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Review: The Breakup Tour by Emily Wibberly & Austin Siegemund-Broka

Oct 122023
 

Booklist: In their third adult contemporary romance, following Never Vacation with Your Ex (2023), married writing duo Wibberley and Siegemund-Broka explore the relationship between a famous pop star and the man who inspired her greatest hit. Riley Wynn has finally attained mainstream success with her newest album and its lead single, but everyone thinks the song is about her famous ex-husband. Determined to reclaim the narrative, she asks her ex-college-boyfriend, Max Harcourt, to go public as its real inspiration. Max agrees only if he can come on tour with her band, and soon he and Riley realize there may be more than break-up songs in their future. Wibberley and Siegemund-Broka prove they are masters of the second-chance romance, getting the essentials just right—lingering chemistry, intense longing, and two people who have regrets about the past and one more chance to make it right. Max and Riley are believable as both romantic leads and fully formed characters with conflicting desires, and readers will laugh and swoon as they find their way back to each other through music.

Review: The Breakup Tour by Emily & Austin Siegemund-Broka

Oct 042023
 

Library Journal: Riley Winn is one of the biggest names in music after her breakup album becomes an instant hit. The world thinks the lead single from the album is about her ex-husband, but it is actually about her college flame, Max Harcourt, whom she hasn’t seen in a decade. Riley decides to reclaim the narrative by asking Max if he will play in her tour band. Max loves music, but he decided to give up his dream of playing professionally to take over his family’s business. While he is happy enough with his decision, he sees the opportunity to perform with Riley as a chance to prove to himself that he made the correct decision to let go of his musical aspirations, and of her. Riley and Max have to work out the awkwardness of playing together again, but as they find their rhythm, they realize that the spark is still there—along with another chance for a future together. VERDICT Fans of Taylor Swift and author Bridget Morrissey will especially enjoy this emotional second-chance romance from married writing duo Wibberley and Siegemund-Broka (Do I Know You?).

September Subsidiary Rights Deals

Sep 302023
 

a pair of black ear budsAudio rights to Caye Marsh’s novella PEACE IN THE SKY, a mother with amnesia must transport her daughter across a dangerous post-apocalyptic land, while learning her past is not what she thinks it is, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media, by Katie Shea Boutillier (world English).

Audio rights to William C. Tracy’s FRUITS OF THE GODS, in a land where four seasonal fruits give magic, two sisters find a box with a seed for a fifth seed, and hope to bring harmony to their world, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media, by Katie Shea Boutillier (world English).

Audio rights to Robin C.M. Duncan’s THE RIGEL REDEMPTION, the third book in Quirk and Moth’s adventure, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media, by Katie Shea Boutillier (world English).

Audio rights to Cassandra Khaw’s Bram Stoker Award-winning BREAKABLE THINGS, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media, by Michael Curry.

Audio rights to Alex Bledsoe’s GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT AND OTHER STORIES OF SHARP WIT, CUNNING WOMEN, AND WILD MAGIC, an original collection of short stories about witches, big game hunters, dinosaurs, faery folk, and zombies, to Stefan Rudnicki at Skyboat Media, by Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure.

September Translation Deals

Sep 302023
 

Czech rights to Ronald Malfi’s GHOSTWRITTEN, to Dobrovsky, by Lola Dunton at Prava I Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier, for Cameron McClure.

Spanish rights to Melissa K. Roehrich’s LADY OF DARKNESS, to Anaya, by Elena Rodriguez at International Editors’, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier.

Czech audio rights to New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells’ ALL SYSTEMS RED and ARTIFICIAL CONDITION, the first and second titles in the Murderbot Diaries series, to OneHotBook, by Milena Kaplarević at Prava i prevodi in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.

August Subsidiary Rights Deals

Aug 312023
 

a pair of black ear budsAudio rights to NYT bestselling author Skye Warren’s RED FLAGS, to Kerri Buckley at Dreamscape Media, in a three-book deal, at auction, by Katie Shea Boutillier.

July Subsidiary Rights Deals

Jul 312023
 

a pair of black ear budsLJ Andrews’s SONG OF SORROWS AND FATE, book nine in The Broken Kingdom series, to Kate Runde at Podium Audio, by Katie Shea Boutillier (world English).

LJ Andrews’s THE EVER KING, to Kate Runde at Podium Audio, in a three-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier (world English).

Emily Childs’s THE FASTBALL, book four in The Vegas Kings series, to Kate Runde at Podium Audio, by Katie Shea Boutillier (world English).

Audio rights to Premee Mohamed’s Nebula Award-winning NO ONE WILL COME BACK FOR US, to Jen Albert at ECW Press, by Michael Curry.

July Translation Rights Deals

Jul 312023
 

Swedish rights to New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop’s DAUGHTER OF THE BLOOD, the first book in the Black Jewels series, to Milla Emrén and Staffan Emrén, by Jeanine Langenberg at Sebes & Bisseling Literary Agency in association with Michael Curry for Jennifer Jackson.

Italian rights to Robert Sheckley’s THE ALCHEMICAL MARRIAGE OF ALASTAIR COMPTON, to Mondadori, by Stefania Fietta at Donzelli Fietta, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure.

Hungarian rights to Robert Jackson Bennett’s FOUNDRYSIDE, to Fumax, by Lola Dunton at Prava I Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure.

Skye Warren’s HUGHES series, to Petra Kruijt at April (The Netherlands), in a three-book deal, by Vere Bank at Sebes & Bisseling, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier.

Ruthanna Emrys’s WINTER TIDE and  DEEP ROOTS, to Infortress (Taiwan) by Gray Tan at The Grayhawk Agency on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure.

Deal: Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka

Jun 282023
 
Author photo of Austin Siegemund-Broka and Emily Wibberley.

Photo credit: Sue Grubman

Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka’s HEIRESS TAKES ALL, pitched as The Inheritance Games meets Ocean’s 11, in which a teen plots revenge against her father, after she’s cheated out of her rightful inheritance, by staging the perfect heist—in the midst of his latest wedding, to Caitlyn Averett while at Little, Brown Children’s, with Samantha Gentry editing, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2024, by Katie Shea Boutillier. Film/TV: Mary Pender at United Talent Agency

Deal: Bridget Morrissey, Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka

Jun 142023
 
Author photo of Austin Siegemund-Broka and Emily Wibberley.

Photo credit: Sue Grubman

Authors Bridget Morrissey, Emily Wibberley, and Austin Siegemund-Broka writing as E.B. Asher’s THIS WILL BE FUN, pitched as THE PRINCESS BRIDE meets PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION, about a group of friends who once saved their magical land together but haven’t spoken in 10 years, reuniting to attend a royal wedding then ending up on a new quest to defend the realm, pitched for readers of LEGENDS AND LATTES and lovers of Shrek, to Sylvan Creekmore at Avon, in a good deal, in a pre-empt, for publication in fall 2024, by Taylor Haggerty at Root Literary for Morrissey and by Katie Boutillier for Wibberley and Siegemund-Broka (world).

May Subsidiary Rights Deals

May 312023
 

a pair of black ear budsAudio rights to Skye Warren & Amelia Wilde’s DESERTED ISLAND TRILOGY, to Kate Runde at Podium, in a three-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier.

Audio rights to Jo Walton’s SULIEN series, plus non-fiction book, WHAT MAKES A BOOK SO GREAT, to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media, in a four-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier for Cameron McClure.

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