Author of WHAT THE LADY WANTS and the forthcoming WHITE COLLAR GIRL, Renee Rosen’s untitled next novel, based on the true story of Chess Records and the birth of the Blues, as told through the eyes of a young immigrant woman of Jewish Polish descent who helped bring the blues sound to Chicago and the world, again to Claire Zion at NAL, in a very nice deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in Fall 2016.

Sold! NYT bestselling author Shelley Noble’s LEILA, in which a woman, raised in the foster system, must fight the courts to prevent her own four-year-old foster child from being returned to a dangerous family situation, but her only shot at protecting the child she loves is to enlist the help of her estranged former best friend, now a high profile family lawyer, to Tessa Woodward at William Morrow, in a two-book deal, for publication in Summer 2016.

Sold! Liz Reinhardt’s REBELS LIKE US, in which a Dominican-American teen from Brooklyn finds herself reluctantly growing to appreciate Southern culture when her family moves to rural Georgia and she falls for the town’s golden boy, but when she makes the shocking discovery that her new high school still follows a longstanding tradition of holding two racially segregated proms, she must decide whether to risk everything to take a stand for what’s right, to Natashya Wilson at Harlequin Teen, in a two-book deal, for publication in Fall 2016.

Annette Bay Pimentel’s ANN BROOKS GOES WEST (WITH HER PIANO), about a determined pioneer who refuses to leave her beloved grand piano behind when she travels from St. Louis to Salt Lake City, and GIRL RUNNING, in which a woman becomes the first woman to sneak into and run the Boston Marathon, to Nancy Paulsen at Nancy Paulsen Books.

NYT bestselling author Kristen Proby’s LISTEN TO ME, the first book in her new “Fusion” series about five long time girlfriends who co-own a hip restaurant in Portland, in which the restaurant’s manager finds herself falling for a former superstar rocker, whose posters adorned her walls years ago, when he swaggers through the doors to apply for a weekend music gig, to Amanda Bergeron at William Morrow, in a significant deal, in an exclusive, in a three-book deal, for publication in Spring 2016.

Kate Bateman’s debut THE CIRCUS THIEF, a historical romance in which a roguish double agent finds himself requiring the talents of France’s most skilled tightrope walker, but neither expects the intense attraction that quickly sparks between them, to Junessa Viloria at Loveswept, in a three-book deal.

Monet’s Palate Cookbook: The Artist & His Kitchen Garden at Giverny – out May 1 and available for preorder now!

Impressionist artist Claude Monet had a gourmet palate and supplied his daily table with the best of French cooking, even raising his own free-range chickens, turkeys and ducks. All of this provided motifs for his work.

Includes sixty recipes linked to Monet’s two-acre kitchen garden near his home at Giverny, France, detailed information about the vegetables he grew, plus photographs and descriptions of the house interiors and gardens capturing Monet’s extraordinary lifestyle.

Owner of Sugar Blossom Bake Shop in Southern California and author of BEACH HOUSE BAKING Lei Shishak’s BEACH HOUSE BRUNCH, which includes more than 100 recipes for brunch dishes that she creates and serves to her beach house guests – everything from beverages, sweet pastries, savory breads, egg dishes, hashes, foods you flip, grains, casseroles, salads and even grab-n-go breakfast options for avid surfers, to Nicole Frail at Skyhorse, in a nice deal, for publication in Spring 2016.

Jody Jensen Shaffer’s PRUDENCE THE PART-TIME COW, about a clever cow who loves inventions and puzzles, and being an outsider seems to be the one problem she can’t solve, until she develops her most genius idea yet, to Laura Godwin at Holt Children’s.

Lindsay Currie’s JAMMED, in which a girl takes her karate training seriously, both as a way to move on from a brutal home invasion and to pursue her goals, but when she gets mixed up with the wrong boy, she realizes she must look back to move forward, to Patricia Riley at Spencer Hill Contemporary, in a two book deal.