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Review: All the Difference by Leah Ferguson

Aug 132015
 

Cover for All the Difference by Leah Ferguson. Two engagement rings with boxes, one sitting upright in its box, the other sideways and fallen out.Ferguson offers women’s fiction a fresh new voice with her first novel, a delightful tale about the roads we choose in life. Readers will enjoy following Molly Sullivan from one New Year’s Eve to the next, the chapters (each a different month between the bookend holidays) cleverly alternating between “if she said no” and “if she said yes.” The brilliant epilogue ties it all together perfectly. This is a unique take on a familiar plot!

Read the full review of All the Difference at RT Book Reviews.

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July Translation Deals

Jul 312015
 

earthFrench rights to Anne Bishop’s VISION IN SILVER, the 3rd novel in her series about The Others, to Bragelonne by David Camus at the Anna Jarota Agency in association with Jennifer Jackson.

German rights to Brent Weeks’s THE BLOOD MIRROR (Book 4 in the Lightbringer series) and UNTITLED Book 4 in the Night Angel series, to Blanvalet, in a two-book deal, in a nice deal, by Bastian Schlück at Thomas Schlueck Agency in association with Katie Shea Boutillier.

Dutch rights to Anne Bishop’s VISION IN SILVER, Book 3 in the Others series, to Sabrina Verbeek at De Fontein, by Philip Sane at the Lennart Sane Agency in association with Jennifer Jackson.

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July Subsidiary Rights Deals

Jul 312015
 

a pair of black ear budsRobert McCammon’s short story collection BLUE WORLD, to Steve Feldberg at Audible by Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Cameron McClure.

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June Translation Deals

Jun 302015
 

earthPolish rights to Michael R. Fletcher’s BEYOND REDEMPTION to Papierowy Ksiezyc, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi in association with Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Cameron McClure.

Russian rights to Michael R. Fletcher’s BEYOND REDEMPTION, to AST, by Alexander Korzhenevski Agency in association with Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Cameron McClure.

Italian rights to Thea Harrison’s ORACLE’S MOON, Book 4 of the Elder Races series, to Fanucci, by Stefania Fietta at Agenzia Letteraria Internazionale, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Amy Boggs.

Italian renewal rights to Margaret Doody’s MYSTERY OF ELEUSIS, to Sellerio, by Stefania Fietta at Agenzia Letteraria Internazionale, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier.

Turkish rights to Shaun David Hutchinson’s THE FIVE STAGES OF ANDREW BRAWLEY, to Yabanci, by Nazli Cokdu at ONK Agency, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Amy Boggs.

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June Subsidiary Rights Deals

Jun 302015
 

a pair of black ear budsAudio rights to Jim Butcher’s WORKING FOR BIGFOOT, collecting the stories where Harry Dresden works cases for Bigfoot, to Amy Metsch at Penguin Random House Audio by Jennifer Jackson.

Nationally syndicated columnist and humorist Amy Alkon’s UNF*CK YOURSELF, the science-based guide on how to live with confidence, guts, and integrity, to Erica Proulx at Brilliance, by Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Cameron McClure.

Robert McCammon’s sixth book in the Matthew Corbett series, FREEDOM OF THE MASK, to Steve Feldberg at Audible, by Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Cameron McClure.

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May Subsidiary Rights Deals

May 312015
 

a pair of black ear budsAudio rights to Molly Tanzer’s VERMILION, to Haila Williams at Blackstone Audio, at auction, by Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Cameron McClure.

Audio rights to Elizabeth Bear’s The Lotus Kingdoms trilogy, to Brian Sweany at Recorded Books, by Jennifer Jackson and Michael Curry.

Audio rights to Amanda Downum’s DREAMS OF SHREDS AND TATTERS, to Brian Sweany at Recorded Books, by Jennifer Jackson and Michael Curry.

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May Translation Deals

May 312015
 

earthRomanian rights to Robert Jackson Bennett’s CITY OF STAIRS, to Grupul Art, by Nada Cipranic at Prava I Prevodi, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Cameron McClure.

Simplified Chinese renewal rights to Robert McCammon’s BOY’S LIFE, to Yilin, in a nice deal, by Gray Tan at The Grayhawk Agency, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Cameron McClure.

Italian omnibus edition rights to Brent Weeks’s Night Angel trilogy, to Newton Compton, by Stefania Fietta at Agenzia Letteraria Internazionale, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier.

Hungarian rights to Brent Weeks’s THE BLINDING KNIFE and THE BROKEN EYE, Books 2 & 3 in the Lightbrigher series, to Konyvmolykepzo, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi in association with Katie Shea Boutillier.

Hungarian renewal rights to Brent Weeks’s Night Angel series, to Konyvmolykepzo, in a three-book deal, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi in association with Katie Shea Boutillier.

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The Far End of Happy by Kathryn Craft

May 052015
 

Cover for The Far End of Happy by Kathryn Craft.Twelve tense hours, three women, and the suicide standoff that turns one family’s little piece of heaven into a scene from hell

After enduring years of a struggling marriage, Ronnie Farnham has decided to divorce her husband and is beginning to hope for a happy future–until the morning Jeff is supposed to move out, when he locks himself in their barn with a rifle.

When a massive police presence arrives to control the 12-hour stand off, the women in Jeff’s life are pushed to their breaking points. Based on the author’s harrowing personal story, The Far End of Happy is a powerful novel about the way one man’s spiral towards life’s violent conclusion tests the resolve, love, and hope of the women he will leave behind.

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April Subsidiary Rights Deals

Apr 302015
 

a pair of black ear budsHolly Messinger’s forthcoming debut THE CURSE OF JACOB TRACY, to Steve Feldberg at Audible, by Katie Shea Boutillier , on behalf of Amy Boggs.

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Review: The Far End of Happy by Kathryn Craft

Apr 032015
 

Cover for The Far End of Happy by Kathryn Craft.Library Journal: VERDICT: Craft’s second novel (after 2014’sThe Art of Falling), this title is based on the author’s experience with a standoff involving her husband, which adds real, raw, emotion to the plot. Framing the novel within a 12-hour period keeps the pages turning. Ronnie Farnham is divorcing her husband, Jeff. She is tracking his excessive credit card spending; he is noting her numerous phone calls to Kevin, a man she is featuring in one of her freelance articles. On the day Jeff says he will move out of their Pennsylvania farmhouse, he gets drunk, grabs a shotgun, and holes up in their vegetable market. When police remove Ronnie and her two young sons from their home, they are placed at the local firefighters’ social hall for 12 hours until the standoff ends. The story unfolds with internal dialogs from ­Ronnie; her mother, Beverly; and Janet, Jeff’s mom. Conversations among the women reveal family secrets. Hour by hour they try to understand why Jeff is threatening to kill himself.

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