Dana Fredsti and David Fitzgerald’s TIMESHARDS, in which the timeline shatters and a group of survivors must fight their way through a schizochronolinear apocalypse to save the world, in a 3-book deal.

International sales trainer and thought leaders and CEO of Levitin Group Shari Levitin’s HEART & SELL: 12 Universal Truths Every Salesperson Needs to Know, revealing the surprising new science of emotional selling and what every salesperson needs to know about translating customer connection into bottom-line results.

Camille Di Maio’s BEFORE THE RAIN FALLS, in which a mysterious portrait brings together a scandal-ridden journalist and idealistic doctor as they discover the secret of the girl in the painting, her murder at the hands of her sister, and salvation for a border town desperate for a reason to hope.

Two-time Golden Heart finalist Renee Ann Miller’s debut NEVER DARE A WICKED EARL, in which a prim and proper nurse engages in a battle of wits with her new patient, an infamous lord, in a 3-book deal.

RITA finalist Melinda Leigh’s next two novellas, in the Rogue River/Winter series, pitched as a Justified-meets-Blue-Bloods crime drama about a law enforcement family seeking justice in the rural Pacific Northwest.

RITA award-winning author Janice Kay Johnson’s next 10 contemporary romances.

USA Today bestselling author Gigi Pandian’s next award-winning Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Mystery, continuing the adventures of the historian who tracks down lost treasures from India’s colonial history, in a three-book deal.

Michael Mina alum Lei Shishak’s THE FARM-TO-DESSERT TABLE, continuing her reputation as the go-to culinary pro who creates recipes with a distinct Southern California, healthy vibe; more than 80 sweet recipes divided by seasons, showing readers how to create simple desserts using fruit and vegetables at their prime and demonstrating through her original recipes how locally-sourced, organic ingredients is a satisfying way to bake and once it’s started becomes an easy habit.

Owner of Marshall’s Haute Sauce and a culinary expert devoted to canning and preserving Sarah Marshal’s PRESERVATION PANTRY: Getting the Most From Your Produce, Root-to-Top, Stem-to-Core, as food waste is becoming a national issue and concern, the author’s recipes, often combining both techniques, give the reader precise, illustrated instructions as well as recipes that will please both the newly-interested home cook as well as the more advanced; also including guidelines for creating a canning community, ideas for packaging prepared items and instructions on how to fill a well-rounded kitchen pantry.

Dorothy St. James’s Chocolate Shop mystery series, featuring the owner of The Chocolate Box, a gourmet shop in the heart of the artsy Camellia Beach, South Carolina community, in a 3-book deal, at auction.