USA Today bestselling Stephanie London’s untitled, the beginning of a new series, in which Snow White meets Beauty and the Beast when a language-loving PHD student finally escapes the small town where her seven older brothers have kept her sheltered, to seduce a sexy stranger in the Greek Islands, in a 2-book deal.

Carrie Callaghan’s debut novel A LIGHT OF HER OWN, based on the life of 17th century artist Judith Leyster, who struggles to be the first woman to paint alongside the greats of the Dutch Golden Age, and whose ambition threatens not only a conspiracy of powerful men but even those she loves.

Gary Dudney’s More Tao of Running: Finding Your Inner Strengths offers new ways for runners to tap into the resources deep within their minds to conquer their running goals, discover the joy of running, connect running to their spiritual and emotional lives, and cope with the hardest parts of running using funny and illuminating stories to engage runners of all stripes: beginners, road runners, marathoners, trail runners and those just thinking about running for the first time.

Jessica Lourey’s Mercy’s Chase, the sequel to Salem’s Cipher, in which newly-hired FBI cryptanalyst Salem Wiley is sent to Europe to observe the Hermitage Foundation, where she discovers that their anti-female political and religious deception traces all the way back to the Malleus Malificarum, and that Mercy, a mysterious child with the power to rewrite history, is the key to uncovering the ultimate truth.

NYT bestselling author Jamie McGuire’s CRASH AND BURN series, featuring characters introduced in her Maddox Brothers series, following the Alpine Hotshots, a ragtag, diverse group of twenty elite firefighters who battle the elements, push beyond their limits, and find love in the most remote areas of the western wilderness, to Leah Hultenschmidt at Forever, in a major deal, in a three-book deal, for publication in Fall 2018.

Huge congratulations to our MLLA 2017 RITA Award winners!

• Jennifer L. Armentrout’s THE PROBLEM WITH FOREVER was awarded the RITA for Best Young Adult novel.
• Weina Dai Randel’s THE MOON IN THE PALACE won the RITA for Best Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance.

Margaret Dilloway’s SUMMER OF A THOUSAND PIES, in which a twelve-year-old Great British Baking Show superfan is sent to live with her aunt in the mountains of California, and over the course of one summer learns about friendship, family, and how to make the perfect pie crust, to Kristin Daly Rens at Balzer & Bray, in a very nice deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in Winter 2019.

Paula Matter’s debut mystery in which VFW bartender Maggie Lewis is suspected of killing her least favorite customer and must produce enough evidence to clear her name, get her job back, and find the real killer–or she’ll end up behind the wrong bars, in a 3-book deal.

Clinical professional counselor and journalist Phyllis Fagell’s MIDDLE SCHOOL MATTERS, arguing that middle school is not just a tough phase to endure but rather a critical stage that parents can’t afford to ignore, and providing a road map for parents to help their kids through these trying years and emerge confident, compassionate, unique, and ready for a changing world.

USA Today bestselling author Amanda Bouchet’s new trilogy ENDEAVOR, in which after stealing a top-secret batch of cure-all vaccines for the orphanage she grew up in, Captain Tess Bailey finds herself pursued by the galaxy’s most terrifying Dark Watch general and his ruthless military and turning to a stranger for help could mean losing her freedom – or her heart.