Showing posts with label Rachel Brooks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rachel Brooks. Show all posts

20 July 2016

Fabulous Bell and Brown Trade Reviews!

Congrats to Kimberly Bell on her fantastic review from Library Journal for her latest historical romance from Berkley-Intermix A Dangerous Damsel.

"For readers looking for a nontraditional heroine and a lusty Scottish laird"...full review!



Congrats also to Laura Brown, who recently received an amazing review from Kirkus Reviews for her #ownvoices romance from Avon Books Signs of Attraction, featuring a Deaf hero and an Hard of Hearing heroine.

"This is a notable and groundbreaking debut by an author to watch"...full review!



22 June 2016

ICYMI: "Insert Groom Here" Cover Reveal!

Thanks to the team at Heroes and Heartbreakers, client K.M. Jackson's cover for her upcoming romance INSERT GROOM HERE was revealed yesterday. If you missed it (and you won't want to) here it is...


Tired white lace, rote promises, same-old ceremonies—some brides have no time for that. They'll break the rules, turn tradition into straight-up scandal—and improvise as much as it takes to turn their wildest wedding dreams into real love…

Eva Ward has won a lavish wedding on the nation’s hottest morning show and can't wait to kick off her happily-ever-after in style. Too bad her fiancĂ© backs out on-air—and cameraman Aidan Walker makes sure her private meltdown goes viral, down to the last couch-kicking moment. The only way Eva can save face and keep her perfect nuptial plans on track is to star in a new “find-a-groom” reality segment. But finding Mr. Right in one month means ignoring her handsome new producer—none other than Aidan himself—and getting their instant, exasperating attraction out of her system…

Eva soon finds there's a lot more to Aidan than freewheeling charm. But one glimpse of his caring side can't make up for off-camera politics, Aidan's own secrets—or Eva's fear that they’re too different to ever trust each other. So it's time for her to flip this script, write twists no one will see coming—and risk her heart to get the real thing…

You can read this fun, fresh romance in print or ebook 12/27/16, but you can go ahead and pre-order now:

Amazon
Barnes and Noble
Itunes

~R

20 April 2016

Congrats to client Linsey Miller!

In case you missed it, yesterday Linsey Miller's exciting news hit Publishers Weekly. Her debut YA fantasy MASK OF SHADOWS will be published by Sourcebooks Fire in Summer 2017!

A big congrats to Linsey and all the other authors, agents, and editors mentioned. Fantastic list!


"Annie Berger of Sourcebooks Fire has acquired Linsey Miller's debut Mask of Shadows, and a sequel, wherein a gender fluid pickpocket auditions to become a replacement member of the Left Hand – the queen's quartet of assassins – but must survive the competition while also putting their true reason for auditioning into motion. Publication is slated for summer 2017 and summer 2018; Rachel Brooks at L. Perkins Agency brokered the deal for world rights."

21 March 2016

RT Reviews gives Strictly Pleasure Four Stars!

Congrats to client Sheryl Nantus on her 4 star review from RT Magazine for Strictly Pleasure! For those unfamiliar with RT's star ranking system, a 4 means "Compelling -- Page-turner". Indeed!

Check out the full review HERE.

You can also pre-order this erotic romance now in both ebook and trade paperback formats:

Amazon: http://amzn.to/1MimeIO

Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/1Wz54qI

Samhain: http://bit.ly/1PIhBpL

Then enjoy it and alpha Dom (and bookstore owner!) Oliver Greenwood in less than two weeks on 3/29 release day.

Strictly fabulous!

14 January 2016

Congrats to client Amanda Searcy!

Earlier this week Amanda Searcy's exciting news hit Publishers Weekly. Her debut YA psychological thriller, TRUTH IS, will be published by Random House/Delacorte in Fall 2017.

Congrats, Amanda, and to all the other authors, agents, and editors mentioned. Great list!



 "Krista Vitola at Delacorte has acquired Amanda Searcy's debut novel, Truth Is, a psychological thriller following two teen girls, one from a Texas border town hoping to outrun her past and another who fears for her future in a public housing complex; when their worlds collide, only one girl will make it out alive. Publication is slated for fall 2017; Rachel Brooks at L. Perkins Agency brokered the deal for world rights."

01 January 2016

ICYMI: More Client Covers

Happy New Year!

I hope you find yourself reading lots of exciting books in 2016.

I'm thrilled the following client books will be publishing this year. In case you missed their covers and blurbs, here they are below. A big thank you to the teams and artists behind these amazing covers!


Notes of Temptation (Hollywood Jazz #1) 
By Rebecca Halsey, available February 16, 2016
Pre-order:

When Carrie Cooper leaves her small gold-mining town to seek her fortune, it’s not until she arrives in L.A. that she learns her college certificate is a fraud. The only work available is in a less-than-respectable speakeasy.

The job comes with the opportunity to take the stage with Oz Dean, the club’s captivating bandleader. But rivals out for her blood along with her place in the spotlight lurk behind the curtain.

Oz Dean has the rare ability to “see” music as brilliant colors, but nothing has ever dazzled him like Carrie’s pure, choirgirl voice. With a mob debt hanging over his head like a guillotine, he organizes a revue that will launch them all to stardom. Unfortunately, his bold move attracts exactly the kind of criminal attention he’d like to avoid.

Mired in Hollywood’s underbelly, caught off-guard by their growing attraction, Carrie and Oz are forced to consider the cost of success. Or their one chance to make beautiful music together could be their last.


Strictly Pleasure (Hooded Pleasures series) 
By Sheryl Nantus, available March 29,  2016
Pre-order:

Veronica Locksley is a Domme without a club to play in. Suspended from Boots ’n’ Chains for not being gentle with her submissives, she’s offered one chance to regain her status. Spend some time as one of them.

Everything in her rebels at the idea, but she has no choice but to agree.

Oliver Greenwood is a sexy, powerful but widowed Dom who’s ready to emerge from his grieving period. All that stands between him and his return to the dating scene is one last assignment for Hooded Pleasures—to put a Domme under his thumb for six sessions to teach her greater respect for her subs.

Veronica turns out to be more than a handful. Yet even as she butts heads with him every step of the way, he discovers that beneath her tiger-in-the-boardroom personality hides the heart of a true submissive. One that’s extraordinarily easy to fall in love with.

But before she can become anyone’s dream—including her own—he has to let her go. And hope she finds the path that will lead back to his arms.

 
Midsummer Night's Mischief (Wiccan Wheel Mystery #1) 
By Jennifer David Hesse, available July 26, 2016
Pre-order:

As the Summer Solstice approaches in idyllic Edindale, Illinois, attorney Keli Milanni isn’t feeling the magic. She’s nearing thirty, hasn’t found the right man, and is about to land in a cauldron of hot water at work. Good thing she has her private practice to fall back on—as a Wiccan. She’ll just have to summon her inner Goddess and set the world to rights…

Midsummer Eve is meant for gratitude and celebration, but Keli is not in her typically upbeat mood. The family of a recently deceased client is blaming her for the loss of a Shakespearean heirloom worth millions, and Keli’s career may be on the line. With both a Renaissance Faire and a literary convention in town, Edindale is rife with suspicious characters, and the intrepid attorney decides to tap into her unique skills to crack the case…

But Keli weaves a tangled web when her investigation brings her up-close and personal with her suspects—including sexy Wes Callahan, her client’s grandson. The tattooed bartender could be the man she’s been looking for in more ways than one.  As the sun sets on the mystical holiday, Keli will need just a touch of the divine to ferret out the real villain and return Edindale, and her heart, to a state of perfect harmony…

02 December 2015

ICYMI: K.M. Jackson & Kimberly Bell Cover Reveals at H&H!

Did you see client K.M. Jackson's cover reveal for Romancing the Fashionista at Heroes & Heartbreakers yesterday? It's gorgeous!

A huge thank you to the team at H&H for revealing this novella cover. And of course a shout out to the team at Samhain for designing such a beauty.

Here's what you missed:

Romancing the Fashionista (The Flirty Fashionistas #1)
By K.M. Jackson, available May 10, 2016:


When fate offers a second chance, only a fool waits for the other shoe to drop. 

Manhattan fashion maven and magazine editor Melinda Mitchell shuns the social media spotlight. That is, until a tipsy girl’s night out ends with her first Facebook account and a friend request from none other than her secret high school crush, Nolan Parker.

When Nolan lost his chance at the big leagues, he signed on with Doctors Without Borders and never looked back. Now he’s back home to help out his ailing father. Running into Mel at his fifteen-year high school reunion rekindles old feelings he thought he’d buried for good.

Intrigued by Nolan’s irresistibly sexy profile, Melinda heads to the reunion with her best friend to see if the picture matches up to the man. Their instant attraction flares brighter than the Manhattan skyline.

Although the tough fashionista and accomplished ex-jock rub each other the very right way, a few stumbling blocks will decide if the heat between them is a symptom of forever love, or a past that should be left where it belongs.

Warning: Contains a tough, no-nonsense, Big-Apple businesswoman who likes to call her own shots, and a hot doctor who can turn her on with surgical precision.

 Add this novella to your Goodreads TBR
 

And Kimberly Bell's cover was revealed earlier this fall by Heroes & Heartbreakers too--another fun, sexy romance you don't want to miss!


A Convenient Engagement (The Countess Scandals #1)
By Kimberly Bell, available February 16, 2016:

A young lady makes an outrageous deal with a very handsome devil in this sexy debut romance set in Georgian Era London and Scotland.

An independent young woman of means, Miss Hannah Howard is as stubborn as she is beautiful. After she moves to London for her first season among the ton, she immediately finds herself in a heated dispute with her neighbor, the ill-mannered Gavan Dalreoch, Earl of Rhone. Giving the Earl a black eye is a lapse in judgment—even though the Scottish scoundrel deserved it. Now with her reputation in jeopardy, her only hope for saving face is the man whose face she bruised.

Gavan is content to live up to his rakish reputation, but with family pressuring him to marry, he and Hannah agree to get engaged just long enough to appear respectable. Yet as the charade continues with stolen kisses and a trip to Gavan's Scottish castle, Gavan and Hannah discover that their false engagement may be more real than they imagined.

Pre-order this full-length novel here!

31 July 2015

Why I'm Beyond Excited for Beyond the Red by Ava Jae

Today I have a special post for BEYOND THE RED, a young adult novel by Ava Jae coming from Sky Pony Press in March 2016. The cover reveal was Wednesday, and if you haven't checked out the signed ARC giveaway yet at YA Books Central, you totally should.

I am naturally very biased about this one. BTR shall always hold a special place in my little agenty heart, because this was one of the first projects I worked on from contest slush-to-sale with Louise Fury while training as her agent apprentice.

Working with #TeamFury not only allowed me to train, learn, email and phone chat with Ava right alongside Louise, but gave me the privilege of watching each version of BTR grow stronger and stronger. This is saying a lot, considering the high level of craftsmanship Ava already achieved from the initial draft our team received. Seeing this go from Word document to hardcover is definitely a fangirl-worthy moment.

I'm BEYOND proud (yep, title jokes have arrived) of Ava and so very happy for her. I also hope she forgives me that sometimes I forget and refer to BTR by it's old title to the husband and Query Cat. This is truly a fabulous debut, and I can't wait to put it on my keeper shelf!

Mark your calenders, folks. Ava is going to take you Beyond...

~R


09 October 2014

Deal News!

I'm have exciting news I can finally share with you! So proud and happy for Ava Jae, who is such a talented writer. Congrats, Ava!


Children's: Young Adult
Ava Jae's debut BEYOND THE RED, in which a feud on a distant, crimson planet with established nanite technology creates a violent uprising that threatens the reign of a teenage queen and forces her to turn to her rebel half-blood bodyguard for help, before the planet's human population is destroyed at the hands of her power-hungry twin brother, to Nicole Frail at Sky Pony Press, in a nice deal, for publication in early 2016, by Louise Fury at The Bent Agency in association with Rachel Brooks of the L. Perkins Agency (World). Foreign: Biagi Literary Management



27 June 2014

Big news!

You might have already seen the news, but I've included the Publishers Lunch announcement below in case you missed it.

The L. Perkins Agency hired on two new agents, and one of them is yours truly! I will be working as a Junior Literary Agent now that my year of training under Louise Fury is complete. So excited for this expansion at LPA!


 
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