story with an entertaining mystery and some intriguing family dynamics." – Romantic Times. (Russian rights sold.) BOUND BY NIGHT / UNTITLED Ione, Larissa August 2013, June 2014 The first installment in a sexy new paranormal romance series, a spin-off of Ione's hugely popular DEMONICA series. (World English rights. Translation: Trident Media.)

THE TRUTH ABOUT LORD STONEVILLE / A HELLION IN HER BED / HOW TO WOO A RELUCTANT LADY / TO WED A WILD LORD / A LADY NEVER SURRENDERS ‘Hellions of Hallstead Hall’ Series Jeffries, Sabrina February, October 2010, January, November 2011, February 2012 A Regency romance series where each title features one of the notorious Sharpe siblings. After their parents’ death in a murder/suicide, the five brothers and sisters react to the scandal by thumbing their noses at the world and raising hell. Their grandmother finally decides it’s time to tame their wild ways and threatens to cut off their inheritances if they don’t each marry within the year. THE TRUTH ABOUT LORD STONEVILLE debuted at #5 on New York Times bestseller list. HOW TO WOO A RELUCTANT LADY hit #4. (Russian, Polish, German, Spanish, Turkish, Dutch, Slovak, Hungarian, Greek, and UK/Commonwealth rights sold.)

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‘School For Heiresses’ Series Jeffries, Sabrina June, July 2009 The fifth and sixth installments in the NYT bestselling Regency series that follows the spirited graduates of Mrs. Harris’s School for Young Ladies—unconventional heiresses who are more than matches for society’s most irresistible rogues. Titles are: NEVER SEDUCE A SCOUNDREL (3/06), ONLY A DUKE WILL DO (9/06), BEWARE A SCOT’S REVENGE (6/07) and LET SLEEPING ROGUES LIE (3/08). Jeffries’ previous ‘Royal Brotherhood’ trilogy IN THE PRINCE’S BED (8/04), TO PLEASURE A PRINCE (3/05), and ONE NIGHT WITH A PRINCE (7/05) has 550,000+ copies in print. (Czech, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese Complex, Dutch, Spanish, French, Russian, Slovenian, Indonesian and UK/Commonwealth rights sold.) THE FRENCH MAID Jeffries, Sabrina April 2012 eBook A sizzling Regency historical short story featuring a mysterious French maid who mends marriages. (UK/Commonwealth rights sold.) ‘TWAS THE NIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS Jeffries, Sabrina November 2012 Hardcover A Christmas romance from Pocket’s New York Times bestselling author and her hardcover debut. (UK/Commonwealth rights sold.) BY LOVE UNVEILED Jeffries, Sabrina March 2013 A revised edition of a beloved classic. Lady Marianne Winchilsea is running for her life from those who think she was involved in an attempt to kill the king. Forced to disguise herself, she trusts no one—especially Garrett Lyon, the Earl of Falkham, the man who usurped her family home and who seems to be her most dangerous enemy. Originally published by Penguin/Topaz. (UK/Commonwealth rights sold.)

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‘Duke’s Men’ Series Jeffries, Sabrina July 2013 A new series of historical romances that links Jeffries’ ‘Hellion of Halstead Hall’ Series and her Christmas hardcover, ‘TWAS THE NIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS (HC: 10/12). (UK/Commonwealth rights sold.) DEFIANT / DECEPTION Kennedy, Kris May 2011, August 2012 Pocket is proud to be publishing this RWA Golden Heart award winner’s new medieval romance series. A knight sworn to serve King John sets off to seek a missing heir, even as he pursues his own vengeance on the corrupt monarch. But when he stumbles upon a beautiful thief with an agenda of her own, the two join forces and hearts. Previous titles were published by Kensington. (World English rights. Translation: Irene Goodman.) SILENT TRUTH Kenyon, Sherrilyn and Love, Dianna May 2010 The New York Times bestselling author’s sexy heroes from the B.A.D. Agency are back in her fifth full-length romantic suspense novel. There are over 3 million copies of Kenyon’s books in print. Her books for Pocket include BAD ATTITUDE (9/05), BORN TO BE B.A.D. (9/05), PHANTOM IN THE NIGHT (06/08) and WHISPERED LIES (5/09). (Spanish rights sold.) KILLER LIBRARIAN / UNTITLED Kirwin, Mary Lou December 2012, December 2013 A midwest librarian vacations in London and becomes entangled in a murder mystery when one dead body turns up in the B&B where she is staying—and she fears there will be another—in this first book in an engaging new cozy mystery series. (World English rights. Translation: Marly Rusoff & Associates.)

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MY SOUL TO KEEP / NIGHT FALLS ON THE WICKED / A SOUL SO WICKED ‘Moon Chaser’ Series Kohler, Sharie August 2010, August 2011, January 2013 The latest titles in this exciting paranormal romance series of sexy, sultry tales featuring witches and demons. Previous titles are MARKED BY MOONLIGHT (11/08), KISS OF A DARK MOON (12/08) and TO CRAVE A BLOOD MOON (9/09). (World English rights. Translation rights: Denise Marcil.) HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO ‘The Frasers’ Series Leigh, Ana June 2009 The fourth book in national bestselling author Ana Leigh's thrilling Fraser saga historical romances set in the Old West, featuring the rugged, sexy Fraser brothers and the women who love them. Previous titles are: THE FRASERS: CLAY (5/04), THE LAWMAN SAID ‘I DO’ (1/06), HIS BOOTS UNDER HER BED (1/07) and ONE NIGHT WITH A SWEET TALKING MAN (3/08). (Russian, Hungarian rights sold.) CAN’T TEACH AN OLD DEMON NEW TRICKS ‘Devil Went Down to Dogwood’ Series Lockwood, Cara March 2010 Second title in this witty and fun supernatural series features Rachel Farnsworth, a practical wife and mother whose life changes dramatically when her husband goes missing and she discovers he is in fact a demon. Lockwood is the USA Today bestselling author of I DO (BUT I DON’T) (6/03) and other novels for Downtown Press as well as writing the Bard Academy series for MTV Books. First title was: EVERY DEMON HAS HIS DAY (4/09). (Indonesian rights sold.) FLAWLESS / STARLIGHT / UNTITLED 3 / UNTITLED 4 Lofty, Carrie September 2011, July 2012, October 2013, June 2014 The first two titles in a beautifully written historical romance series that follows four siblings across Queen Victoria’s empire.

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A YEAR OF LIVING SCANDALOUSLY / REVENGE OF LORD EBERLIN / SEDUCTION OF LADY X / LAST DUBUTANTE ‘The Secrets of Hadley Green’ Series London, Julia November 2010, March, April 2012, March 2013 A new Regency historical series from New York Times bestselling author Julia London. She continues her trademark style of sexy lords and beautiful ladies but adds a mysterious twist. (Czech, Spanish, Russian rights sold.) ONE SEASON OF SUNSHINE / LIGHT AT WINTER’S END London, Julia July 2010, February 2011 From The New York Times bestselling historical romance author, two passionate contemporary love stories. School teacher Jane Aaron cancels her summer vacation plans and goes to Cedar Springs to find her birth mother. There she meets Asher Price, a wealthy widower who hires Jane to look after his children and ends up falling love with Jane. London’s first contemporary romance was SUMMER OF TWO WISHES (9/09). (French, Polish rights sold.) ‘SCANDALOUS’ Trilogy London, Julia September 2008, May, November 2009 A Regency romance trilogy from the USA Today and New York Times bestselling author. The stories are based on an actual document known as “The Book” which Princess Caroline wrote in 1806 about the scandals surrounding her estranged husband, the Prince of Wales, the Royal family and the English court. As always, London delivers stories of treachery and intrigue filled with passionate desire: THE BOOK OF SCANDAL (9/08), HIGHLAND SCANDAL (5/09) and A COURTESAN’S SCANDAL (11/09). (Polish, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Dutch, Indonesian, Italian, Slovenian rights sold.) ‘DESPERATE DEBUTANTES’ Trilogy London, Julia June 2006, April, November 2007 From the bestselling author, a sexy and humorous Regency trilogy about three aristocratic sisters who resort to desperate means to keep up appearances when they are left destitute by their stepfather: THE HAZARDS OF HUNTING A DUKE (6/06), THE PERILS OF PURSUING A PRINCE (4/07) and THE DANGERS OF DECEIVING A VISCOUNT (11/07). London’s previous ‘Highlander’ trilogy (HIGHLANDER UNBOUND (2/04), IN DISGUISE (2/05), IN LOVE (8/05)) have 500,000+ in print. (Spanish, Japanese, German, Czech, French, Norwegian, Polish, Italian, Thai rights sold.)

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SUSANNA’S CHOICE / CLAIMING THE HEART/ TALLIE’S HERO / RIMFIRE BRIDE / LIEUTENANT’S LADY / LOVE GOES WEST Luck, Sara January 2011, May, September 2012, March, June, August 2013 Debut novelist Sara Luck bursts onto the romance scene with this sultry Western series set along the Oregon Trail during the tumultuous frontier days of the American West. (Norwegian rights sold.) THE UNDEAD IN MY BED MacAlister, Katie, Sims, Jessica, Harper, Molly October 2012 A sizzling vampire romance anthology headlined by NYT and USA Today bestselling author Katie MacAlister. Features the novellas SHADES OF GRAY by MacAlister, OUT WITH A FANG by Sims, and UNDEAD SUBLET by Harper, which tells the story of Tess and a stranger in her bed… BEST OF FRIENDS Mallery, Susan October 2010 The New York Times bestselling author’s second work of women’s fiction. Featuring Rebecca Worden, a jewelry heiress, and Jayne Scott, who was taken in by the Wordens when Jayne’s mother passed away. The two find that loyalties are tested and friendships broken when love threatens their status quo. Will appeal to fans of Susan Wiggs and Mary Alice Monroe. Her first women’s fiction was SUNSET BAY (3/09). ‘THE MARCELLI’ Series Mallery, Susan September 2003 – February 2007 A five book series of delightful contemporary romances centered on the Marcelli Family. Titles are: THE SPARKLING ONE (9/03), SASSY ONE (10/03), and SEDUCTIVE ONE (11/03). THE MARCELLI BRIDE (5/06) and THE MARCELLI PRINCESS (2/07) together have sold more than 220,000 copies. (Norwegian, Japanese, Estonian, Thai, Turkish, German rights sold.)

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A HIGHLANDER’S DESTINY / A HIGHLANDER’S HOMECOMING / HEALING THE HIGHLANDER / HIGHLANDER’S CURSE ‘Daughters of the Glen’ Series Mayhue, Melissa January, February 2010, March, April 2011 The next titles in this lively time travel historical romance series. Previous titles are: THIRTY NIGHTS WITH A HIGHLAND HUSBAND (7/07), HIGHLAND GUARDIAN (11/07), SOUL OF A HIGHLANDER (6/08), A HIGHLANDER OF HER OWN (2/09). (German, Japanese rights sold.) WARRIOR’S REDEMPTION / WARRIOR’S RETURN / WARRIOR REBORN / UNTITLED Mayhue, Melissa January, November 2012, September, November 2013 Award-winning author Melissa Mayhue spins off her beloved ‘Daughters of the Glen’ series, once again combining time-travel and the Scottish Highlands, but this time with a touch of Norse mythology. DARK WARRIOR UNTAMED ‘Talions’ Series Morgan, Alexis August 2010 Third title in an exciting paranormal romance series where rugged warriors must protect their kind from the outside world and hunt down and punish those who have gone rogue. The first title DARK WARRIOR UNLEASHED (8/08) was described as “Red Hot!” – The Romantic Times. The second title is DARK WARRIOR UNBROKEN (8/09). 230,000+ copies in print. (Thai rights sold.) DEFEAT THE DARKNESS / BOUND BY DARKNESS / DARKNESS BEYOND ‘Paladins of Darkness’ Series Morgan, Alexis February 2010, May, June 2011 The next three titles in the author’s sexy paranormal romance series featuring immortal warriors who willingly die again and again in an eternal battle to protect humanity--and the women they love. Morgan is the pseudonym of Pat Pritchard, the popular author of more than a dozen romance novels. Previous Paladin titles are: DARK PROTECTOR (7/06), DARK DEFENDER (12/06), IN DARKNESS REBORN (7/07), REDEEMED IN DARKNESS (12/07), and DARKNESS UNKNOWN (2/09). The series already has 400,000+ copies in print. Morgan’s next Paladin adventure will be featured in DARKNESS ON FIRE (2/13), an anthology with bestselling author Susan Sizemore. (Spanish, German rights sold.)

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GENTLEMEN PREFER SUCCUBI / SUCCUBI LIKE IT HOT / MY FAIR SUCCUBI ‘Succubus Diaries’ Series Myles, Jill January, February, December 2010 Heralding a sassy new voice in paranormal fiction. Jackie Brighton has a problem: a recent one-night stand turns out to be an angel named Noah, while the man who mugs her soon after her night of passion is in fact a vampire called Zane. The combination of angel-sex and vampire-bite has turned her into a succubus and a man-magnet to boot. The problem is, if she doesn’t relieve her new sexual itch frequently, she will die. Myles’s writing will appeal to fans of Katie MacAlistair’s Aisling Gray series and Mary Janice Davidson’s Undead series. (Thai, Czech rights sold.) CAGED WARRIOR / BLOOD WARRIOR Piper, Lindsey July, August 2013 A fierce and sensual new paranormal romance series featuring demonic gladiators, ruthless mafia villains, and the Dragon Kings, a proud and ancient race on the brink of extinction. When a sadistic scientist imprisons and tortures Audrey MacLaren, an exile from the Dragon Kings, he sends her to fight in the Cages. If she can use her astonishing pyrokenesis to survive a year, she will be reunited with her son. (World English rights. Translation: Marshal Lyon Literary Agency.) EARL OF DARKNESS / LORD OF SHADOWS / HEIR OF DANGER ‘Heirs of Kilronan’ Series Rickloff, Alix January, July 2011, January 2012 A new series of Irish Regency paranormal titles featuring characters from a mysterious Irish family with links going back to King Arthur. Marks Rickloff’s debut on the Pocket list. (German rights sold.) SCANDALOUS / IRRESISTIBLE / SHAMELESS ‘The Banning Sisters’ Trilogy Robards, Karen March 2001, March 2002, April 2010 Hardcover Robards’ sexy Banning Sisters trilogy of Regency-era historical romances in which three sisters take their rightful place as the belles of Regency England. Over one million copies sold of SCANDALOUS and IRRESISTIBLE. (Norwegian, Slovak, Czech, Japanese, Latvian, Italian, Indonesian, Turkish, Russian, German, Polish, Spanish rights sold).

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ISLAND FLAME / SEA FIRE Robards, Karen February 2012, March 2012 Reissues of two previously published historical romances from The New York Times bestselling author, featuring adventure and passion on the high seas. FORBIDDEN LOVE Robards, Karen February 2013 A reissue of spellbinding fan favorite about a headstrong young beauty and her aristocratic guardian who are torn between passion and propriety. FATAL FRIENDS, DEADLY NEIGHBORS ‘Ann Rule’s Crime Files’ Series Rule, Ann December 2012 From the bestselling true crime writer in America comes the sixteenth volume of Ann Rule’s Crime Files. This time the Queen of True Crime explores the unsolved case of a billionaire's son mysteriously falling off a balcony to his death. ECSTASY IN DARKNESS / DARK TASTE OF RAPTURE / UNTITLED 7 ‘Alien Huntress’ Series Showalter, Gena November 2010, September 2011, November 2013 The seventh and eighth titles in Showalter’s exciting paranormal alien huntress series that started with AWAKEN ME DARKLY (6/05), ENSLAVE ME SWEETLY (6/06), SAVOR ME SLOWLY (1/08), and SEDUCE THE DARKNESS (7/09). Showalter’s books for HQN have exploded on the Times list. (World English rights. Translation rights: Deirdre Knight.) LAST KISS GOODNIGHT ‘Otherworld Assassin’ Series Showalter, Gena January 2013 The first in a new paranormal romance series by the New York Times bestselling author. Featuring a black ops agent who is captured and enslaved in a supernatural zoo where “other-worlders” are the main attraction in another world. (World English rights. Translation rights: Deirdre Knight.)

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DARKNESS ETERNAL Showalter, Gena January 2015 Trade Paper A bind up of RED HANDED (6/07) and BLACKLISTED (7/07), two of Showalter’s teen alien huntress novels. (World English rights. Translation: Deirdre Knight) BEAUTY DATES THE BEAST / DESPERATELY SEEKING SHAPESHIFTER / MUST LOVE FANGS ‘Midnight Liaisons’ Series Sims, Jessica November 2011, November 2012, September 2013 From a debut author, the first three books in a sizzling new series about a paranormal dating service called Midnight Liaisons. When Bathsheba Ward's younger sister Sarah screws up a VIP account, Bath steps in and goes on the date as a stand-in. Beau Russell, the head of the Paranormal Alliance, isn't quite like any man she's dated before. He's rich, good looking...and occasionally has a tail. Now that he's dating her, other members of the Alliance are starting to take notice...and it might just cost Bathsheba her life, not to mention her heart. In the second book, Sarah Ward is traded to a wolf clan in exchange for a female werecougar. Fearful of what might happen to her, she fakes an engagement with a werebear for protection, but she never expected their pretend engagement would lead to love. PRIMAL INSTINCTS / PRIMAL HEAT ‘Vampire Prime’ Series Sizemore, Susan August 2010, August 2012 The latest sizzling tale in Sizemore’s line of sexy contemporary vampire romances. Previous titles are: I BURN FOR YOU (10/03), I THIRST FOR YOU (6/04), I HUNGER FOR YOU (4/05), MASTER OF DARKNESS (2/06), PRIMAL HEAT (7/06), PRIMAL DESIRES (9/07), PRIMAL NEEDS (1/09), and DARK STRANGER (11/09), which have sold more than 1 million copies to date. A new Prime novella will be featured in DARKNESS ON FIRE (2/13), an anthology with a story by Morgan Alexis. (UK/Commonwealth, French, Japanese, Thai, Turkish rights sold.) A DIET TO DIE FOR Steding, Sarah May 2013 An event planner and yo-yo dieter finds herself embroiled in an intense murder investigation where she must catch the killer...and lose that extra twenty pounds.

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KISS OF DARKNESS / BRIDE OF THE WOLF / MISTRESS OF TREVELYAN St. Giles, Jennifer April, May, July 2009 From award-winning romance author Jennifer St. Giles, the third and fourth paranormal romances featuring ‘The Shadowmen,’ a band of warriors from back in time who battle against present-day evil forces, and the women whose fierce love has the power to protect them. The previous books in the series are: TOUCH A DARK WOLF (9/06) and THE LURE OF THE WOLF (7/07). AN AFFAIR WITH MR. KENNEDY / A DANGEROUS LIASON WITH DETECTIVE LEWIS / PRIVATE DUEL WITH AGENT GUNN / UNTITLED ‘Gentlemen of Scotland Yard’ Series Stone, Jillian February, September 2012, December 2012, December 2013 New novels from 2010 Golden Heart winner Jillian Stone. Detective Zeno “Zak” Kennedy is considered a hero in London after breaking up a plot against the Crown. But villainy never sleeps, and now he’s after a ring of anarchists plotting a bombing campaign. When he discovers that one of these treacherous lords is acquainted with his new tenant, widowed Cassie St. Cloud, he sets out to get closer to the lady, and soon they’re enmeshed in a passionate affair. In the second book, Detective Rafe Lewis and his former fiancé embark on a high-speed race against the clock to evade a madman hell-bent on murdering industrialists and inventors. (Russian rights sold.) MASTER OF CRAVING ‘Bloodsword Legacy’ Series Tabke, Karin June 2009 The talented and versatile author brings her wonderfully sexy voice to this historical romance series set in medieval England. The first two titles in the series: MASTER OF SURRENDER (7/08) and MASTER OF TORMENT (11/08). (Spanish, Japanese, Thai, French rights sold.)

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ALL SEEING EYE Thurman, Rob August 2012 A supernatural thriller from the NYT bestselling author of the Cal Leandros series (Roc). Picking up a small pink shoe from the grass forever changed young Jackson Lee’s life. Not only did its presence mean that his sister Tessa was dead—murdered and stuffed in the deep, black water of a narrow well—but the shoe itself told him so. The years quickly take him from state homes to the streets to grifting in a seedy carnival, until he finally becomes the cynical ‘All Seeing Eye,’ psychic-for-hire. Jackson think he has left his troubled past behind and found a semblance of peace…until the government blackmails him into assisting them a bizarre experiment gone violently wrong. (World English rights. Translation: Knight Agency.) FETCH Thurman, Rob October 2013 A supernatural thriller set in a small town along the Mississippi River. (World English rights. Translation: Knight Agency.) MURDER TAKES THE CAKE / KILLER SWEET TOOTH / BATTERED TO DEATH ‘Daphne Martin Cake Mystery’ Series Trent, Gayle March, October 2011, October 2013 In this delicious cozy mystery series, cake decorator and amateur sleuth Daphne Martin gets her hands dirty when she finds herself in the middle of murder investigations in her small Virginia hometown. WHEN HELL CAME TO TEXAS Vaughan, Robert June 2013 A classic western novel surrounding the arrival of a stranger in Wardell, Texas, after the Civil War—and the trouble that follows him.

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BADLANDS BRIDE / UNTITLED Wood, Adrianne December 2012, December 2013 Steamy Westerns from a new talent. When a feisty heiress about to marry a wealthy Boston gentleman visits her grandfather in the Colorado badlands only to cross paths with a frontier journalist whose career has hit rock bottom, worlds collide in ways neither could ever imagine.

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URBAN FANTASY SURRENDER THE DARK / CONQUER THE DARK Banks, L. A. April, October 2011 The New York Times bestselling author joins Pocket with a new urban fantasy series featuring angels who have been sent to earth to gather an army to fight in the coming battle between Light and Dark. When Celeste Jackson meets the angel Azrael she is completely down on her luck. With his guidance she turns her life around but Azrael is drawn to her in a way that can only lead to disaster because when an angel falls in love with a human, he forfeits his chance to return home to the Light forever. MASTER OF NONE / MASTER AND APPRENTICE Bateman, Sonya April 2010, April 2011 An exciting new urban fantasy series featuring Gavyn Donatti, a thief who must work with a djinn -- a genie -- in order to save his son's life. Unfortunately, this isn’t a kindly creature eager to grant three wishes but an overgrown and extremely surly man who seemingly hates Donatti on the spot. So why is he helping Donatti? Because Ian, the djinn, is the last of his clan-- and Donatti is his only remaining human descendant. (World English rights. Translation: Donald Maass.) EMBERS / SPARKS Bickle, Laura April, September 2010 Juno/Pocket Sizzling stories set in Detroit where phantoms regularly invade homes and businesses and a supernatural arsonist seeks an ancient power that will leave the city in cinders. Anya Kalinczyk is an arson investigator in the Detroit Fire Department by day. At night— accompanied by a salamander named Sparky and an eccentric group of ghost hunters— she pursues malicious spirits. (Russian, German rights sold.) AMAZON INK / AMAZON QUEEN Devoti, Lori June 2009, April 2010 Juno/Pocket A thrilling new series about a modern-day Amazon. Mel Sarka is trying to lead a normal life with her teenage daughter, Harmony but she cannot ignore her heritage when two girls are killed and left at her door. Mel does the one thing she had vowed never to do and reconciles with the Amazons. Devoti is a popular romance author who is branching out into the red-hot world of urban fantasy. 25

SPIDER’S BITE / WEB OF LIES / VENOM / TANGLED THREADS / SPIDER’S REVENGE / BY A THREAD / WIDOW’S WEB / DEADLY STING / HEART OF VENOM / THE SPIDER / UNTITLED ‘Elemental Assassin’ Series Estep, Jennifer February, June, October 2010, May, October 2011, March, September 2012, April, September 2013, January 2014, TBD A fast-paced new urban fantasy series filled with vampires, giants, dwarves and elementals – people who can control one of the four elements – Air, Stone, Ice, and Fire. Featuring Gin Blanco a kick-butt female assassin also known as “Spider” whose day job is as a cook at a BBQ joint in Tennessee. Gin is also one of the rare elementals who can control two elements – Ice and Stone. (French, Russian, Polish, Serbian, Thai, German rights sold.) CARNIEPUNK Estep, Jennifer, Thurman, Rob, Caine, Rachel, and McGuire, Seanan August 2013 A star-studded urban fantasy anthology featuring bestselling authors like Rachel Caine and Jennifer Estep, whose stories will explore the creepy, mysterious, and possibly magical world of traveling carnivals. BETTER PART OF DARKNESS / DARKEST EDGE OF DAWN / HOUR OF DUST AND ASHES / SHADOWS BEFORE THE SUN The ‘Charlie Madigan’ Series Gay, Kelly November 2009, August 2010, August 2011, August 2012 An exciting urban fantasy series featuring Charlie Madigan, divorced mother of one and former cop trained to take down the toughest criminals. Written in the tradition of Vicki Pettersson and Jenna Black. (World English rights. Translation: Fineprint Literary Management) SHADOW BLADE / SHADOW CHASE / SHADOW FALL ‘Shadowchaser’ Series Glass, Seressia February 2010, July 2010, August 2011 Juno/Pocket A thrilling new urban fantasy series featuring Kira Soloman, a multi-racial bounty hunter. By day Kira is an antiquities specialist cataloging ancient magical artifacts. By night she is a Shadowchaser – a bounty hunter in the service of the Guardians of Light whose job it is to protect the world from the Shadow of Chaos. (World English rights. Translation: Bent Agency.) 26

DEAD ON THE DELTA / BLOOD ON THE BAYOU Jay, Stacey May 2011, April 2012 An entertaining urban fantasy series set in present day Louisiana in which fairies are the size of mosquitoes and have poisonous bites that drive humans insane and sometimes to their deaths. (World English rights. Translation: Johnson Literary.) PERSONAL DEMONS / DEMON INSIDE / DEMON POSSESSED Kane, Stacia April 2008, July 2009, March 2010 Juno/Pocket Urban fantasy novels featuring psychologist and psychic Megan Chase, who battles it out with monstrous demons intent on killing her. Action and humor combine in these novels and they will appeal to fans of Charlaine Harris and Patricia Briggs. (Norwegian rights sold.) TRANCE / CHANGELING ‘Metawars’ Series Meding, Kelly October 2011, July 2012 Urban fantasy series featuring an X-Men-like group of young people with super powers who must find a way to work together to save war-ravaged Los Angeles. (World English rights. Translation: Lyons Literary.) A BRUSH OF DARKNESS / A SLIVER OF SHADOW / TRACE OF MOONLIGHT The ‘Abby Sinclair’ Series Pang, Allison February 2011, March, November 2012 Six months after Abby’s escape from Maurice’s painting, she’s finally settling into a more stable life in the OtherWorld. When princess Moira is called away to the Faerie Court, she leaves Abby in charge. During Moira’s absence, another Fae woman casts a spell that backfires and results in the Queen of Faeries closing the CrossRoad completely. But Abby discovers she has a necklace that will allow her to override the Queen’s magic. Abby ventures onto the CrossRoads to reach the Queen who has become afflicted with madness, only to find the Faerie on the brink of war with Hell. And that’s when the real trouble begins…. (World English rights. Translation: FinePrint.)

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BENEATH THE SKIN / ETCHED IN BONE / ON MIDNIGHT WINGS / UNTITLED ‘The Maker’s Song’ Series Phoenix, Adrian January 2010, March 2011, April 2012, September 2013 A critically acclaimed fantasy series featuring FBI Special Agent Heather Wallace and her rock n’ roll star vampire lover, Dante. Entertainment Weekly gave the first title A RUSH OF WINGS (1/08) an ‘A’ rating calling it “hard-charging action…steamy sex scenes, and a surprising government conspiracy...engrossingly fun.” Second title: IN THE BLOOD (1/09). (German, Brazilian Portuguese rights sold.) BLACK DUST MAMBO / BLACK HEART LOA Phoenix, Adrian July 2010, July 2011 An exciting new series from the author of The Maker’s Song series introduces Kallie Riviere, a young voodoo priestess from New Orleans who gets caught up in murder and mayhem. BOYFRIEND FROM HELL / DAMN HIM TO HELL ‘Saturn’s Daughter’ Series Quaid, Jamie August 2012, July 2013 Justine (Tina) Clancy is just an ordinary law student with an arrest record, a part-time job in Baltimore’s radioactive Zone, and a family secret so bizarre even she doesn’t believe it. That is, until in a fit of fury she damns her boyfriend to hell—and it’s exactly where he ends up. Much to her surprise, Tina is apparently one of Saturn’s daughters, with the power to wield vigilante justice. HALLOWED CIRCLE / FATAL CIRCLE / ARCANE CIRCLE / WICKED CIRCLE / SHATTERED CIRCLE ‘Circle’ Series Robertson, Linda January, July 2010, January, December 2011, February 2013 Juno/Pocket The exciting urban fantasy series featuring Persephone ‘Seph’ Alcmedi, a modern-day witch in a world inhabited by vampires, faeries and werewolves continues. Seph finds herself torn between a sexy rock n’ roll werewolf and a charming, powerful vampirewizard. The first title was VICIOUS CIRCLE (7/09). For fans of Charlene Harris and Patricia Briggs. (German rights sold.)

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TRICKSTER / FABRICATOR Somers, Jeff March, November 2013 From master storyteller Jeff Somers comes a gritty new urban fantasy series starring a pair of unlikely heroes: low-life blood mages caught up in a violent scheme not of their own making. (World English rights. Translation: Fine Print Literary.) RISE AGAIN / RISE AGAIN: BELOW ZERO Tripp, Ben October 2010 / July 2013 Trade Paperback / Mass Market Paperback Debut novel set in the small town of Forest Peak, California, where the lives of several individuals are about to be forever altered--the world as they know it is crumbling around them. Something completely unnatural is occurring, the dead walk again and the zombie apocalypse is upon them. “Tripp’s debut is a thrilling page-turner that will delight fans of zombie fiction and post-apocalyptic stories, including Charlie Huston’s Sleepless and Justin Cronin’s The Passage.” —Booklist (German rights sold.) DARK ORACLE / ROGUE ORACLE Williams, Alayna June 2010, February 2011 The first two titles in a gripping new urban fantasy series featuring former criminal profiler Tara Sheridan, who once combined Tarot card divination with her own intuition to escape a serial killer who left her scarred for life. She put down her cards and withdrew from work and society but gets drawn back in when asked to locate a missing scientist who has unlocked the destructive secrets of dark energy.

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MOVIE & TV TIE-INS CSI CSI LAS VEGAS DOUBLE DEALER, SIN CITY, COLD BURN, BODY OF EVIDENCE, GRAVE MATTERS, BINDING TIES, KILLING GAME, SNAKE EYES, IN EXTREMIS, NEVADA ROSE, HEADHUNTER, BRASS IN POCKET, THE KILLING JAR, BLOOD QUANTUM, DARK SUNDAYS, SKIN DEEP, SHOCK TREATMENT, THE BURNING SEASON Collins, Max Allen (#1-8), Goddard, Ken (#9), Preisler, Jerome (#10, #16), Greg Cox (#11, #17), Marriotte, Jeff (#12, #14, #18), Cortez, Donn (#13, #15) Nov ‘01, Oct ’02, April ’03,Oct ’03, Oct ’04, Apr ’05, Nov ’05, Sept ’06, Nov ’07, July ’08, Nov ’08, Feb ’09, Sept ’09, Nov ’09, Mar ’10, June ’10, Sept ’10, Dec ’10, June ‘11 A series of novels based on the critically acclaimed #1 hit CBS television series seen around the world, revealing the little known heroes of police work: the forensic sleuths of Crime Scene Investigation. (UK/Commonwealth, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Thai, Korean, Dutch, Japanese, Bulgarian, Turkish, Croatian, Hungarian, Chinese Complex, Chinese Simplified, Brazilian Portuguese, Finnish, Estonian, Portuguese, Czech, Slovenian, Polish, Greek rights sold.) CSI MIAMI FLORIDA GETAWAY, HEAT WAVE, CULT FOLLOWING, RIPTIDE, HARM FOR THE HOLIDAYS: MISGIVINGS, HARM FOR THE HOLIDAYS: HEART ATTACK, CUT AND RUN, RIGHT TO DIE Collins, Max Allen (#1 & 2), Cortez, Donn (#3-7), Mariotte, Jeff (#8) Aug ’03, June ’04, Jan ’06, Aug ’06, Dec ’06, Feb ’07, Mar ’08, Sept ‘08 A series of novels based on the hit spin-off series CSI: MIAMI. Set in tropical Miami, a crack team of forensic scientists is led by David Caruso and now broadcast in 47 countries. (UK/Commonwealth, German, French, Korean, Dutch, Hungarian, Spanish, Italian, Turkish, Chinese Complex, Thai, Polish, Japanese, Czech Portuguese, Chinese Simplified, Greek rights sold.) CSI NEW YORK DEAD OF WINTER, BLOOD ON THE SUN, DELUGE, FOUR WALLS Kaminsky, Stuart M. (#1-3), DeCandido, Keith R.A. (#4) Sep ’05, April ’06, June ‘07, May ‘08 The third CSI series starring Gary Sinise began in Fall 2004. Like its predecessors, the series follows forensic investigators who use high-tech science to follow the evidence and solve strange, unsolvable crimes. Detective Mack Taylor and his partner, Stella Bonasera lead a team of experts in the gritty and kinetic city that never sleeps. (UK/Commonwealth, Dutch, French, Korean, Italian, German, Thai, Japanese, Hungarian, Spanish, Chinese Complex, Estonian, Chinese Simplified, Polish, Greek rights sold.) 30

GHOST HUNTING / SEEKING SPIRITS / GHOST TOWN Hawes, Jason, Wilson, Grant and Michael, Jan October 2007, October 2009, October 2011, October 2013 Trade Paperback The real-life adventures of the paranormal investigators/plumbers who star in the #1 hit SyFy Channel television show Ghost Hunters featuring never before told accounts of Hawes and Wilson’s investigations. (Polish, French rights sold.) STAR TREK (Movie Tie-In) Foster, Alan Dean May 2009 Trade Paperback Novelization of the hit movie sensation. Directed by J.J. Abrams’ (Lost, Transformers, Mission Impossible 3) the film tells the story of James T. Kirk and Spock before the start the start of the original series. Starring, Chris Pine, Winona Ryder, Eric Bana, Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy. Opened in the U.S. to rave reviews: “Blasting onto the screen at warp speed and remaining there for two hours, the new and improved ‘Star Trek’ will transport fans to sci-fi nirvana.” –Variety. (UK/Commonwealth, German, Japanese, French, Italian, Czech, Turkish rights sold.).

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COMIC BOOK TIE-INS/GRAPHIC NOVELS

THE CROW O’Barr, James New Special Edition, July 2011 Trade Paperback A reissue of the classic graphic novel that was the basis for the hit movie and television show. With thirty pages of new material. (UK, Spanish, Italian, French, Czech rights sold.) 30 DAYS OF NIGHT Series RUMORS OF THE UNDEAD, IMMORTAL REMAINS, ETERNAL DAMNATION, LIGHT OF DAY, FEAR OF THE DARK Niles, Steve (#1-3), Mariotte, Jeff (#4), Lebbon, Tim (#5) Mar ‘06, Aug ‘07, Aug ’08, Oct ’09, June ‘10 A series of novels based on the terrifying world of the comic books 30 Days of Night (IDW Publishing), one of the most acclaimed horror sagas in recent years. Each winter, complete darkness descends on Barrow, Alaska for 30 days. As the darkness descends, vampires move in. Pocket also publishes the novelization of the 30 DAYS OF NIGHT movie from Sony Pictures (October ‘07). (German, Thai, Italian, Spanish rights sold.)

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VIDEO GAME TIE-INS

DOOM 1-4 KNEE-DEEP IN THE DEAD, HELL ON EARTH, INFERNAL SKY, ENDGAME Ab Hugh, Dafydd August 1995 (1 + 2), June 1996 (3 + 4) The original four novels based on the first issue of this mega-selling game. More than 650,000 copies in print of the series. Pocket also published the tie-in to DOOM, the feature film starring The Rock (10/05). (German, Czech, Russian, Bulgarian, Italian rights sold.) HELLGATE LONDON 1-3 EXODUS, GOETIA, COVENANT Odom, Mel July 2007, March, September 2008 A series of novels expanding on the universe of the much-anticipated Hellgate videogame from Flagship Studios, the makers of the original Diablo. The game is set in the city of London, in the aftermath of a demonic invasion. (UK/Commonwealth, German, Chinese Simplified, Czech, French, Russian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Italian rights sold.) STAR TREK ONLINE: THE NEEDS OF MANY Martin, Michael A., Sisko, Jake April 2010 An original novel based on the massive multiplayer online role-playing game STAR TREK ONLINE. Set exclusively in the Star Trek universe, players can pioneer their own destiny as captain of a Federation starship or a Klingon Warlord. Players will also have the opportunity to visit iconic locations from Star Trek and reach out to unexplored star systems and make contact with new alien species. (Italian rights sold.) GUILD WARS: BOOKS 1-3 GHOSTS OF ASCALON / EDGE OF DESTINY / SEA OF SORROWS Forbeck, Matt & Jeff Grubb, King, J. Robert, Savile, Steven August 2010, January 2011, July 2013 Three original novels based on the award-winning epic fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game. The franchise includes the original Guild Wars, Guild Wars Factions, Guild Wars Nightfall and Guild Wars: Eyes of the North. Sales of the games have surpassed six million units. The highly anticipated GUILD WARS 2 was released in January 2011. GHOSTS OF ASCALON links the first two games. The second two titles will be based on Guild Wars 2. (German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, French, Polish, Turkish, Hungarian, Czech rights sold.) 33

GEARS OF WAR: COALITION’S END / THE SLAB Traviss, Karen August 2011, April 2013 Hardcover Two novelizations of the phenomenally successful XBox 360 / PC military sci-fi action game from Epic Games. Traviss is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and the writer of the Gears 3 game. These award-winning video games have sold more than 12 million units worldwide. (UK/Commonwealth, Russian, Italian, Hungarian, German rights sold.) BORDERLANDS: THE FALLEN / UNCONQUERED / UNTITLED 3 Shirley, John November 2011, October 2012, September 2013 Trade Paper / Mass Market Paperback Diablo meets Halo in Gearbox Software's BORDERLANDS, the wildly popular science fiction first-person shooter for the XBox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.
 More than 3 million units of BORDERLANDS have been sold since 2009, and four downloadable expansion packs have been released. An acclaimed figure in horror and fantasy, John Shirley is widely considered, along with William Gibson and Neal Stephenson, to be one of the fathers of the cyberpunk genre in science fiction. (Italian rights sold.)

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STAR TREK® BOOKS Pocket Books is the exclusive publisher of Star Trek® Books. The program encompasses original mass market, hardcover and trade paperback fiction based on the five television series as well as one original series (New Frontier) created by Pocket, hardcover and trade paperback gift and reference books, special subject, trivia and fan books, and calendars. There are usually 5-10 novels published each year. The Star Trek Encyclopedia and The Star Trek Chronology are backlist keystones and illustrated reference titles are periodically added. Please contact Pocket Books for complete title/schedule information.

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Index of Romance Authors by Genre Contemporary Romance Chapman, Janet Freethy, Barbara Hawkins, Karen London, Julia Mallery, Susan Contemporary Romantic Suspense Albert, Michele Ambrose, Starr Carr, Eileen Gerard, Cindy Griffin, Laura Harlow, Karin Kenyon, Sherrilyn St. Claire, Roxanne Highlander Romance Chapman, Janet Hawkins, Karen London, Julia Mayhue, Melissa Historical Romance Cready, Gwyn (WE rights) Deveraux, Jude Duran, Meredith Hawkins, Karen Leigh, Ana Lofty, Carrie Luck, Sara Kennedy, Kris (WE rights) Robards, Karen Stone, Jillian Tabke, Karin Wood, Adrianne Regency Romance Carlyle, Liz Cole, Kresley Duran, Meredith Jeffries, Sabrina Lindsey, Johanna (Gallery Rights Guide) London, Julia Rickloff, Alix Robards, Karen Paranormal Adair, Cherry (WE rights) Andrews, V.C. Black, Shayla Cole, Kresley Egan, Alexa Gideon, Nancy Ione, Larissa (WE rights) Kohler, Sharie (WE rights)

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