YOUNG ADULT:
Author of HOW TO WIN A BREAKUP 's MEET ME ON LOVE STREET, a grumpy/sunshine romance in which a teen trying to save her mom's flower shop from gentrification teams up with a city planning student to organize a love-themed festival to save their Toronto neighborhood before anyone else in their community is hurt, but they may only end up hurting each other's hearts, to Dainese Santos at Simon & Schuster Children's, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2025, by Rachel Brooks at BookEnds (world).
's THAT DEVIL, AMBITION, a dark academia fantasy following three friends whose loyalties are tested when they attempt to earn their university's prized tuition waiver by completing one final exam—killing the demon summoned to teach their class before he kills all of them at graduation, to Kristin Daly Rens at Balzer & Bray, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2025, by Rachel Brooks at BookEnds (world English).
NYT-bestselling author 's THE DARK BECOMES HER, a horror pitched as pulling from the darkest corners of Taiwanese folklore and urban legends, about a Taiwanese Canadian teenager in Vancouver's Chinatown who gets thrust into an epic battle of demons, power, and destiny as she fights to save her sister from possession by an evil spirit, to Rebecca Kuss at Rick Riordan Presents, in a significant deal, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2024, by Rachel Brooks at BookEnds (world).
Tricia Levenseller's VENGEANCE OF THE PIRATE QUEEN, a companion novel to the author's Daughter of the Pirate King series, pitched as Pirates of the Caribbean meets The Mummy, wherein an assassin is ordered by the pirate queen to investigate a missing ship with a navigator, but what started as a rescue mission quickly becomes a fight to save the world as they accidentally awaken the king of the undersea, to Holly West at Feiwel and Friends, in a good deal, for publication in summer 2023, by Rachel Brooks at BookEnds (world).
YA author 's HELL HATH NO FURY, an adult romantasy in which, due to a shortage of noblemen in her own kingdom, a warrior princess must kidnap a husband of noble blood from a neighboring kingdom in order to take her rightful place as queen, to Holly West at Feiwel, in a six-figure deal, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2025, by Rachel Brooks at BookEnds (world).
's THE DEATHLESS ONE, the first in a dark romantasy series, following a recently murdered princess and the god of death who brings her back to life, who must learn to work together to save her kingdom's people from a looming fate far worse than they imagined, to Abby Zidle at Gallery, in a significant deal, in a pre-empt, in a three-book deal, for publication in spring 2025, by Rachel Brooks at BookEnds (world English).
's THE FIRE THAT BINDS, a dark romantasy trilogy set in a reimagined ancient Roman Empire where the patricians are dragon shifters and the key to ending their rule lies with three mystical sisters and the otherworldly men they meet, who must stop the emperor's conquest to burn across the world, to Monique Patterson at Bramble, in a major deal, in an exclusive submission, in a three-book deal, for publication in spring 2025, by Rachel Brooks at BookEnds (world English).
ADULT ROMANCE & ROM-COM:
's HUNTED KINGDOM*, the first in The Kingdoms dark romance trilogy, pitched as reimagining fairy-tale princesses as the daughters of modern-day mafia bosses, starting with Snow White and the Huntsman who makes her want to give in to forbidden desires, to Monique Patterson at Bramble, in a good deal, in a three-book deal, for publication in fall 2025, by Rachel Brooks at BookEnds (world English). *Re-titled: Huntsman
's WOLF GONE WILD, DON'T HEX AND DRIVE, WITCHES GET STITCHES, ALWAYS PRACTICE SAFE HEX, RESTING WITCH FACE, and GRIM AND BEAR IT, previously self-published in the Stay a Spell series, and A REBEL WITHOUT CLAWS, first in the forthcoming Southern Charm spinoff series set 20 years later, to Laura Schreiber at Union Square & Co, in a seven-book deal, for publication in 2023 and 2024, by Rachel Brooks at BookEnds (world English).
's SECOND TIDE'S THE CHARM, a reunion romance between two marine biologists who drifted apart after tragedy; when they find themselves unexpectedly working together again on a shark study, it's anything but smooth sailing as they navigate their feelings for one another over the course of one summer, to Errin Toma at Canary Street, in a very nice deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2024 and summer 2025, by Rachel Brooks at BookEnds (world English).
WOMEN'S FICTION & BOOK CLUB FICTION:
's THE FOURTH DAUGHTER, in which a woman and her Taiwanese American granddaughter's bond deepen through their love of food as they search for the woman's daughter, whom her husband gave away in the 1950s, told in two intertwining timelines between present-day and Taiwan's martial law era, to Chantelle Aimee Osman at Lake Union Publishing, for publication in summer 2025, by Rachel Brooks at BookEnds (world).
Author of THE SPANISH DAUGHTER 's THE NIGHT THE RADIO DIED*, set in 1957 Ecuador, following a photojournalist working to unearth what actually happened to her parents the night they allegedly died eight years earlier when an angry mob attacked their radio station during the infamous broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" in Quito, before her uncle can force her into an arranged marriage, to Norma Perez-Hernandez while at Kensington, with Leticia Gomez editing, in a good deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2025, by Rachel Brooks at BookEnds (world). *Re-titled: We Don't Talk About That Night
Tif Marcelo's JUST ONE WISH*, pitched as a modern reimagining of LITTLE WOMEN from Marmee's point of view, as she navigates love and loss within her Filipino American family, to Lauren Plude at Lake Union Publishing, for publication in spring 2023, by Rachel Brooks at BookEnds (world). *Re-titled: When Jasmine Blooms
ADULT THRILLER, SUSPENSE & MYSTERY:
Lyn Liao Butler's SEARCHING FOR LUCA*, in which a strong woman who will stop at nothing to reunite her family after her nephew's disappearance must confront a kidnapper whose motives are anything but pure; pitched as part Minka Kent and Megan Abbott, to Jessica Tribble Wells at Thomas & Mercer, for publication in spring 2023, by Rachel Brooks at BookEnds (world). *Re-titled: What is Mine
Author of THE SISTERS OF ALAMEDA STREET Lorena Hughes's THE SPANISH DAUGHTER, the first in a new historical mystery series set in 1919, about a woman who inherits her estranged father's cacao plantation in Ecuador, but when her husband is murdered on their voyage from Spain in a hired killing meant for her, she decides to impersonate him, claim she died, and discover which newfound relative wanted the land for themselves and her dead, to Norma Perez- Hernandez at Kensington, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2022 and 2023, by Rachel Brooks at BookEnds (world).
