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Rights Guide Table of contents: 47North. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Grand Harbor Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Jet City Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Lake Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Little A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Montlake Romance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 New Harvest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Thomas & Mercer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

47North, whose name is based on the latitude coordinates for Seattle, offers a wide array of new novels and cult favorites for avid readers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

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THE FOREWORLD SAGA SERIES The Foreworld Saga is an alternate history epic that spans continents and centuries. It follows a secret order called the OMVI that is bound by honor to protect humankind. The Foreworld Saga includes The Mongoliad trilogy, short stories called SideQuests, and future prose and graphic novel. Including work by an array of amazing authors, including Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, Nicole Galland, Mark Teppo, Joseph Brassey, Erik Bear, and Cooper Moo, and more, The Foreworld Saga is storytelling on an immense scale. This epic alternative history has broad appeal.

Neal Stephenson Greg Bear Mark Teppo Nicole Galland Erik Bear Joseph Brassey Cooper Moo

April 24, 2012

September 25, 2012

The Mongoliad: Book One

The Mongoliad: Book Two Collector’s Edition

The Foreworld Saga (#1) Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: German, Spanish, Turkish, Polish, Audio

(includes the prequel, Dreamer)

The Foreworld Saga (#2) Rights Available: All Languages

September 25, 2012

The Mongoliad: Book One Collector’s Edition (includes the prequel, Sinner) The Foreworld Saga (#1) Rights Available: All Languages

September 25, 2012

The Mongoliad: Book Two The Foreworld Saga (#2) Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: German, Spanish, Turkish, Polish, Audio

February 26, 2013

The Mongoliad: Book Three The Foreworld Saga (#3) Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Polish, Turkish, Audio, German

October 29, 2013

Katabasis The Foreworld Saga (#4) Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

January 28, 2014

Foreworld Saga: Book 5 Rights Available: All Languages, Audio

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A NEW SERIES BY SCOTT MEYER A computer hacker realizes he can manipulate the world around him by playing with a code he stumbles across. This three book series is a humorous mix of science fiction and fantasy. The second and third book will follow Off To Be The Wizard in summer 2014 and spring 2015, respectively. Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

April 2014

Off To Be The Wizard When a young man finds a computer program that allows him to control everything, he’s quickly in over his head and does the only thing he can think of to escape prosecution: travel to the time of King Arthur and pretend to be a wizard. What could possibly go wrong?

October 2013

Poe J. Lincoln Fenn Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio 2013 Winner — Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award — Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror It’s Halloween, and life is grim for twenty-three-year-old Dimitri Petrov. It’s the one-year anniversary of his parents’ deaths, he’s stuck on page one thousand of his Rasputin zombie novel, and he makes his living writing obituaries. But things turn from bleak to terrifying when Dimitri gets a last-minute assignment to cover a séance at the reputedly haunted Aspinwall Mansion. There, Dimitri meets Lisa, a punk-rock drummer he falls hard for. But just as he’s about to ask her out, he unwittingly unleashes malevolent forces, throwing him into a deadly mystery. As town residents begin to turn up gruesomely murdered, Dimitri must play detective in his own story and unravel the connections among his family, the Aspinwall Mansion, the female spirit, and the secrets held in a pair of crumbling antiquarian books. If he doesn’t, it’s quite possible Lisa will be the next victim. “A delightful, bravura piece of gothic pop…fans of Neil Gaiman and the aforementioned Buffy will be immediately taken, but there’s a literate edge to the pyrotechnics that makes for an unlikely and welcome marriage between the spook story and literature of altogether less ectoplasmic substance.” —Publishers Weekly

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: J. Lincoln Fenn grew up in New England and graduated summa cum laude with a degree in English from the University of New Hampshire. She lives in Hawaii with her family, where she’s at work on her next book.

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A NEW SERIES FROM DEBUT AUTHOR PATRICK WEEKES In this three book series, a group of misfits come together to pull off heists in a fantastical world. Think Ocean’s Eleven with swords and witches. Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

October 2013

The Palace Job Loch is seeking revenge. It would help if she wasn’t in jail.

The plan: to steal a priceless elven manuscript that once belonged to her family, but now is in the hands of the most powerful man in the Republic. To do so Loch—former soldier, former prisoner, current fugitive—must assemble a crack team of magical misfits that includes a cynical illusionist, a shapeshifting unicorn, a repentant death priestess, a talking magical warhammer, and a lad with seemingly no skills to help her break into the floating fortress of Heaven’s Spire and the vault that holds her family’s treasure—all while eluding the unrelenting pursuit of Justicar Pyvic, whose only mission is to see the law upheld. What could possibly go wrong? The Palace Job is a funny, action-packed, high-fantasy heist caper in the tradition of Scott Lynch’s Gentleman Bastards series. Two more titles will follow suit in spring and fall 2014, respectively. ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Patrick Weekes was born in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended Stanford University, where he received a B.A. and an M.A. in English Literature. In 2005, Patrick joined BioWare’s writing team in Alberta, Canada. Since then, he’s worked on all three games in the Mass Effect trilogy, where he helped write characters like Mordin, Tali, and Samantha Traynor. He is now working with the Dragon Age team on the third game in the critically acclaimed series, and he has written tie-in fiction for both series, including Tali’s issue in the Dark Horse Mass Effect: Homeworlds series and Dragon Age: Masked Empire, an upcoming novel to be released in July 2014.

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A NEW SERIES FROM DEBUT AUTHOR MARKO KLOOS A dystopic vision of the future, in which the poor often choose the horrors of war rather than the horrors of starvation. This series explores the journey of a young man from the slums of Earth to the battlefields of distant planets.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Marko Kloos is a novelist, freelance writer, and unpaid manservant to two small children. He is a graduate of the Viable Paradise SF/F Writers’ Workshop. Marko writes primarily science fiction and fantasy, and in the past he has been a soldier, a bookseller, a freight dock worker, a tech support drone, and a corporate IT administrator. Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio

January 2014

Terms of Enlistment The year is 2108, and the North American Commonwealth is bursting at the seams. For welfare rats like Andrew Grayson, there are only two ways out of the crime-ridden and filthy welfare tenements, where you’re restricted to 2,000 calories of badly flavored soy every day: You can hope to win the lottery and draw a ticket on a colony ship settling off-world, or you can join the service. With the colony lottery a pipe-dream, Andrew chooses to enlist in the armed forces for a shot at real food, a retirement bonus, and maybe a ticket off Earth. But as he starts a career of supposed privilege, he soon learns that the good food and decent health care come at a steep price . . . and that the settled galaxy holds far greater dangers than military bureaucrats or the gangs that rule the slums. The debut novel from Marko Kloos, Terms of Enlistment is a new addition to the great military sci-fi tradition of Robert Heinlein, Joe Haldeman, and John Scalzi. The next book in the series, Lines of Departure, will also be released in early 2014.

August 2014

Unbroken Amber Lynn Natusch Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio A two-book paranormal fantasy series building off Natusch’s incredibly popular KDP series, “Caged”. These books will explore characters introduced in the Caged books, and create a deeper mythos for both them and the overall world.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Doctor by day, author by night, Amber Lynn Natusch is author of the popular fantasy series Caged that blurs the line between urban fantasy and paranormal romance.

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THE HELLEQUIN CHRONICLES SERIES Steve McHugh The Hellequin Chronicles is an action-forward Urban Fantasy set in modern-day London with historical flashbacks to early 15th century France, starring Nathan (Nate) Garrett, a centuries old sorcerer. Nate Garrett wakes up in present-day London with no memory of who he is our how he got there—until he starts getting hunted down. Now Nate knows he’s a powerful wizard, one who will do anything to protect those he loves.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Steve McHugh lives in Southampton on the south coast of England with his wife and three young daughters. When not writing or spending time with his kids, he enjoys watching movies, reading books and comics, and playing video games. Crimes Against Magic is his first novel, and the first novel in the Hellequin Chronicles.

Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

September 2013

Crimes Against Magic The Hellequin Chronicles #1

How do you keep the people you care about safe from enemies you can’t remember? Ten years ago, Nate Garrett awoke on a cold warehouse floor with no memory of his past—a gun, a sword, and a piece of paper with his name on it the only clues to his identity. Since then, he’s discovered he’s a powerful sorcerer and has used his magical abilities to become a successful thief for hire. But those who stole his memories aren’t done with him yet: when they cause a job to go bad and threaten a sixteen-yearold girl, Nate swears to protect her. With his enemies closing in and everyone he cares about now a target for their wrath, he must choose between the comfortable life he’s built for himself and his elusive past.

September 2013

Born of Hatred

The Hellequin Chronicles #2 There are some things even a centuries-old sorcerer hesitates to challenge… When Nathan Garret’s friend seeks his help investigating a bloody serial killer, the pattern of horrific crimes leads to a creature of pure malevolence, born of hatred and dark magic. Even with all his powers, Nate fears he may be overmatched. But when evil targets those he cares about and he is confronted by dire threats both old and new, Nate must reveal a secret from his recently remembered past to remind his enemies why they should fear him once more. Born of Hatred, set in modern London with historical flashbacks to America’s Old West, continues the dark urban fantasy of Crimes Against Magic, the acclaimed first book in the gritty and action-packed Hellequin Chronicles.

February 2014

With Silent Screams The Hellequin Chronicles #3

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September 2013

Gods of Earth Craig DeLancey Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Thousands of years after a war against the gods drove humanity nearly extinct, something divine stirs. It awakens the Guardian, an ancient being pledged to destroy the gods—a task it believes long-accomplished. Through deep caverns, he makes his way to the desolate surface of Earth and stalks toward the last human settlements, seeking the source of this strange power. Far away, the orphan Chance Kyrien is turning seventeen and will be confirmed as a Puriman. Ambitious, rebellious, but fiercely devout, Chance dreams only of being a farmer and winemaker . . . and marrying the girl he loves, the Ranger Sarah Michaels. But violence and destruction turns Chance and Sarah’s peaceful world upside down. Aided by his loyal friends and the Guardian, the young man must travel through time and space to battle the last remaining god. For the destinies of Chance and this final deity are fatally intertwined, and only one of them can survive.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Craig DeLancey is a philosopher and writer. His writing includes speculative fiction and plays. His story “Julie is Three” won the 2012 Anlab award for best short story, and his play “My Tunguska Event” was a finalist for the Heideman Award. His philosophical research is mostly in the philosophy of mind, and is recently concerned with applications of descriptive complexity theory to problems in metaphysics.

June 2014

Title To Come Ryan Sohmer Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio The first novel set in the incredibly popular world of Looking for Group, a webcomic with over 1 million unique monthly viewers. This novel will focus on the Richard, the sadistic, possibly trans-gender wizard who tends to use evil for the greater good.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Ryan Sohmer is the creator and writer of the popular webcomics Looking for Group, Least I Could Do, and Gutters. He is the president of Blind Ferret, a production and media company that distributes his own titles and videos, as well as a number of other very popular webcomics.

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THE STARFOLK SERIES Dave Duncan A classic fantasy tale of a hero with a mysterious past, a land beset by monsters, and a princess he won’t abandon. Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

September 2013

King of Swords The Starfolk Series #1

Rigel has always known he is not quite human, but the only clue to his origin is the otherworldly bracelet he has worn since childhood. His search for his parentage leads him to the Starlands, where reality and fantasy have changed places. There he learns that he is a human-starborn cross, and his bracelet is the legendary magical amulet Saiph, which makes its wearer an unbeatable swordsman. Fighting off monsters, battling a gang of assassins seeking to kill him, Rigel finds honorable employment as a hero. He knows that he must die very soon if he remains in the Starlands, but he has fallen hopelessly in love with a princess and cannot abandon her. Through the imaginative landscape of the Starlands, Rigel’s quest leads him to encounter minotaurs, sphinxes, cyclops, and more fearsome creatures in Dave Duncan’s latest fantasy series.

January 2014

Queen of Stars The Starfolk Series #2

While discovering the truth behind his half-human, half-elven parentage, master swordsman Rigel not only defeated the horrific monsters of the Starlands, but also thwarted Prince Vildiar’s dark designs to conquer the elven realms. Now, despite his fate to die an early, violent death if he remains in the Starlands, Rigel refuses to return to Earth, consumed as he is by love for the newly crowned Queen Talitha. But this passion is perilous: Vildiar has hatched multiple conspiracies to usurp the throne, and a vision has revealed that if Rigel and Talitha ever consummate their love, it will only hasten Rigel’s inevitable demise. Even under a pall of doom, Rigel never hesitates to defend the land and people he has taken on as his own. As traitors plot Talitha’s downfall, Rigel rescues one of Vildiar’s own half-breed offspring from Earth and offers her a new life in the Starlands. But will she embrace this gift without guile . . . or is she preparing to plunge a dagger into Rigel’s back?

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November 2013

The Child Keith F Goodnight Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Dave Harris is a scientist living aboard the Alley, a military space station where he carries out hyperfield experiments. The technology to harvest energy from hyperspace saved humanity from extinction thirty years ago, and Dave’s research is at the cutting edge of hyperfield technology. Just as Dave’s experiments make progress, an accident engulfs the Alley in a whirlwind of chaos and mysterious forces, leading Dave to a disturbing discovery: his work has uncovered the energy behind psychic powers—something horribly dangerous for a mindless machine to be spreading amongst the humans in the Alley. While the hours slip by, crew members are going insane at a frightening pace and Dave’s mind becomes clouded by horrifying visions. As he sorts through the aftermath of the disaster, Dave realizes that it wasn’t a singular event and if he can’t fight the impending madness, there is one certainty: the Alley will be destroyed, along with everyone in it.

March 2014

Flesh and Blood Daniel Dersch Translated by Gerald Chapple Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio Everyone thinks Claire’s sister is crazy—including Claire herself—but it turns out the paranoia about vampires is very real…as are the secret Church order that’s determined to wipe these demons, and anyone associated with them, off the face of the Earth.

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MAN OF WAR SERIES Paul Honsinger The captain and doctor of an interplanetary naval vessel work to defend humanity, explore the universe, and grow their own bonds of friendship. Paul Honsinger’s Man of War series is very much a “Master and Commander” in space. Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

February 2014

To Honor You Call Us Man of War #1

The Terran Union is engaged in a vast interstellar war against the Krag, ruthless aliens intent on exterminating humankind. In 2315, the wily Max Robichaux is given command of the USS Cumberland, a destroyer with state-of-the-art capabilities but a combat record so bad, she’s known as the “Cumberland Gap.” Capt. Robichaux’s first mission: to take his warship to the Free Corridor, where the Krag have secretly been buying strategic materials, and to seize or destroy any ships carrying enemy cargo. Far from the fleet and under enforced radio silence, Max relies only on his determination and guile…and the support and friendship of his chief medical officer, the brilliant Dr. Sahin. A far-future story in the tradition of “ships of wood, men of iron” novels, To Honor You Call Us and the Man of War series combine the adventure of exploration, the excitement of war, and the dangers of the unknown through the eyes of a ship and her crew.

March 2014

April 2014

For Honor We Stand

Brothers in Valor Man of War #3

Man of War #2

June 2014

Artful Peter David Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio A mash-up in the style of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, in which the story of the Artful Dodger is told in a humorous sequel of Oliver Twist (the twist now being vampires!). Artful is novelist and acclaimed comic book writer Peter David’s first original novel in five years.

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THE DREAM STEWARDS SERIES Roberta Trahan More than five centuries after Camelot, a new king heralded by prophecy has appeared. As one of the last sorceresses of a dying order sworn to protect the new ruler at all costs, Alwen must answer a summons she thought she might never receive. “[The Well of Tears] begins a series that echoes Arthurian lore and pays tribute to the spirit of those stories...this quasihistorical fantasy should appeal to fans of Celtic Mythology and Arthurian tales.”—Library Journal Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

September 2012

May 2014

The Well of Tears

The Keys to the Realms

The Dream Stewards #1

The Dream Stewards #2

Bound by oath, Alwen returns to Fane Gramarye, the ancient bastion of magic standing against the rise of evil.

Before the war-ravaged land of Cymru falls to the dark forces seeking to overtake it, a young sorceress must face the truth about herself, her order, and the king who is destined to save them all.

EXTINCTION POINT SERIES Paul Antony Jones Aliens decimate the world in an effort to “terraform” it for their own use. One of the few humans to survive, Emily Baxter struggles with finding a way to save herself—and the planet—from this invasion. Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

February 2013

June 2013

January 2014

Extinction Point

Extinction Point: Exodus

Revelations

Extinction Point #1

Extinction Point #3

Extinction Point #2

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THE RHO AGENDA SERIES Richard Phillips The Rho Agenda: for sixty years only the highest ranked members of the US government and military knew it existed. Now all of that is about to change. In 1948, an alien starship crash-landed in the New Mexico desert and brought with it the key to mankind’s future . . . and the president is now prepared to unveil the nation’s greatest secret. This fast-paced best-selling sci-fi action adventure has sold well into the six figures. Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio, German

October 2, 2012

October 30, 2012

November 20, 2012

The Second Ship

Immune

Wormhole

The Rho Agenda (#1)

The Rho Agenda (#2)

The Rho Agenda (#3)

May 2014

November 2014

February 2015

The Rho Agenda:

The Rho Agenda:

The Rho Agenda:

Prequel 1

Prequel 2

Prequel 3

Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio



PRAISE FOR THE RHO AGEndA SERIES: “Richard Phillips has led such a life that he absolutely nails the science aspect of this new sci-fi classic - and yet also gets the action and the political aspects exactly right as well. Speaking as an old sci-fi writer myself, I know how hard it is to do what Phillips has done . . . I’ve read Immune to its brilliant and completely satisfying end —so inventive and moving that I don’t want to miss a chapter of it . . . as good as any science fiction being written today.”—Orson Scott Card, on Immune (The Rho Agenda: Book Two) “The three books of the Rho Agenda trilogy (The Second Ship, Immune, and Wormhole) are a story that links a considerable amount of science with a thrilling storyline. . . . I highly recommend readers pack their imagination and go for a ride with The Rho Agenda.” —New York Times best-selling author Bob Mayer

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Richard Phillips was born in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1956. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1979 and qualified as an Army Ranger, going on to serve as an officer in the US Army. He earned a master’s degree in physics from Naval Postgraduate School, completing his thesis work at Los Alamos National Laboratory. After working for three years as a research associate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, he returned to the army to complete his tour of duty. Today he lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife, Carol, dividing his time between developing simulation software for the US military and writing science fiction.

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THE ATOPIA SERIES Matthew Mather In the near future, the world is on the verge of ecodisaster. A group of investors and scientists create Atopia: a floating island city dedicated to creating a virtual reality world designed to save the Earth by removing the element most likely to destroy it: humans. Matthew Mather is the best-selling author of CyberStorm and the six-part hit series Atopia Chronicles (which is now being novelized by 47North). He is also a leading member of the world’s cybersecurity community who started out his career working at the McGill Center for Intelligent Machines. Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio

January 2014

July 2014

January 2015

The Atopia Chronicles

The Dystopia Chronicles

The Utopia Chronicles

Atopia Series

Atopia Series

Matthew Mather

Matthew Mather

Second book in the Atopia series, continuing the story of humanity’s descent and possible redemption.

Third and final installment in this sweeping dystopian vision of the future.

The tale of mankind’s dark slide across the apocalypse as humans and machines merge in a world teetering on the brink of ecological ruin.

THE WHISPERS FROM MIRROWEN SERIES Jeff Wheeler A devastating plague ravages the land, and a a brave group of heroes attempts to stop it—and the evil archrine—once and for all. Jeff Wheeler is the author of two fantasy series: the completed Legends of Muirwood trilogy, and the new Whispers from Mirrowen. Both series harken back to writers from a different era of the genre, authors such as David Eddings, Margaret Weis, and a young Terry Brooks. With a strong sense of good-versusevil—where the heroes are heroic, and the villains are truly the bad guys—Jeff’s novels are a breath of fresh air in the current trend of dark, anti-hero-driven fantasy. Put another way: if you’re looking for something to read after Harry Potter—or before Game of Thrones—put your faith in Muirwood and Mirrowen. Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

February 5, 2013

February 4, 2014

February 3, 2015

Fireblood

Dryad-Born

Poisonwell

Whispers from Mirrowen (#1)



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THE WITCHING SAVANNAH SERIES J.D Horn Move over, Sookie Stackhouse—the witches of Savannah are the new talk of the South. Bold, flirty, and with a touch of darkness, debut author J.D. Horn spins a mesmerizing tale of a family of witches . . . and the problem that can arise from being so powerful. As Charlaine Harris’ series winds down—and as Deborah Harkness’ series heats up—Witching Savannah is new contemporary fantasy that will be sure to enchant new readers. Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

January 14, 2014

July 15, 2014

December 9, 2014

The Line

Witching Savannah: Untitled Novel #2

Witching Savannah: Untitled Novel #3

Witching Savannah #1

ECHOES OF EMPIRE SERIES Mark Barnes Mark Barnes’ Echoes of Empire series is a bold debut fantasy trilogy by a brilliant new author. With the intricate world-building of a Steven Erikson, the political intrigue of a George R.R. Martin, and the innovative magic system of a Brandon Sanderson, Barnes takes the best of what fantasy has to offer and transforms it into an original epic trilogy sure to become a classic of the genre. Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: German, Audio

May 21, 2013

October 15, 2013

April 8, 2014

The Garden of Stones

The Obsidian Heart

The Pillars of Sand

Echoes of Empire (#1)



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THE FANGBORN SERIES Dana Cameron An ancient people have kept itself secret from the world for thousands of years. They are the Fangborn—a race of werewolves, vampires, and oracles. And they now have a new member: archeologist Zoe Miller, who is only just learning about her ancestry and special powers. She has no time to lose, though, because the prophecies are all pointing toward a moment in the nearfuture when the Fangborn will once again be known to humanity . . . although as their protectors or masters has yet to be decided. Readers of Patricia Briggs and Kelley Armstrong will be drawn to these exciting urban fantasy novels that put a new twist on some familiar myths.

March 12, 2013

March 11, 2014

March 10, 2015

Seven Kinds of Hell

Fangborn: #2

Fangborn: #3

Fangborn: #1



Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: German, Audio

THE CURSE KEEPERS SERIES Denise Grover Swank Set around the legend of the Lost Colony of Roanoke, The Curse Keepers is the story of an ancient pact and the hereditary guardians who are tasked with keeping the world protected from the wrath of vengeful Native American spirits. The newest series from bestselling author Denise Grover Swank, these urban fantasy novels are the perfect books for readers of both Kevin Hearne and Karen Marie Moning. Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

November 19, 2013

May 20, 2014

November 18, 2014

The Curse Keepers:

The Curse Keepers: #2



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THE SEAL TEAM 13 SERIES Evan Currie Ten years prior to the novel a SEAL Team and US Destroyer were all but annihilated by a monster from the depths of the South China sea. Fast forward to the present and the Navy finds itself dealing with more and more of this incidents and elects to re-activate the commission of one of the survivors of that incident. Harold ‘Hawk’ Masters reluctantly returns to the Navy, assembling a team of people like himself. People who have seen the other side of the world and survived. The new team is put to the acid test when an apparent riot above the Arctic circle sets oil wells blazing and appears to have a supernatural cause. Behind the scenes, not everyone is happy with the government’s new interest in the other side, however, and there are those willing to do anything to end the venture before it begins. An urban fantasy infused with militaristic elements, SEAL Team 13 is Evan Currie’s newest series in his growing, bestselling catalog.

November 5, 2013

SEAL Team 13 (#1) Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

THE ODYSSEY ONE SERIES Evan Currie A first-rate military science fiction epic series that combines old-school space opera and modern storytelling.

March 2012

September 2012

September 2013

July 2014

Into the Black

The Heart of the Matter

Homeworld

Odyssey One: Book 2

Odyssey One: Book 4


Odyssey One: Book 1 Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: German, Polish, Audio A riveting, exhilarating adventure with vivid details, rich mythology, and relentless pacing that will leave you breathlessly awaiting book two.

Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: German, Audio The pulse-pounding sequel to Into the Black: Odyssey One, The Heart of the Matter will echo long after the final page is turned.

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Odyssey One: Book 3

Homeworld: Odyssey One, the third installment of the Odyssey One series, brings the riveting, exhilarating, hard-pressed action to Earth, with devastating consequences.


Rights Available: All Languages, Audio The final installment in Evan Currie’s fan-favorite space opera series, in which the crew of the NAC spacecraft Odyssey must band together one final time.

September 2013

A Calculated Life Anne Charnock Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Big business and state institutions are thriving late in the 21st century thanks to a compliant, stratified and segregated workforce. Hyper-intelligent professionals live in affluence within the metropolis while menials live out in the subsidized, but spartan, enclaves. There are upsides for everyone. Advances in genetic engineering have freed the population from addictive tendencies. Violent crime is a rarity. Mayhew McCline, a corporation that detects global trends, recruits a young woman, Jayna, who instantly becomes the firm’s star performer. No one seems to be jealous. After all, she guarantees they all make their bonuses. Despite her flawless track record, Jayna is feeling twitchy. She knows she’s making stupid mistakes. But no one has noticed, yet. Working on a hunch that she’s too sheltered from real-world unpredictability, she embarks on an experiment to disrupt her proscribed daily routine. Unwittingly, she sets a path that leads to clandestine forays beyond the metropolis, corporate disloyalty and forbidden relationships.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Anne Charnock’s journalism has appeared in New Scientist, The Guardian, Financial Times, International Herald Tribune and Geographical. As a foreign correspondent, she travelled widely in Africa, the Middle East and India and spent a year overlanding through Egypt, Sudan and Kenya. Anne contributes to The Huffington Post and blogs about books, exhibitions and science.

THE CHRONICLES OF THE PNEUMATIC ZEPPELIN SERIES Richard Ellis Preston, Jr. Welcome to Snow World, where alien intervention has ruined the land, rendered modern technology useless, and reduced humanity to warring clans that command steam-powered zeppelins and battlebots in search of the few remaining resources. This scarred world—once known as Southern California—is a frozen wasteland, smothered by cloud cover and infested with ravenous mutant beasties. A big adventure with far-reaching ideas. This series is infused with steampunk sensibilities, science fiction world-building and YA crossover appeal. Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

July 2, 2013

November 19, 2013

Romulus Buckle & the City of the Founders

Romulus Buckle & the Engines of War

The Chronicles of the Pneumatic Zeppelin: Book 1

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THE Z 2134 SERIES Sean Platt and David W. Wright The Hunger Games meets “The Walking Dead” in this amazing dystopian series by the masters of serialized story-telling, Sean Platt and David Wright. Set in the year 2134, a series of zombie plagues has infected and decimated much of the world’s population starting 100 years ago. Those left formed six walled Cities throughout North America, all under the rule of a totalitarian government. Now a family is torn apart, and the only way to be reunited is to kill whatever gets in their way . . . even if it’s already dead. Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

December 11, 2012

October 1, 2013

June 1, 2014

Z 2134

Z 2134: Book #2

Z 2134: Book #3

Z 2134 (#1)

THE THIN VEIL SERIES Jodi McIsaac A fantastical journey that explores not just the magic of our world, but the bonds between family, friends, and strangers, the Thin Veil series combines Celtic mythology with a modern sensibility in these richly-written novels. With a mix of romance and adventure, the Thin Veil series is part Kevin Hearne, part Diana Gabaldon, and all Jodi McIsaac. Rights Available: All Languages, except Polish Rights Sold: Audio

April 23, 2013

December 10, 2013

October 14, 2014

Through the Door

Into the Fire

The Thin Veil: #3

The Thin Veil (#1)

The Thin Veil (#2)

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THE UNSPEAKABLE THINGS SERIES Brian Larson Somewhere between Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files and J. R. Rain’s Vampire for Hire series is Unspeakable Things, best-selling author B. V. Larson’s thrilling new series starring supernatural gumshoe Quentin Draith. Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

July 24, 2012

April 30, 2013

Technomancer

The Bone Triangle

Unspeakable Things (#1)

Unspeakable Things (#2)

THE GODLANDERS WAR SERIES Aaron Pogue Time, place, and magic blur in this new fantasy adventure from Aaron Pogue. Featuring the dashing pirate Corin, this trilogy tells the epic tale of a world where the smallest decisions can have the biggest consequences . . . and a promise made is indeed a powerful thing. With the same feel for adventure as Peter V. Brett’s Demon Cycle, The Godlanders War is sure to appeal to any reader of fantasy.

January 2014

January 2014

May 2014

The Godlanders War

The Godlanders War

The Godlanders War

Book #1

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Focused on the rogish and charismatic Corin, the first book brings him back in time to help fight a war between the Gods. In return, he’ll get revenge on the men who stranded him in the past.

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THE ZOMBIE BIBLE SERIES Stant Litore Stant Litore’s The Zombie Bible retells biblical tales and ancient history as episodes in humanity’s long struggle with hunger . . . and with the hungry dead. Rights Available: All Languages STANT LITORE

August 14, 2012

August 14, 2012

October 16, 2012

Death Has Come Up into Our Windows

What Our Eyes Have Witnessed

Strangers in the Land

The Zombie Bible (#2)

Rights Sold: Audio

The Zombie Bible (#1) Rights Sold: German, Spanish, Audio

The Zombie Bible (#3)

Rights Sold: Audio

THE BREAKING WORLD SERIES David Dalglish & Robert Duperre When gods walk amongst men, worshippers become pawns in a battle for the world. Told in three parts—Dawn of Swords, Wrath of Lions, and Blood of Gods—The Breaking World series is fantasy on an epic scale, as the lines between hero and villain are eradicated in the smoke and blades of war. Written by David Dalglish (The Shadowdance trilogy) and Robert Duperre, this dark, vast, action-packed fantasy trilogy is sure to find an audience for readers of such writers as Joe Abercrombie and Brent Weeks. Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

November 26, 2013

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October 21, 2014

Dawn of Swords

Wrath of Lions

Blood of Gods

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THE FENRIS SERIES Vaughn Heppner Bestselling author Vaughn Heppner begins a new chapter of space adventure with Fenris, a spin-off of his popular Doom Star series. With whole new worlds, characters, and alien races, Fenris—which begins with Alien Honor—is sci-fi action on a broad scale. Readers of David Weber and Jack Campbell are going to be excited by this growing voice in the genre. Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

November 26, 2013

February 11, 2014

October 14, 2014

Alien Honor

Fenris: Book #2

Fenris: Book #3

Fenris (#1)

November 2011

The Basement Stephen Leather Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio, Bulgarian, Italian, and Complex Chinese New York is a city full of strangers. For NYPD detectives Turner and Marcinko, none are harder to figure out than the serial killer on the loose torturing and killing young women. In fact, right now, somewhere in the city, a woman is being held captive in a basement and it is up to the detectives to find her and the killer—before it’s too late. As pressure mounts on Turner and Marcinko, their prime suspect is screenwriter wannabe Marvin Waller. He is becoming increasingly frustrated by his lack of success and the cops think he might be channeling his anger into murder—but he doesn’t seem to be at all concerned that they are hot on his trail. As Turner and Marcinko close in on Waller they have to wonder: is he the killer? And if he isn’t—who is? Fusing shifting viewpoints with a growing sense of dread and almost unbearable suspense, the UK’s thriller master Stephen Leather arrives on the shores of the United States with The Basement, his most terrifying work to date.

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THE AREA 51: NIGHTSTALKERS SERIES Bob Mayer Set in the world envisioned in Bob Mayer’s Area 51 series, the Nightstalker series explores a new covert force dedicated to moving unseen in their fight against the unknown. A bit of ‘X-Files’, a bit of ‘The Unit’, and a whole lot of fun, these novels combine the action of military adventure and the speculation of great sci-fi from a New York Times bestselling author. Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

December 11, 2012

July 30, 2013

February 25, 2014

Nightstalkers

The Book of Truths

Area 51: Nightstalkers:

Area 51: Nightstalkers (#1)

Area 51: Nightstalkers (#2)

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THE CIRQUE DES IMMORTELS SERIES A.R. Kahler Step right up to the show that never ends . . . unless you’re murdered, that is. Dark and sexy, A.R. Kahler’s Immortal Circus novels originated as serialized episodes and transformed into amazing contemporary fantasy novels that will keep you guessing until the very end. With a strong female protagonist and a cast of very strange characters, these intriguing books are perfect for readers of Karen Marie Moning and Kim Harrison. Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

January 29, 2013

August 20, 2013

February 1, 2014

Immortal Circus: Act One

Immortal Circus: Act Two

Immortal Circus: Final Act

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THE JANE HARPER HORROR NOVELS Jeremy Bishop Jane Harper, an intrepid environmentalist, is swept ashore after a harrowing shipwreck. What she finds is an ancient horror that will test the very limits of her survival and sanity.

July 9, 2013

The Sentinel

A Jane Harper Horror Novel (#1) Rights Available: All Languages An angry clash between professional whale hunters and the environmental activists takes a deadly turn when sabotage sends both vessels to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean. Stranded on a desolate island off the coast of Greenland, survivors from both sides reluctantly join forces to stay alive in the frigid wasteland. But in the ruins of an ancient Nordic outpost, a centuries-old message warns of a threat far worse than cold and starvation: the Draugar—the dreaded “again walkers” of Viking lore that spawned the legends of vampires and zombies. Now, roused from their cursed slumber, these gruesome warriors are hungry for living flesh.

August 13, 2013

The Raven

A Jane Harper Horror Novel (#2) Rights Available: All Languages A battle to the death with six-hundred-year-old zombie Vikings in the frozen far North was just the beginning… Undercover activist Jane Harper and father-and-son whalers Jakob and Willem Olavson thought they sent the walking corpses to their graves for good, but the intelligent parasites controlling the dead flesh lived on to keep fighting—and infecting, hungry to settle the score with the last hope of humankind.

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March 2014

The Bird Eater Ania Ahlborn Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Brand-new horror from the author of Seed, The Shuddering, and The Neighbors. After the death of his seven-year-old son, Aaron Holbrook returns to his childhood home in rural Arkansas, desperate to find peace; but what he finds in his aunts old farmhouse is darker than his worst nightmares.

Also available from Ania Ahlborn: July 17, 2012

Seed Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: German, Audio Something wicked came Jack Winter’s way and made his childhood a hell on earth, but did he finally break free—or are there some things you never outrun?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Born in Ciechanów, Poland, Ania Ahlborn earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of New Mexico. She enjoys gourmet cooking, baking, drawing, traveling, and watching movies, and exploring the darkest depths of the human (and sometimes inhuman) condition. Ahlborn lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with her husband and two dogs.

June 18, 2013

The Shuddering Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Ryan Adler and his twin sister, Jane, spent their happiest childhood days at their parents’ mountain Colorado cabin—until divorce tore their family apart. Now, with the house about to be sold, the Adler twins gather with their closest friends for one last snowboarding-filled holiday. While commitmentphobic Ryan gazes longingly at Lauren, wondering if his playboy days are over, Jane’s hopes of reconciling with her old boyfriend evaporate when he brings along his new fiancée. As drama builds among the friends, something lurks in the forest, watching the cabin, growing ever bolder as the snow falls…and hunger rises. After a blizzard leaves the group stranded, the true test of their love and loyalty begins as the hideous creatures outside close in, one bloody attack at a time. Now Ryan, Jane, and their friends must fight— tooth and nail, bullet and blade—for their lives. Or else surrender to unspeakable deaths in the darkened woods. 26


October 29, 2013

Descending Son Scott Shepherd Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio After a seven-year exile in Los Angeles, Jess Stark has returned to Palm Springs at the urging of his mother. His rich and powerful father is on his death bed. From the moment he arrives in Palm Springs, Jess finds himself embroiled in a series of increasingly dangerous circumstances—like being buried alive in the middle of the desert, in a coffin that is rapidly filling with water. With the beautiful woman he’s falling hard and fast for at his side, Jess’ urgent journey takes him from the California desert to the jungles of Mexico. In a small town that time has nearly forgotten Jess confronts a supernatural creature that he’d have sworn didn’t exist, and makes peace with the heartache that has haunted him. Deliciously ironic, edgy, and provocative, Descending Son is savvy and vivid storytelling at its best. This broadly appealing crossover novel signals the arrival of a masterful mainstream voice.

September 24, 2013

Harrowgate Kate Maruyama Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Michael should be overjoyed by the birth of his son, but his wife, Sarah won’t let him touch the baby or allow anyone to visit. Greta, an intrusive, sinister doula has wormed her way into their lives, driving a wedge between Michael and his family. Every time he leaves the Harrowgate, he returns to find his beloved wife and baby altered. He feels his family slipping away and, as a malevolent force begins to creep in, Michael does what any new father would do—he fights to keep his family together. Kate Maruyama’s debut novel, Harrowgate, is a chilling, richly detailed story of love, loss, and the haunted place that lies between.

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August 13, 2013

Kingmaker Christian Cantrell Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio I build levers to move objects that appear to be immovable. Alexei Drovosek represents the next evolution of human: no heart, immunity to cancer, and the ability to survive in conditions that would kill normal men. As an orphan growing up in post-Soviet Russia, Alexei was trained by the State as its most vicious killer. But eventually the assassin did the most dangerous thing of all: he turned on his handlers, went rogue, and disappeared. In the bleak, high-tech near future, Alexei has resurfaced in a secret compound near Los Angeles. In the center of it all is Pearl Knight Industries, a mega-corporation that keeps war machines running on every continent. As a principle proponent of an Amendment legalizing the transfer of suffrage from citizens to corporations, Pearl Knight’s power is truly above the law. Alexei lives a clandestine existence with a group of orphans he has spent years training. But Alexei isn’t fostering these children as a favor to the state; he’s raising them with the hope that they will destroy it. As he moves each child into play in the world’s highest-stakes game of chess, Alexei fights to destroy the plutocratic control of those in power and restore what matters to him most: democracy and freedom.

July 23, 2013

Interrupt Jeff Carlson Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio In the distant past, the leader of a Neanderthal tribe confronts the end of his kind. Today, a computational biologist, a Navy pilot, and an autistic boy are drawn together by the ancient mystery that gave rise to Homo sapiens. Planes are falling from the sky. Global communications have ceased. America stands on the brink of war with China—but war is the least of humankind’s concerns. As solar storms destroy Earth’s electronics and plunge the world into another Ice Age, our civilization finds itself overrun by a new, powerful species of man... “Riveting.”—Scott Sigler “Edgy and exciting.”—Bob Mayer This brilliant thriller takes readers to an all-too-plausible tomorrow that’s as scientifically rigorous as it is wildly imaginative.

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June 11, 2013

A Private Little War Jason Sheehan Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio He felt something in his belly twist up like cold fingers curling into a fist. This is it, he’d thought. This is when it all goes bad… The debut novel from acclaimed, James Beard Award–winning food critic Jason Sheehan, A Private Little War is the dark tale of a deadly war being waged in secrecy—and the struggle to stay sane in a world that makes no sense. A Catch-22 for a new generation, A Private Little War is sure to become a science fiction classic in the mode of Heilein, Haldeman, and Scalzi.

May 28, 2013

Damocles S.G. Redling Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio When Earth is rocked by evidence that extraterrestrials may have seeded human DNA throughout the universe, a one-way expedition into deep space is mounted to uncover the truth. What linguist Meg Dupris and her crewmates aboard the Earth ship Damocles discover on Didet—a planet bathed in the near-eternal daylight of seven suns—is a humanoid race with a different language, a different look, and a surprisingly similar society. But here, it’s the “Earthers” who are the extraterrestrial invaders, and it’s up to Meg—a woman haunted by tragedy and obsessed with the power of communication—to find the key to establishing trust between the natives and the newcomers. In Loul Pell, a young Dideto male thrust into the forefront of the historic event, Meg finds an unexpected kindred spirit, and undertakes an extraordinary journey of discovery, friendship, and life-altering knowledge. Told from both sides of a monumental encounter, Damocles is a compelling novel about man’s first contact with an extraterrestrial race.

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April 23, 2013

While the Savage Sleeps Andrew E. Kaufman Rights Available: All Languages, except German Rights Sold: Audio Cameron Dawson’s got a past he can’t seem to shake, but he’s hoping to change that. He’s moved back home to Faith, New Mexico and taken a job as assistant sheriff. What he doesn’t realize is that his newest nightmare’s about the begin. Strange things are happening. People are disappearing, and for others, it’s far worse . . . Miles away in Albuquerque, Kyle Bancroft’s life is spinning out of control. She’s seeing, hearing, and dreaming things she can’t explain: Flashbacks to World War II and an eerie hospital ward with locked doors, empty gurneys, and guttural screams. To make matters worse, a ghostly green-eyed girl is complicating her visions with an urgent message: Time is running out. Kyle’s otherwordly encounters are driving her straight toward Faith . . . and right into Cameron’s life. The body count is rising, the pressure is mounting, and the clock is ticking as they rush to uncover a dangerous secret hiding just below the surface of this all-American town-one that’s threatening to destroy Faith and everyone in it. A secret they must hunt down quickly . . . even if it costs them their own lives.

February 26, 2013

Oz Reimagined Editors: John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen Rights Available: All Languages Foreword by Gregory Maguire, New York Times bestselling author of Wicked. When L. Frank Baum introduced Dorothy and friends to the American public in 1900, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz became an instant, bestselling hit. Today the whimsical tale remains a cultural phenomenon that continues to spawn wildly popular books, movies, and musicals. Now, editors John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen have brought together leading fantasy writers to create the ultimate anthology for Oz fans – and, really, any reader with an appetite for richly imagined worlds. Some stories are dystopian. . . . Some are dreamlike. . . . All are undeniably Oz. Includes stories by these authors: Dale Bailey, Orson Scott Card, Rae Carson, David Farland, C.C. Finlay, Jeffrey Ford, Theodora Goss, Simon R. Green, Kat Howard, Ken Liu, Seanan McGuire, Jonathan Maberry, Rachel Swirsky, Robin Wasserman, Tad Williams, Jane Yolen A Note On Suggested Reading Age: Though many of the stories contained in this anthology are suitable for children of all ages, Oz Reimagined is intended for ages 13 and up, and as such, some of the stories deal with mature themes, so parental guidance is suggested.

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August 7, 2012

Containment Christian Cantrell Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: German A brilliant young scientist and one of the first humans born on Venus, Arik works tirelessly to perfect the science of artificial photosynthesis, a project crucial to the future of his home, V1. The colony was built on the harsh Venusian surface by the Founders, the first humans to establish a permanent extraterrestrial settlement. Arik’s research becomes critical when he awakens from an unexplained, near-fatal accident and learns that his wife is three months pregnant. Unless Arik’s research uncovers a groundbreaking discovery, V1’s oxygen supply will not be able to support the increase in population that his baby represents. As Arik digs deeper and deeper, he discovers alarming truths about the planet that the Founders have kept hidden. With growing urgency and increasing peril, Arik finds himself on a journey that will push him to the limits of his intelligence and take him beyond the unimaginable.

October 2014

Equinox Christian Cantrell Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Hard sci-fi with blend of literary and progressive elements, Equinox is the sequel to the customer-favorite Containment by Christian Cantrell. Praise for Containment: “Containment paints a fascinating picture of what life on an alien planet might be like…a fine first novel with some very intriguing ideas.”—Wired’s Geekdad “Containment is a classic hard-SF novel with carefully wrought world-building and an intriguing premise.”—Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling author of Sisterhood of Dune

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Christian Cantrell is a software developer from northern Virginia. He writes the technology blog LivingDigitally.net and takes photographs for microkosmic.com. Cantrell is the author of several short stories, including “Brainbox” and “Farmer One”; Containment is his first full-length novel.

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MAGNOLIA KELCH SERIES Megan Powell Magnolia Kelch discovers powers she never dreamed of, and is recruited by an organization to fight supernatural criminals—an urban fantasy with sizzle.

July 2012

No Peace for the Damned Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio A troubled young woman tortured since birth and blessed with supernatural powers joins and underground network intent on destroying the people who have hurt her the most—her family.

August 2013

No Love for the Wicked Rights Available: All Languages It’s taken six months, but supernaturally gifted Magnolia Kelch finally seems to have her surging powers under control. Then she arrives home to find a group of strangers in her beloved farmhouse, and that control is immediately put to the test. Magnolia quickly learns that her “guests” are actually part of the Network— not from the task force headed by her mentor, Thirteen, but a second group, led by British agent Colin St. Pierre. Unfortunately, Theo, a Network agent who shares an intimate connection with Magnolia, doesn’t trust Colin as a new commander. When team missions collide, Magnolia finds herself in the middle of Network infighting, asking herself who among those closest to her truly has her best interests at heart. But an even greater threat lies on the horizon.

April 2014

Rex Nihilo Robert Kroese Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Rex Nihilo is the greatest wheeler-dealer in the galaxy. Just ask him. But when he gets caught up in a scheme even too big for him, things rapidly spin out of control. Now he has to not only find the billion credits he owes, but join a rebellion he wants absolutely nothing to do with...

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May 22, 2012

Further: Beyond the Threshold Chris Roberson Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Humankind is spread across three thousand light years in a myriad of worlds and habitats known as the Human Entelechy. Linked by a network of wormholes with Earth at its center, it is the world Captain RJ Stone awakens to after a twelve-thousand-year cryogenic suspension. Stone soon finds himself commanding the maiden voyage of the first spacecraft to break the light speed barrier: the FTL Further. In search of extraterrestrial intelligence, the landing party explores a distant pulsar only to be taken prisoner by the bloodthirsty Iron Mass, a religious sect exiled from the Entelechy millennia before. Now Stone and his crew must escape while they try to solve the riddle of the planet’s network of stone towers that may be proof of the intelligence they’ve come to find. The first in critically acclaimed author Chris Roberson’s scintillating new series, Further: Beyond the Threshold is a fascinating ride to the farthest reaches of the imagination.

March 26, 2013

Evil to Burn The Dead Man (#17)

Lisa Klink Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Matt Cahill is travelling by bus through the blasted wilderness of the Southwest to prevent a massacre from happening in Nevada, but Mr. Dark is intent on preventing him from making it there. A terrible crash leaves the bus totaled, and now Matt is injured, stranded, and fighting for his life against the elements… and an insidious evil that has spread through the surviving passengers. It’s a race against time.

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Be Inspired. Be Enlightened. Be Happy. Introducing Grand Harbor Press—publisher of inspirational self-help print and ebooks that help readers reclaim their lives and discover a bright future Grand Harbor Press is an imprint of Brilliance Publishing.

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January 21, 2014

Happy Stories! Real-Life Inspirational Stories from Around the World That Will Raise Your Happiness Level

Will Bowen Rights Available: All Languages, excluding Chinese Simplified, Chinese Complex, Korean and Japanese Rights Sold: Audio

Bestselling author Will Bowen presents his happiness philosophy in action! Through these real-life stories, Bowen demonstrates how you can be measurably and sustainably happier. In Happy This Year!, bestselling author Will Bowen shared his practical philosophy for achieving higher levels of happiness. He helped readers understand that the path to happiness is not determined by their circumstances, but by aligning their thoughts, words, and actions to focus on the goal of happiness. Now, through fifty true stories, Bowen shares how people have taken his philosophies to heart—and are becoming measurably happier! We all face adversity, setbacks, and stress in our everyday lives. In Happy Stories!, you will learn from people who have faced various hardships and have chosen to achieve happiness in spite of their circumstances. From a man who discovers happiness from the power of shared laughter to a woman who finds happiness through forgiveness, the stories in this collection inspire, entertain, and teach us remarkable lessons on how we can achieve higher and sustainable levels of happiness in our lives. Filled with wise happiness tips and lessons gleaned from the subjects of the stories as well as rich cultural tidbits, Happy Stories! also features a unique international flavor in many stories: • a Sri Lankan woman discovers happiness after leaving behind a life of fear. • a boy in China experiences starvation first hand and grows up to help feed the hungry. • a mother shares her happiness with her adopted son from Guatemala. • a man who paints a house for peace that becomes a worldwide symbol of love—and later raises money and awareness to fund the treatment of intestinal worms for 14 million Haitian children. • an artist shares pieces of his beloved homeland, Israel, with the planet.

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April 9, 2013

Happy This Year! The Secret to Getting Happy Once and for All

Will Bowen Rights Available: All Languages, excluding Chinese Simplified, Chinese Complex, Korean, Japanese Rights Sold: Audio Will Bowen—internationally-bestselling author of A Complaint Free World and Complaint Free Relationships—proposes that happiness is a self-fulfilling prophecy and encourages you with a simple and direct path to a happy life.

Happiness is not the result of getting or achieving. Rather, happiness is a cause that is the shortest and most direct path to personal fulfillment and achievement. In Happy This Year!, Will Bowen teaches you how to align your thoughts, words, and actions to significantly improve all areas of life, leading to better physical health, greater success at work, and more fulfilling relationships with others. Will’s unique perspective on happiness and practical, step-by-step instructions help you remove your mental and lifestyle blocks so that happiness can flow freely. Regardless of your challenges, you can experience increased and sustainably higher levels of happiness every day! Author not only provides the path to become sustainably happy, he has created a supplemental free Happstat App tool (available in the Apple store and for Droid) which can help you gauge your happiness level and track progress toward being happy. Praise for HAPPY THIS YEAR: “Bowen narrates the work, and listeners will feel as if they are having a one-on-one conversation with him...well done in all regards.”—LibraryJournal, starred review

Praise for Bowen’s A COMPLAINT FREE WORLD: “That is fantastic!”—Oprah Winfrey “Will Bowen is on a mission.”—The Wall Street Journal

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: WILL BOWEN—bestselling author, internationally recognized speaker, and ordained minister—has touched the lives of more than 10 million people in 106 countries. He believes that happiness is the ultimate desire and destiny of every human being, and his goal is to help people live at their highest and happiest levels each day. His nonprofit organization, A Complaint Free World, continues to distribute the purple bracelets that made him famous. Will has been featured on Oprah, the Today Show, ABC World News, CBS Sunday Morning, People, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, O magazine, and more.

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December 1, 2013

We Will Survive

True Stories of Encouragement, Inspiration, and the Power of Song

Gloria Gaynor and Sue Carswell Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Music legend Gloria Gaynor presents forty inspirational stories from people who have found courage, strength, and happiness from her #1 hit “I Will Survive.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Grammy Award-winning singer Gloria Gaynor took the music world by storm in the 1970s, striking gold with her disco hit “I Will Survive.” A member of the Grammy Music Hall of Fame, Gaynor has appeared on countless television and radio shows, received numerous national and international music and humanitarian awards, and continues to perform around the world for legions of fans. Her most requested song is, of course, “I Will Survive.”

November 26, 2013

Finding Serenity in Seasons of Stress Simple Solutions for Difficult Times

Candy Paull Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Author and speaker Candy Paull offers a practical guide to bridging the gap between the way things are and the way you wish they could be. With wisdom and insight, she helps you simplify your life and cope with unavoidable stress.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Candy Paull is an author, freelance writer, songwriter, and musical performer who makes her home in Nashville, Tennessee. Known for her encouraging lifestyle, Candy’s philosophy of life springs from her experiences as a writer and musician involved in a creative arts community. Candy’s open approach to spirituality draws insight and wisdom from many spiritual traditions. Connect with Candy at www.candypaull.com.

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Derived from a common nickname for Seattle, Jet City Comics is the home for uncommon graphic novels and comics.

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THE FOREWORLD SAGA SIDEQUEST SERIES Symposium

Christian Cameron and Dmitry Bondarenko SideQuests are stand-alone stories or novellas that chronicle the heroes, villains, and adventures in The Foreworld Saga across numerous ages. They can be read with or without prior knowledge of The Foreworld Saga. Symposium is set in the Classical Era. The Shield-Brethren are a secret martial order that has defended the West for centuries. Now, the origins of the order are revealed in this stunning three-issue SideQuest comic book. This comic contains explicit content and is recommended for mature readers. Rights Available: All Languages

July 9, 2013

October 22, 2013

Symposium #1:

Symposium #2:

A SideQuest Comic

A SideQuest Comic

As the soldiers of Greece return from war with Persia, they are greeted not as heroes but merely more mouths to feed. Athens is overflowing with the poor and desperate. For some of the former soldiers, this life is not why they fought. They crave adventure. They need money. More than anything, though, they long for purpose. One man may hold the answer: Plato. Not only is he versed in the art of philosophy, but he is no stranger to the art of martial combat. He believes there is a way to combine the two arts, creating a new way of life for the former soldiers.

January 7, 2014

Symposium #3: A SideQuest Comic

October 9, 2013

Wool: The Graphic Novel Hugh Howey, Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, and Jimmy Broxton Rights Available: English, Japanese Wool as you’ve never read it before: The New York Times bestselling novel is now told in graphic novel format. This contemporary dystopian classic—hailed by Justin Cronin, New York Times bestselling author of The Passage, as “an epic feat of imagination”—will captivate readers both familiar and new. This is the story of mankind clawing for survival, of mankind on the edge. The world outside has grown unkind, the view of it limited, talk of it forbidden. But there are always those who hope, who dream. These are the dangerous people, the residents who infect others with their optimism. Their punishment is simple. They are given the very thing they profess to want: They are allowed outside. 39


THE GRINDER COMICS SERIES George R.R. Martin and Raya Golden Rights Available: English

October 15, 2013

Meathouse Man The Grinder Comics Series

Based on the short story by George R.R. Martin, bestselling author of A Game of Thrones, The Meathouse Man is a darkly poignant tale set on a collection of planets called corpse worlds. On these planets, corpse handlers transmit their wills to an army of brainless bodies—once living people now rendered expendable. Perversion abounds as these corpses are exposed to appalling conditions at the whim of handlers. The grim story follows one such handler—a man who remains nameless—through his teenage years and into adulthood, across corpse brothels, monotonous jobs, heartbreak, and betrayals. His increased detachment from reality becomes a spiraling descent into rejection and desensitization to the horrors around him. Set among towering buildings, giant rolling planetary processing units, and vast forest terrains on several different worlds, this journey serves as a modern fable of warning and a fascinating exploration of an alternate world perhaps not so different from our own. This comic contains explicit content and is recommended for mature readers.

November 5, 2013

The Hedge Knight: The Graphic Novel George R. R. Martin, Ben Avery, and Mike S. Miller Rights Available: English Set one hundred years before the events in George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Hedge Knight graphic novel chronicles a young squire as he travels the cruel and complex path to knighthood in the Seven Kingdoms. Shouldering his fallen master’s sword and shield, Duncan (or “Dunk”) is determined to reinvent himself as a knight in a nearby tournament. But first Dunk needs a sponsor, and that requirement sends him down a road studded with friends, foes, adventure, and hidden agendas. One such friend is Egg, who becomes Dunk’s squire, yet even he may hold secret motivations of his own. In this gripping prequel, Dunk and Egg seek glory in a world both familiar and new to Game of Thrones fans. Part II of this prequel, The Sworn Sword, will be released in January 2014.

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April 15, 2014

I Am Livia Phyllis T. Smith Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Her life would be marked by scandal and suspicion, worship and adoration… At the tender age of fourteen, Livia Drusilla overhears her father and fellow aristocrats plotting the assassination of Julius Caesar. Proving herself an astute confidante, she becomes her father’s chief political asset—and reluctantly enters into an advantageous marriage to a prominent military officer. Her mother tells her, “It is possible for a woman to influence public affairs,” reminding Livia that—while she possesses a keen sense for the machinations of the Roman senate—she must also remain patient and practical. But patience and practicality disappear from Livia’s mind when she meets Caesar’s heir, Octavianus. At only eighteen, he displays both power and modesty. A young wife by that point, Livia finds herself drawn to the golden-haired boy. In time, his fortunes will rise as Livia’s family faces terrible danger. But her sharp intellect—and her heart—will lead Livia to make an unbelievable choice: one that will give her greater sway over Rome than she could have ever foreseen.

April 15, 2014

Acts of Contrition Jennifer Handford Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Mary Morrissey is living the life of her dreams. She has a loving husband of ten years, Tom, two d aughters, and twin boys. Her parents are just down the road. Her three sisters are nearby. Perfect— some might even say she is living the American Dream. When Mary’s handsome and addictively charismatic ex-boyfriend Landon James reappears during his high profile Senate campaign, she feels the truth bubbling to the surface and knows she’s powerless to stop it. Mary has spent years trying to forget him, and now he’s on every TV she sees. When Tom learns what Mary’s been hiding, what once seemed unfathomable—a deep, heartbreaking divide between them—is now their new normal. Can they find a way to rebuild their life together? Is forgiveness possible? Acts of Contrition is a richly drawn story of faith, family loyalty, and forgiveness, even in the face of moral ambiguity, guilt, and shattered trust.

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March 4, 2014

Cassidy Lane Maria Murnane Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio The (mis)adventures of Cassidy Lane, successful novelist—but not so lucky in affairs of the heart.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Maria Murnane abandoned a successful career in public relations to pursue a more fulfilling life as a novelist and speaker. Since then she has written four best-selling Waverly Bryson novels, and her next book will be released in early 2014.

February 4, 2014

Wide Asleep Nick Nolan Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Before Jeremy and Arthur can reawaken their ill-fated love, they must defeat the dark provocateur who haunts them from another lifetime.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Nick Nolan wrote his first mystery in 5th grade and kept angst-ridden journals (featuring lots of sad poetry) during his teen years, but then had to surrender his dream of becoming a writer to fund college. Today Nick, his partner Jaime, and their two beloved retrievers divide their time between their home in the San Fernando Valley and a mountaintop cabin, and Nick’s fourth novel is currently under construction.

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February 11, 2014

She Has Your Eyes Elisa Lorello Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio, German The romance, laughter and tears continue as Andi Vanzant begins another new chapter in her life, this time finally re-connecting with her first love, only to find out he has a daughter he never knew about. She Has Your Eyes is the heartfelt sequel to Kindle Bestsellers Faking It and Ordinary World.

April 8, 2014

The Virtues of Oxygen Susan Schoenberger Fiction Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio

In this charming commercial women’s fiction, two women tied by an eccentric small town find unexpected friendship

October 15, 2013

Henry and Rachel Laurel Saville Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Brought to live with the George family as a child, all anyone knew about enigmatic Rachel was that she worked hard, making herself indispensable to the plantation. And she remained a mystery until the day she disappeared . . . even to her husband. Especially to her husband. Weaving real family letters into this narrative of her own great-grandparents, Laurel Saville creates a historical novel of incredible depth and beauty.

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Two rediscovered treasures from Ruth Doan MacDougall

March 30, 2014

The Cost of Living Ruth Doan MacDougall Fiction Rights Available: All Languages When three women are shot with a deer rifle in a grocery store in a small New Hampshire town, it’s clear that Polly Hall was responsible. Polly’s best friend looks back over their friendship from childhood to early adulthood, and tries to understand what would lead Polly to such an act.

February 4, 2013

One Minus One Ruth Doan MacDougall Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Set in 1969-70, when divorce was not so common as it is nowadays, One Minus One is the story of a young woman devastated by an unwanted divorce and of her struggle to start a new life in a New Hampshire town that, like her, must learn to accept the inevitability of change.

January 30, 2014

The Girls of the Five Great Valleys Elizabeth Savage Fiction Rights Available: All Languages In this beautiful evocation a place and a time: 1934, Missoula, Montana. Despite the fact that Hilary, Doll, Janet, Kathy, and Amelia are all high-school seniors, Savage’s novel is not aimed at teen readers but rather for anyone who loves coming-of-age novels and loves to know “what happened next” to the characters whom they’ve grown to care about. 45


January 2014

House of Bathory Linda Lafferty Fiction Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio In the early 1600s, Elizabeth Báthory, the infamous Blood Countess, ruled Cˇachtice Castle in the hinterlands of Slovakia. During bizarre nightly rites, she tortured and killed the young women she had taken on as servants. 400 years later, echoes of the Countess’s legendary brutality reach Aspen, Colorado. Betsy Path, a psychoanalyst of uncommon intuition, has a breakthrough with sullen teenager Daisy Hart. Together, they are haunted by the past, as they struggle to understand its imprint upon the present. The story, brimming with palace intrigue, memorable characters intimately realized, and a wealth of evocative detail, travels back and forth between the familiar, modern world and a seventeenth-century Eastern Europe brought startlingly to life. Inspired by the actual crimes of Elizabeth Báthory, The House of Bathory is another thrilling historical fiction from Linda Lafferty (The Bloodletter’s Daughter and The Drowning Guard).

December 2013

A Day at the Office Matt Dunn Fiction Rights Available: All Languages, Audio One office. Five Lives. The most romantic day of the year. A Day At The Office is a romantic comedy that follows five people and their intertwined lives through the course of the day, and through the twists and turns and misunderstandings that crop up as each of them faces Valentine’s Day in their own way. This book is perfect for fans of Nick Hornby, Mike Gayle and Nick Spalding. “Matt Dunn’s writing makes you laugh out loud.” —Sophie Kinsella “A lovely book.”—Freya North

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Matt Dunn is the author of seven novels, including the bestselling The Ex-Boyfriend’s Handbook, which was shortlisted for both the Romantic Novel Of The Year Award and the Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance. He writes about life, love, and relationships. Matt shares his time between London and Barcelona.

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December 8, 2013

September 24, 2013

Things We Set on Fire Deborah Reed

The Awesome Girl’s Guide to Dating Extraordinary Men

Fiction

Ernessa T. Carter Fiction

Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Three generations of women grapple with family secrets in this richly detailed look at a modern American family at a crossroads.

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Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Four friends: a beautiful heiress, a floundering daughter of a famous rap star, an accountant searching for love, and a punk rock lesbian, navigate life, career, love, and friendship in Los Angeles.

“Reed is fearless in nudging her characters toward disaster, and the reader follows with a thumping heart, confident in the story’s authoritative prose and, ultimately, redeeming spirit. I was genuinely moved by this novel, and recommend it highly.” —Antonya Nelson, author of Bound: A Novel and Some Fun: Stories and a Novella

the reader ative prose novel, and and a Novella

September 3, 2013

August 27, 2013

The Drowning Guard

The Disenchanted Widow

Linda Lafferty

Christina McKenna

Fiction

Fiction


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With a gender-reversal nod to the Scherazade of 1,001 Arabian Nights, The Drowning Guard spins a tale of an Ottoman princess who grew up in the Topkapi harem to become one of the most powerful Sultanes in Ottoman history . . . and a fierce protector of women.

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It’s 1981 and Belfast is burning. So, too, is freshly widowed Bessie Halstone: she burns with a desire to break with her troubled past. With her feckless husband gone, she leaves home hurriedly with her naughty nine-year-old son, Herkie, and not much else. But car trouble strands mother and son in Tailorstown, a sleepy Ulster village. Bessie finds temporary work as housekeeper for the handsome and mysterious parish priest. Yet things are not what they seem in quirky Tailorstown. There is a “sleeper” in the village. But who?

November 30, 2013

Plum & Jaggers Susan Shreve Fiction Rights Available: All Languages After terrorists in Italy kill his parents, Sam McWilliams, the oldest of the four-orphaned siblings becomes obsessed with protecting the younger children. Discovering that his talents lie in his ability to write comedy sketches, he devises an idiosyncratic shtick called Plum & Jiggers, featuring four children whose parents are never home.

September 30, 2013

The Man in the Window Jon Cohen Fiction Rights Available: All Languages, excluding English Rights Sold: Audio In one of the most original darkly comic novels in recent years, Iris Shula, a homely nurse resigned to her single status, finds her romantic life taking a definite turn for the better when disfigured hermit Louis Malone falls out of his window and into her life.

June 4, 2013

The Lion in the Lei Shop Kaye Starbird Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Kaye Starbird’s poignant novel gives voice to the women and children displaced by the Pearl Harbor attack as a mother and daughter struggle to make peace with the pain of the past and their hope for the future.

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March 18, 2014

June 25, 2013

The Memory Child

Emma’s Secret

Steena Holmes

Steena Holmes

Fiction

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A psychological drama centered around a husband, wife, and newborn baby, who discover things are not quite what they appear.

For two years, Megan, Peter, and their two older daughters, Alexis and Hannah, dream of nothing but being reunited with the family’s youngest child, Emma, who was kidnapped just before her third birthday. When Emma is miraculously found living with an elderly couple just miles from the family’s home, they are hopeful that her return will heal the wounds her disappearance created. But Emma is vastly different from the sunny toddler they remember.

THE GAME SERIES J. Sterling Fiction He’s a game she never intended to play. And she’s the game changer he never knew he needed.

June 25, 2013

June 25, 2013

The Perfect Game

The Game Changer


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The Game Series, Book 1

The Game Series, Book 2

The Perfect Game tells the story of college juniors, Cassie Andrews and Jack Carter. When Cassie meets rising baseball hopeful Jack, she is determined to steer clear of him and his typical cocky attitude. But Jack has other things on his mind . . . like getting Cassie to give him the time of day. 49

In J. Sterling’s highly anticipated follow-up to her USA Today bestselling novel The Perfect Game, Jack and Cassie quickly realize that their new lifestyle can often be cruel and unforgiving. Their happiness is put to the test as the past is never truly far behind.


TALES OF THE SCAVENGER’S DAUGHTERS SERIES Kay Bratt Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Inspired by a true story, The Scavenger’s Daughters chronicles the lives of Benfu and Calli as they step in to change the fate of many abandoned girls. Each book of the trilogy can stand alone and is from the pov of 2 characters, but for the best experience the series should be read in order. Set in modern day China.

August 13, 2013

December 10, 2013

April 8, 2014

The Scavenger’s Daughters

Tangled Vines

Bitter Winds

Tales Of The Scavenger’s Daughters, Book 2

Tales Of The Scavenger’s Daughters, Book 3

Tales of the Scavenger’s Daughters, Book 1

July 16, 2013

Finding Bliss Dina Silver Fiction Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio Poignant, heartfelt, and emotional, Finding Bliss is a reminder that you don’t have to live a fairytale life in order to have a happy ending.

May 28, 2013

One Pink Line Dina Silver Fiction Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio Spanning generations and every imaginable emotion, One Pink Line charts the story of Sydney and Grace, two women whose lives are decades apart, but dramatically shaped by the same event. 50


May 21, 2013

May 14, 2013

Primetime Princess

Changing Lanes

Lindy DeKoven

Kathleen Long

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Devil Wears Prada at a TV network: sharp, witty, and heartwarming, Primetime Princess is an unforgettable sneak peek into the exclusive behind-the-scenes drama that occurs over the course of one TV development season.

Abby Halladay has the perfect life. Or, rather, she will…as long as everything goes exactly according to plan. Poignant and heartfelt, Changing Lanes celebrates the unexpected joys of everyday life—and the enduring promise of second chances.

May 7, 2013

April 30, 2013

The Laws of Gravity

The Sisterhood

Liz Rosenberg

Helen Bryan

Fiction

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A heartbreaking book of family and loyalty, a medical/legal thriller about what holds us together and what tears us apart.

Both love story and historical thriller, The Sisterhood is an emotionally charged ride across continents and centuries. “Lovers of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code are sure to enjoy this great novel.” —Austin Woman Magazine “An intricately plotted, historically evocative, atmospheric tale featuring courageous women who use their wits to help other women in the face of overwhelming oppression.”—MediaQuire.com

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December 18, 2012

March 12, 2013

Rendezvous

Sucker’s Portfolio

Nelson DeMille

Kurt Vonnegut

Fiction

Collection

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Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio, Polish, Russian, Korean, Spanish SUCKER’S PORTFOLIO ✳ KURT VONNEGUT

In this tense, riveting mind game, New York Times bestselling novelist Nelson DeMille delivers a suspenseful short story in the tradition of his classic military novels The General’s Daughter and Word of Honor. A band of soldiers in its last month of service in Vietnam goes out on a patrol through enemy territory only to find a female Viet Cong sniper in its path.

KURT✳ VONNEGUT SUCKER’S PORTFOLIO

For the first time ever in publication, Sucker’s Portfolio showcases a collection of seven works (six brief fiction stories and one non-fiction piece) from Kurt Vonnegut, one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Short, sardonic, and dark, these are consummate Vonnegut.

April 23, 2013

April 23, 2013

When I Found You

Walk Me Home

Catherine Ryan Hyde

Catherine Ryan Hyde

Fiction

Fiction

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When I Found You is a wrenching story about the risks, sacrifices, and faith necessary to accomplish something larger than yourself--raise a child, save someone’s life, and follow your dreams, even in the face of crushing setbacks and staggering odds.

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Two recently orphaned minors walk across a couple of states to find an ex-stepfather, but instead find a whole new way of living on a Native American reservation.

December 4, 2012

The Cowboy and the Cossack Clair Huffaker Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Fifteen Montana cowboys sail into Vladivostok with a herd of five hundred longhorns, ready to cross a thousand miles of Siberian wilderness. When a band of Cossacks, Russia’s elite horsemen, shows up to escort these rough and ready Americans to their destination, the clash of cultures begins. The code of the cowboy West and the credo of the Cossack East seem to be two different measures of a man—but honor and courage are the same in any language when a common enemy must be faced. Lonesome Dove meets Dr. Zhivago in this rousing tale of West meets East in the days of the Russian Tsars and the Wild West.

FREDERICK G. DILLEN

August 14, 2012

Fool Frederick G. Dillen Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

FOOL

Self-absorbed Barnaby Griswold has to lose it all—money, homes, and family—before he gets a shot at becoming the unlikely hero of his own life. Griswold is indisputably a fool. A well-educated, well-connected investments player on the one hand, but an entitled moneydriven cretin on the other. His life changes almost overnight when he’s found to have acted slimily (but not illegally) by selling a stock short. At forty-six, disgraced and broke and lonely, Barnaby must repair his life to find redemption. Out of print for more than a decade, Frederick G. Dillen’s comic (and now timely) novel about an unlikely hero is now being reissued as part of Nancy Pearl’s Book Lust Rediscoveries series.

June 5, 2012

After Life Rhian Ellis Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio For Naomi Ash, growing up the daughter of a clairvoyant medium exposed her to the chicanery of a business where telling people what they want to hear is the only currency. And the sleepy hamlet of Train Line, New York, nestled against a frigid lake in the westernmost fringes of the state, was founded, built, and is still sustained by it. Now a young woman and a practicing medium herself, it is the place that nourished and raised her and the place where she fell in love. Love, however, can be deadly. And the secrets behind the fake and the fraud, behind her deepest desires and greatest fears, and behind the lies and truths of her life collide with ferocity and quiet consequence, a profound duality that pervades the past, the present, and the line between the living and the dead.

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December 4, 2012

September 4, 2012

Bone River

The Bloodletter’s Daughter

Megan Chance

Linda Lafferty

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In 19th century Shoalwater Bay Washington, Leonie Russell finds an ancient mummy that forces her to question everything she knows about her life, and sends her on a journey into the darkest secrets of her own past.

Inspired by a real-life murder that threatened to topple the powerful Hapsburg dynasty, The Bloodletter’s Daughter is a dark and richly detailed saga of passion and revenge.

May 1, 2012

March 20, 2012

The Long Way Home

Fat Is The New 30

Karen McQuestion

Jill Conner Browne

Fiction

Fiction

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Four women bound by chance take the trip of a lifetime in Karen McQuestion’s fifth novel, The Long Way Home. Humorous, heartwarming, and bittersweet, the journey has something special in store for each woman.

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The Sweet Potato Queens® are back and bawdier than ever in Southern belle extraordinaire Jill Conner Browne’s ninth edition of the hysterical series. Having experienced pretty much ALL of the crappy parts of life, Browne feels it is her duty to render whatever assistance she can to her fellow sufferers—and she does so in her own inimitable fashion.

April 3, 2012

A Gay and Melancholy Sound Merle Miller Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Joshua Bland has lived the kind of life many would define as extraordinary. Born in a small Iowa town to a controlling, delusional mother, her anger colors his life. His father walks out on his wife and son, leaving a vacuum in the family that is damagingly filled by his tutor-cum-stepfather Petrarch Pavan, scion of a wealthy New York family.

October 4, 2011

The Dummy Line Bobby Cole Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: German, Audio Avid hunter Jake Crosby is thrilled that his nine-year-old daughter Katy shares his love of the outdoors. His wife, Morgan, does not, which means Jake and Katy enjoy an abundance of hunting, fishing, and camping trips together. So when they head off into the Alabama woods for a spring turkey hunt, Jake expects nothing out of the ordinary. But even his worst nightmares could not prepare him for what befalls them that evening. Taut and engrossing, The Dummy Line explores what happens when an ordinary man is pushed to extraordinary lengths to protect his loved ones.

June 7, 2011

The Misremembered Man Christina McKenna Fiction Rights Available: All Languages, Audio Rights Sold: German, Spanish A beautifully rendered portrait of life in rural Ireland which charms and delights with its authentic characters and gentle humor. This vivid portrayal of the universal search for love brings with it a darker tale, heartbreaking in its poignancy. “Her portrait of rural life is amusing and affectionate, wittily and winningly detailed...”—Kirkus 55


March 11, 2014

Sweet Tooth Tim Anderson Non-Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio The surprisingly funny (and touching) story of a man growing up gay —and diabetic—in the culture changing 80’s and 90’s.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Tim Anderson has done many amazing things in his short life. Well, two amazing things. Ok, one thing that he did twice. But he’s got nothing on his older brother, who can play his teeth like a xylophone with his thumb. Tim has been a waiter, a data entry clerk, a photocopier repairman, a freelance writer, a middle school teacher, and a depressed employee of the State of North Carolina. Tim is currently an editor in New York and lives in Brooklyn with his boyfriend and his cat Stella. Visit the Tune in Tokyo website at tuningintokyo.com.

February 26, 2013

Digital Disruption

Unleashing the Next Wave of Innovation

James McQuivey Non-Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Italian, Japanese, Korean, Audio The barriers to entry in your market just vanished. Unexpected competitors are swarming in. Are you ready? You always knew digital was going to change things, but you didn’t realize how close to home it would hit. In every industry, digital competitors are taking advantage of new platforms, tools, and relationships to undercut competitors, get closer to customers, and disrupt the usual ways of doing business. The only way to compete is to evolve. James McQuivey of Forrester Research has been t eaching people how to do this for over a decade. He’s gone into the biggest companies, even in traditional industries like insurance and consumer packaged goods, and changed the way they think about innovation. Now he’s sharing his approach with you. With the tools in this book you can assess your readiness, learn the disruptive mindset, and innovate rapidly, starting right within your own business. “James offers a road map for business leadership in the digital age that is thoughtful, inspiring, and liberating.”—Baba Shetty, CEO, The Newsweek Daily Beast Co.

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THE 99U BOOK SERIES Jocelyn K. Glei Non-Fiction 99U is on a mission to provide the “missing curriculum” that every creative person and team needs to make ideas happen. 99U is part of Behance, a team devoted to empowering and connecting the creative world. In this ongoing book series, 99U shares pragmatic, action-oriented insights that are designed to help you become a better manager of your ideas, your time, and your creative career. Dozens of thought-leaders and creatives have contributed to the series, including Seth Godin, Gretchen Rubin, Stefan Sagmeister, Tony Schwartz, Steven Pressfield, Scott Belsky, Leo Babauta, Tina Seelig, Teresa Amabile, and many more. Jocelyn K. Glei, Director and Editor-inChief of 99U, oversees the 99u.com website—which has won two Webby Awards for “Best Cultural Blog”—and leads the curation and execution of the popular 99U Conference. Prior to joining 99U, Jocelyn was the global managing editor at the online media company Flavorpill.

May 21, 2013

Manage Your Day-to-Day

Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind (99U Series, Book 1) Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio, Complex Chinese, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese Are you over-extended, over-distracted, and overwhelmed? The world has changed and the way we work has to change, too. With wisdom from 20 leading creative minds, Manage Your Day-toDay will give you a toolkit for tackling the new challenges of a 24/7, always-on workplace.

September 24, 2013

Maximize Your Potential

Grow Your Expertise, Take Bold Risks and Build an Incredible Career (99U Series, Book 2) Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio With wisdom from 21 leading creative minds, 99U’s Maximize Your Potential will show you how to generate new opportunities, cultivate your creative expertise, build valuable relationships, and take bold, new risks so that you can utilize your talents to the fullest.

September 9, 2014

Making an Impact

Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind (99U Series, Book 3) Rights Available: All Languages, Audio

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THE LOVE MENTOR’S GUIDE SERIES Dr. Diana Kirschner Non-Fiction Diana Kirschner, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist who has more than 25 years of professional and practical experience doing therapy and workshops for singles and writing relationship articles for women. Dr. Diana appears regularly on The Today Show, has been a guest on Oprah and many other national television and radio programs. Her previous books include Love in 90 Days and Sealing the Deal. She has been happily married for over 25 years.

January 22, 2013

Finding Your Soulmate Online in 6 Simple Steps Rights Available: All Languages, Audio A simple, step-by-step way for any woman to harness the power of online dating to find forever love. Find Your Soulmate Online in Six Simple Steps is a guide to moving beyond the frustration, bitterness, confusion or loneliness of the past to a place where you meet that special One. You know who I mean—the one guy who looks you in the eye with an I-can’t-live-without-you longing, whose voice is like a sound you’ve known all your life. The guy who you just know in the core of your heart is your Soulmate. This simple, powerful method is based on research and has been proven again and again to work for almost any woman (no matter what her age or dress size!).

June 18, 2013

30 Days to Love

The Ultimate Relationship Turnaround Guide Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Whether you’ve been dating someone special and want to take it into passionate lasting love; are thinking about moving in together but are unsure and anxious about it; feel stuck in a stale, angry, or problem relationship; or are frustrated in a sexless marriage, 30 Days to Love is the ultimate relationship turnaround guide for you.

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offers the finest in literary fiction— where every sentence is an adventure.

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June 2014

The Fracking King James Browning Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio A novel about boarding school, hardcore Scrabble fanatics, and fracking—a new kind of environmental novel by a spokesman and chief strategist for Common Cause.

“My name is Winston Crwth and most people called me Win. The Crwths came to America from Wales a long time ago and most had the good sense to change their name to Crowther, Crow, or McWhorter. Crwth was ugly, awkward, and most of all boring because people assumed it must be a typo. Teachers who knew how to say things like prix fixe or !tong would stare at Crwth, shake their heads, and ask me to say my name. “’Crwth,’ I’d say, ‘it rhymes with truth.’ “‘Oh, so with a U?’ “‘No, it’s with a W…’” So begins The Fracking King, a playful and profound debut novel about a highschooler’s quest to bring the perils of fracking to the attention of the governor of Pennsylvania and the media. The hilarious peculiarities and personalities of boarding school life intersect with the world of competitive Scrabble in an utterly charming tour de force. It will appeal to environment-conscious readers of literary fiction, those who devour prep school narratives, and those who relish the supremely stylized work of Beckett and Nabokov.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: James Browning has an M.A from The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University. His essays and nonfiction have been published in The Believer, The Village Voice, and in Split: Stories From A Generation Raised On Divorce (McGraw-Hill). As a spokesman and chief strategist for Common Cause, a government watchdog group with more than 400,000 members, he has been extensively quoted in The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and hundreds of other print and online outlets on the issues of political corruption and reform, in addition to numerous appearances on local TV and NPR. His work has been featured in Mr. Fox’s short film The Sky Is Pink, and he will appear in Renard Cohen’s documentary film Groundswell. On fracking, he is the author of “Deep Drilling, Deep Pockets,” a series of widely-publicized reports about the oil and gas industry’s campaign to get America to frack first, ask questions about the dangers of fracking later. He lives in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania with his wife Elisabeth and their two sons.

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March 2014

Bad Teeth Dustin Long Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

Four interlocking narratives unfurl in four American cities, creating a richly comic feast about love, academia, an elusive Tibetan novelist who might be a plagiarist, and SOFA, a protest group so mysterious its very initials are open to interpretation. Bad Teeth follows a cast of young literary men and women in four very American cities—Brooklyn, Bloomington, Berkeley and Bakersfield. It’s four (or more) books in one, a Pynchonesque treat: a bohemian satire, a campus comedy, a stoner’s reverie, a quadruple love story. Long’s wonderfully evoked storylines of young writers—each in a period of formation—collect around the search for one mysterious author—“the Tibetan David Foster Wallace,” who might in fact be a plagiarist. This delightful and complex literary novel is both a comic gem and a penetrating breakdown of the young literati. And Long’s more esoteric fancies come into play with a mysterious and possibly magical tome that someone lifts from a hip Berkeley bookstore… ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dustin Long is the author of Icelander. He holds a Ph.D. in American Literature and teaches literature at a private institution in Manhattan. He lives in Brooklyn with his girlfriend and son. Praise for Icelander: “A giddy send-up of postmodern fiction . . . endearingly wacky.”—Laura Miller, Salon “A talented wordsmith. . . . Long aspires to the linguistic acrobatics of Nabokov and Pynchon.”—Booklist “A kind of Series of Unfortunate Events for adults. . . . It is writing born out of hysterical laughter and a lingering sense of childhood adventure.”—Los Angeles Times “Long’s first novel glimmers with comic brilliance.”—Montreal Mirror “Unlike any book you’ve read before. . . . good, albeit slightly absurd, fun.” —Calgary Herald

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April 2014

Incendiary Girls Kodi Scheer Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio For fans of Karen Russell or Hannah Tinti, a debut collection of stories inspired by science, medicine, and the power of healing with a magical twist.

Incendiary Girls explores our baser instincts with vivid imagination and humor. In these stories, our bodies become a strange and unfamiliar terrain, a medium for transformation. For example, in “Fundamental Laws of Nature,” a doctor considers legacy, both good and bad, when she discovers her mother has been reincarnated as a thoroughbred mare. The infertile couple of “Primal Son” desperately wants a child, but although they finally get their wish, the baby isn’t recognizably human. In “When a Camel Breaks Your Heart,” a figure artist struggles to understand her lover’s culture as he morphs, quite literally, into an exotic animal. Finally, the title story, narrated by an angel, chronicles the remarkable life of a girl just beyond death’s reach. In Scheer’s hands, empathy and attachment are illuminated by the absurdity of life. Each character must struggle to balance emotion and lucidity from within worlds without precedent, where the rules of existence that we take for granted no longer hold true. When our bodies betray us, when we begin to feel our minds slip, when we are surrounded by suffering, how much can we embrace without going insane? From how much can we detach ourselves before losing our humanity? Scheer’s stories grapple with these questions in each throbbing, choking, heartbreaking moment. Praise for When a Camel Breaks Your Heart: “A beautiful, sad, hilarious, moving story about love, commitment, geopolitics, metamorphosis and a dromedary camel by a talented young writer.” —Daniel Wallace, author of Big Fish

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kodi Scheer teaches writing at the University of Michigan, where she earned her MFA. She was awarded the Dzanc Prize for Excellence in Literary Fiction and Community Service. As a recent fellow of the Sozopol Fiction Seminars, she traveled to Bulgaria to engage with an international community of writers, translators, and readers. Her stories have appeared or are forthcoming in The Chicago Tribune, The Iowa Review, The Florida Review, Quarterly West, and Bellevue Literary Review. She also serves as writer-in-residence for the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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May 2014

Chase Us Sean Ennis Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio For fans of Kevin Brockmeier or Justin Taylor, a poignant and inventive collection of coming-of-age stories by Tin House and Best New American Voices contributor Sean Ennis.

“Hearing about adults acting this way always amazed me. It was both frightening and reassuring. I always assumed at some point I would know all the answers. A switch would be flipped and I’d be grown up. But every once in a while there was proof that no one had it figured out, that the bungling of childhood could persist and get further out of hand as the years went by.” A father’s strange Christmas gifts threaten to tear a family apart. In the neverending war between skateboarders and guidos, a blow is struck. Through a game disguised as wall-ball, a final showdown between mothers, camp counselors, and campers comes to a stand-off. And what appears to be Indians locked in a cage might just make for the best summer ever. In this beautifully imaginative collection, young people attempt to negotiate the often surreal terrain of childhood and adolescence where family, friends, clergy, and teachers often pose more of a threat than they prevent. At the heart of the story is the relationship between the meek narrator, his best friend alpha-male Clip, and the near-feral Roger—but there are also agoraphobic mothers, gorgeous babysitters from New Zealand, paranoid stoned veterans, and deeply sad older sisters. These are modern day captivity narratives, set not at some remote fort, but in the neighborhoods of Philadelphia. The cages are not always literal, but each story explores how we confine each other and for what purtpose.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Sean Ennis has been published in Tin House, The Mississippi Review, Pindeldyboz, Fifty-Two Stories, The Good Men Project, The Greensboro Review, and Best New American Voices. He teaches creative writing at the University of Mississippi. He lives with his wife and son in Water Valley, MS.

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July 2014

You’re Not Much Use to Anyone David Shapiro Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio A funny, pitch-perfect autobiographical novel with a freshness of language and outlook that brings to mind The Catcher in the Rye, by the creator of the popular Tumblr “Pitchfork Review Reviews.” You’re Not Much Use to Anyone is David Shapiro’s winning account of the life, loves, and online habits of a twentysomething New Yorker who’s working a not-even-entry-level job, finding secret fame as a blogger, and telling his parents he’s studying for the LSATs. It’s The Graduate for the Girls generation. “If Tao Lin had been born to Gary Shteyngart’s parents and spent his early twenties slaving for pageviews at NewYorker.com, he would have written something like this, the Bright Lights, Big City of the click-here-now generation.”—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, author of A Sense of Wonder “I read David Shapiro’s very funny and deeply moving first novel beginning to end without stopping, delighted and stimulated by its interesting range of endearing characters and the unpretentious, sophisticated, compassionate, insightful voice of the narrator, who I found irresistibly and singularly real: at once playful and vulnerable and charming and harsh, yearning and impulsive, mysterious and relatable.” —Tao Lin, author of Shoplifting From American Apparel and Taipei

December 2014

White Tiger on Snow Mountain David Gordon Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio

A brilliant, funny collection of stories that are pure—or impure—pleasure, with subjects ranging from summer loving and hit men who take up painting to sinister chat rooms and vampires in Queens.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: David Gordon was born in New York City. He attended Sarah Lawrence College and holds an MA in English and Comparative Literature and an MFA in Writing, both from Columbia University, and has worked in film, fashion, publishing and pornography. His first novel, The Serialist, won the VCU/Cabell First Novel Award and was a finalist for an Edgar Award; it also swept the three major Japanese mystery awards, and a major film adaptation is being released there this week. His second novel, Mystery Girl, was released by Thomas & Mercer in July 2013. Karen Russell writes, “David Gordon has written a passionate love story disguised as a mystery, a brainy tragicomedy. . . . His prose is by turns salacious, uproarious, and happily unhinged. A total delight.” His stories have appeared in The Paris Review, Purple, and Fence, among other publications.

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October 15, 2013

Actors Anonymous James Franco Rights Available: All Languages, Audio Rights Sold: Audio, UK, Italian, German

A dark, genre-bending work that mixes memoir and pure invention—an audacious, obsessive examination of the addictions of celebrity, acting, and the making of Fictions. Actors Anonymous is unsettling, funny, personal, and dark, a story told in many forms, from testimonials (in the style of Alcoholics Anonymous) and scripts to letters, diaries, and more. Franco turns his “James Franco” persona inside out—sometimes humorously, often mercilessly. The book contains profound insights into the nature and purpose of acting, bawdy satires of the high life, as well as deeply moving portraits of aspiring actors who never quite made it. Franco’s seemingly inexhaustible celebrity currency makes this that rare work in which the writer’s fame matches his considerable literary ambition. Modeled loosely on Alcoholics Anonymous’s 12 Steps and 12 Traditions, Actors Anonymous is an intense, wild ride that’s pure Franco. “The book’s everywoman appeal aims to seduce devotees of literary giant William Faulkner and of celebrity scribe Snooki—writers whose reputations intersect exclusively in their legendary talent for alcoholic excess. The ever-clever Franco hangs his narrative framework on the sober-living tenets of the 12 steps and 12 traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous—each chapter a riff on one of these progressive steps—with results that are hilarious, shameless, and effective. Franco’s democratic marvel of feel-good prose employs a stable of likable narrators. . . Their meditations on existence as performance art are funny, subversive, enlightening, and philosophical.” —Elle Magazine “Subversively funny and provocatively honest, is ostensibly about acting but it’s really about a society where everyone’s reduced to Actors Anonymous the roles they play. The novel’s many narrators fight back against these roles in truly original, often hilarious, and deeply affecting ways. So should we all.”—Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story “Electrifying to see a writer hold nothing back! This shape-shifting narrative extends a reader’s sense of what a novel can be, can do. . . . Franco’s novel lures you in with indelible images, provocative mind games, and characters laid bare, then successfully strands you in a frightening place.” —Amy Hempel

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: James Franco is the talented, ubiquitous, popular, and provocative actor, director, author, and visual artist. His first book, the story collection Palo Alto, was published in 2010.

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REMEMBER HOW I TOLD YOU I LOVED YOU?

August 27, 2013

Remember How I Told You I Loved You? Gillian Linden STOR IES

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From a brilliant new literary voice, a collection of stories that follow a young woman from college into her early thirties—from delayed adolescence to (delayed) adulthood. Through college, careers, love affairs, and marriages, Linden’s characters try to sort out what separates the passing from the permanent, the actual from the possible, and exactly how involved you really have to be in the basic questions of your life. From familiar patterns like ambiguous friendships, uncertain love affairs, and unfulfilling jobs, Linden has created something new: a sharp and intimate take on romance and infidelity, trust and betrayal. A deadpan narrative, cool and precise, about hesitation and doubt and how to rid your apartment of mice, Remember How I Told You I Loved You? is by turns witty, moving, and darkly humorous. “With deadpan restraint, Linden captures the drifting disenfranchisement of post-collegiate life—its pretensions and joys, its cubicles and cats, and all those vegan boyfriends demanding their share of the rent.” —Caitlin Macy, author of Spoiled “Gillian Linden is a master of the understatement and a magician of the unsaid. . . This is a memorable collection of stories.” —Binnie Kirshenbaum, author of The Scenic Route “Rarely have I read a debut collection of stories as engaging and perceptive as Remember How I Told You I Loved You. Gillian Linden writes with deceptive ease. With her wry, freshly observed details, every page is so thoroughly entertaining that you might not realize at first how profound her grasp is of the elusive intimacy her characters seek and fear at the same time. . . With brisk, delightful clarity, Gillian Linden leaves us amazed at her talent for illuminating the most mundane of domestic enigmas.”—James Wilcox, author of Modern Baptists “Written with graceful purpose that makes these seven wonderful stories cohere as a single larger and truer story, Gillian Linden’s charming and surprising fiction is rendered with an elegant literary thrift that makes Remember How I Told You I Loved You? an exciting debut.” —Katharine Weber, author of True Confections

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Gillian Linden received her MFA from Columbia University. She is a 2011 winner of the Henfield Prize for fiction. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband.

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May 28, 2013

American Spirit Dan Kennedy Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

When Matthew, a forty-something media executive, finds his job, health, and marriage crumbling, he goes native: Lives in his car. Dips his toe in drug-running. Contemplates song lyrics. Takes a really good pottery class. Before long he’s on a stumbling, agonizingly funny vision quest that takes him from a strip-mall parking lot to Yellowstone National Park to a Bali medical clinic, from an unlikely romance with a Hollywood agent specializing in hot young vampire roles to extreme RVing with a disgraced Wall Street trader. In this heroic and hilarious debut novel, Dan Kennedy gives us an everyman who takes us to the neon-lit edges of contemporary American life. “Dan Kennedy not only manages to craft bitter, effective comedy out of life’s darker corners—egregious substance abuse, financial collapse, depression and death but he makes it look easy.”—Washington Independent Review of Books “Kennedy (Rock On), host of The Moth storytelling series, has far surpassed the creation of character and conjured an entity so alive in its knowledge of impending death that we’re captured in a new idea of what it’s like to live.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review “Matthew’s stoned, stream-of-consciousness ramblings are laugh-out-loud funny, yet interspersed with passages of startling and poignant beauty. Highly recommended, especially for fans of other sharp, iconoclastic authors like Jay McInerney, Douglas Coupland, and Eric Bogosian.”—Library Journal

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: A regular contributor to McSweeney’s and host of the popular Moth StorySLAM in New York, Dan Kennedy is the author of the widely acclaimed Loser Goes First.”

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April 2, 2013

Godforsaken Idaho Shawn Vestal Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

Stories of the afterlife, the rugged Northwest, and the early days of Mormonism—by a ferociously imaginative new writer. This stunning debut story collection by an acclaimed McSweeney’s and Tin House contributor will satisfy fans of such short-fiction masters as Denis Johnson and George Saunders, as well as those readers fascinated by the Mormon faith—and those who enjoyed the show Big Love and the musical The Book of Mormon. “The First Several Hundred Years Following My Death” is a comic vision of the afterlife in which everyone in heaven is the age they were when they died—a fantasy both profound and absurd. In the tough, tender “About as Fast as This Car Can Go,” a teenager gets introduced to crime after his father is released from jail, and in “Winter Elders,” Mormon missionaries pursue a man who has left the fold—with gruesome results. In the concluding triptych, Vestal takes on the legends and legacy of Mormonism. “Diviner,” the final piece, is an indelible portrait of the young Joseph Smith, in the days when he was not yet the founder of the Mormon faith but a man hired to find buried treasure. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Shawn Vestal is a columnist for the Spokesman-Review and was raised in the Mormon faith. His stories have appeared in McSweeney’s, Tin House, and other publications.

“A provocative and revelatory debut.”—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review “Shutter your windows—Godforsaken Idaho is an awesome storm of history, grit, and revelatory imagination. These stories take huge risks and simply do not falter. Shawn Vestal has set out to reimagine the American West, and he’s done so with the soulful, single-minded purpose of a half-mad pioneer.” —Patrick Somerville, author of This Bright River and The Cradle “Shawn Vestal’s Godforsaken Idaho is a wickedly funny, surprisingly profound collection.”Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins “Godforsaken Idaho mixes the hardpan realism of Richard Ford’s Rock Springs with the dreadful wonder of Dan Chaon’s best stories.” —Kim Barnes, author of In the Kingdom of Men

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March 26, 2013

The Magic Circle: A Novel Jenny Davidson Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio Three smart young women—the scholarly Ruth, her poet roommate Lucy, and their exotic, provocative neighbor Anna—are obsessed with games of all kinds. They’ve devoted themselves to both the academic study of play and the design of games based on the secret history of the neighborhood around Columbia University, from Grant’s Tomb to the former insane asylum that once stood where the campus is now. When Anna’s mysterious brother Anders gets involved and introduces live-action role-playing based on classic Greek tragedy, theory goes into practice and the stakes are raised.

November 6, 2012

Are You Happy Now? Richard Babcock Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Reminiscent of Richard Russo’s Straight Man, Are You Happy Now? is a comic novel about the hard work of understanding what it is you want. John Lincoln is a book editor miserably ensconced at Pistakee, a dinky Chicago publisher. His overwhelming ambition is to flee the bland, over polite Midwest and land in New York—where, he imagines, he’ll work with real writers and experience the glories of a city where, with “every block, every step,” he will find something interesting and exciting. “A smooth, winning plot”—Publishers Weekly “[A] smart yet winsome story about the realization of unlikely dreams.” —Booklist “A compelling look at the world of words and those who love, write, edit, and sell them.” —Rick Kogan, Printers Row, Chicago Tribune “A witty, rueful novel about one man’s midlife crisis amid the upheavals in the publishing world.” —Jeannette Walls, author of The Glass Castle and Half Broke Horses

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Named after a Seattle neighborhood, Montlake Romance delivers happily-ever-afters for all romantic reading tastes from steamy to sweet, from sweeping historicals to provocative paranormals.

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MARINA ADAIR

Kissing Under the Mistletoe

October 2012

September 2013

Kissing Under the Mistletoe

Promise Me

A St. Helena Vineyard Novel (#1)


Marina Adair A S T. H E L E N A V I N E YA R D N O V E L

Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio Charming contemporary romance set in wine country Napa, California

May 2013

Summer in Napa

Barbie Bohrman

Sabrina Chandler must go back home to face her past and confront her once best friend and ex-boyfriend who betrayed her in the worst way possible. Returning to her past also means coming face to face with the boy who was standing in the shadows one fateful night. The same boy she made a promise to and who unknowingly walked away with her heart. Can she move forward with her life when her heart is still 10 years in the past?

A St. Helena Vineyard Novel (#2) Marina Adair

September 2013


No Place for a Dame Connie Brockway

October 2013

Autumn in the Vineyard A St. Helena Vineyard Novel (#3)

Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio, German Historical romance from an acclaimed New York Times and USA Today best-selling author.

Marina Adair Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio

October 2013

Promise Me Heaven Connie Brockway

October 2013

Deadly Deception Andrea Johnson Beck Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio A woman discovers that her deceased exboyfriend may still be alive—and her current fiancé may have something to do with the disappearance.

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Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio, German Lady Catherine “Cat” Sinclair will do whatever necessary to save her family from financial ruin—including marrying the town’s most eligible bachelor for money. Lacking the skills to seduce the rich lord, Cat seeks out a legendary rake to school her in the art of desire. But Thomas Montrose never dreams that witnessing his beautiful student dazzle every lord in her path would make him insanely jealous. Now he must act quickly—and overcome the secrets of his past—before he loses forever the woman to whom he’s already lost his heart.

October 2013

September 2013

All Through the Night

Picturing Perfect

Connie Brockway

Melissa Brown



In the glittering world of Regency England, a widowed lady by day becomes a masked thief by night—and falls for the one man determined out to capture her.

Years ago, Hadley Foster let go of the love of her life and moved on—or so she thought. But unexpected events turn her life upside down, leading her to question what happiness truly means for her.

December 2012

November 2012

Highland Surrender

Not Quite Dating

Tracy Brogan

The Not Quite Series

Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: German, Audio, Japanese

Catherine Bybee

To seal a fragile truce, Fiona Sinclair’s brothers trade her in marriage to their sworn enemy. no cover art]

Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: German, dutch, Audio Escapist, lighthearted contemporary romance about hotel heirs and heiresses.

May 2013

April 2014

Not Quite Mine

Best Medicine

The Not Quite Series #2

Tracy Brogan Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio A romantic comedy by Kindle and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Brogan, Best Medicine is about a doctor who has it all: a good job, a few friends, a brand new house … only she just realized she forgot to get married! Oh, and she wants a baby too.

Catherine Bybee Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: dutch, Audio

October 2013

Not Quite Enough The Not Quite Series #3 Catherine Bybee Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

November 2014

Here and Now Tracy Brogan

November 2014

Rights Available: All Languages

Not Quite Forever

Mia McIntyre is hiding from her past. Ian Grant is avoiding his future. But somewhere in the middle, they connect to create a perfect moment in the Here and Now.

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The Not Quite Series #4 Catherine Bybee Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

THE WEEKDAY BRIDES SERIES Catherine Bybee Brides live happily ever after February 2013

August 2013

Wife by Wednesday

Fiancé by Friday

Weekday Brides #1

Weekday Brides #3

Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: German, Thai, Turkish, Audio

Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Turkish, Audio, German

The New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling novel that launches Bybee’s popular Weekday Brides series

“In this fantastic Weekday Brides installment, Bybee knows exactly how to keep readers happy. A romantic tale featuring a thrilling pursuit and enough passion to stuff in your back pocket to last for the next few lifetimes, Fiancé by Friday is reminiscent of The Bodyguard, but way better. . . . The hero and heroine come to life with each flip of the page and will linger long after readers cross the finish line.” —RT Book Reviews

March 2013

Married by Monday Weekday Brides #2 Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Thai, Turkish, Audio, German “If I hadn’t already added Ms. Catherine Bybee to my list of favorite authors, after reading this book I would have been compelled to. This is a book nobody should miss, because the magic it contains is awesome.” —Booked Up Reviews, 5 Stars

January 2014

Single on Saturday Weekday Brides #4 Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio, German She enjoyed her fake marriage . . . until she fell in love with her brother-in-law.

August 2014

Taken by Tuesday Weekday Brides #5 Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: New York Times bestselling author Catherine Bybee was raised in Washington State, but after graduating high school, she moved to Southern California in hopes of becoming a movie star. After growing bored with waiting tables, she returned to school and became a registered nurse, spending most of her career in urban emergency rooms. She now writes full-time and has penned the novels Married by Monday and Not Quite Dating. Bybee lives with her husband and two teenage sons in Southern California.

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February 2012

January 2013

Fury of Fire

Shattered Souls

Dragonfury #1

A Caitlynn O’Connell Novel (#1)

Coreene Callahan

Delilah Devlin



Enter an alluring world where dragon-shifters live, fight, and love among us.

From popular author Delilah Devlin comes the unforgettable heroine, Caitlyn O’Connell—a psychic ex-cop who’s hell-bent on redemption.

June 2012

Fury of Ice

June 2013

Dragonfury #2

Lost Souls

Coreene Callahan

A Caitlynn O’Connell Novel (#2)


October 2012

Christmas on Mimosa Lane Anna DeStefano •A S E A S O N S OF T H E H E A R T NOV E L •

Delilah Devlin Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

February 2013

Seasons of the Heart #1

Die for Me

Anna DeStefano

Cynthia Eden



Charming, southern, contemporary romance set in close-knit, family-oriented suburban Georgia community

She thought her fiancé was the perfect man— until he turned out to be the perfect killer.

July 2013

March 2013

Three Days on Mimosa Lane

Bone Secrets #3

Buried

Seasons of the Heart #2

Kendra Elliot

Anna DeStefano



February 2014

Love on Mimosa Lane Seasons of the Heart Anna DeStefano Rights Available: All Languages, Audio 74


Chilling romantic suspense set at the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office: Body of Proof meets Silence of the Lambs

January 2014

May 2013

Alone Bone Secrets #4

Before the Larkspur Blooms

Kendra Elliott

Prairie Hearts #2


Caroline Fyffe Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

September 2013 June 2012

Better Off Without Him

Shadow’s Edge

Dee Ernst Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio

Night Prowler #1

Mona Berman is an expert at Happily Ever After—after all, as a best-selling Romance writer, happy endings are what she does best. So when her husband of twenty years leaves her, she’s got a lot of adjusting to do, both personally and professionally. Can Mona’s life imitate art? Can she write her own happy ending?


J.T. Geissinger

Bound by ancient bloodlines. Compelled by ruthless secrecy. Seduced by the ones who can expose them.

October 2, 2012 March 2014

Edge of Oblivion

Beautifully Damaged

Night Prowler #2

L.A. Fiore

J.T. Geissinger



DANI HARPER FIRST BITE

Ember Walsh was always the quiet one, enjoying a book and a glass of wine over the noise and crowds of a club. When her best friend asks her to come out on the town and meet the guy she likes, Ember’s world is turned upside down. He appears like a mythical, avenging angel: inked, gorgeous and completely out of her league. After one look, Ember no longer wants the quiet; she wants him.

FIRST

BITE

THE DARK

WOLF SERIES BOOK ONE

October 2013

First Bite Dark Wolf #1 Dani Harper Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Good vs. evil with shape-shifting werewolf

November 2012

Where the Wind Blows

July 2014

Prairie Hearts #1

Ties That Bind

Caroline Fyffe

Dark Wolf #2

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Dani Harper Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

July 2015

August 2013

Kindred

Stormy Montana Sky

Dark Wolf # 3

A Montana Sky Novel #3

Dani Harper

Debra Holland



August 2013

Storm Warrior The Grim Series # 1 Dani Harper Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Enslaved for millennia by the masters of the Welsh faery realm, the fierce Celtic warrior Rhys is doomed to wander the earth forever. But when a brave beauty breaks the enchantment, he is drawn into a strange new worldand an all-consuming desire.

Book Three in the award-winning Montana Sky Series. Schoolteacher Harriet Stanton has always believed in happily ever after. Only, the one she thinks she wants forever with is newly-married…just not to her. But when a mysterious stranger rescues Harriet from an accident, she discovers heroes can be found in the most unlikely places. . . . In New York Times bestseller Stormy Montana Sky, Debra Holland returns to the beloved small town of Sweetwater Springs, where love can heal the most wounded of hearts.

October 2014

Glorious Montana Sky A Montana Sky Novel #4 Debra Holland

June 2015


Storm Warned The Grim Series # 2

September 2013

Dani Harper Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio A supernatural foray into Celtic myth and legend.

Heaven Made SaraLynn Hoyt Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Ghost Meets Downton Abbey.

July 2012

Home by Nightfall

May 2014

Alexis Harrington

One True Thing


Holly Jacobs

The sequel to runaway bestseller Home by Morning, is an unforgettable story of love lost and found amid the backdrop of World War 1.

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Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio After losing her husband in an accident, Lexie retreats to a small town for quiet solitude . . . and finds unexpected love instead.

The Second Chance Café A Hope Springs Novel #1 Alison Kent Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

Intimate Deception LAURA LANDON

March 2013

A contemporary romance series set in the small town of Hope Springs, Texas.

LAURA LANDON

“Kent is a favorite for steamy erotica, but she also writes beautiful contemporaries, and in Second Chance Café, her voice is reminiscent of an early Nora Roberts. The attraction between Kaylie and Ten is immediate, but the relationship builds slowly. A diverse secondary cast gives hope that the series will continue, perhaps with Kaylie’s friend, Luna. The sporadic inclusion of brownie recipes is a total bonus that I imagine many readers will eagerly test for themselves.”—RT Book Reviews

Silent Revenge

Kaylie Flynn’s carefully laid plans to return to Hope Springs to open a café quickly become complicated when she meets Tennesee Keller, who may end up being much more than her contractor.

October 2012

Intimate Deception LAURA LANDON

Intimate Deception Laura Landon Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: German, Audio, Russian When Lady Grace Warren’s father sells her in marriage to the depraved Lord Fentington, she knows only the most drastic action will save her from a life of misery.

October 2012

Silent Revenge LAURA LANDON

Silent Revenge Laura Landon Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio, Turkish, Spanish, German When Lady Jessica Stanton turns 25, she’ll inherit enough money to make her one of England’s wealthiest women, and her stepbrother Colin will swoop in to take it all—along with her freedom. The only solution: find a husband who can stand up to Colin.

October 2012

September 2013

Beneath the Patchwork Moon A Hope Springs Novel #2 Alison Kent Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio In Hope Springs, Texas, every first love deserves a second chance.

October 2014

The Sweetness of Honey A Hope Springs Novel #3 Alison Kent Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Indiana Keller’s new farm is keeping her close to Hope Springs and her brother, which means she’ll have to choose between two Hope Springs love interests… 77


The Most to Lose Laura Landon Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio, Japanese Lady Cecelia Randolph has loved Jonah Armstrong for as long as she can remember. When they share a passionate kiss, she dares to hope that he feels the same for her and that his attention is driven by more than his desire to taunt her brother.

September 2013

Sweet Nothings Sugar Springs #2 Kim Law Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio Charming small town contemporary romance set in Sugar Springs, Tennessee.

April 2014

February 2014

Sugar Springs #3

She Can Hide

Kim Law

She Can… #4


Melinda Leigh Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

November 2011

August 2012

She Can Run

Midnight Exposure

She Can… #1

Melinda Leigh

Melinda Leigh Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio, French A 2012 International Thriller Award nominee for Best First Novel, She Can Run is a sexy, satisfying debut from award-winning author Melinda Leigh, packed with enough suspense and romance to get even the tamest heart racing!

Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio When two hikers disappear, their hometown in Maine blames the blinding storms. But the truth is far more sinister.

April 2013

Midnight Sacrifice December 2012

Melinda Leigh

She Can Tell


She Can… #2

One by one, people are mysteriously disappearing from a Maine town.

Melinda Leigh Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio Romantic suspense about a serial killer in a rural Maine setting.

July 2013

Homecoming Ranch A Homecoming Ranch Novel (#1) Julia London

September 2013

She Can Scream She Can… #3 Melinda Leigh Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio In one moment, high school teacher and single mother Brooke Davenport interrupts a vicious assault, saves a young woman’s life and attracts the attention of a serial killer.

Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio Three sisters find love, family and themselves at a Colorado ranch left to them by their deceased father.

July 2014

Return to Homecoming Ranch A Homecoming Ranch Novel (#2) Julia London Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio

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May 2013

June 2013

Material Girl

All I Need Is You

The Fancy Lives of the Lear Sisters #1

An Over the Edge Novel

Julia London


Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio In the first installment of a new trilogy, a spoiled socialite discovers the best things in life are worth working for.

Julia London

When a wedding planner’s first gig teams her up with a sexy stuntman, will she crash and burn…or be airlifted to love?

June 2013

May 2013

Fall into Me

Beauty Queen The Fancy Lives of the Lear Sisters #2 Julia London Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio A former beauty queen’s perfect life comes crashing down, but unexpected love may lift her right back up.

An Over the Edge Novel Julia London Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio While guarding a beautiful, high-maintenance pop star, a stuntman wrestles with frustration—and intense desire.

June 2013

One More Night

May 2013

An Over the Edge Novel

Miss Fortune The Fancy Lives of the Lear Sisters #3 Julia London Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio In the finale of the Lear Sisters trilogy, a dreamy, sheltered heiress finds herself thrust into the real world, never imagining a cold dose of reality holds the key to her happily ever after.

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Julia London Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio Five years after a serial dater (and former CIA agent) breaks up with his actress girlfriend, they both end up working on the same movie set—and their bickering quickly rekindles their fiery passion.

October 2012

November 2014

Far from Perfect

The Last to Know

Perfect, Indiana #1

Perfect, Indiana #4

Barbara Longley

Barbara Longley



Charming, small-town contemporary romance, full of hope and healing. Steal away on a journey to the heartland, where a wounded soldier meets the one woman who could be his new beginning…

After twenty years in the Marine Corps, Wesley Holt has just seen and done too much to believe in love. Will Carlie Stewart and her secret reason for being in Perfect, Indiana, be enough to change his mind?

April 2013

February 2014

The Difference a Day Makes

The Novels of Loch Moigh #1

True to the Highlander

Perfect, Indiana #2

Barbara Longley

Barbara Longley


Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio In the picturesque tiny town of Perfect, Indiana, a down-but-not-out career gal clashes with a soldier hiding a painful secret…

Drama and scandal within a medieval Highland family Time travel romance in which the heroine is sent back to medieval Scotland.

July 2014

November 2013

A Change of Heart

The Highlander’s Bargain

Perfect, Indiana #3

The Novels of Loch Moigh #2

Barbara Longley

Barbara Longley



After a brutal assault ends her military career, a soldier struggles to build a new life in Perfect, Indiana, where she meets a man who would do anything to help her heal—if only she could trust him enough to let him into her heart.

July 2014

The Highlander’s Folly The Novels of Loch Moigh #3 Barbara Longley Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

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October 2013

October 2013

If Only in My Dreams

Through the Smoke

Wendy Markham

Brenda Novak

Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Time travel romance in which the heroine is sent back to days before the bombing of Pearl Harbor.


September 2012

The daughter of a coal miner strikes a bargain with a desperate earl, only to wonder if he really did murder his wife . . . or if he’s the one man who can steal her heart.

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Forged in Fire A Red-Hot SEALs Novel #1 Trish McCallan Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: German, Audio As SEAL Team 7 uncovers a deadly ring of crime and corruption, they forge alliances— and romances—with unlikely allies to thwart a global crisis. Zane Winters lives for his job, using his uncanny psychic powers to carry out missions for elite SEAL Team 7.

January 2014

Forged in Ash

Brenda Novak is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance, romantic suspense, and historical romance.

May 2014

A Matter of Grave Concern Brenda Novak Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio A woman dreams of being a doctor, only to stumble upon a medical scandal that puts her father’s reputation at risk . . . though it may also be her one chance at true love.

A Red-Hot SEALs Novel #2

January 2012

Trish McCallan

At Last


Texas Heat Wave Series Julie Ortolon

October 2014

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Forged in Smoke

Heart-tugging contemporary romance set in Texas.

A Red-Hot SEALs Novel #3 Trish McCallan Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio, German

May 2013

Meant to Be An Anchor Island Novel (#1)

December 2014

Terri Osburn

Forged in Embers


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Sail away to Anchor Island, where you’ll find family, island life, and love in unexpected places.

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June 2012

Up to the Challenge

Redemption

An Anchor Island Novel (#2)

The Penton Vampire Legacy #1

Terri Osburn

Susannah Sandlin


Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio In Penton, Alabama, a community of defiant vampires and their bonded humans live in peace—if only the vampire elite would let them be.

May 2014

Home to Stay An Anchor Island Novel (#3) Terri Osburn

October 2012


Absolution The Penton Vampire Legacy #2 Susannah Sandlin Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

April 2013

Behind the Lies Montgomery Justice #2 Robin Perini

February 2013


Omega

Thrilling romantic suspense featuring powerful heroines and a police family.

Susannah Sandlin

The Penton Vampire Legacy #3 Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

April 2014

Bound by Secrets Montgomery Justice #3 Robin Perini Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio

June 2015

Edge of Deceit A Montgomery Justice Novel #4 Robin Perini Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio

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“...Sandlin turns in another fast-paced outing with the third book in the Penton Legacy saga. Readers who have followed the saga from the beginning will be delighted to note that Will Ludlam finally takes center stage here. This series continues to ratchet up the drama and this reader hopes that Hollywood will take notice: Penton vampires do not sparkle or kill randomly; these are romances for adult audiences.” —RT Book Reviews Top Pick

May 2014

August 2013

Deliverance

Never Kiss a Rake

The Penton Vampire Legacy # 4

Scandal at the House of Russell #1

Susannah Sandlin Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio The final title in The Penton Vampire Legacy series.

June 2013

Midnight Train to Paris A Paris Time Travel Romance Juliette Sobanet Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio A magical and suspenseful exploration of just how far we will go to save the ones we love.

July 2013

Dancing with Paris A Paris Novel

Anne Stuart Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio ‘Downton Abbey’ meets ‘Charlie’s Angels’ in this Victorian historical romance about three sisters who try to solve the mystery of their wealthy parents’ deaths. In disguise as a servant, Bryony Russell infiltrates the home of her father’s business partner to find proof of his guilt . . . or innocence. It’s not just clues that Bryony finds, but temptation too… “Stuart is back with an absorbing gothic romance full of deadly secrets and shocking passion. While her heroine’s pluck and determination are consistently admirable, her real triumph lies in the creation of a hero steeped in fascinating historic details and unbending in his sense of self and his devotion to the woman who finally touches his heart . . . Stuart’s fans and new readers alike will find much to enjoy in this unconventional story and the series to follow.” —RT Book Reviews

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December 2013

Single women find fun, love and family in the City of Light.

Never Trust a Pirate

December 2013

Anne Stuart

Honeymoon in Paris


A Paris Novel Juliette Sobanet Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

Scandal at the House of Russell #2

July 2014

Never Marry a Viscount Scandal at the House of Russell #3 Anne Stuart Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

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Wethering the Storm

Highlander Betrayed

The Storm Series

The Guardian of the Targe series

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Contemporary romance about a music journalist who reunites with the man who broke her heart long ago, now a bad boy rock n roll star.

August 2013

The Mighty Storm

Hidden deep in the rugged Scottish Highlands lies the Highland Targe, an ancient relic guarded for centuries by clan MacAlpin. It is said the Targe can shield the Highlands from invaders and now, as part of his plan to crush the Scottish rebellion, the English king wants the Targe for himself.

The Storm Series Samantha Towle Rights Available: All Languages

June 2014

Highlander Avenged The Guardian of the Targe series

February 2013

Laurin Wittig

A Hero Lies Within


War Heroes Patrice Wilton Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio A returning war hero and the woman who once loved him are brought together again—but will they be able to heal the wounds of their past?

June 2014

Highlander Redeemed The Guardian of the Targe series Laurin Wittig Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

June 2013

Handle With Care War Heroes Patrice Wilton Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

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THE PHOENIX PACK SERIES Suzanne Wright

Warning: This series contains at least one extremely sarcastic Alpha female, several broody possessive dominant males, voyeuristic enforcers, a whole lot of dirty talk, and steamy bedroom battles for dominance. February 2013

February 2014

Feral Sins

Carnal Secrets

The Phoenix Pack Series #1

The Phoenix Pack Series #3

Suzanne Wright

Suzanne Wright

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When female wolf shifter Taryn Warner first encounters Trey Coleman, an alpha male wolf shifter with a dangerous reputation, she’s determined to resist his charms. But Taryn finds herself drawn in by Trey’s forceful demeanor and arctic-blue eyes, and she eventually agrees to enter an uneasy alliance with him. If the two succeed in convincing their respective packs that they’ve chosen each other as mates, Trey will win valuable political allies, while Taryn will escape an odious arranged mating.

A pack Alpha and his estranged, true mate wrestle with painful secrets, ruthless enemies, and their own irresistible attraction, in the sexy third book of the Phoenix Pack series.

April 2013

Wicked Cravings The Phoenix Pack Series #2 Suzanne Wright Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio, French, German For years, wolf shifter Jaime Farrow has harbored a not-so-secret crush on gorgeous Dante Garcea. But the time has come for Jaime to face facts: despite her best efforts, Dante just isn’t interested. And that’s probably for the best. The last thing Jaime needs is for anyone—particularly Dante—to find out about her little “problem.” The one that haunts her past and threatens to destroy her and everyone she loves…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Suzanne Wright lives in England with her husband, two children (one angel, one demon), and her bulldog.

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March 18, 2014

Real Happy Family Caeli Wolfson Widger Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

Fans of Vanessa Diffenbaugh and Adriana Trigiani will savor this edgy yet moving debut novel about a dysfunctional family joining forces in an unconventional way to bring a missing daughter back to their fold. We’ve all been mortified by our mother—but on national television? Aspiring starlet Lorelei Branch leads a typical Hollywood life full of sex, drugs, and reality TV. But this part-time actress, full-time drug addict sparks a national media frenzy when her mom makes a racist rant on television’s most popular reality show, Flo’s Studio. And like many other troubled young stars— Lindsay Lohan, Amanda Bynes—Lorelei attempts to flee the limelight and heads for Reno where she begins to self-destruct. Colleen, Lorelei’s pill-popping mother who wants nothing more than to be her daughter’s BFF, is desperate to make things right and hatches a plan to stage an intervention on the latest reality show, Real Happy Family. Soon the entire Branch family is embroiled in the saga to bring their prodigal daughter back into the fold. Will Lorelei ever forgive Colleen? Will Real Happy Family air their most sensational intervention yet? All roads lead to a seedy Reno hotel room, where a reality TV crew is waiting… ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Caeli Wolfson Widger grew up on a thoroughbred horse farm in central Florida. She graduated from Wellesley College and received her MFA in poetry at the University of Montana before she became a headhunter for technology start-ups. Her work has appeared in Another Chicago Magazine and The Madison Review. Real Happy Family is Caeli’s first novel.

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January 7, 2014

Soy Sauce for Beginners Kristin Chen Fiction Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio For fans of Kyung-Sook Shin and Anna Quindlen, a story of family, loyalty and fresh starts in the heart of Singapore. Gretchen Lin leaves her heart (or at least her floundering marriage) in San Francisco, moves back to her childhood home in Singapore and finds herself face-to-face with the twin headaches she’s been avoiding her entire adult life: her mother’s drinking problem and the machinations of her father’s soy sauce business. In the midst of increasing pressure from her father to remain permanently in Singapore—and pressure from her mother to do just the opposite—Gretchen must decide whether she will return to married life as a student at the San Francisco Conservatory or sacrifice everything and join her family’s crusade to spread artisanal soy to the world. With echoes of Forgotten Country and Girl in Translation, Soy Sauce for Beginners reveals the triumphs and sacrifices that shape one woman’s search for a place to call her own.

November 5, 2013

Buying In Laura Hemphill Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio For fans of Liar’s Poker and Den of Thieves, a debut novel about a woman’s adventures on Wall Street, and how risking it all for her job turned out to the be the right gamble. “I read Buying In in one sitting. It sucks you into an adrenaline vortex, obliterating everything but the deal. Work swallows family, friends, and scruples. A gripping and thought-provoking read.” —Anne-Marie Slaughter, author of Why Women Still Can’t Have it All

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January 8, 2013

Elimination Night Anonymous Fiction Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio

Meet Sasha King, a down-to-earth young writer who finds herself working inside a world that both repels and fascinates her: Project Icon, the oncemighty TV talent show that’s taken a hit in the ratings. In an attempt to get back on top, the show has recently hired two new celebrity judges, entrepreneur-actress-singer Bibi Vasquez and rock legend Joey Lovecraft, a priapic wild man who doesn’t even own a TV (it goes against the teachings of his guru, Tibetan high lama Yutog Gonpo). In addition to the demands of the new judges, Sasha has the task of handling frighteningly robotic host Wayne Shoreline (who may or may not eat puppies as part of his pre-show prep), young would-be idols (including the foul-mouthed Mia Pelosi and the chaps-wearing Jimmy Nuggett), muckraking gossip columnists, and the powerful executive of a competing reality TV talent show. The combination of characters will leave readers swimming in a cocktail of pure crazy: Project Icon. In Elimination Night, we get a peek at the deliciously outrageous machinations—the ego clashes, meltdowns, and cover-ups—that take place behind the scenes of the talent shows we’ve become addicted to. The details of their inner workings are so accurate that the book had to be written anonymously. “Scandal!” —AOL Music “Rings deliciously true.”—People “More withering than Simon Cowell, crazier than Paula Abdul — it’s the novel that will have Hollywood on a witch hunt.” —New York Post “Sex, drugs and scandal are part of the story, as is a savage portrait of someone who could be mistaken for Ryan Seacrest...[A] fun read.” —New York Daily News “Anyone who has ever watched American Idol, and that will be almost everyone, will have the immense satisfaction of the ‘inside scoop,’ real or not.” —Kirkus Reviews “Like a reality-show version of The Devil Wears Prada… with tantalizingly plausible nuggets.”—USA Today

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August 2014

I Only Read It For the Cartoons The New Yorker’s Most Brilliantly Twisted Arttists

Richard Gehr Non-Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio The New Yorker’s cartoons may reflect an institutional aesthetic, but its artists’ best work is also deeply personal. Though The New Yorker is seen as the Parthenon of single-panel cartooning, its contributors’ styles are richly varied, and their lives are surprising. For example: Did you know that Arnie Levin is a 73-year-old former Beatnik painter with a handlebar mustache and a back decorated by Japan’s foremost tattoo artists? For a Minute There it All Suddenly Made Sense! features fascinating biographical profiles of such classic artists as Gahan Wilson, Sam Gross, Roz Chast, George Booth, Lee Lorenz, Edward Koren, and Bruce Eric Kaplan. Along with a dozen such profiles, Gehr provides a brief history of The New Yorker cartoon itself, touching on the lives and work of earlier illustrating wits such as Charles Addams, James Thurber, and William Steig. The book will feature 40–60 illustrations, including not only the cartoons themselves, but terrific unpublished sketches, roughs, juvenilia, and other rare ephemera, which the artists have shared with Gehr.

Fall 2014

The Raven

The Story of Le Corbusier, Maker of the Modern Anthony Flint Non-Fiction Rights Available: All Languages The Raven is a riveting, general-interest biography of the groundbreaking architect Le Corbusier—a man who invented new ways of building and thinking. Le Corbusier is not simply the grandfather of modern architecture but someone who sought to remake the world according to his vision, dispelling the Victorian style and replacing it with something never seen before. The Raven (a translation of his invented name) is a penetrating psychological portrait of a true genius and constant self-inventor, as well as a sweeping tale filled with exotic locales, sex and celebrity (Josephine Baker was his lover), and high-stakes projects. Through archival research, interviews, and visits to Corbusier’s most important structures (including his masterpiece in Chandrigah, India), Flint constructs a rich and fascinating story about this towering figure. The Raven is for readers fascinated by the complex personal lives and outsized visions of both groundbreaking architects and dazzling, charismatic innovators like Steve Jobs.

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April 2014

Running Away: A Memoir Robert Andrew Powell Non-Fiction (Memoir) Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

When journalist Robert Andrew Powell finished his first marathon, he wept, entirely unexpectedly, as his father embraced him. Millions of people who’ve run a marathon understand where those tears come from, even if there are millions more who will never understand what drives someone to run 26.2 consecutive miles in a grueling test of mind over matter. But Powell’s emotional reaction to completing the race wasn’t just about the run. It was about the joy and relief of coming back up after hitting rock bottom. Running Away is the story of how one man changed the course of Powell’s life. Inspired by his own father, Powell decided to make a change in his mindset and circumstances that were headed nowhere good after a painful divorce. He moved to Boulder and began training for a marathon. Over the next 26.2 episodes that follow, Powell grapples with coming to terms with his past relationships and begins to have hope for a better life, filled with new experiences and hard-won discipline. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Robert Andrew Powell is the author of We Own This Game: A Season in the Adult World of Youth Football (Grove, 2003), and This Love Is Not For Cowards: Salvation and Soccer and Ciudad Juarez (Bloomsbury, 2012). Amazon published his Kindle Single, The Dead Women of Juarez, in 2011. His journalism has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s, Play, Inc., Slate, Mother Jones, Runner’s World, on “This American Life,” and has been anthologized in The Best American Sports Writing. He lives in Miami.

Praise For This Love Is Not For Cowards: Salvation and Soccer in Ciudad Juárez by Robert Andrew Powell: “[I]n this clear-eyed and humane book Powell has succeeded in introducing his readers to a truth behind the grim and monotonous headlines.” —Boston Globe “[A]n edgy, anecdotal view of a place where ‘Murder is effectively legal’… Powell captures surreal feelings of beauty and desolation, exuberance and danger. Though the Indios fail and fail big, Powell succeeds brilliantly . . . An eye-opening and unforgettable account of a part of the world that, for all its notoriety, is effectively invisible.”—Booklist (starred review) “Candid . . . Unsentimental and deeply humane.”—Kirkus Reviews

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April 2014

Resource Revolution

Capturing The Biggest Business Opportunities in 100 Years

Stefan Heck and Matt Rogers with Paul Carroll Non-Fiction (Business) Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio How to turn the problem of scare resources into an opportunity to vastly improve your company’s performance, by two top McKinsey consultants. In Resource Revolution, Stefan Heck and Matt Rogers make the point that every time in history a resource has neared depletion, human ingenuity has discovered a shortcut opening up a new boom. They predict another boom around the corner for those companies that can innovate solutions to today’s scarcities. But the old rules of management aren’t compatible with these new demands. Resource Revolution is a practical and forward-looking management manifesto from two of McKinsey’s best. Their message is that managers need to reassess goals and reinvent methods. Against today’s backdrop of resource depletion and economic stagnation, Resource Revolution charts a course forward, describing ten skills for the 21st century that every corporation and entrepreneur will want to master.

May 2014

Maker Dad

Lunch Box Guitars, Anti-Gravity Jars, and 22 Other Incredibly Cool Father-Daughter DIY Projects

Mark Frauenfelder Non-Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio, Japanese There has never been a better time to be a girl. Yet when it comes to science, math, and technology, society routinely relegates these fields to a “boys only” domain. As the editor-in-chief of MAKE magazine, Mark Frauenfelder has spent years combing through DIY books, but he’s never been able to find one that offers geeky projects he can do with his two daughters. Maker Dad is the first DIY book to use the latest in cutting-edge (and very affordable) technology to create appealing projects that are rewarding to make and result in valuable objects daughters will delight in using. With Maker Dad in hand, fathers will have a fun and easy way to encourage their daughters to learn science, math, technology, and engineering, as well as self-efficacy and a desire to increase their knowledge and build their skills—so that girls can continue to build bigger and better things. 92


March 4, 2014

The Rise of Superman Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance

Steven Kotler Non-Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Japanese, UK (English), Russian, Audio, German

An exploration of how extreme athletes are able to break the limits of ultimate human performance and what we can learn from their mastery of the state of consciousness known as “flow.” In this groundbreaking book, New York Times-bestselling author Steven Kotler decodes the mystery of ultimate human performance. Drawing on over a decade of research and first-hand reporting with dozens of top action and adventure sports athletes like big wave legend Laird Hamilton, big mountain snowboarder Jeremy Jones, and skateboarding pioneer Danny Way, Kotler explores the frontier science of “flow,” an optimal state of consciousness where we perform and feel our best. Building a bridge between the extreme and the mainstream, The Rise of Superman explains how these athletes are using flow to do the impossible and how we can use this information to radically accelerate performance in our own lives. At its core, this is a book about profound possibility; about what is actually possible for our species and about where—if anywhere—our limits lie. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Steven Kotler is a bestselling author and an award-winning journalist. His books include the non-fiction works: Abundance, A Small, Furry Prayer, and West of Jesus, and the novel The Angle Quickest for Flight. His articles have appeared in over 60 publications, and he writes “The Playing Field,” a blog about the science of sport and culture for PsychologyToday.com. Kotler is also the co-founder and director of research at the Flow Genome Project, an international organization devoted to putting flow state research on a hard science footing, and the co-founder of the New Mexico-based Rancho de Chihuahua dog sanctuary. Steven Kotler’s next book, Far Frontiers, an exploration of cutting-edge technologies that are looming on the horizon, is forthcoming from New Harvest in Fall 2014. Kotler will walk us through asteroid mining, stem cells, steroids, fourth-generation nuclear power, super soldiers, and more.

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July 2014

Location is (Still) Everything

The Surprising Influence of the Real World on How We Search, Shop, and Sell in the Virtual One

David Bell Non-Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio The Internet is a transformative technology. The impact of the Internet, on commerce and on the daily lives of individuals all over the world, exceeds almost everything that preceded it, including momentous inventions like the internal combustion engine and the printing press. And conventional wisdom goes that the Internet makes the world flat and reduces friction, erasing the impact of the physical world on our buying habits. But Wharton Professor and marketing expert David R. Bell argues that that the way we use the virtual world of the Internet—for commerce and for information—is shaped to a significant degree by the physical world that each of us lives in. It is certainly true that anyone in the U.S. (or even the world) could go to Bonobos.com and buy a pair of fashion-forward and comfortable pants. But the likelihood that a specific individual will actually do this depends a lot on where he lives. The presence of local stores, trendy and friendly neighbors, and sales taxes assessed on pants purchased in his local neighborhood play a large role in all parts of the decision-making process relating to buying online. Location is (Still) Everything is for anyone who wants to understand the patterns underlying how and why we use the Internet and related technologies to shop, sell, and search.

June 2014

The Leap

The Science of Trust and Why It Matters

Ulrich Boser Non-Fiction (Business) Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio The issue of damaged trust is in the headlines daily. The Occupy Wall Street movement, the ongoing Eurozone crisis, and the investigations surrounding cell phone hacking at News Corp are but just a few of the many recent stories in which trust—or lack thereof—is a crucial factor. Trust isn’t just critical to the functioning of the global economy but also to our own personal finances; studies show that trusting people earn more money (and are happier). Boser examines the crucial role that trust plays in making institutions and personal relationships work, and argues that rebuilding trust is a vital necessity for our own sense of fulfillment, as well as for the health of society at large. The research is hopeful: Broken trust can be restored, and this book points us toward how it’s possible to achieve. The Leap offers the same surprising revelations and potential for self-improvement offered by bestselling books like Willpower, Predictably Irrational, Nudge, and Outliers— with a topic that is at once timely and evergreen. 94


January 21, 2014

Talk is (Not!) Cheap Jim McCann Non-Fiction (Business) Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio How to lead through conversation from the founder and CEO of 1-800-Flowers.com, the world’s largest florist.

January 14, 2014

The Good Jobs Strategy Zeynep Ton Non-Fiction (Business) Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio How the smartest companies invest in employees to lower costs and boost profits.

October 15, 2013

Granny is My Wingman Kayli Stollak Non-Fiction Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio Granny is My Wingman, based on the wildly popular blog of the same name, follows Kayli and Granny Gail’s misadventures in the world of online dating. If there is anyone who can crack the nut of modern love, and with a healthy dose of humor, it’s these two ladies. Fresh, funny, and honest, Granny is My Wingman is a book for anyone who has found love, lost it, and been crazy enough to do it all over again. 95


Introducing ICONS: Biographies for the Digital Age Series edited by James Atlas We are living in what the English biographer Michael Holroyd has called “a golden age of biography,” a moment when the genre occupies a dominant place in our literary culture. In a time when our fascination with the private aspects of public lives is so intense, it’s not surprising that biography has become one of the most prominent forms of narrative nonfiction. Yet reading habits have changed dramatically in the digital age: readers accustomed to taking on books of daunting length have been adapting themselves to the ebook in all its forms, while the information overload that is now a ubiquitous feature of daily life has made it harder to reach a new generation of readers. Icons, a new series of brief biographies launching in December 2013, is designed to take advantage of these transformations. In the tradition of the Penguin Lives, which sold 700,000 copies and was published in translation all over the world, it provides a reading experience perfectly suited to a moment of unprecedented change. Written by established and emerging writers, the books in the series will be 25,000 to 40,000 words, and will focus on canonical figures in the culture, both historical and contemporary. The series is edited by the biographer James Atlas (Delmore Schwartz: The Biography of an American Poet, Bellow: A Biography), founding editor of the Penguin Lives and of two other highly acclaimed series, Great Discoveries (W.W. Norton) and Eminent Lives (HarperCollins). Forthcoming titles:

Jesus

Edgar Allan Poe

Jay Parini December 3, 2013

Paul Collins August 2014



Stalin Paul Johnson February 11, 2014 Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Romanian, Czech, Russian, Audio

Lucian Freud Phoebe Hoban April 2014

Van Gogh Julian Bell October 2014 Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

David Lynch Dennis Lim January 2015


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J.D. Salinger

Hitchcock

Thomas Beller June 2014

Michael Wood March 2015



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November 5, 2013

Get Big Fast and Do More Good Start Your Business, Make it Huge, and Change the World

Ido Leffler and Lance Kalish Non-Fiction (Business) Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Get Big Fast and Do More Good is a guide to modern entrepreneurship and accelerated brand-building from the founders of Yes To Inc, the company behind the breakthrough natural beauty brand Yes to Carrots. Ido Leffler and Lance Kalish, two 29-year-old Australians with very different backgrounds and skills, cofounded their company in 2006 with little more than a dream—and made it big. Yes to Carrots has become one of the biggest natural beauty brands in the world and is one of the fastest-growing skincare brands. Leffler and Kalish have accomplished it all while maintaining solid principles, investing in meaningful business relationships, giving back to the community, and still making it home in time for dinner. The authors started their business with nothing but chutzpah and great instincts for products with potential. They’ve since made lots of great decisions and some really, really bad ones, and are ready to share their hard-won secret to success: a strong, resilient, trusting partnership coupled with a great sense of humor.

November 19, 2013

The Art of Youth

Crane, Carrington, Gershwin, and the Nature of First Acts

Nicholas Delbanco Non-Fiction Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio The Art of Youth is a moving inquiry into the nature of artistic prodigies who did their major work at an early age. Renowned novelist Nicholas Delbanco gives us a triptych of indelible portraits: the American writer Stephen Crane (immortalized by The Red Badge of Courage); British artist Dora Carrington (called “the most neglected serious painter of her time”); and the legendary composer George Gershwin (Rhapsody in Blue, Porgy and Bess). All three lived colorful, productive lives before dying early, at an average age of thirty-five. In this learned and elegant book, Delbanco discovers what it is we mourn in authors who pass away so young, and muses on his own life—one marked by both early success and longevity. “The Art of Youth is a brilliant book about the power of youth to make great art, itself suffused with youthfulness, with wisdom and diligence and hope…Dazzling in detail and amazingly well-informed.” –Paul Theroux, author of The Lower River

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October 8, 2013

Women Who Don’t Wait in Line Reshma Saujani Non-Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Women Who Don’t Wait in Line is an urgent wake-up call from politico and activist Reshma Saujani. The former New York City Deputy Public Advocate and founder of the national nonprofit Girls Who Code argues that aversion to risk and failure is the final hurdle holding women back in the workplace. Saujani advocates a new model of female leadership based on sponsorship—where women encourage each other to compete, take risks, embrace failure, and lift each other up personally and professionally. Woven throughout the book are lessons and stories from accomplished women like Susan Lyne, Randi Zuckerberg, Mika Brzezinski, and Anne-Marie Slaughter, who have faced roadblocks and overcome them by forging new paths, being unapologetically ambitious, and never taking no for an answer. Readers are also offered a glimpse into Saujani’s personal story, including her immigrant upbringing and the insights she gleaned from running a spirited campaign for U.S. Congress in 2010.

August 27, 2013

The Preppy Cookbook Classic Recipes for the Modern Prep

Christine E. Nunn Non-Fiction (Cooking) Rights Available: All Languages, Audio Are you planning the menu for your local junior league’s next luncheon? Wondering what cocktail to sip on while spectating at Wimbledon? Searching for the perfect casserole that tastes just the way Mummy used to make it? With answers to all these questions and more, The Preppy Cookbook will guide you, step by step, in creating a kitchen, and a world, that exemplifies the preppy lifestyle. This beautifully illustrated cookbook from Christine E. Nunn, the owner of Picnic, offers more than 125 perfectly tested recipes. “An unapologetic, playful celebration of all things preppy, with cheeky rules and guidelines for stocking your liquor cabinet or packing the perfect picnic basket. The recipes are all very real, elegant but easyto-make classics with a few modern twists developed by the longtime caterer.”—The Star-Ledger

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July 23, 2013

Coming Clean Kimberly Rae Miller Non-Fiction Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio Kim Miller is an immaculately put-together woman with a great career, a loving boyfriend, and a tidy apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. You would never guess that Kim grew up behind the closed doors of her family’s idyllic Long Island house, navigating between teetering stacks of aging newspapers, broken computers, and boxes upon boxes of unused junk festering in every room—the product of her father’s painful and unending struggle with hoarding. In this moving coming-of-age story, Kim brings to life her rat-infested home, her childhood consumed by concealing her father’s shameful secret from friends, and the emotional burden that ultimately led to an attempt to take her own life. And in beautiful prose, Miller sheds light on her complicated yet loving relationship with her parents that has thrived in spite of the odds. Coming Clean is a story about recognizing where we come from and the relationships that define us—and about finding peace in the homes we make for ourselves.

August 20, 2013

Leadership Transformed

How Ordinary Managers Become Extraordinary Leaders

Peter Fuda Non-Fiction Rights Sold: UK (English), Audio How does a good manager become a great leader? Ask around in business circles and you’ll get a thousand different answers. But now, internationally renowned leadership expert Dr. Peter Fuda has created a single, coherent roadmap for leadership effectiveness in Leadership Transformed. After more than a decade’s research and practice, Dr. Fuda shares the seven common themes that have enabled hundreds of CEOs around the world to transform themselves into highly effective leaders, and transform the performance of their organizations as well. Through his work, Dr. Fuda discovered that the best way to elicit deep and broad discussion of the seven leadership themes—and to describe the CEOs’ mastery of what they had learned—was through metaphor. “Leadership Transformed will help anyone recognize great leaders, and even more importantly, accelerate your own entrepreneur leadership transformation.” —Forbes.com

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May 14, 2013

Walden on Wheels The Open Road from Debt to Freedom

Ken Ilgunas Non-Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

In this frank and witty memoir, Ken Ilgunas lays bare the existential terror of graduating from the University of Buffalo with $32,000 of student debt. Ilgunas set himself an ambitious mission: get out of debt as quickly as possible. Inspired by the frugality and philosophy of Henry David Thoreau, Ilgunas undertook a 3-year transcontinental journey, working in Alaska as a tour guide, garbage picker, and night cook to pay off his student loans before hitchhiking home to New York. Debt-free, Ilgunas then enrolled in a master’s program at Duke University, determined not to borrow against his future again. He used the last of his savings to buy himself a used Econoline van and outfitted it as his new dorm. The van, stationed in a campus parking lot, would be more than an adventure—it would be his very own “Walden on Wheels.” Freezing winters, near-discovery by campus police, and the constant challenge of living in a confined space would test Ilgunas’s limits and resolve in the two years that followed. What had begun as a simple mission would become an enlightening and life-changing social experiment. Walden on Wheels offers a spirited and pointed perspective on the dilemma faced by those who seek an education but who also want to, as Thoreau wrote, “live deep and suck out all the marrow of life.” “[Walden on Wheels is] searching and ambitious—one of the best books I’ve read this year.”—LA Review of Books “Walden on Wheels [is] a remarkable memoir that manages to stay light on its feet while saying a great deal about the state of modern American society. Ilgunas is a rare and wonderful travel companion. Along the way, he describes natural phenomena so skillfully that you might be compelled to flee your desk and head for the hills, walking stick in hand.”—Washington Post “A thoroughly endearing account.”—The Wall Street Journal ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Ken Ilgunas was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and raised in Wheatfield–a small rural-suburban town in Western New York where his family lives. At the moment, he’s either tending a friend’s garden in Stokes County, North Carolina, or traveling cross-country in his van.

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May 7, 2013

College (Un)bound

The Future of Higher Education and What it Means for Students

Jeffrey Selingo Non-Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio What is the value of a college degree? With student-loan debt surpassing the $1 trillion mark and unemployment on the rise, people are beginning to question that value. In College (Un)bound, Jeffrey J. Selingo, editor at large for The Chronicle for Higher Education, argues that America’s higher education system is broken. The great credential race has turned universities into big business and fostered an environment where middle tier colleges can command elite university-level tuition while concealing staggeringly low graduation rates and churning out students with few hard skills into the job market. Incisive, urgent, and controversial, this is a must-read for students, parents, and anyone concerned with the future of American higher education. “A compelling look at higher education. Selingo is critical, but he’s also encouraging. With so much time and money at stake, the issues he raises and the possibilities he explores are well worth your time.” —The Washington Post

July 9, 2013

To the Moon and Timbuktu Nina Sovich Non-Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Nina Sovich had always yearned for adventures in faraway places; she imagined herself leading the life of a solitary traveler. Yet at the age of thirty-four, she found herself married and contemplating motherhood. Unwittingly, she had followed life’s script, and now she needed to cast it out. Inspired by female explorers like Mary Kingsley, who explored Gabon’s jungle in the 1890s, and Karen Blixen, who ran a farm in Kenya during World War I, Sovich packed her bags and hopped on the next plane to Africa in search of adventure. To the Moon and Timbuktu takes readers on her fast-paced trek through Western Sahara, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger, bringing their textures and flavors into vivid relief. Sovich’s journey reveals that sometimes we must pursue that distant glimmer on the horizon in order to find the things we value most. “Sovich’s journeys are page-turning and suspenseful. Her travels are uncomfortable, often frightening, always illuminating and so beautifully conveyed that the reader feels present, as if she herself is watching a sunrise over the Nile.”—Bookpage

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May 21, 2013

Brotherhood Sanjiv & Deepak Chopra Non-Fiction (Memoir) Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Indian Subcontinent (English) The inspiring story of two brothers who immigrated to America from India and took very different paths to becoming world-renowned healers and teachers.

March 5, 2013

The Power of Negative Thinking Bob Knight Non-Fiction (Business & Economics: Leadership) Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Bahasa Indonesian, Audio, Polish Norman Vincent Peale’s The Power of Positive Thinking, a classic bestseller, has inspired an optimistic perspective for millions of Americans. Now, in an inspirational and entertaining rebuttal, the legendary basketball coach Bob Knight explains why “negative thinking” will actually produce more positive results, in sports and in daily life. “What distinguishes The Power of Negative Thinking is that it is fun to read and wise.” —The Wall Street Journal

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April 16, 2013

Hillbilly Heart Billy Ray Cyrus Non-Fiction (memoir) Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Billy Ray Cyrus is an award-winning country music legend whose “Achy Breaky Heart” propelled his debut album, “Some Gave All,” to the top of the charts for a record-breaking seventeen weeks. He’s also father of Miley Cyrus, one of Hollywood’s most successful young stars, who grew up on stage and on screen, most famously as the lead on the Disney Channel’s “Hannah Montana,” where Billy Ray Cyrus played her father. But sometimes the truth is even better than Fiction. Now, for the first time, fans can read about Cyrus’s tenacious and inspiring struggle to find his own way to faith, family, and the power of music.

November 20, 2012

The 4-Hour Chef Timothy Ferriss Non-Fiction (Cooking) Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, Lithuanian, Italian, complex Chinese, Polish, German, Spanish, Czech, Audio What if you could become world-class in anything in 6 months or less? The 4-Hour Chef isn’t just a cookbook. It’s a choose-your-own-adventure guide to the world of rapid learning.

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September 18, 2012

My Mother Was Nuts Penny Marshall Non-Fiction (Memoir) Rights Available: English Most people know Penny Marshall as the director of “Big” and “A League of Their Own”. What they don’t know is her trailblazing career was a happy accident. In this funny and intimate memoir, Penny takes us from the stage of The Jackie Gleason Show in 1955 to Hollywood’s star-studded sets, offering up some hilarious detours along the way.

August 28, 2012

Outside In Kerry & Harley Manning Bodine Non-Fiction (Business) Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Italian, simplified Chinese, complex Chinese, Audio What simple innovation brought billions in new investments to Fidelity? What basic misunderstanding was preventing Office Depot from achieving its growth potential? What surprising insights helped the Mayo Clinic better serve both doctors and patients? The solution in each case was a focus on customer experience, the most powerful—and misunderstood— element of corporate strategy today.

September 4, 2012

Why Have Kids? Jessica Valenti Non-Fiction Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Italian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Complex Chinese, Audio If parenting is making Americans unhappy, if it’s impossible to “have it all,” if people don’t have the economic, social, or political structures needed to support parenting, then why do it? And why are anxious new parents flocking to every Tiger Mother and Bébé-raiser for advice on how to raise kids? In Why Have Kids?, Valenti explores these controversial questions through on-the-ground reporting, startling new research, and her own unique experiences as a mom. 104


Named for streets that flank the Amazon headquarters in Seattle, Thomas & Mercer showcases first-rate fiction, from cozy mysteries to heart-stopping thrillers.

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November 27, 2012

December 18, 2012

The Neighbors

Tiger’s Eye

Ania Ahlborn

A Stacy Justice Mystery


Barbra Annino

An insidiously entertaining tale of psychological suspense and mounting terror by the boldest new master of the form, Ania Ahlborn.


July 2, 2013 August 20, 2013

Emerald Isle

Blood and Roses

A Stacy Justice Mystery

A. K. Alexander Rights Available: English, Italian, German, French, Spanish, Japanese Rights Sold: Audio Someone is torturing and killing high-stakes players in the horse-racing world.

Barbra Annino Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

December 10, 2013

Sin City Goddesses A Stacy Justice Mystery

October 16, 2012

I Do Solemnly Swear D.M. Annechino Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: German, Audio President David Rodgers dies from an apparent heart attack, and Katherine Ann Miles, Rodgers’s VP, becomes the first woman to occupy the Oval Office.

Barbra Annino Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

November 20, 2012

Matador Ray Banks Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio

December 18, 2012

Opal Fire A Stacy Justice Mystery Barbra Annino Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Stacy Justice is just your average green-eyed, redheaded, twenty-something witch who would rather focus on her job as a reporter than practice the crazy magic her grandmother and great-aunts are into. But when crimes start happening around her, she may need that magic to save those she cares about.

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He wakes up screaming, a bullet in his head and his body buried in a shallow grave. He has no memory, just a single clue to the past: a ticket to a bullfight crumpled in his pocket with a phone number on the back.

April 30, 2013

June 12, 2012

Brainrush

Icon

Brainrush Series

J. Carson Black

Richard Bard


Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio, Hungarian When a freak accident endows a terminally ill man with extraordinary powers, he’ll spend his last days either as the only hope against a terrorist—or as the fanatic’s ultimate weapon.

Hollywood superstar Max Conroy drifted through an easy superstar life, untethered and without purpose. When he becomes the target of kidnappers planning to hold him for ransom, he is determined to destroy them.

July 17, 2012

April 30, 2013

Enemy of My Enemy Brainrush Series

Cloaks and Veils J.C. Carleson Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio

Richard Bard Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio In this sequel to Brainrush, a super savant’s war on terror pits him against his jihadist nemesis—and a new bioweapon that threatens the soul of every mother in America.

CIA officer Dara McIntyre discovers that a colleague and her late husband were running a lurid shadow operation.

November 2013

Defection Games Dan Gordon Thrillers

July 2, 2013

Beyond Judgment Brainrush Series Richard Bard Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio When Jake Bronson awakens from a long coma with amnesia, an ancient order tries to take advantage of his extraordinary abilities to trigger humanity’s extinction.

Haggai Carmon Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Covert CIA agent Dan Gordon is used to sleeping with one eye open, but when his new assignment lands him in the dangerous crosshairs of international clandestine warfare, subterfuge reaches a whole new level.

July 31, 2012

The Trinity Game

February 6, 2012

Daniel Byrne Thrillers

The Shop

Sean Chercover

J. Carson Black

Rights Available: All Languages, excluding Spanish Rights Sold: German, Audio

Rights Available: English, Rights Sold: Audio When an Ex-Navy SEAL begins to question the shadowy organization that has hired him to execute people, he exposes a shocking conspiracy that ascends to the highest offices in the land. 107


Daniel Byrne investigates miracle claims for the Vatican’s secretive Office of the Devil’s Advocate. Case #722 is different—Daniel knows Reverend Trinity is a con man, but could Trinity also be something more?

January 21, 2014

January 15, 2013

Devil’s Game

Moon Underfoot

Daniel Byrne Thrillers (#2)

Jake Crosby Thrillers

Sean Chercover

Bobby Cole

Rights Available: All Languages, excluding Spanish Rights Sold: Audio


Daniel Byrne is an investigator for the Vatican’s Office of the Devil’s Advocate; he’s also an agile pugilist, a fearless fighter, protecting what’s good and right.

October 2013

Jake Crosby doesn’t regret what he did on a fateful night eighteen months ago; he knows it was kill or be killed. But he can’t shake the feeling that the horror isn’t over.

September 2013

The Hidden

What Doesn’t Kill Her

Jo Chumas Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio 2013 Winner — Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award — Mystery & Thriller

Egypt, 1940 and young university professor Azi Ibrahim is brutally murdered in the Sinai desert, leaving behind his new bride, 20-year-old Egyptian-born teacher Aimee Ibrahim. The motive for the popular and much-loved professor’s murder appear incomprehensible to Aimee until she is given a mysterious package containing a diary, written in Arabic by Aimee’s mother, twenty-two years previously. The Hidden is a fast-paced story of a two worlds colliding and the devastating fall-out that ensues. “A penetrating account of Egyptian culture, the role of women in society, and the profundity of love.”—Publishers Weekly

September 2013

The Black Song Inside Carlyle Clark Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Atticus Wynn and Rosemary Sanchez, newly engaged private investigators, have seen the dark and violent side of life. Nothing, though, has prepared them for an explosive murder investigation that threatens to tear their relationship apart as they struggle to solve a case that could leave them in prison or dead. 108


Max Allan Collins Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Jordan Rivera was an ordinary kid with an ordinary family. Until a vicious killer took it all away from her, sparing her and leaving her broken. The murders destroyed something inside her and she spent ten long, silent years in an institution. Catching a glimpse of a news report about another ordinary family slain, Jordan breaks her silence. Now she’s out, and she molds herself—body and mind—into an instrument of justice.

February 21, 2012

Stirred A Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels/Luther Kite Thriller Blake Crouch & J. Konrath Rights Available: All Languages, Audio Rights Sold: German Lt. Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels has seen humanity at its most terrifying. Come close to death countless times. But she always manages to triumph over evil . . . until now.

August 21, 2012

June 11, 2013

Pines

The Fort

Wayward Pines Series

Aric Davis

Blake Crouch


Rights Available: English Rights Sold: German, Audio A Secret service agent arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho to find two federal agents who went missing in the bucolic town; within minutes, he’s in an accident and awakes in a hospital, with no ID, no cell phone, and no briefcase.

When a serial killer abducts a suburban neighborhood girl, three boys thrust themselves into a desperate search for the missing teen— and their independence.

May 8, 2012

The Book Case

September 17, 2013

Nelson DeMille

Wayward Wayward Pines Series Blake Crouch Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio, German This sequel to Pines is a thriller about captivity, control and the seeming peace that lies within the violently fenced town of Wayward Pines. A third volume will be released next year.

Rights Available: English Rights Sold: German In this compact and delightful murder mystery, bestselling suspense novelist Nelson DeMille returns to one of his most beloved characters —hard-boiled NYPD Detective John Corey.

July 9, 2013

This Is How You Fall Keith Dixon

August 28, 2012

The Spy Lover


Kiana Davenport

When a crime boss offers Jake Asprey a deal he’d be a chump to pass up, Jake sees a way out of his troubles—until he finds himself at the heart of a dark plot that threatens those he loves.

Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Thrust into the savagery of the Civil War, a Chinese immigrant in the Union Army, a nurse doubling as a spy for the North, and a Confederate cavalryman find their lives inextricably entwined.

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The Magpies

THE JOHN RAIN THRILLER SERIES

Mark Edwards

Barry Eisler

November 2013


May 31, 2012

Meet the neighbors from hell.

Khmer Kill:

When Jamie and Kirsty move into their first home together they are full of optimism; the future, in which they plan to get married and start a family, is bright. The other residents of their building seem friendly but then strange things start to happen and, soon, Jamie and Kristi find themselves driven to the edge of despair. The Magpies is a gripping psychological thriller in which the monsters are the people who live next door.

A Dox Short Story

A cunningly-crafted piece of psychological crime fiction which burrows into the brain with a plentiful supply of ‘what if’ moments that’ll have you concerned about your own closest neighbors.” –Books & Writers Blog

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mark Edwards lives in England with his fiancée and their three young children. The Magpies is his first solo venture; he also writes crime and thrillers with co-author Louise Voss. Mark is now working on his next thriller which promises to be just as gripping and creepy as this one.

Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio, German, French, and Spanish For former Marine sniper Dox, a long-range hit in Cambodia was supposed to be just business as usual. But when you find yourself mixed up with rogue intelligence operations, gorgeous bar girls, and the world’s worst human-trafficking heart of darkness, business is anything but usual.

February 11, 2014

A Graveyard of Memories Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio, German In 1972, the most dangerous city on earth was Tokyo. And for a young John Rain, fresh from the killing fields of Southeast Asia, this urban cauldron of secrets, subterfuge, and seduction would burn hot enough to immolate a man— and to forge a legendary assassin. A prequel to the bestselling John Rain thriller series.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Barry Eisler spent three years in a covert position with the CIA, and then worked as a technology lawyer and startup executive in Silicon Valley and Japan, earning his black belt at the Kodokan International Judo Center along the way. Eisler’s bestselling thrillers have won the Barry Award and the Gumshoe Award for Best Thriller of the Year, have been included in numerous “Best Of” lists, and have been translated into nearly twenty languages.

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March 6, 2012

May 21, 2013

A Dangerous Talent

Fire Knife Dancing

An Alix London Mystery

Jungle Beat

Charlotte Elkins and Aaron Elkins

John Enright

Rights Available: All Languages, except Japanese Rights Sold: German, Audio


Art consultant Alix London teams up with FBI Special Agent Ted Ellesworth to uncover the truth behind a painting and those who would kill to have it.

Framed for murder by human traffickers, Samoan detective Apelu Soifua goes underground to catch the real killer and prove his innocence.

March 25, 2014

September 3, 2013

A Cruise To Die For An Alix London Mystery Charlotte Elkins and Aaron Elkins Rights Available: All Languages, except Japanese Rights Sold: Audio FBI Special Operative and art expert Alix London takes on moguls, mega-yachts, murder, and forgery, all on a luxury cruise through the Greek islands. A new volume in the Alix London Mystery series will be released in fall 2014.

To’Aga Jungle Beat John Enright Rights Available: All Languages, Audio Detective Sergeant Apelu Soifua’s called into action by a struggle for America Samoa itself, after an almost unimaginable loss.

July 15, 2014

Blood Jungle Jungle Beat

October 23, 2012

Pago Pago Tango Jungle Beat John Enright Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Detective Sergeant Apelu Soifua solves white men’s crimes in American Samoa, where the clash of native and colonial cultures makes for challenging—and complicated—police work.

John Enright Rights Available: All Languages, Audio Apelu Soifua is back with another tattered case, wrapped again in the parchment of something simple even when the fate of his community depends on the outcome.

August 6, 2013

Good Girl, Bad Girl Alexis Novalis Mystery Christopher Finch Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio This cool, sophisticated detective story set in the art world of 1968 New York City follows private eye Alex Novalis as he tracks the missing daughter of a wealthy construction mogul.

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August 19, 2014

July 17, 2012

The Girl from Nowhere

The Bum’s Rush

Alexis Novalis Mystery

A Leo Waterman Mystery

Christopher Finch

G.M. Ford



It’s the year of the “Miracle Mets,” and in Manhattan, art-fraud specialist Alex Novalis is deep into another twisty, counter-culture drenched case.

When a homeless woman says she’s the mother of a deceased rock idol, Waterman takes it upon himself to investigate the lady’s claim.

July 17, 2012

July 17, 2012

Thicker Than Water A Leo Waterman Mystery G.M.Ford Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio When the love of his life goes missing, one time PI Leo Waterman and his rag-tag bunch of reprobates set out to find her, uncovering a twisted web of drugs and deceit that nearly costs all of them their lives.

Slow Burn A Leo Waterman Mystery G.M. Ford Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio After a prestigious restaurant convention hires Leo as Security Officer, he finds himself served up as the prime suspect in a murder.

June 1, 2014

July 17, 2012

Chump Change

Who In Hell Is Wanda Fuca?

G.M. Ford




G.M. Ford

The long-awaited newest volume in the Leo Waterman mystery series.

Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio When an old gangster friend makes a request he “can’t refuse,” Leo and his band of drunks, delve into the world of environmental politics.

February 2014

Play Dead Anne Frasier

July 17, 2012

Cast In Stone A Leo Waterman Mystery G.M.Ford Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Leo Waterman’s boyhood hero is dying—struck down by delivery truck in a sketchy section of Seattle. What was he doing on a seedy downtown block after midnight? 112


Rights Available: All Languages, excluding German Rights Sold: Audio No one is more familiar with Savannah’s dark side than homicide detective and native resident Elise Sandburg. Now someone is terrorizing the city, creating real-life zombies by poisoning victims into a conscious paralysis that mimics death. As the chilling case unfolds, Elise is drawn back into her own haunted past that she’s tried so hard to leave behind.

April 23, 2014

June 4, 2013

Stay Dead

The Summoner

Anne Frasier

The Dominic Grey Series


Layton Green

Savannah homicide detectives Elise Sandburg and David Gould return in this follow up to USA Today bestselling thriller, Play Dead.

Rights Available: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian Rights Sold: Audio

October 9, 2012

A United States diplomat disappears in front of onlookers in the bushveld of Zimbabwe. Dominic Grey, Diplomatic Security special agent, product of a violent childhood and a worn passport, is assigned to investigate.

Arctic Fire Stephen Frey Rights Available: All Languages, Audio A Wall Street trader investigates his brother’s death in the Bering Sea—and stumbles intot the deepest, darkest shadows of America’s clandestine war on terror.

June 4, 2013

The Egyptian The Dominic Grey Series Layton Green Rights Available: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian Rights Sold: Audio

January 21, 2014

Red Cell Seven Stephen Frey Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio, German The US is rocked by a spray of murderous assaults on public spaces, and the President has to decide how far he can go in stifling a spasm of organized murder.

Dominic Grey and Viktor Radek, private investigators of cults, are hired by the CEO of an Egyptian biomedical firm to locate stolen research.

June 4, 2013

The Diabolist The Dominic Grey Series Layton Green

June 2013

Rights Available: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian Rights Sold: Audio

Mystery Girl David Gordon Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio, Japanese Vertigo meets Tarantino in this thriller by Edgar finalist David Gordon, whom Karen Thompson Walker calls “one of the smartest, most stylish writers I’ve ever come across.”

January 2014

Exes The Max Segal Series Dan Greenburg Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio The second title in the Max Segal Series, following Love Kills. “An engrossing tale filled with black humor and psychologically interesting characters. . . .” —The New York Times Book Review

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January 1, 2014

April 23, 2013

Fear Itself Dan Greenburg

The Lion, The Lamb, The Hunted


Andrew E Kaufman

A homicide cop who’s going through a wrenching divorce tracks a sadistic serial killer who stalks phobic women and literally scares them to death.


May 22, 2012

A son unwittingly stumbles across evidence among his dead mother’s belongings that paints her, 30 years later, as the killer of her young son and her brother, a senator, as the one pulling the strings.

Macbeth A. J. Hartley and David Hewson Rights Available: All Languages An imaginative adaptation of Shakespeare’s play into a suspenseful piece of historical fiction written in contemporary prose and set in the wilds and castles of medieval Scotland.

February 2014

The Contractors

October 22, 2013

Darkness and Shadows Andrew E Kaufman Rights Available: All Languages, Rights Sold: Audio, German Patrick Bannister discovers the only woman he ever loved has died . . . twice—in this sequel to the bestselling The Lion, The Lamb, The Hunted.

Harry Hunsicker Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio A government contractor working as a DEA agent busts the wrong shipment of drugs and finds himself marked for death unless he can safely transport the star witness for an upcoming cartel trial.

October 30, 2012

Flee The Chandler Series J.A. Konrath Rights Available: All Languages The woman known only by the codename “Chandler” is one of the world’s most elite spies, trained to be ruthless, invisible, and unstoppable . . . but her cover’s just been blown.

April 2, 2013

Angel Wings Howard Kaminsky Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: German, Audio A veteran Rhode Island homicide detective is pushed to his personal and professional limits when a fiendish serial killer strikes too close to home.

November 27, 2012

Spree The Chandler Series J.A. Konrath Rights Available: All Languages To rescue her sister from a black ops prison, Chandler must face down a hit squad while defusing a plot to assassinate the president.

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June 25, 2013

November 2013

Three

The Nero Decree

The Chandler Series

Gregory Lee

J.A. Konrath


Rights Available: All Languages To stop a power-mad president from slaughtering millions, elite assassin known only as Chandler will join forces with her worst enemy in a final, desperate attempt to preserve the very country that wants her dead.

May 14, 2013

As the Nazis come to power in Germany, a violent argument over a secret key causes young Johann to lose the only parent he has left. Worse, it is his half-brother, Dieter, who commits this horrific act of betrayal. Although their fragile family bonds are irrevocably destroyed, the brothers’ paths are destined to cross again.

The Accounting

January 17, 2012

Victor Carl Mysteries

Trojan Horse

William Lashner

Sasha Del Mira Series

Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio As a stoned teenager, Jon Willing thought he had the perfect plan for stealing a fortune in drug money. Twenty-five years later, a failing suburban dad with tan pants, he finds out how wrong he was.

David Lender Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: German Daniel Youngblood, a world-weary oil and gas investment banker, enlists his CIA operative lover to stop a Muslim terrorist plot to cripple the world’s oil capacity.

December 17, 2013

January 22, 2013

The Barkeep

Arab Summer


Sasha Del Mira Series

William Lashner Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio A barkeep, finally at peace as he nears 30, with his father in prison for killing his mother, meets a scruffy drunkard who confesses to killing the barkeep’s mother in astonishing detail, throwing the barkeep’s world into chaos.

David Lender Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Newlywed Sasha Del Mira thinks she’s left her harrowing past with the CIA behind her . . . until her husband is murdered.

January 17, 2012

July 2014

Vaccine Nation

Bagmen

David Lender


Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Bulgarian, Audio

William Lashner

When Dani North is handed “whistleblower” evidence about the U.S. vaccination program, she has to keep herself alive long enough to expose it before a pharmaceutical company CEO can have her killed.

Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio No matter what, defense attorney Victor Carl will fight as long as there’s a battle. 115


January 17, 2012

November 6, 2012

Bull Street

El Dorado Blues

David Lender

An Atticus Fish Novel

Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Polish

Shaun Morey

Richard Blum, a naïve, young Wall Streeter, gives a jaded billionaire the chance for redemption, as they team up to bring down an insider trading ring.

Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio In the badlands of southern Baja, retired billionaire Atticus Fish teams up with mescal bootlegger and PI extraordinaire to stop a plot to steal the legendary Jesuit Treasure.

January 17, 2012

The Gravy Train

September 24, 2013

David Lender

The Crooked Pearl

Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Polish

An Atticus Fish Novel

A novice investment banker helps an aging Chairman try to buy his company back, while the ruthless Wall Street sharks who drove it into bankruptcy do all they can to stop them.

February 4, 2014

Shaun Morey Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Once the location of the famous pearl beds of La Paz is uncovered, the beds are soon to be plundered—unless the expatriate Atticus Fish can head off the bad guys.

Mickey Unchained David Lender

August 21, 2012


First to Kill

A disgraced former Wall Streeter getting out of jail for insider trading—broke, banned from the securities business for life and divorced by his wife—hatches a scam with another ex-con to put them both back on top again by selling a stolen van Gogh painting.

Andrew Peterson

March 5, 2013

Bolero Nick Sayler Mysteries Joanie McDonell Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio, German When an innocent woman is attacked by a cunning killer, PI Nick Sayler and his motley crew of colleagues comb the streets of New York to capture the mad man. 116


The Nathan McBride Series Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: German When a federal agent and a ton of Semtex explosives fall into the hands of domestic militants, a former covert ops sniper must execute an unorthodox rescue mission. First to Kill was recently optioned for a major motion picture.

August 21, 2012

November 20, 2012

Forced to Kill

Mannheim Rex

The Nathan McBride Series

Robert Pobi

Andrew Peterson

Rights Available: English

Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: German

A widowered horror writer and a thirteen-yearold handicapped boy pursue a terrifying monster lurking in the depths of Lake Caldasac.

When his former Nicaraguan interrogator resurfaces, McBride’s code of honor will be pushed to the breaking point by his quest to avenge the darkest chapter of his past.

March 27, 2012

Jewball

September 6, 2012

Neal Pollack

Option to Kill The Nathan McBride Series Andrew Peterson Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: German

Rights Available: English The tides of history are flowing against a guy like Inky. Can he make his free throws and still make it through the season alive? Get ready. This . . . is Jewball.

Former CIA operations officer McBride rescues a mysterious girl from violent mercenaries who will stop at nothing to get her back. The newest book in the series, Ready to Kill will be released in spring 2014.

September 6, 2012

August 13, 2013

Neal Pollack

Unthinkable


The Detective Jane Candiotti Series

Downward-Facing Death


Matt Bolster was a rising homicide detective by the age of thirty-five. He was also overworked, divorced, and miserable. Then, to impress a girl, he agreed to try yoga, and with a single savasana, everything changed.

After a gunman takes her nephew’s life, homicide lieutenant Jane Candiotti joins forces with a violent ex-con to track down a cold-blooded killer.

November 13, 2012

Clyde Phillips

The Fifth Knight

May 15, 2012

E. M. Powell

Bloodman


Robert Pobi Rights Available: English If he hopes to find a relentless serial killer, an ex-heroin addict and gritty FBI contractor must decipher the fragmented bursts of code that his father is sending from across the threshold of Alzheimer’s disease. 117


To escape a lifetime of poverty, a mercenary agrees to one final, lucrative job: help King Henry II’s knights seize the traitor Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral.

August 7, 2012

January 21, 2014

Grave of Angels

Pop Culture Pop

Michael Prescott

A Crossroads Thriller


Eyre Price

A former nun turned security professional to the stars must search Hollywood’s darkest corners to find a missing teenage client.

September 11, 2012

Rights Available: English, German Rights Sold: Audio Record producer Daniel Erickson and his sidekick, Moog (once a blood-thirsty hitman), pursue cases that involve Erickson’s past in the rock ‘n’ roll business.

The Shadow Hunter

July 17, 2012

Michael Prescott

Abducted

Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio, German Hired to stop a crazed stalker from harming a beautiful news anchor, PI Abby Sinclair instead becomes his latest target in this fast-paced, unpredictable thriller.

June 26, 2012

Blues Highway Blues A Crossroads Thriller

The Lizzy Gardner Series T.R. Ragan Rights Available: All Languages, Audio Rights Sold: German, Turkish A serial killer’s sole surviving victim must face the horrors of her past when her depraved attacker resurfaces and launches a hunt to reclaim “the one who got away.”

July 17, 2012

Eyre Price

Dead Weight

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T.R. Ragan

The Lizzy Gardner Series

Music mogul Daniel Erickson’s life has come to a perilous crossroads. Literally. He has a ruthless pair of killers on his tail and is chasing a million dollars that he owes a Russian mobster.

Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: German, Audio In this follow-up to the best-selling Abducted, Lizzy Gardner’s skills are put to the test when she tackles two baffling missing-persons cases.

June 25, 2013

Rock Island Rock

June 18, 2013

A Crossroads Thriller

A Dark Mind

Eyre Price

The Lizzy Gardner Series

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T.R. Ragan

Daniel Erickson and Moog Turner are back on the road, running from Russian mobsters, cartel hit squads, and psychotic bikers as they follow musical clues to find the killer of a rock and roll superstar.

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Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: German, Audio Lizzy and her assistants land in the crosshairs of a serial murderer known as the Lovebird Killer. The newest installment in the Lizzy Gardner series will be released in fall 2014.

September 17, 2013

November 5, 2013

Silent Echo

The Widow File

J.R. Rain

S.G. Redling



A detective who is dying from an incurable disease races against time—and his own mortality—to uncover a killer.

A new thriller from master of suspense S.G. Redling.

June 2014 July 10, 2012

Redemption Key

Lost Things

SG Redling

John Rector


Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: German, Spanish, Audio Evan Teller has everything going for him— beautiful wife, opportunity to make partner— when one bad decision turns his dream life into a nightmare of cover-ups and lies.

August 27, 2013

Out of the Black John Rector Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio, German Buried by his debts and desperate to keep his daughter by his side, a man is forced into a ransom scheme to repay a notorious loan shark.

June 19, 2012

All Dani Britton wants is to disappear but she knows she’s a ‘person of interest’ to more than one government agency. Laying low at a shady local watering hole in the lower Florida Keys, Dani thinks she’s found the perfect hiding place. But when a smuggling deal goes wrong, Dani finds herself in the middle of triangle of dangerous gangsters. Enter Tom Booker, the charismatic hit man of her nightmares, and Dani knows this is a fight to the death.

November 13, 2012

The Devil’s Waters David Robbins Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Polish, Audio Off the Horn of Africa, the elite PJs—US Air Force pararescue jumpers—must take down a cargo ship full of secrets and hijacked by Somali pirates.

Flowertown S.G. Redling

December 11, 2012


USS Alcatraz

When a deadly chemical spill forces a community into quarantine, a cynical young woman must shake off her disillusionment to combat a twisted conspiracy.


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Philip Robinson

A former US Marine hunts down a psychopathic corporate head, who has imprisoned the enemies of his company on a nuclear sub retrofitted into a “prison ship.”

THE JEFFERSON TAYTE SERIES Steve Robinson American genealogist Jefferson Tayte’s assignments take him through family histories and royal conspiracies. Something of a modern Sherlock Holmes, Tayte works outside of the law, often crossing paths and discovering dark secrets that get him into all kinds of trouble. Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio

April 2014

April 2014

In The Blood:

The Last Queen of England:

Jefferson Tayte, Book 1 When Jefferson Tayte accepted his latest assignment he had no idea it might kill him. Driven by the irony of being a genealogist who doesn’t know his own parents, Tayte soon finds that the assignment shares a stark similarity to his own struggle. Someone has gone to great lengths to erase an entire family bloodline from recorded history and he’s not going home until he’s found out why.

Jefferson ayte, Book 3 It should have been a quiet weekend in London—a long overdue visit with the one true friend Jefferson Tayte ever had. Now his friend lies bleeding in his arms and Tayte must follow his research to understand why, making him the target of a ruthless, politically motivated killer. The Last Queen of England uncovers a conspiracy that if proved could ultimately threaten an institution that has lasted more than a thousand years: the British monarchy.

April 2014

To The Grave: Jefferson Tayte, Book 2 Jefferson Tayte uncovers the disturbing consequences of a seemingly innocuous act in 1944 that was intended to keep a family together, but which ultimately tore it apart. His research exposes hidden pasts and the desperate measures some people will take to keep a secret.

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July 2014

The Lost Empress: Jefferson Tayte, Book 4 Set in 1914, the fourth book in the Tayte series centers around a ship called the Empress of Ireland, an ocean liner that sunk on 29th May 1914 after colliding with another vessel. Of the fourteen hundred people on board, the accident cost the lives of a thousand, making it the largest of any Canadian maritime accidents in peacetime. Publication of this novel will coincide with the 100th anniversary of WW1 and of the sinking of The Empress of Ireland next year.

January 28, 2014

July 16, 2013

Death on a High Floor

Brilliance

Charles Rosenberg

The Brilliance Series


Marcus Sakey

When a much-despised senior partner turns up dead, with an ornate dagger buried between his shoulder blades, it comes as a surprise to no one in this legal thriller.

May 20, 2014

Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio, German Modern day intuitives are called “brilliants,” and since 1980, one percent of people have been born this way. Federal agent Nick Cooper is among them, his gifts rendering him exceptional at hunting terrorists.


“Sakey doesn’t write ‘safe’ books. He writes books that cut their own course and keep the readers off balance. He is such a talented man that he knows exactly where each plot twist is going and is able to justify it all in the end.” —Huffington Post

Jenna James, from the bestselling Death On A High Floor, returns as the prime suspect in the murder of one of her law school colleagues.

July 22, 2014

Long Knives Charles Rosenberg

Brilliance 2

December 11, 2012

The Brilliance Series

Burning Man

Marcus Sakey

The Gideon and Sirius Series

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Alan Russell Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio When a teenager is found crucified in a city park, LAPD Detective Michael Gideon and his K-9 partner are called upon to investigate the murder. “One of the best writers in the mystery field today.”—Publishers Weekly

Federal agent Nick Cooper, a ‘Brilliant’ at birth, is back to battle the evil that people can do when brilliant and dispossessed.

January 15, 2013

Liars, Cheaters, & Thieves A Detective Jackson Mystery

August 2014

L.J. Sellers

Burning Bright


The Gideon and Sirius Series Alan Russell Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio The second book in the bestselling series featuring LAPD cop Michael Gideon and his police dog partner Sirius of the Special Cases Unit.

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Two very different deaths lead Detective Wade Jackson into one very twisted case of ordinary people driven to desperate extremes by love, loss, and the grim repercussions of war.

January 15, 2013

January 15, 2013

Dying for Justice

Thrilled to Death

A Detective Jackson Mystery


L.J. Sellers

L.J. Sellers



Detective Jackson thought his parents’ killer was rotting away in a jail cell. But does a shocking confession from a dying man mean the real double murderer is still at large?

January 15, 2013

Passions of the Dead A Detective Jackson Mystery L.J. Sellers Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio The dead aren’t the only victims of a triple homicide that plunges Jackson into the desperate lives of two families torn apart by secrets.

January 15, 2013

Secrets to Die For

When one young woman suddenly vanishes and another mysteriously dies, Jackson does double duty to crack both cases before they go cold.

February 26, 2013

Rules of Crime A Detective Jackson Mystery L.J. Sellers Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio When his troubled ex-wife is kidnapped, Detective Wade Jackson must team up with FBI Agent Carla River to find her, leaving Jackson’s protégé to solve the savage assault of a local coed in the latest Detective Jackson mystery.


February 18, 2014

L.J. Sellers

Crimes of Memory



A serial rapist is terrorizing Detective Jackson’s town, but has the assailant turned to brutal murder?

January 15, 2013

The Sex Club A Detective Jackson Mystery L.J. Sellers Rights Available: All Languages, excluding Turkish Rights Sold: Audio, German A police detective and a dedicated nurse join forces to solve a pair of shocking crimes: a deadly clinic bombing and the brutal murder of a teenage girl. 122


L.J. Sellers Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio A bottled water plant is bombed by eco-terrorists and a homeless ex-con who lives in a rented storage unit is murdered. A subsequent installment of the series will be released in fall 2014.

April 2014

January 2014

Plaster City

Watching Over You

Jimmy Veeder Fiasco # 2

Mel Sherratt

Johnny Shaw


Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio It has been two years since the events of Dove Season, the first novel in the Jimmy Veeder Fiasco series. We find Jimmy Veeder settled in the Imperial Valley: working his farmland, living with girlfriend Angie Torres, and raising his brother Juan as his son. He still spends time with his best friend Bobby Maves, but their relationship has become a bit strained. As Jimmy gets more comfortable with his respectable life and responsibilities, Bobby’s antics and irresponsibility, while often appealing, are no longer something that Jimmy can do on a regular basis. Bobby is a man of action. And when there is no action, he creates it.

Carly moves home in an attempt to start a new life after dramatically losing her husband and unborn child. As Carly falls in love again, Ella— her landlady who lives in the flat above—falls apart; she wants Carly all to herself and won’t stop at anything until she has her. A gritty and menacing ‘neighbor from hell’ psycho thriller in the vein of Single White Female or Pacific Heights.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mel Sherratt was born in Stoke-on-Trent, where her books take place, and has lived there all her life. She lives with her husband and her terrier, Dexter (named after the serial killer). She describes herself as a writer of murder and mayhem.

December 2013

Taunting the Dead Mel Sherratt Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio This is a grueling tale of violence, lies, sex, adultery, small-town crooks and briberies. Set in Stoke-On-Trent (Northern England), the story opens with a woman being savagely murdered while on a drunken night out with her friends. The main suspect? Her husband. As DS Allie Shenton proceeds with her investigation, the bodies pile up, revealing the brutality that ensues when people are feeling betrayed and desperate. “A wonderfully observed tale of brutality, sex and raw emotion, with an ending that will leave you gasping to know more.”—David Jackson, author of Marked “The plot races along smartly, with the victims piling up, before culminating in a series of twists that hit you like body blows.” –Emlyn Rees, author of Hunted

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THE PRIMAL SERIES Jack Silkstone Rights Available: All Languages, excluding German Rights Sold: Audio

January 14, 2014

The Boy Who Stole from the Dead Orest Stelmach

From the shadows, a team of professionals is watching. A covert organization, independent of any nation or corporation, free to strike at the untouchable. They are PRIMAL, and they will see justice served. The first three installments of the series, PRIMAL Origin, PRIMAL Unleashed, and PRIMAL Vengeance will be released in December 2013, followed by PRIMAL Fury in March 2014. Jack Silkstone has a background in Military Intelligence, Counter-Intelligence and Special Operations.

Rights Available: English, German Rights Sold: Audio

“If you like Tom Clancy, you’ll like PRIMAL. It bristles with authenticity because the guy who wrote it used to do it for real.” —Matthew Reilly, author of Ice Station and Scarecrow

The Righteous Series

March 19, 2013

The Boy from Reactor 4

Nadia Tesla’s got a new challenge, trying to save Bobby Kungenook from a murder charge, after she’s gotten him out of Chernobyl and back to New York.

February 21, 2012

The Righteous Michael Wallace Rights Available: English When a young woman in a polygamous community is murdered, a church elder’s son discovers a sinister plot to overthrow the church’s leaders.

Orest Stelmach February 21, 2012

Rights Available: English Rights Sold: Audio, German A woman on the run from the mob flees America for Ukraine, where she meets a troubled boy in Chernobyl with a secret that could change the world.

Mighty and Strong The Righteous Series Michael Wallace Rights Available: English When the FBI recruits Christianson to infiltrate a millennialist cult similar to his fundamentalist church, his search for an undercover agent explodes into a fight to save his own family.

February 21, 2012

The Wicked The Righteous Series Michael Wallace Rights Available: English Eliza Christianson risks her own freedom to free a young girl from a violent doomsday cult.

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October 2, 2012

May 1, 2012

The Blessed and the Damned

The Wowzer

The Righteous Series

Rights Available: English

Michael Wallace Rights Available: English Jacob Christianson must decide just how far he is willing to go to protect his community when he learns of a plot against a polygamous enclave.

March 12, 2013

Destroying Angel The Righteous Series

Frank Wheeler In the Arkansas Ozarks, old-timers spin tales of the Wowzer, a giant panther-like creature that decapitates those who wander too far into the woods. County sheriff’s deputy Jerry moonlights as muscle for local drug traffickers, who sometimes need people to get hurt—or get dead.

April 30, 2013

Blood Makes Noise Gregory Widen

Michael Wallace Rights Available: English


In the fifth installment of the bestselling Righteous series, the warring Kimball and Christianson clans face off in one final epic battle that will threaten not only their lives, but their very souls.

Based on an incredible true story, this historical thriller follows a disgraced CIA agent who is the only man that can bring Eva Peron’s body home from its hiding place—and unearth the secrets she carried to her grave.

February 11, 2014

Gates of Babylon The Righteous Series

No Show Simon Wood

Michael Wallace Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Jacob contends with an autocratic government commission and a conservative uprising intent on “purifying” the community before the world ends.

May 27, 2014

Hell’s Fortress The Righteous Series Michael Wallace Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio Blister Creek is on the edge of destruction, and as the polygamous compound goes, so goes the world. 125

June 25, 2013


Rights Available: All Languages Rights Sold: Audio An Englishman arrives stateside to join the investigative journalist he just married; but his American dream becomes a nightmare when she’s a no show at the airport and a string of women his wife knew are turning up dead.

THE JESSICA DANIEL SERIES Kerry Wilkinson The bestselling series starring Detective Sergeant Jessica Daniel, the most compelling female detective since Prime Suspect’s Jane Tennison.

Kerry Wilkinson became an Amazon UK best-selling author in 2011, outselling both Stephanie Meyer and Stieg Larsson. Wilkinson, born in Bath, Somerset, UK, in 1980, began his crime-writing career as a self-published author, gaining critical acclaim for his edgy crime thrillers. He works as a professional journalist living in the UK. July 2013

March 2014

LOCKED IN

THE WOMAN IN BLACK

Rights Sold: German

Rights Available: German

November 2013

June 2014

VIGILANTE

THINK OF THE CHILDREN


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