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Park Row Books, launched in 2017, publishes an exclusive list of
voice-driven and thought-provoking books across a variety of
genres, from literary fiction and suspense to historical fiction and
narrative nonfiction.
Hanover Square Press draws its name from New York City’s Hanover
Square, which was once known as “Printing House Square” for the
printers, publishers and booksellers who thrived there in the 1700s
and early 1800s. Our list encompasses a broad range of genres—
from crime, thrillers and high-concept fiction to narrative history,
journalism and memoir—but most of all we’re guided by our desire
to find works full of engaging ideas, unique subjects and fast-paced
IMPRINTS
MIRA Books publishes great stories for a broad audience. Titles feature
breakout and established commercial fiction with a strong narrative
drive and complex characters across a wide spectrum. In 2016, 56
MIRA Books titles placed on bestseller lists (New York Times, USA
TODAY, Publishers Weekly, the Globe and Mail and the Indie Next List)
for a total of 275 weeks.
The Cactus • Sarah Haywood 3 Everything That Follows • Meg Little Reilly 2
The Crossing • Jason Mott 4 The Shimmer • Carsten Stroud 6
Dead Girls • Graeme Cameron 6 Harry’s Trees • Jon Cohen 10
The Bookshop of Yesterdays • Amy Meyerson 9 The Moscow Deception • Karen Robards 11
The Life Lucy Knew • Karma Brown 11 Slowly We Die • Emelie Schepp 12
Me, Myself and Them • Dan Mooney 12 The Murder Pit • Mick Finlay 16
Little Boy Lost • Kimberly Belle 13 The Last Hours • Minette Walters 18
The Dutch Wife • Ellen Keith 20 Impostor’s Lure • Carla Neggers 19
Fury • Rachel Vincent 20
ALSO FEATURED
Exit Strategy
Charlton Pettus
Sometimes you just need to escape. For crooked When Jordan Parrish, the brilliant founder of
politicians, military brass from third-world nations a medical technology startup, made the call, he
and white-collar criminals looking to avoid either thought he had no other way out. But after his exit,
prison or a deadlier form of payback, there’s he began to wonder—was he just a victim of bad
Exit Strategy. With just one call, Exit Strategy luck or was someone working against him? To find
helps these wealthy but wanted types disappear out, Jordan will have to break the cardinal rule of
completely. Exit Strategy: you can never, ever go back.
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ISBN-13: 978-1-335-01692-8
• FASCINATION WITH THOSE WHO DISAPPEAR: Witness protection has been covered in TV shows
Editor: Peter Joseph
such as Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul and in nonfiction titles such as The Art of Invisibility, How to
Price: $26.99 U.S./$33.50 CAN.
Disappear and How to be Invisible, and will certainly appeal to fiction thriller readers.
Category: Thriller
Publishing History: Original • AUTHOR WITH UNIQUE BACKGROUND: As a member of Tears for Fears, the Los Angeles–based
On-Sale: May 1, 2018 Charlton Pettus regularly travels across the United States and worldwide, and is well-connected with
Format: Hardcover music industry media.
Page Count: 368
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-09538-2
Rights: World English AUTHOR BIO
CHARLTON PETTUS is a songwriter and producer living in Los Angeles. He has worked with artists as diverse
as Selena Gomez, Sinead O’Connor and Junkie XL, in addition to scoring and writing songs for film and
television. Since 2000, he has been a member of Tears for Fears, producing their last record and touring with
the band as lead guitarist. EXIT STRATEGY is his first novel.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-6414-6
Editor: Kathy Sagan
Price: $15.99 U.S./$19.99 CAN. SALES POINTS
Category: Fiction
Publishing History: Original • TARGET BOOK CLUB PICK: Reilly’s debut novel WE ARE UNPREPARED was chosen as a Target Book
On-Sale: May 1, 2018 Club pick.
Format: Trade Paperback
• PRI RADIO COMMENTATOR: Reilly is currently a regular contributor to Vermont Public Radio.
Page Count: 320
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-07941-2
Rights: World all languages
AUTHOR BIO
MEG LITTLE REILLY is an author, an environmentalist, a maker, a hiker of mountains, a swimmer of lakes
and a reader of everything. She’s a commentator for Vermont Public Radio and an amateur homesteader in
Vermont, where she lives with her husband and two daughters.
MAY 2018 • PAGE 3
The Cactus
Sarah Haywood
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“If you never stopped to think what a child born of MARKETING PLAN
The Crossing
Jason Mott
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• NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR: Jason Mott’s debut novel THE RETURNED
was a New York Times bestseller and sold over 50,000 copies across formats.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-3073-8 • HIGHLY ACCLAIMED: THE RETURNED received starred reviews from all four of
Editor: Erika Imranyi
the trade publications, as well as major national review coverage including People,
Price: $26.99 U.S./$33.50 CAN.
Entertainment Weekly and USA TODAY.
Category: Literary Fiction
Publishing History: Original • INDIE/LIBRARY FAVORITE: THE RETURNED was an Indie Next pick, and Jason is
On-Sale: May 15, 2018 beloved amongst booksellers and librarians.
Format: Hardcover
• EMOTIONAL SIBLING STORY: Jason’s strength as a writer is in his characters and
Page Count: 384
Trim Size: 61⁄8" x 91⁄4" x 13⁄16"
emotional depth. Set in a world that is at once imaginary yet familiar to reality,
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-02352-1 THE CROSSING is a compelling and emotional relationship story about family love
Rights: World all languages and loyalty.
• PERFECT FOR FANS OF SPECULATIVE LITERARY FICTION: A perfect blend
of poetic writing, imaginative world building and emotional character sketches,
THE CROSSING is perfect for fans of bestsellers such as Justin Cronin’s The
Passage trilogy, and books by Hugh Howey and Joe Hill.
• MADE FOR TELEVISION: THE RETURNED was adapted into the television series
MARKETING PLAN Resurrection on ABC, which starred Omar Epps and Frances Fisher and aired for
ADVERTISING:
two seasons.
• Trade and consumer advertising campaign.
• Extensive consumer advertising campaign,
including national print media.
• Book club and reading group promotion PRAISE FOR THE RETURNED BY JASON MOTT:
Campaign Widows
Aimee Agresti
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ISBN-13: 978-1-525-80426-7
Editor: Melanie Fried
• HOT, JUICY TOPIC: In the footsteps of TV shows like Scandal and novels like The Price: $15.99 U.S./$19.99 CAN.
Hopefuls, CAMPAIGN WIDOWS offers readers a window into an overlooked yet Category: Fiction
relatable perspective on the world of DC’s power players while addressing its Publishing History: Original
timely subject matter with levity, heart and a nonpartisan approach. On-Sale: May 22, 2018
Format: Trade Paperback with Flaps
• AUTHOR IS A CAMPAIGN WIDOW: The wife of a Capitol Hill staffer, Aimee
Page Count: 384
Agresti herself is a campaign widow and drew from her own experiences to bring Trim Size: 61⁄8" x 91⁄4" x 11⁄4"
her vibrant cast of characters and the fascinating DC landscape to life. Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-03287-5
Rights: US/Canada, English only
MARKETING PLAN
ADVERTISING:
• Trade advertising campaign.
• Extensive consumer advertising campaign,
including national print media.
• Book club and reading group promotion.
Dead Girls
Graeme Cameron
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ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-1988-7
Editor: Emily Ohanjanians • ACCLAIMED AUTHOR: Cameron’s first book, NORMAL, was hailed by fellow authors, industry
Price: $15.99 U.S./$19.99 CAN. publications and booksellers as an outstanding debut. It was also nominated for the Strand Critics
Category: Thriller Award for Best First Novel (beaten for the win by The Girl on the Train).
Publishing History: Original
• UNRELIABLE NARRATOR HOOK: The popular hook of the unreliable narrator receives an exciting
On-Sale: May 29, 2018
twist in this story, with a police detective suffering brain injuries inflicted by the very killer she’s after.
Format: Trade Paperback
Page Count: 384
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-460-39653-7
Rights: World all languages
AUTHOR BIO
GRAEME CAMERON is the critically acclaimed author of NORMAL, which was nominated for the Strand Critics
Award for Best First Novel. Graeme has never worked as a police detective, ER doctor, crime reporter or
forensic anthropologist. He lives in Norfolk, UK, with his family.
The Shimmer
Carsten Stroud
Heat meets The Sixth Sense in THE SHIMMER, a classic suspense with a
genre-blending element by Carsten Stroud, author of the New York Times
bestselling true crime account Close Pursuit.
Carsten Stroud’s THE SHIMMER is a high- stranger. That stranger turns out to be a cunning
octane thriller laced with humor and a smattering of female serial killer who craves the shimmer—that
supernatural genre-bending. Set in Florida, it focuses elusive afterglow that emanates when the soul leaves
on two families whose lives are irrevocably changed the body and that allows her to slip into the past to try
when they cross paths with a beautiful, seductive to right a wrong that haunts her.
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• FAST-PACED COMMERCIAL SUSPENSE: Full of appealing characters and laced with humor and a
tinge of the supernatural, THE SHIMMER will appeal to fans of Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiaasen, Greg Iles
ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-3122-3
and Stephen King.
Editor: Kathy Sagan
Price: $26.99 U.S./$33.50 CAN. • AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR: Carsten Stroud’s Close Pursuit was a New York Times
Category: Suspense bestseller and he has received the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel for his many other works of
Publishing History: Original nonfiction and fiction.
On-Sale: June 5, 2018
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 384
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-02804-5
Rights: World English
AUTHOR BIO
CARSTEN STROUD is the author of the New York Times bestselling true crime account Close Pursuit. His
other books include the novels Niceville, The Homecoming, The Reckoning, Sniper’s Moon, Lizard Skin, Black
Water Transit, Cuba Strait and Cobraville.
JUNE 2018 • PAGE 7
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• LITTLE-KNOWN MOMENT IN LINCOLN’S LIFE: The Harrison murder trial captures ISBN-13: 978-1-335-42469-3
Lincoln at the end of his private life and career as a lawyer just before he stepped Editor: Peter Joseph
onto the national stage, offering a revealing look at the president he would become. Price: $26.99 U.S./$33.50 CAN.
Category: Narrative Nonfiction
• SWEET SPOT OF POPULAR NARRATIVE NONFICTION: Authors such as
Publishing History: Original
Brian Kilmeade, Brett Baier, Bill O’Reilly and Candice Millard have shown the On-Sale: June 5, 2018
wide audience for presidential histories. Format: Hardcover
• ABRAMS’S BROADCAST MEDIA PLATFORM: Abrams is currently the chief legal Page Count: 320
affairs anchor for ABC News as well as host of Live PD and 60 Days In on A&E. He Trim Size: 61⁄8" x 91⁄4" x 1 1⁄16"
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-09532-0
was previously an anchor on Nightline, chief legal correspondent on NBC News
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and general manager and anchor at MSNBC.
• ABRAMS’S ONLINE MEDIA PLATFORM: Abrams is CEO of Abrams Media, which
includes the websites Mediaite, Gossip Cop, Runway Riot, The Mary Sue and
LawNewz. Together these sites draw millions of unique visitors each month.
• LINCOLN IN HIS OWN WORDS: This is the only trial for which a transcript exists MARKETING PLAN
of Lincoln in the courtroom. This is the first and only chance for readers to see
Lincoln the lawyer in action. ADVERTISING:
• Extensive trade and consumer advertising
campaign.
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WEB MARKETING:
• Online promotion, including social media and to AUTHOR BIO SOCIAL MEDIA:
book bloggers.
• Support through BookClubbish social media Born in Boston, SPENCER WISE is a graduate of Tufts University and the University of Texas at Austin.
properties and newsletters. He recently won the 2017 Gulf Coast Prize in nonfiction. His work has appeared in Narrative Magazine,
• Featured title at www.BookClubbish.com and Hayden’s Ferry Review, The Florida Review and New Ohio Review. Wise teaches at Florida State
www.HanoverSqPress.com. University and lives in Tallahassee.
JUNE 2018 • PAGE 9
Hangman
Jack Heath
AUTHOR BIO
First published as a teenager, JACK HEATH is the thirty-year-old author of nineteen fiction titles for middle-
grade and YA readers. He lives in Australia.
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ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-1984-9
• BOOK-LOVER HOOK: In the bestselling tradition of books about books like The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry Editor: Erika Imranyi
and The Little Paris Bookshop, THE BOOKSHOP OF YESTERDAYS is a celebration of literature and reading. Price: $26.99 U.S./$33.50 CAN.
Category: Contemporary
• BOOK CLUBS REJOICE: Combining the fun, entertaining literary scavenger hunt with a thought- Women’s Fiction
provoking, emotional family story, THE BOOKSHOP OF YESTERDAYS is a perfect fit for book clubs. Publishing History: Original
On-Sale: June 12, 2018
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 368
AUTHOR BIO Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-07873-6
Rights: World English
AMY MEYERSON teaches in the writing department at the University of Southern California, where
she completed her graduate work in creative writing. She has been published in Reed Magazine, The
Manhattanville Review, The Bloomsbury Review, The Fanzine and Obit Magazine, and was a finalist in Open
City’s RRofihe Trophy Short Story Contest and in Summer Literary Seminars’s Unified Literary Contest. She
currently lives in Los Angeles. THE BOOKSHOP OF YESTERDAYS is her first novel.
PAGE 10 • JUNE 2018
Harry’s Trees
Jon Cohen
The first thing you learn when you climb a tree is how to
hold on. Now it’s time for Harry to learn to let go…
HARRY’S TREES is an uplifting novel about love, loss and
the healing power of friendship.
Harry Crane, lifelong lover of trees, works of her reckoning, Harry is the key to finding
as an analyst in the treeless USDA Forest her way back to him. As Harry agrees to help
Service office. When his wife dies in a freak the young girl, the unlikeliest of elements—a
accident, devastated, he retreats to a real tree house, a Wolf, a small-town librarian
forest to lose himself. But fate intervenes in and a book called The Grum’s Ledger—come
the form of a fiercely determined little girl together to create a golden adventure that
named Oriana. She, too, has lost someone— fulfills Oriana’s wildest dreams and opens
her father. And in the magical, willful world the door to a new life for Harry.
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• UPLIFTING, APPEALING: For fans of Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove and
Gabrielle Zevin’s The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry.
• LIBRARIAN HOOK: Librarians especially will appreciate Olive, the wise librarian
who guides the story.
• SCREENWRITER: Cohen is the cowriter of Spielberg’s Minority Report.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-6415-3
Editor: Kathy Sagan
Price: $26.99 U.S./$33.50 CAN.
Category: Literary Fiction
Publishing History: Original
PRAISE FOR JON COHEN
On-Sale: June 12, 2018
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 464
Trim Size: 61⁄8" x 91⁄4" x 11⁄4"
“Remarkably upbeat, filled with easy humor… A fine
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-07942-9
Rights: US/Canada, English only
writer telling a good story about decent people.”
—Library Journal on The Man in the Window
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• BESTSELLING AUTHOR: Karma’s novels have achieved top 5 placement on the major Canadian
bestsellers lists from the Globe and Mail and Toronto Star for multiple weeks. ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-1934-4
• ENTHRALLING BOOK CLUB FICTION: This weighty, emotional story is an ideal book club pick that Editor: Michelle Meade
puts a fresh spin on the fan-favorite themes of amnesia and romance. A heartfelt exploration of Price: $16.99 U.S./$19.99 CAN.
memory, grief, love, family, friendship and, ultimately, of a woman’s journey to find herself when she Category: Contemporary
Women’s Fiction
can’t even trust her own mind—a perfect novel for engaging in thoughtful book club discussions.
Publishing History: Original
On-Sale: June 12, 2018
Format: Trade Paperback
Page Count: 368
AUTHOR BIO Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-07874-3
Rights: World all languages
KARMA BROWN is an award-winning journalist and author of the bestsellers COME AWAY WITH ME,
THE CHOICES WE MAKE and IN THIS MOMENT. In addition to her novels, Karma’s writing has appeared in
publications such as SELF, Redbook, Canadian Living, Today’s Parent and Chatelaine. Karma lives outside
Toronto, Canada, with her husband, daughter and their labradoodle, Fred. THE LIFE LUCY KNEW is her
most recent novel.
Clever, cunning and highly skilled—there’s only one Bianca St. Ives and don’t
you dare forget it.
Bianca St. Ives was recently put through the wringer, by the Russians during World War II, and return it
but she came out the same way she always does— to Germany.
hungry for a fight. It’s kill or be killed, and she’s got
Faced with threats that circle closer with every
her finger flush against the trigger.
move she makes, she knows the stakes have never
But as Bianca races to outmaneuver her tireless been higher, but when you’re already living on
pursuers, her father loops her in on a job: recover borrowed time, you have to hustle if you want to
King Priam’s Treasure, a collection of artifacts stolen live to see tomorrow.
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ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-3074-5
• FAST-PACED THRILLER: While Karen has built herself a huge name with her romantic suspense books,
Editor: Emily Ohanjanians
she is breaking out to the big thriller market with The Guardian series. Readers who enjoy Robert Ludlum
Price: $26.99 U.S./$33.50 CAN.
and Brad Meltzer will gravitate toward the high-octane pace of THE MOSCOW DECEPTION.
Category: Thriller
• A STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER: Wonder Woman has nothing on Bianca St. Ives, who rivals classic Publishing History: Original
characters like James Bond and Jason Bourne in her fierce persona. On-Sale: June 12, 2018
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 352
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-02353-8
Rights: US/Canada, English only
AUTHOR BIO
KAREN ROBARDS is the New York Times, USA TODAY and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of more than
fifty novels and one novella. She is the winner of six Silver Pen awards and numerous other awards.
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ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-6884-7
Editor: Liz Stein • TOPICAL AND TIMELY DISCUSSION OF MENTAL HEALTH: Readers will be intrigued by Denis’s story
Price: $26.99 U.S./$33.50 CAN. and will connect to the difficult process of dealing with grief and depression.
Category: Literary Fiction • BOOK CLUB FAVORITE: The power of human connection is at the heart of this story—from romantic
Publishing History: Original relationships, to friendships, to parent/child relations. Book clubs will love to discuss the many ways
On-Sale: June 19, 2018 human interaction is so key to our existence, and the colorful monsters in Denis’s head will make for
Format: Hardcover lively discussions about mental illness.
Page Count: 384
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-08299-3
Rights: US/Canada, English only
AUTHOR BIO
DAN MOONEY is a 32-year-old amateur filmmaker and air traffic controller, and a friend to many cats. He
wrote his first piece of fiction for a child-operated local newspaper at age ten and has been writing ever since.
He lives in Ireland. ME, MYSELF AND THEM is his first novel.
Slowly We Die
Emelie Schepp
British special agent Jeremiah Black, an officer of the awaits trial on charges of high treason as greater
King’s Guard, lands on a lonely beach in the wee hours political and military forces swirl around his case
of the morning in late November 1780. His mission, and peace seems ever more distant.
aided by Loyalists, is to kidnap George Washington
Drawing inspiration from an actual kidnapping plot,
and spirit him back to London.
Charles Rosenberg envisions what would take place
Following Black’s success, Washington is brought if the leader of America’s fledgling rebellion were
to London and imprisoned in the Tower. There he taken from the nation at the height of the war.
SALES POINTS
ISBN-13: 978-1-335-20032-7
• BASED ON REAL HISTORY: This novel is inspired by a kidnapping plot planned by Loyalists and foiled Editor: Peter Joseph
by Washington’s Commander-in-Chief’s Guard. Price: $26.99 U.S./$33.50 CAN.
Category: Historical Fiction
• LEGAL AND MEDIA EXPERIENCE: A graduate of Harvard Law, Rosenberg is a practicing lawyer and
Publishing History: Original
teaches at law schools in the Los Angeles area. He has also worked as legal consultant on numerous
On-Sale: June 26, 2018
TV shows and been an on-air commentator for E! Television.
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 320
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-08057-9
AUTHOR BIO Rights: World all languages
CHARLES ROSENBERG is the author of the legal thriller Death on a High Floor and its sequels. The credited
legal consultant to the TV shows L.A. Law, Boston Legal, The Practice and The Paper Chase, he was also
one of two on-air legal analysts for E! Television’s coverage of the O.J. Simpson criminal and civil trials. He
practices law in the Los Angeles area, and is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Antioch College.
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• AUTHOR ON THE RISE: THE MARRIAGE LIE was a USA TODAY (6 weeks and counting), Wall Street
Journal and the Globe and Mail bestseller and has received glowing reader reviews on Goodreads,
ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-0771-6
Amazon and in all the trades.
Editor: Liz Stein
• A BESTSELLING GENRE: Once again Kimberly Belle has written a suspenseful yet emotionally Price: $15.99 U.S./$19.99 CAN.
charged story. Readers are still hungry for domestic suspense in the vein of The Couple Next Door, Category: Psychological Thriller
What She Knew and Big Little Lies. Publishing History: Original
On-Sale: June 26, 2018
Format: Trade Paperback
Page Count: 336
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-09541-2
AUTHOR BIO Rights: World all languages
KIMBERLY BELLE worked in marketing and nonprofit fund-raising before turning to writing fiction. A
graduate of Agnes Scott College, Kimberly lived for over a decade in the Netherlands and currently divides
her time between Atlanta and Amsterdam. She is the bestselling author of THE MARRIAGE LIE, as well as
THE LAST BREATH and THE ONES WE TRUST.
PAGE 14 • JUNE 2018
But the past is impossible to escape, and Mesmerizing and unforgettable, THE
now, after seventeen years away, Laura is SUMMER LIST is about losing and
pulled home and into a reunion with Casey recapturing the person who understands you
she can’t resist—one last scavenger hunt. best—and the unbreakable bonds of girlhood.
ISBN-13: 978-1-525-80425-0
Editor: Melanie Fried
Price: $16.99 U.S./$21.99 CAN. SALES POINTS
Category: Book Club Fiction
Publishing History: Original • “BEST FRIENDS” STORIES SELL: From Judy Blume’s Summer Sisters to
On-Sale: June 26, 2018
J. Courtney Sullivan’s Commencement, timeless female friendship stories that pull
Format: Trade Paperback with Flaps
Page Count: 384
women back to their own coming-of-age are perennially popular. With its fresh
Trim Size: 61⁄8" x 91⁄4" x 11⁄4" voice and fun hook, THE SUMMER LIST is a superb addition to this genre.
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-03286-8 • FUN, RELATABLE SCAVENGER HUNT HOOK: THE SUMMER LIST is cleverly
Rights: World English plotted around a scavenger hunt that serves as a metaphor for the reclamation of
a friendship and the rediscovery of oneself. While scavenger hunts might create
nostalgia for youth, they remain a popular activity among adults, as well.
MARKETING PLAN PRAISE FOR THE SUMMER LIST BY AMY MASON DOAN
ADVERTISING:
• Trade advertising campaign. “A trip down memory lane becomes a hunt for long-
• Extensive consumer advertising campaign,
including national print media. buried secrets in this gripping and poignant debut.”
• Book club and reading group promotion.
—Meg Donohue, USA TODAY bestselling author
MARKETING & PUBLICITY:
• Large national publicity campaign, including print,
broadcast and online media. “These characters and their stories are going to stick
• Promotion through early reader review programs.
• Bookseller and librarian outreach. with you for a long, long time.”
• Independent bookseller outreach.
—Meg Mitchell Moore, author of The Admissions and The Captain’s Daughter
• Widespread galley distribution.
WEB MARKETING:
• Extensive online advertising campaign. AUTHOR BIO SOCIAL MEDIA:
• Extensive blogger and social media campaign. AMY MASON DOAN earned a BA in English from UC Berkeley and an MA in journalism from Stanford
• Support through Harlequin’s social media University, and has written for The Oregonian, San Francisco Chronicle and Forbes, among other
properties and newsletters. publications. She grew up in Danville, California, and now lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband
• Featured on www.BookClubbish.com. and daughter. THE SUMMER LIST is her first novel.
JUNE 2018 • PAGE 15
New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter returns with highly
anticipated book #14 in her top-selling series, the Lords of the Underworld.
Three fan-favorite characters, William the Ever deadly physical, mental and emotional challenges,
Randy, Gillian Shaw and Puck the Undefeated, and discover the most heart-throbbing love triangle
are thrust together in a treacherous maze full of paranormal romance has ever seen.
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• GROWING IN HARDCOVER: Already a success in hardcover with her young adult stream, Gena has
major growth momentum in this format in the adult market. She joins the ranks of other paranormal
heavy hitters such as J.R. Ward (Black Dagger Brotherhood), Nalini Singh (Psy/Changeling series),
Sherrilyn Kenyon (Dark-Hunter novels), Karen Marie Moning (Fever series) and Kresley Cole
(Immortals After Dark series), who have successfully transitioned to hardcover midseries.
ISBN-13: 978-1-335-49830-4
• A SELF-PROMOTER AT THE TOP OF HER GAME: With more than 100K Facebook and 40K Twitter
Editor: Emily Ohanjanians
followers, Gena has built up an incredible social media following with whom she regularly interacts.
Price: $22.99 U.S./$28.50 CAN.
She also runs very successful preorder campaigns for each of her releases, reaching a wide base
Category: Paranormal Romance
through her networks.
Publishing History: Original
On-Sale: June 26, 2018
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 384
AUTHOR BIO Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-02932-5
Rights: World all languages
GENA SHOWALTER is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of the spellbinding Lords of the
Underworld series, two young adult series—Everlife and the White Rabbit Chronicles—and the highly addictive
Original Heartbreakers series. She’s hard at work on her next novel, a tale featuring an alpha male with a dark
side and the strong woman who brings him to his knees. You can learn more about Gena, her menagerie of
rescue dogs and all her upcoming books at www.genashowalter.com or www.Facebook.com/genashowalterfans.
Unbridled
Diana Palmer
New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Diana Palmer returns
with her trademark rugged Western heroes and smart heroines in the
emotionally compelling UNBRIDLED.
New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling family, a dash of danger and a love for the ages makes
phenomenon Diana Palmer brings you a passionate tale this a truly memorable tale sure to enthrall readers of
of two lovers meeting in a rural Texas setting. Instant romance, Western romance and fans of Diana Palmer.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-6930-1
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Editor: Nicole Brebner
Price: $15.99 U.S./$19.99 CAN. • OPTIONED FOR TELEVISION: ARROWOOD has been optioned and is being adapted for television in
Category: Historical Fiction the UK by Cave Bear.
Publishing History: Original
• NEW SPIN ON A CLASSIC TALE: THE MURDER PIT uses the Sherlock phenomenon in a new way by
On-Sale: July 10, 2018
focusing on a competing detective.
Format: Trade Paperback
Page Count: 336
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-09529-0
Rights: US/Canada, English only
AUTHOR BIO
MICK FINLAY was born in Glasgow but left as a young boy, living in Canada and then England. He teaches
in a psychology department, and has published research on political violence and persuasion, verbal and
nonverbal communication, and disability. He now lives in Brighton with his family.
SALES POINTS
• GLOBAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR: In addition to her bestselling women’s fiction streams in MMP (5 million
ISBN-13: 978-0-373-80250-0 books sold, 25 million books in print worldwide, over 50 bestsellers for nearly 500 combined weeks on the
Editor: Susan Swinwood lists) and trade paperback format, we have seen a strong response to Susan’s new hardcover originals.
Price: $26.99 U.S./$33.50 CAN.
• UNMATCHED AUTHOR OUTREACH: With 100,000+ engaged Facebook followers and 15,500 on
Category: Contemporary Romance
Twitter, her engagement with her loyal readers is remarkable. From her cheerleaders to her “review
Publishing History: Original
crew,” no one knows how to mobilize their fans quite like Susan.
On-Sale: July 10, 2018
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 416
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-07897-2
Rights: World all languages AUTHOR BIO
With more than 30 million books sold worldwide, #1 New York Times bestselling author SUSAN MALLERY is
known for creating characters who feel as familiar as the folks next door. Her books have made Booklist’s Top
10 Romances list in four out of five consecutive years. With her popular Mischief Bay and Fool’s Gold series,
Susan has reached new heights on the bestseller lists and has won the hearts of countless new fans.
JULY 2018 • PAGE 17
For fans of Jane Green and Kristan Higgins, this heartwarming, witty and
deeply uplifting novel marks Sarah Morgan’s transition from romance to
multigenerational women’s trade fiction.
Lauren’s picture-perfect life is built on a secret she’s Nancy knows the time has come to reveal her secret
worked hard to hide for years. A secret her teenage pain to her daughters…
daughter has just discovered. One hot summer in Martha’s Vineyard, three
COVER
generations of women are brought together by a NOT
Jenna secretly longs for a family, but knows she crisis—could this be their perfect chance to find FINAL
must rebuild her relationship with her mother first. hope, forgiveness and love?
SALES POINTS
• BESTSELLING THEMES: Sarah Morgan is acclaimed for the sense of community, warmth and layered
female relationships that imbue her mass market romances. These themes will continue to be her ISBN-13: 978-1-335-61300-4
hallmark as she evolves into the women’s trade fiction arena with a brand-new novel that explores Editor: Flo Nicoll
the secrets families keep to protect each other, the healing power of honesty and the potential for Price: $15.99 U.S./$19.99 CAN.
second-chance romance. Category: Contemporary Romance
Publishing History: Original
• MEDIA-SAVVY AUTHOR: Sarah Morgan has a huge global fan base and is excellent at leveraging her On-Sale: July 10, 2018
social media platforms to connect with and mobilize her readership. She’s well connected within the Format: Trade Paperback
US romance world and a consummate networker. Page Count: 384
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-09537-5
Rights: World all languages
AUTHOR BIO
USA TODAY bestselling author SARAH MORGAN writes hot, happy contemporary romance. Her trademark
humor and sensuality have gained her fans across the globe and two RITA® Awards from the Romance Writers
of America. Sarah lives near London, England, with her family. Visit her at www.sarahmorgan.com.
SALES POINTS
• FEMINIST MANIFESTO: Dahl explores the many parallels between the world of surgery, which is 90% ISBN-13: 978-1-335-01747-5
male, and the world of professional boxing. TOOTH AND NAIL fits alongside feminist works like Lab Editor: John Glynn
Girl and Shoot Like a Girl in its chronicle of a woman excelling in a male-dominant field. Price: $26.99 U.S./$35.50 CAN.
• THE ULTIMATE BEHIND-THE-SCENES ACCOUNT: Dahl shares numerous stories about her biggest Category: Memoir
fights, including headline-making matches in Madison Square Garden and tales of her shocking and Publishing History: Original
hilarious encounters with Mike Tyson. On-Sale: July 24, 2018
Format: Small Hardcover
Page Count: 304
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-09533-7
AUTHOR BIO Rights: US/Canada, English only
LINDA D. DAHL is an otolaryngologist in private practice in Manhattan. She was one of only a few women
to ever serve as ringside doctor for the New York State Athletic Commission. A native Midwesterner, Dahl
received her M.D. from the University of Minnesota Medical School. She is the author of a Clinician’s Guide
to Breastfeeding: an Evidence Based Evaluation.
PAGE 18 • JULY/AUGUST 2018
Cooper’s Charm
Lori Foster
From New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Lori Foster comes
a brand-new standalone contemporary trade romance sure to capture the
diverse readerships of Nora Roberts and Colleen Hoover.
Themes of community and second chances lend past find a fresh start at life and love when they
depth and heart to this romantic women’s fiction move to a quaint Ohio town and take summer
novel, as two sisters looking to recover from the jobs at the local resort.
SALES POINTS
ISBN-13: 978-1-335-01752-9 • CROSSOVER THEMES: Fans have always loved the themes of community and family that Lori’s
Editor: Allison Carroll mass-market romances are known for; in the trade format, these themes give her an opportunity
Price: $15.99 U.S./$19.99 CAN. to reach a new women’s fiction audience in addition to her rabid romance following.
Category: Contemporary Romance
• AVID SELF-PROMOTER: Lori cultivates terrific engagement from her large and loyal fan base
Publishing History: Original
via regular giveaways and contests, and in-person face time at her annual “Reader and Author
On-Sale: July 31, 2018
Format: Trade Paperback
Get-Together” conference. With more than 96K Facebook and 20K Twitter followers, Lori has a
Page Count: 384
robust social media following with whom she regularly interacts.
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-09536-8
Rights: World all languages
AUTHOR BIO
LORI FOSTER is a New York Times, USA TODAY and Publishers Weekly bestselling author. She has been the
recipient of the prestigious RT Book Reviews Career Achievement Award for Series Romantic Fantasy and for
Contemporary Romance. For more about Lori, visit her website at www.lorifoster.com.
New York Times bestselling author Minette Walters’s THE LAST HOURS brings
her trademark suspense to this vivid historical novel that dramatizes the arrival
of the Black Death in England in 1348 and the social upheaval that follows.
Set in the demesne of Develish in Dorsetshire, moat and sharing the available food among all.
THE LAST HOURS chronicles those early With this overturning of the accepted social order,
months when the virulent and feared Black Death conflict arises when serfs are for the first time given
first appears on the shores of England. Widowed by a voice. Unsure of what is happening in the world
her husband’s death from the mysterious pestilence, outside, they wrestle with themselves, with God
Lady Anne assumes control of his people’s and with the terrible uncertainty of their futures.
future—200 bonded serfs. Strong, compassionate And how safe is anyone in Develish when an
and resourceful Lady Anne decides to quarantine unexplained murder among them then threatens
Develish by bringing the serfs inside a defensible the uneasy status quo?
A portrait of Mary Seymour from the Tudor era unlocks the mystery of one
woman’s missing child in contemporary England.
Browsing antiques shops in Wiltshire, England, for Alison—it holds the key to a past life,
Alison Bannister stumbles across a delicate the mystery surrounding Mary’s disappearance and
old portrait of Mary Seymour, the daughter of the puzzle of Alison’s own missing child. But her
Katherine Parr who was taken to Wolf Hall in 1557 quest soon takes a dark and foreboding turn, as a
as an unwanted orphan and presumed dead. The meeting place called the Phantom Tree harbors
painting becomes more than just a beautiful object secrets in its shadows…
SALES POINTS
• MYSTERIOUS FEMALE HISTORICAL FIGURE: THE PHANTOM TREE imagines the story of real-life
historical figure Mary Seymour, whose fate remains unknown, depicting the danger of being a woman
ISBN-13: 978-1-525-80599-8
of rank in the ever-popular Tudor age.
Editor: Susan Swinwood
• BESTSELLING AUTHOR: Nicola Cornick is a USA TODAY and international bestselling author, and Price: $15.99 U.S./$19.99 CAN.
this spellbinding time slip tale will continue to build her readership among fans of novelists like Category: Historical Fiction
Philippa Gregory and Kate Morton. Publishing History: Original
On-Sale: August 21, 2018
Format: Trade Paperback with Flaps
Page Count: 384
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-02858-8
Rights: World all languages
AUTHOR BIO
NICOLA CORNICK is a historian and author, and also works for the National Trust as a guide at Ashdown
House in Oxfordshire. Her USA TODAY bestselling and award-winning books are also international bestsellers
and have been translated into twenty-six languages.
Impostor’s Lure
Carla Neggers
Picture: Julie Ireland
The eighth title in New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers’s
popular Sharpe & Donovan suspense series.
The murder of a federal prosecutor with an art forgery Boston-based team, into a high-stakes hunt
in his hotel room draws FBI agents Emma Sharpe for an assassin who has killed before and will
and Colin Donovan and HIT, their small, elite kill again.
SALES POINTS
• BESTSELLING SERIES: New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers’s success in the romantic
suspense genre continues to increase with each new release in her Sharpe & Donovan series. ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-5997-5
Editor: Nicole Brebner
• PROFICIENT WRITER IN MULTIPLE STREAMS: Carla Neggers successfully writes two distinct editorial
Price: $26.99 U.S./$33.50 CAN.
streams—romantic suspense with the Sharpe & Donovan series, and contemporary romance with her
Category: Romantic Suspense
Swift River Valley series. Her fans eagerly anticipate each new release.
Publishing History: Original
On-Sale: August 21, 2018
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 384
AUTHOR BIO Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-08196-5
Rights: World all languages
CARLA NEGGERS is a New York Times bestselling author of more than sixty novels of contemporary romance
and romantic suspense, including her popular Sharpe & Donovan and Swift River Valley series. Her books have
been translated into twenty-four languages and sold in over thirty countries. Carla is always plotting her next
adventure—whether in life or for one of her novels. A frequent traveler to Ireland, she lives with her family in
New England.
PAGE 20 • AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2018
Fury
Rachel Vincent
Picture: Kim Haynes Photography
Told through two intersecting timelines, the grand finale to Rachel Vincent’s
stunning Menagerie series will reveal the secret of how Delilah Marlow
became a furiae just as she discovers what her true purpose is…
Delilah Marlow and a rogue group of cryptids are on she obviously went somewhere—and possibly killed
the run, having narrowly escaped the horrors of the someone—in her sleep. Soon, Delilah finds herself
Savage Spectacle. constantly pulled by the furiae, and as she is compelled
One morning Delilah wakes up with dried blood to act on the furiae’s impulses, she’s beginning to
all over her hands. Though she has no memory of it, realize that something much bigger is at stake.
AUTHOR BIO
RACHEL VINCENT, a New York Times bestselling author and former English teacher, has written more than twenty
novels, including both adult and teen fiction. This is the final book in Rachel’s critically acclaimed Menagerie trilogy.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-6976-9
SALES POINTS
Editor: Erika Imranyi
Price: $15.99 U.S.
Category: Historical Fiction • TRUE LIFE INSPIRATION: THE DUTCH WIFE is based on the untold true stories of the prisoner
Publishing History: Original brothels in the concentration camps during World War II.
On-Sale: September 4, 2018 • AWARD WINNING AUTHOR: Ellen Keith is a young Canadian writer who has received multiple
Format: Trade Paperback accolades, including the prestigious Anton Fiction Prize.
Page Count: 336
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-09866-6
Rights: English only in US AUTHOR BIO
ELLEN KEITH is a Canadian writer and graduate of the University of British Columbia’s MFA program in
creative writing. Her work has appeared in publications such as The New Quarterly and the Globe and Mail,
and she has received the Anton Fiction Prize and the James Patrick Folinsbee Memorial Scholarship in
Creative Writing. She currently resides in Amsterdam. THE DUTCH WIFE is her first novel.
PAGE 21
“Carr addresses serious “Simply irresistible! Woods “Hill has her finger on the
problems…realistically is a great option for fans of vaccination zeitgeist, offering
and sympathetically while Graeme Simsion, Gabrielle savvy and well-researched
seamlessly weaving them Zevin and Marian Keyes.” points on a touchy subject.
into the fabric of her —Library Journal Fans of Meg Wolitzer and
engrossing story.” Emily Giffin will devour
—Booklist, starred review, this introspective and
on ANY DAY NOW
enlightening novel.”
—Booklist
PAGE 23
RECENTLY PUBLISHED
THE BLACK PAINTING SAY MY NAME
Neil Olson Allegra Huston
RECENTLY PUBLISHED
HERE WE LIE THE STORY OF OUR LIVES
Paula Treick DeBoard Helen Warner
ISBN-13: 978-1-525-82083-0
Editor: Susan Swinwood
Price: 15.99 U.S./$19.99 CAN.
Category: Women’s Fiction
Publishing History: Original
On-Sale: February 6, 2018
Format: Trade Paperback with Flaps
Page Count: 416
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-02937-0
Rights: World
RECENTLY PUBLISHED
ROSIE COLORED GLASSES THE ONE
Brianna Wolfson John Marrs
RECENTLY PUBLISHED
THE NEIGHBORS A DANGEROUS GAME
Hannah Mary McKinnon Heather Graham
ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-3120-9
P L AY I N G
FOR
Editor: Nicole Brebner
K EEP S Price: $26.99 U.S./$33.50 CAN.
Category: Romantic Suspense
Publishing History: Original
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
On-Sale: March 13, 2018
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 336
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-02802-1
Rights: World
ISBN-13: 978-1-335-58029-0
Editor: Peter Joseph ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-1654-1
Price: $26.99 U.S./$33.50 CAN. Editor: Kathy Sagan
Category: Historical Fiction Price: $15.99 U.S./$19.99 CAN.
Publishing History: Original Category: Psychological Thriller
On-Sale: March 20, 2018 Publishing History: Original
Format: Hardcover On-Sale: March 20, 2018
Page Count: 320 Format: Trade Paperback
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-08055-5 Page Count: 320
Rights: World Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-07866-8
Rights: World
RECENTLY PUBLISHED
HOT MESS WE OWN THE SKY
Emily Belden Luke Allnutt
“The perfect book for anyone with “Compelling and beautifully written,
a calamity of a family who wants it is exactly the kind of heart-
to laugh along in knowing hilarity.” wrenching, emotional story one has
—Ann Wertz Garvin, USA TODAY come to expect from Jodi Thomas.”
bestselling author of I Like You Just Fine —Debbie Macomber,
When You’re Not Around #1 New York Times bestselling author
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RECENTLY PUBLISHED
THE SOUL OF A THIEF THE LITTLE CLAN
Steven Hartov Iris Martin Cohen
ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-1282-6
Editor: Liz Stein
Price: $26.99 U.S./$33.50 CAN.
Category: Literary Fiction
Publishing History: Original
On-Sale: April 17, 2018
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 320
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-08047-0
Rights: US/Canada
“THE SOUL OF A THIEF is a war drama, a cat-and-mouse “Carr’s latest [is] an enhancement
thriller and a coming-of-age love story, all wrapped into a not only to the romance shelves
terrific and compulsive read.” but to any fiction collection.”
—Daniel Kalla, bestselling author of The Far Side of the Sky —Booklist, starred review, on WHAT WE FIND
ISBN-13: 978-1-335-14436-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-335-99697-8 Editor: Allison Carroll
Editor: Susan Swinwood Price: $15.99 U.S./$19.99 CAN.
Price: $15.99 U.S./$19.99 CAN. Category: Romantic Suspense
Category: Contemporary Romance Publishing History: Original
Publishing History: Reissue On-Sale: April 24, 2018
On-Sale: April 17, 2018 Format: Trade Paperback
Format: Trade Paperback Page Count: 384
Page Count: 384 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-07903-0
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-02322-4
COVER
NOT
FINAL
ISBN-13: 978-0-7783-6325-5
Picture: Kingma+Kingma
ISBN-13: 978-1-335-47789-7
Editor: Allison Caroll
Price: $26.99 U.S./$33.50 CAN.
Category: Historical Romance ISBN-13: 978-1-335-47788-0
Publishing History: Original Editor: Gail Chasan
On-Sale: June 26, 2018 Price: $26.99 U.S./$33.50 CAN.
Format: Hardcover Category: Contemporary Romance
Page Count: 384 Publishing History: Original
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-07899-6 On-Sale: June 26, 2018
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 384
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-488-02936-3
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CATALOG
Harlequin TEEN
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BE STSE LLI NG AUTHOR
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AR M EN TR O U T
SALES POINTS
• OWN-VOICES DIVERSITY: Demand for diverse stories that better reflect the
realities of our society has never been higher. This own-voices story features a
wonderful cast of black and mixed-race characters.
• UNIVERSAL AND RELATABLE: Centering around themes of family, mental
health and death, with an uplifting tone and uniquely appealing voice,
TIFFANY SLY LIVES HERE NOW is a universally relatable story that will
appeal to a broad readership.
ISBN-13: 9781335994134 • RECOGNIZABLE AUTHOR: Many readers will recognize author and actress
Editor: Natashya Wilson Dana L. Davis from her work in film and television, including Heroes, Veronica Mars,
Price: $18.99 U.S./$23.99 CAN. Bones, Glee, 10 Things I Hate About You, Franklin & Bash and Grey’s Anatomy.
Category: Contemporary
Publishing History: Original
On-Sale: May 1, 2018
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 384
Ebook ISBN: 9781488030550
Rights: World English
MARKETING PLAN
PUBLICITY:
• Extensive galley distribution and prepub
buzz campaign.
• Outreach to national media.
• Select author appearances, including at
festivals and conferences.
• School and library outreach.
• Major digital outreach.
CONSUMER PROMOTIONS:
• ABA Winter Institute featured title.
• BookCon and YALLWest 2018 featured title.
• Influencer outreach and awareness campaign.
• Extensive Harlequin TEEN social media support.
• Web exclusives, including video, blogs, excerpts,
author interviews and giveaways.
• Goodreads ARC giveaways.
• Featured title in Harlequin TEEN newsletter.
• Featured title in themed seasonal promotions.
AUTHOR BIO SOCIAL MEDIA:
TRADE MARKETING:
DANA L. DAVIS is an African American actress who lives and works in LA. She has starred in Heroes,
• ALA Midwinter, OLA, PLA & TxLA featured title. Prom Night, Franklin & Bash and 10 Things I Hate About You. Dana is a classically trained violinist and the
• Indie bookseller and library outreach, including founder of the Los Angeles based nonprofit Culture for Kids LA, which provides inner-city children free
live webinars and galley mailings. tickets and transportation to attend performing arts shows around LA county. She currently appears in
• Targeted trade advertising. the animated series Star vs. the Forces of Evil. Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now is her debut novel.
MAY 2018 • PAGE 3
SALES POINTS
• TEEN APPEAL: It’s hard to deny that social media has taken over our day-to-day lives. Writing in blog-
post format, Seager delivers a highly readable and familiar story that will resonate with teen and adult
crossover readers alike. ISBN-13: 9781335017055
• SPARKLING DEBUT: Chloe Seager is a literary agent in the UK. With sparkling wit and undeniable Editor: Natashya Wilson
charm, her first novel, on the awkward and relatable experience of being a teen today, pulls no punches. Price: $18.99 U.S./$23.99 CAN.
Category: Contemporary
Publishing History: Published as EDITING
EMMA in the UK,
August 2017
AUTHOR BIO
On-Sale: May 1, 2018
CHLOE SEAGER studied English literature and drama at the University of East Anglia. Children’s literature Format: Hardcover
was one of her favorite subjects, and it made her wonder why grown-ups ever stopped reading children’s Page Count: 320
books. She now works with them full-time as a YA/children’s literary agent and lives in East London with her Ebook ISBN: 9781488095221
boyfriend and pet fish. DATING DISASTERS OF EMMA NASH is her debut novel. Rights: US/Canada, English only
SALES POINTS
• UNTAPPED AUDIENCE: Thrillers and suspense have always been hugely popular in the adult
market, but the genre’s YA potential has largely remained untapped outside of hit series like Pretty
Little Liars. Exciting, authentic and utterly compelling, Cribbs’s story is perfectly poised to capture
readers’ imaginations.
• UNIQUE APPROACH: Where most thrillers dwell on the dark, dangerous and deadly, THE
DISAPPEARANCE OF SLOANE SULLIVAN is a thriller grounded on normal and relatable teen
concerns, interpersonal connections and romantic relationships. Ample grounds for major success!
ISBN-13: 9781335015372
Editor: Lauren Smulski
Price: $18.99 U.S./$23.99 CAN.
Category: Suspense
Publishing History: Original
On-Sale: May 29, 2018
AUTHOR BIO Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 384
GIA CRIBBS is an author and lawyer who lives in Maryland with her husband and daughters. When she isn’t Ebook ISBN: 9781488088926
writing, she can usually be found reading, eating too much chocolate or fantasizing about her next vacation. Rights: World all languages
The Disappearance of Sloane Sullivan is her first novel. You can follow Gia on Twitter at @GiaCribbs.
PAGE 4 • JUNE 2018
Big dreams come in all sizes, and Cookie Vonn isn’t about to give up hers.
For her work on a Scottsdale fashion blog, Cookie Fast-forward two years. Cookie has dropped the
scores a trip to New York to meet her design idols. weight—and won the attention of a famous designer.
But her plans are put on standby when she’s declared But, instead of sunshine and rainbows, she’s stuck with
too fat too fly. Hurt and humiliated, she vows to lose the same old problems. And now she has a big choice
weight and put her life on track. to make: achieve her old dreams…or dream new ones.
SALES POINTS
• TIMELY TOPIC, UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE: Through dual timelines, before and after major weight
loss, deVos demonstrates how differently society treats those considered overweight from those
considered thin, inviting productive conversation.
• AUTHENTIC AUTHOR EXPERIENCE: The novel includes a soul-baring letter from the author, whose
own experience of being declared too fat to fly informs the story and was the inspiration behind its
exploration of weight and body image.
ISBN-13: 9780373212538
Editor: Natashya Wilson
Price: $18.99 U.S./$23.99 CAN.
Category: Contemporary
Publishing History: Original
On-Sale: June 5, 2018
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 384
AUTHOR BIO
Ebook ISBN: 9781488023491 A third-generation native Arizonan, KELLY DEVOS can tell you everything you ever wanted to know about
Rights: World English cactus, cattle and climate. She holds a BA in creative writing from Arizona State University and her work
has been featured in Normal Noise and 202 Magazine. All proceeds from this book will be used on shoe
subscription boxes and designer sunglasses.
Dawn of Legends
Eleanor Herman
Inspired by a teenaged Alexander the Great, the final Blood of Gods and
Royals novel is an epic fantasy masterpiece of royalty, war, forbidden love,
betrayal and most of all…the triumph of the human spirit.
The story begins with a tidal wave and ends with themselves—through Princess Cynane, who seeks
the very Fates themselves, as Prince Alexander of to build an army of new Amazons; through Kat
Macedon steps into his role as visionary warrior and Jacob, who will spy on the Aesarian Lords and
and unites the Greek States, leading them all make a plan to defeat the deadly Spirit Eaters; and
to a new dawn of legends. Earth Blood, Snake through runaway princess Zofia, who gives birth to
Blood, Smoke Blood and Spirit Blood all reveal a new Fate.
SALES POINTS
• EPIC FINALE OF A UNIQUE SERIES: DAWN OF LEGENDS is the fourth and final book in an epic
historical fantasy series reimagining the life of teenage Alexander the Great, with magic and myth
interwoven throughout. Perfect for fans of Game of Thrones and Outlander.
• SCHOOL AND LIBRARY APPEAL: This historically inspired and entertaining story will appeal to
ISBN-13: 9781335699985 educators, librarians and students alike as it blends history with Greek mythology. Told from multiple
Editor: Natashya Wilson
perspectives, both male and female, this book has high appeal for girls, boys and adult readers of
Price: $19.99 U.S./$24.99 CAN.
young adult fiction.
Category: Fantasy
Publishing History: Original
On-Sale: June 26, 2018
Format: Hardcover AUTHOR BIO
Page Count: 384
Ebook ISBN: 9781488030529 ELEANOR HERMAN is the New York Times bestselling author of several highly acclaimed works of nonfiction,
Rights: World English, excluding: including Sex with Kings, Sex with the Queen, Mistress of the Vatican and King Peggy. Eleanor has hosted
Australia, Commonwealth, episodes for the History Channel’s show Lost Worlds and currently serves as historical commentator on
Eire, India, Malaysia, America: Facts vs. Fiction on the American Heroes Channel.
Singapore, South Africa, UK
JUNE 2018 • PAGE 5
SALES POINTS
• BESTSELLING AUTHOR DUO: Writing as Erin Watt, bestselling authors Jen Frederick
and Elle Kennedy’s self-published contemporary YA trilogy, The Royals, spent more
than 26 weeks on the New York Times YA bestseller list, including many weeks at #1.
• IMPRESSIVE AUTHOR PLATFORM: Frederick and Kennedy have built up a rabid
fan base, both as individual authors and as Erin Watt, and their readers are
clamoring for more contemporary YA stories. Frederick also founded and runs the
incredibly popular Dear Author romance blog. ISBN-13: 9781335017277
Editor: Natashya Wilson
Price: $18.99 U.S./$23.99 CAN.
Category: Contemporary
Publishing History: Original
PRAISE FOR ERIN WATT On-Sale: June 26, 2018
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 384
“Worth every incredible second.” Ebook ISBN: 9781488030499
Rights: World English
—Hypable on WHEN IT’S REAL
CONSUMER PROMOTIONS:
• YALLWest 2018 featured title.
• Targeted print advertising in select teen magazines.
• Multilayered digital advertising campaign.
• Influencer outreach and awareness campaign.
• Amazon Vine nomination.
• Extensive Harlequin TEEN social media support.
• Web exclusives, including video, blogs, excerpts,
author interviews and giveaways.
• Goodreads ARC giveaways.
• In-book advertising.
• Featured title in Harlequin TEEN newsletter.
• Featured title in themed seasonal promotions.
AUTHOR BIO SOCIAL MEDIA:
TRADE MARKETING:
ERIN WATT is the pseudonym of New York Times bestselling authors Elle Kennedy and Jen Frederick.
Their self-published contemporary YA series, The Royals, has spent more than 26 weeks combined • Premium galley mailing to select booksellers and
on the New York Times list. Individually, Elle Kennedy is the bestselling author of the self-published influencers.
Off-Campus new adult series, as well as the Killer Instincts romantic suspense series. Jen Frederick is • Indie bookseller outreach, including digital galleys
the bestselling author of the Woodlands and Gridiron self-published new adult series and coauthor of and dedicated e-blasts.
the Hitman romantic suspense series. • Targeted trade advertising.
PAGE 6 • JULY/AUGUST 2018
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Impossible Vastness of Us
and the On Dublin Street series comes a heartfelt and beautiful new young
adult fiction novel about daring to dream and embracing who you are.
Comet Caldwell has never wanted to be the center new student Tobias King, everything shifts in
of attention. Bookish and shy, she can’t wait to Comet’s ordinary world. Tobias has a dark past and
graduate from her high school in Edinburgh, runs with a tough crowd—and none of them are
Scotland, where the only place she ever feels truly happy about his connection with Comet. Targeted
herself is on her anonymous poetry blog. by bullies and thrown into the spotlight, can Comet
But when she’s assigned to work on a project with and Tobias take a risk on something extraordinary?
SALES POINTS
• BESTSELLING AUTHOR: Samantha Young has been a #1 Amazon bestseller (overall Kindle ranking),
and her On Dublin Street adult contemporary romance series has routinely hit the New York Times
ebook and combined lists as well as the USA TODAY bestseller list.
• POPULAR SETTING: In THE FRAGILE ORDINARY, Young returns to the Scotland setting that made
her On Dublin Street series hugely popular. Young’s large and loyal adult fan base and new readers
ISBN-13: 9781335016744 alike are sure to gravitate to this book, while teen readers will love the fish-out-of-water storyline.
Editor: Natashya Wilson
Price: $18.99 U.S./$23.99 CAN.
Category: Contemporary
Publishing History: Original
On-Sale: June 26, 2018
AUTHOR BIO
Format: Hardcover
SAMANTHA YOUNG is the New York Times, USA TODAY and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of adult
Page Count: 384 contemporary romances including the On Dublin Street series. She has been nominated for the Goodreads
Ebook ISBN: 9781488088933 Choice Awards for Best Author and Best Romance, and her books have been sold in twenty-nine countries.
Rights: World English Samantha lives in Scotland.
SALES POINTS
• MAJOR AUTHORS: Contributors include bestsellers (Andrea Cremer, Roshani Chokshi, Nova Ren Suma,
Robin Talley, Brenna Yovanoff) and critically acclaimed authors (Brandy Colbert, Anna-Marie McLemore,
Tess Sharpe, Nova Ren Suma).
• POPULAR GENRE, ORIGINAL CONCEPT: Witches are a perennial topic of interest in YA literature, and
this anthology concept is unlike anything currently available. Combining highly popular subject matter
with a truly unique approach, this title is sure to stand out!
ISBN-13: 9781335016270
Editor: T.S. Ferguson AUTHOR BIOS
Price: $18.99 U.S./$23.99 CAN.
Category: Fantasy JESSICA SPOTSWOOD (coeditor) is the author of the historical fantasy trilogy The Cahill Witch Chronicles
Publishing History: Original (Born Wicked, Star Cursed and Sisters’ Fate) and the contemporary novel Wild Swans. She is the editor of
On-Sale: August 28, 2018 A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers, & Other Badass Girls and The Radical Element
Format: Hardcover
(Candlewick, 2018). She lives in Washington, DC, where she works as a children’s library associate for the
DC Public Library.
Page Count: 384
Ebook ISBN: 9781488089275 TESS SHARPE (coeditor) is the author of the critically acclaimed YA novel Far From You and the feminist
Rights: World all languages thriller Barbed Wire Heart. Born in a mountain cabin to a pair of punk rockers, she grew up in rural Northern
California. She lives deep in the backwoods with a lot of dogs and a slightly feral cat.
AUGUST 2018 • PAGE 7
Access Restricted
Gregory Scott Katsoulis
MARKETING PLAN
PUBLICITY:
• Extensive galley distribution and prepub
PRAISE FOR GREGORY SCOTT KATSOULIS buzz campaign.
• Outreach to national media.
“A nightmarish future…Fast-paced action • Select author appearances, including at festivals
and conferences.
sequences…A fresh and detailed dystopian tale • School and library outreach.
• Major digital outreach.
that will capture and make demands upon the CONSUMER PROMOTIONS:
attention of its readers, as the genre should, with a • BookCon 2018 featured title.
• Custom book trailer.
conclusion that sets readers up for the sequel.” • Targeted print advertising and multilayered digital
advertising campaign.
—Kirkus Reviews on ALL RIGHTS RESERVED • Influencer outreach and awareness campaign.
• Extensive Harlequin TEEN social media support.
• Goodreads ARC giveaways.
• In-book advertising.
TRADE MARKETING:
• ALA Midwinter, PLA, TxLA, BEA, Day of Dialog
AUTHOR BIO SOCIAL MEDIA:
and ALA Annual 2018 featured title.
GREGORY SCOTT KATSOULIS is a writer, teacher, artist and goofball. He is in love with ideas • Targeted library outreach, including live webinars
and possibility. When he is not writing, Katsoulis composes incidental music and enjoys taking and galley mailings.
photographs of faces, debunking bunk and confounding children by teaching them about black • Indie bookseller outreach, including dedicated
holes, time travel paradoxes and the hilarious fallibility of human memory. He lives in lovely and e-blasts and galley mailings.
stimulating Cambridge, Massachusetts. • Targeted trade advertising.
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“Samantha Young does a fantastic job exploring “Herman sweeps readers off their feet on this
love in all its glorious forms.” unforgettable adventure.”
—Katie McGarry, award-winning author of Say You’ll Remember Me —TeenReads.com
RECENTLY PUBLISHED
SOMEONE TO LOVE ZENITH
Melissa de la Cruz Sasha Alsberg and Lindsay Cummings
RECENTLY PUBLISHED
THE CONTINENT FRAT GIRL
Keira Drake Kiley Roache
ISBN-13: 9780373212347
Editor: Natashya Wilson
Price: $18.99 U.S./$23.99 CAN.
Category: Contemporary
Publishing History: Original
On-Sale: March 27, 2018
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 416
Ebook ISBN: 9781488015434
ACE OF SHADES
Amanda Foody
ISBN-13: 9781335016416
Editor: Lauren Smulski ISBN-13: 9781335017260
Price: $18.99 U.S./$23.99 CAN. Editor: Natashya Wilson
Category: Fantasy Price: $18.99 U.S./$23.99 CAN.
Publishing History: Original Category: Fantasy
On-Sale: April 10, 2018 Publishing History: Original
Format: Hardcover On-Sale: April 24, 2018
Page Count: 384 Format: Hardcover
Ebook ISBN: 9781488030420 Page Count: 384
Rights: World All Languages, Audio Ebook ISBN: 9781488030482
Rights Sold: Audio: Blackstone,
German: Heyne, Thai: Amarin
Hardcover • 9780373212620
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