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BLACK AND WHITE
by Jackie Kessler and Caitlin Kittredge


From two exciting voices in paranormal romance comes a super-heroine tale and the kick-off a new series. They were best friends at an elite academy for superheroes in training, but now Callie Bradford, code-name Iridium, and Joannie Greene, code-name Jet, are mortal enemies. Jet is a by-the-book hero, using her shadow power to protect the citizens of New Chicago. Iridium, with her mastery of light, runs the city's underworld. For the past five years, the two have played an elaborate, and frustrating, game of cat and mouse. But, now playtime's over. Separately, Jet and Iridium uncover clues that point to a looming evil, one that emanates from within the academy. As Jet works with Bruce Hunter-a normal man with an extraordinary ability to make her weak in the knees-she is convinced that Iridium is involved in a scheme that will level the power structure of America itself. And Iridium, teaming with the mysterious vigilante called Taser, uncovers an insidious plot that's been a decade in the making… a plot in which Jet is key. They're both right. And they're both wrong. Because nothing is as simple as… BLACK AND WHITE. Jackie Kessler is the author of the "Hell on Earth" series from Kensington/Zebra Books and Caitlin Kittredge is the author of Night Life. The authors are at work on the next book in this series to be published in 2010.

Bantam Trade Paperback July 2009


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BLACK RAIN by Graham Brown
British rights: Bantam Dell
Translation rights: Under the Sign of the Unicorn; 212-675-1381 (F)


An exciting new voice in suspense fiction delivers a fast-paced debut thriller described as Indiana Jones meets The Ruins. Set in the Amazon, BLACK RAIN combines ancient Mayan legend with futuristic technology, and features a brilliant woman researcher. Under the guise of an archeological expedition to the depths of the Amazon, a region revered and feared in Mayan legend, Danielle Laidlaw, a brilliant researcher, is in a race to secure the energy of the future for her organization, the National Research Institute. Her ragtag team includes an erudite professor and his asthmatic assistant, an ex-CIA agent blacklisted from American soil, and two new-to-the-field NRI agents. The previous NRI team on this assignment didn't make it out of the jungle alive-the first clue that Danielle's mission may be more dangerous than anticipated-but she is determined to find the new energy source locked in Mayan myth and earn her promotion. The odds are stacked against them, as local guides refuse to show Danielle and her team where the ancient Mayan temple lies and every night requires a vigilant watch for the violent Chollokwan tribe and a mysterious creature with a blood-curdling scream that leaves battered corpses in its wake. The stakes rise even higher when they run into German militants hired by a private U.S. corporation to beat them to the secrets of the ancient Mayans. Both groups are in for more than they thought possible, including a scientific discovery that could alter world history and the terrifying predators sworn to protect it for all eternity. Graham Brown has degrees in both aeronautics and law, along with a private pilot's license, and has traveled extensively to exotic locales, giving him first-hand knowledge to write realistically and accurately on the scientific background and setting of BLACK RAIN. He is already at work on the sequel to BLACK RAIN, which Bantam Dell will publish.

Bantam Mass-Market Spring 2010

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BLOOD AND ICE by Robert Masello


"In the prologue to this exceptional supernatural thriller from Masello (Bestiary), two lovers—Lt. Sinclair Copley of the 17th Lancers and Eleanor Ames, a nurse from Florence Nightingale’s Harley Street hospital in London—fall into ice-strewn seas from a British sloop foundering near Antarctica in 1856. In the present, Seattle writer Michael Wilde, who’s recovering from a personal tragedy, can’t resist the opportunity to go to Antarctica to write a magazine article about the Point Adélie research station. Past and present stories alternate until Michael makes an amazing discovery in a submerged block of ice off the Antarctic coast—two frozen bodies, bound in chains. After Sinclair and Eleanor revive, Masello slowly and subtly reveals how they came to transcend death. The thrills and, most decidedly, the chills mount to a believable, sad and hopeful ending. Fans of John Campbell’s “Who Goes There?”—the basis for the movie The Thing—will find much to like.
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Robert Masello is a true master at blending cutting edge science, historical intrigue, and riveting thrills, and Blood and Ice is a riotous mix of history, cryogenics, vampirism, and a chilling adventure set in the Antarctic. Park in front of a warm fire and prepare to read this in one sitting!” — James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Oracle

“A stunning thriller! With a its fascinating characters, harsh, Polar terrain, and riveting action sequences, Blood and Ice will chill you to the bone.” — Lisa Gardner, bestselling author of Say Goodbye

“There is nothing better than reading a novel that exceeds all the hype. Blood and Ice is a spectacular thriller, an epic adventure that crosses genres, the world, history and time . . . I’ve never finished a book faster.” — Richard Doetsch, author of Thieves of Heaven

“This fascinating adventure on The Ice really captures the feeling you sometimes get down there, that anything can happen. The science, romance and danger of Antarctica are all well conveyed, and merge into the thrill that is the true Antarctic experience.” — Kim Stanley Robinson, author of Antarctica

Pre-empted in England by Harvill Secker, in Spain by E. Espase-Calpe, and in Russia by AST, with an additional license just secured with Brazilian publisher Sumas de Letras for publication in Portuguese, Masello's eagerly anticipated Bantam debut is a dazzling tale of suspense, the supernatural, and romance in a story that spans centuries. Set shortly after the Crimean War and on an expedition to modern-day Antarctica, this epic novel combines two worlds in the midst of a frozen landscape. For when a modern-day journalist discovers two bodies frozen under the Antarctic ice, he opens up a whole new realm of scientific discovery. Improbably, these two young outcasts-one of Florence Nightingale's nurses and a member of the infamous Light Brigade-carry a deadly curse in their blood: one that enables them to rise from their frozen tomb and live again. The author's hardcover debut, BLOOD AND ICE is a tour de force, a top-notch thriller with a whiff of the paranormal in which Masello proves himself a master of the very magic that makes bestsellers.

Brilliance Audio

Pre-publication licenses to date: England/Harvill Secker; Spain/Espase-Calpe; Russia/AST Publishers; Brazil/Suma de Letras; Germany/Fischer Verlag; France/Fleuve Noir

Bantam Hardcover March 2009

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BLOOD SINS by Kay Hooper

"In this disturbing paranormal thriller...Hooper pulls out all the stops ... as Noah's elite team tackles one of their nastiest assignments yet." — Publishers Weekly

Kay Hooper thrills fans with her riveting crime fiction featuring Noah Bishop's extraordinary agents. Now, in this chilling follow-up to Blood Dreams, New York Times bestseller Kay Hooper, brings the elite FBI Special Crimes Unit back to fight a serial killer with a thirst for more than just blood. BLOOD SINS combines edge-of-your seat action with paranormally powered crime solving and delivers an extraordinary, extra-chilling read. Every year with every novel, Kay's books consistently appear on national bestseller lists, including those of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today. Most recently, Blood Dreams debuted at #9 on the New York Times hardcover bestseller list and appeared on The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today bestseller lists.

Featured Alternate Selection of Doubleday Book Club, Doubleday Large Print, Rhapsody Book Club, Literary Guild, and Mystery Guild

Brilliance Audio
Random House Large Print

Bantam Hardcover January 2009

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BRIGHT HAIR ABOUT THE BONE by Barbara Cleverly


"Cleverly brings readers an engrossing new historical mystery... Cleverly’s complex plot and doom-laden atmosphere will appeal to a diverse group of readers, from Da Vinci Code devotees to those who relish the archaeological mysteries of Elizabeth Peters." — Booklist

“Spectacular and dashing. Spellbinding.” —New York Times Book Review on The Tomb of Zeus

"... crisp writing and depth of characterization should please traditional mystery fans." — Publishers Weekly
on The Tomb of Zeus

"CWA Historial Dagger Award winner Cleverly, author of the Joe Sandiland series, demonstrates a knack for creating full-blown historical puzzlers with complicated plots and engaging characters in unusual settings. For readers who love Elizabeth Peters and Jacqueline Winspear and still hanker for Agatha Christie." — Library Journal on The Tomb of Zeus

"Award-winning author Cleverly debuts a captivating new series in which an aspiring archaeologist finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation on the island of Crete. In the tradition of Agatha Christie, the characters are complex and varied. Amid the picturesque history of the island, mystery and murder abound in this riveting novel."
— Romantic Times
on The Tomb of Zeus

"With a spirited, intelligent heroine, a glorious exotic setting, a clever plot, loads of archaeological detail and a touch of romance, there's nothing not to like in this crisply told first book of a new series by the author of the Joe Sandilands mysteries. " —The Denver Post on The Tomb of Zeus

Barbara Cleverly's debut Laetitia Talbot mystery, The Tomb of Zeus (Delta 11/2007), is a critical hit: "With a spirited, intelligent heroine, a glorious exotic setting, a clever plot, loads of archaeological detail and a touch of romance, there's nothing not to like" (Denver Post). In Burgundy, France, 1926, a famed archaeologist dies a terrible death in a country not his own… Thus begins CWA Historical Dagger Award winner Barbara Cleverly's BRIGHT HAIR ABOUT THE BONE. And soon aspiring archeologist Talbot finds herself embroiled in a murderous conspiracy centuries in the making… Letty's joy at snaring a place in the excavation of an ancient church in Burgundy is dimmed by the tragedy of her godfather Daniel's violent death. But when Letty receives a posthumous encoded message, she begins an investigation into Daniel's murder that sends her on a journey into a country's remote history… into the orbit of a privileged French family harboring its own damning secret… into ancient Celtic mysteries and one sacred truth kept through the ages. It is an explosive revelation that could rock modern Christianity-one that forces a killer out of the shadows, as one country devastated by war lays the groundwork for another…

Licenses to date: England/Constable & Robinson

Delta Trade Paperback November 2008


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THE BROKEN TEAGLASS by Emily Arsenault
German rights: Laurie Langlie Literary Agent; 718-858-6161 (F)

THE BROKEN TEAGLASS (the bro-ken te-glas) n. 1. A book, possibly apocryphal, by Dolores Beekmim, who probably did not exist. 2. A potential murder weapon. 3. A razor-sharp debut novel about definitions. Someone has been populating the citation files in the editorial offices of a dictionary publisher with possible clues to what may be a long-unsolved murder. Seemingly filed at random, the word definitions appear to form a narrative of fleeting office flirtation, furtive passion, and a much-embraced, dog-eared novel that may never have been written much less shared. As editorial researchers Billy Webb and Mona Minot ransack the definitions for answers, the mystery begins to take on bigger personal meaning for both of them and their colleagues, leading to shocking answers that are very, very difficult to define. At the human heart of THE BROKEN TEAGLASS is a coming-of-age story about a young man challenged by mortality before his time, weighed down by diminished expectations and grasping at an intriguing mystery to define himself. There is nothing quite comparable to THE BROKEN TEAGLASS and we're confident you will delight in uncovering its mysteries. Bantam will publish this debut in a small format hardcover. Emily Arsenault has worked as a lexicographer, an English teacher, a children's librarian, and a Peace Corps volunteer. She wrote THE BROKEN TEAGLASS to pass the long, quiet evenings in her mud brick house while living in rural South Africa. She now lives in New England with her husband.


Delacorte Hardcover October 2009

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THE BURNING SKIES by David J. Williams

The author of the critically-acclaimed debut novel, The Mirrored Heavens, returns with the second book in his military Sci-Fi "Autumn Rain" series. Praised by masters of space opera Peter Watts and Stephen Baxter and a king of military SF, Jack Campbell, David J. Williams proved with his genre-busting The Mirrored Heavens, that he is a rising star to watch. In his electrifying debut, Williams created a futuristic world grounded in the military rivalries, terror tactics, and political wrangling of our own time. Now, in THE BURNING SKIES, life as U.S. counterintelligence agent Claire Haskell once knew it is in tatters-her mission betrayed, her lover dead, and her memories of the past suspect. The defeat of the brilliant and mysterious insurgent group known only as Autumn Rain was not as complete as many believed. It is quickly becoming clear that their ultimate goal is not simply to destroy the tenuous global alliances of the 22nd Century-but to rule all of humanity. Now it's up to Claire, with her ability to jack her brain into the nets of the enemy, to pick up the pieces. Navigating a complex world filled with both steadfast loyalists and ruthless traitors, Claire must be ready for Rain's next move… so she can make hers. But her true enemy may be one step ahead of her. David J. Williams is at work on his next book in this series, which Bantam will publish in 2010.

Bantam Trade Paperback June 2009


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THE COLDEST MILE by Tom Piccirilli

** The Midnight Road: Winner of International Thriller Writers (ITW) Award for Best Paperback Original**

"[Piccirilli] gives you the distinctive shiver...all good writing provides: the certainty that the writer's own ghosts are in it."
New York Times Book Review

"His prose has the visceral punch of the best pulp writers....The Cold Spot is both funny and ferocious....Piccirilli's stories are worth their weight in gold."San Francisco Chronicle

"Piccirilli tells the gritty, violent and dark tale in an appealingly noirish narrative style, highly economical yet bracingly intimate." Publishers Weekly on The Cold Spot

Four-time Bram Stoker Award recipient and two-time International Thriller Writers Award nominee Tom Piccirilli returns with this edgy crime thriller that brings back Chase, the wheelman from The Cold Spot. Still recovering from the death of his wife and the wounds he sustained while tracking down her killer, Chase has given up on the straight and narrow and taken a job as a driver for the Langan mob family. But his real goal is to pull a heist that will provide the money he needs to track down his renegade grandfather, Jonah, and the daughter Jonah nearly died to protect. Then a Godfather-like family coup at the Langan's posh estate puts Chase inside a dangerous trap that's closing fast. Piccirilli fans can look forward to a new noir thriller, Shadow Season, coming from Bantam in June 2009.
Foreign licenses for Tom's novels include: France/Editions Denoel (A Choir of Ill Children and The Dead Letters); Germany/Heyne (The Dead Letters and Midnight Road); and Spain/La Factoria de Ideas (A Choir of Ill Children and November Mourns)

Bantam Mass-Market March 2009

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CRASH INTO ME by Jill Sorenson

"...culminating in a page-turning climax as the killer is finally unmasked. Despite the mystery, the real energy comes from the emotional relationships full of explosive sex and terrible secrets." -- Publishers Weekly

Jill Sorenson makes her Bantam debut with a breathlessly fast-paced and super-sexy romance certain to delight fans of Suzanne Brockmann and Jayne Ann Krentz. A series of violent murders of young women shakes the California coast, and the main suspect is Ben Fortune, a famous surfer and former husband of a victim. When Sonny Vasquez gets assigned to the case, she knows it's the perfect opportunity to prove herself as a tough-as-nails special agent-even if she has to play the part of a bimbo surfer groupie to get the job done. But in order elicit evidence, Sonny must get close to Ben, and soon she starts to do her job too well. Can she keep her emotions in check long enough to get to the bottom of the case, or are both Ben and Sunny in way over their heads? Combining high level danger, extremely sexy relationships, and deeply emotional characters CRASH INTO ME is romantic suspense at its best.

Bantam Mass-Market February 2009

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FAEFEVER by Karen Marie Moning

**FAEFEVER is an instant national bestseller with Karen's strongest first day hardcover sales ever**

Its first week on sale, FAEFEVER debuts in the #3 position on the New York Times bestseller list and #17 on the USA Today bestseller list . It is also a Wall Street Journal (#7) and Washington Post (#4) bestseller.



"The third installment in Moning's popular Fever series (Darkfever; Bloodfever) finds sidhe-seer MacKayla Lane continuing to adjust to her powers and her new life in Dublin... This series is a good bet for readers of Nora Roberts's paranormal-tinged titles, who will appreciate Mac's tough yet tender character."— Library Journal on Faefever


"This series is a good bet for readers of Nora Roberts's paranormal-tinged titles, who will appreciate Mac's tough yet tender character."
— Library Journal

"Moning's delectable Mac is breathlessly appealing, and the wild perils she must endure are peppered with endless conundrums. The results are addictively dark, erotic and even shocking."
— Publishers Weekly on Bloodfever

"Moning brilliantly works the dark sides of man and Fae for all they are worth. Although she has tamped down the romance and enhanced the urban fantasy element... the sexual tension heats up between Mac and Barrons, while V’lane adds more conflict to the mix. " — Booklist on Bloodfever

Karen Marie Moning's "Fever" series is a coast-to-coast hit! The first two titles in this national bestselling series, Darkfever and Bloodfever, appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. Thrilling and seductive, the hotly anticipated third novel in the "Fever" series draws readers deeper into the sensual and mysterious realm of the immortal Fae and the adventures of sidhe-seer Mackayla Lane. In FAEFEVER, Karen Marie Moning returns to the shadowy Dublin Otherworld in an undeniably sexy novel her fans are feverish for. Changed by the choices she made in order to survive, Mac no longer is the naïve, idealistic, and glamourous girl newly arrived in Dublin. Now, on a quest to find her sister's killer, she is a major player in a deadly game, but with one great advantage: she knows how to find the one thing Fae and human alike are willing to kill for-the Sinsar Dubh, an ancient book of magic so dark it corrupts anyone who touches it. Surrounded by treachery, her enemies indistinguishable from her allies, she can be certain of only one thing-as All Hallow's Eve approaches, her time is running out. FAEFEVER combines mystery, romance, and urban fantasy to create a dark and addictive page-turner.

Main Selection of Rhapsody Book Club; Featured Alternate Selection of Doubleday Book Club

Thorndike Press Large Print

Licenses to date: Russia/Family Leisure Club; Germany/Ullstein Verlag; France/Editions J'ai Lu


Delacorte Hardcover October 2008


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THE GOODBYE COUSINS by Maggie Leffler

Maggie Leffler's debut novel, The Diagnosis of Love, received a Publisher's Weekly starred review: "[An] inspiring debut… Leffler...infuses Holly's spiritual search with liberal doses of humor, exquisite insight and rich details about the U.K. medical profession." And, Elinor Lipman wrote, "Maggie Leffler's writing accomplishes that thing I enjoy the most: lively storytelling that is in equal parts wryly witty and touching." In THE GOODBYE COUSINS, Di Linzer is the orphaned daughter of a psychic and a psychiatrist, and a seer of ghosts. After moving from England to the States to start her life over, she can't shake her premonition that Armageddon is less than a month away and, coincidentally, on the same day her cousin Alecia is getting married. Alecia Axtel's future is falling apart, thanks to the pre-nup she has yet to mention to her fiancé, her shaky promotion to evening news anchor, and her unexpected pregnancy. But none of this compares to what happens when Di inadvertently invites Alecia's estranged mother to the wedding. As these two young women-one searching for direction, the other desperate to stop her well-ordered life from unraveling-journey down their life paths, they'll rediscover laughter and find that it is in the midst of life's biggest challenges that people learn what makes them happy.


Bantam Discovery Trade Paperback & Mass-Market Paperback July 2009


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THE LANGUAGE OF BEES by Laurie R. King

New York Times bestselling author and "one of the finest mystery writers in the country" (Monterey Herald) Laurie R. King returns with THE LANGUAGE OF BEES. When the son of Sherlock Holmes appears unexpectedly on their cottage doorstep, Holmes' wife and partner, Mary Russell, detects that something is amiss... When the young man disappears, she knows she is in a race against time. Russell and Holmes' sleuthing will take them from the seedy underground of bohemian London to the fields of Scotland, where a horrifying ceremony must be stopped before it takes a life Sherlock Holmes barely knew existed, and now seeks desperately to protect. For lovers of brilliant detective fiction, Laurie R. King takes readers on a dizzying journey from a bucolic glade to the basement of a menacing and secretive society, spinning an intricate web to ensnare her two beloved sleuths. King garnered outstanding reviews and a Barry nomination for Keeping Watch and critics adored her recent hardcover, Touchstone-The Wall Street Journal called it, "A thriller with big themes...Like a well-managed Edwardian soirée, TOUCHSTONE is by turns relaxed, tense, amusing, thought-provoking -- and memorably satisfying." King's Kate Martinelli series has won both the Edgar and Creasey Awards. She lives in northern California, where she is at work on her next Russell and Holmes mystery, which Bantam will publish in 2010.

Licenses to date: England/Allison & Busby

Bantam Hardcover May 2009

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MARK OF THE DEMON by Diana Rowland


"Mark of the Demon is a nifty combination of police procedural and urban fantasy. Not too many detectives summon demons in their basement for the fun of it, but Kara Gillian is not your average law enforcement officer. In the course of Rowland's first book, Kara learns a lot about demons, her past, and above all, herself." Charlaine Harris, New York Times bestselling author of From Dead to Worse

"Rowland spins a tale that is riveting, suspenseful, and deliciously sexy. With a unique take on demons, and with one of the most terrifying serial killers ever, Mark of the Demon will keep you up late at night turning pages."
Jenna Black, author of Speak of the Devil


"Mark of the Demon is a fascinating mixture of a hard-boiled police procedural and gritty yet other-worldly urban fantasy. Diana Rowland's professional background as a both street cop and forensic assistant not only shows through but gives the book a realism sadly lacking in all too many urban fantasy "crime" novels."
L. E. Modesitt, Jr., author of the Saga of Recluce



A stunning new talent in paranormal urban fantasy gives us her first novel, in which a female officer detailed to her first murder case comes across a serial killer with a demonic goal. Drawing on her own experience as a former police officer, Diana Rowland has created a character able to hold her own amongst demons and criminals alike, in a world and demonic mythos unlike anything on the market today. In the Deep South, the edge of reality ends where the bayou begins. When police officer Kara Gillian hears that the Symbol Man is back in town, she is excited to be on her first murder case… not realizing exactly what she's getting herself into. For the Symbol Man is no ordinary murderer-he is a serial killer with a dozen bodies to his name. And, after a three-year hiatus, he has returned, leaving his special calling card on his mutilated victims: demonic symbols that no one can decipher. No one, that is, except for Kara. She is a demon summoner who can raise demons and sense demonic presences. Able to see and interact with a world that most people can't, Kara must draw on her skills as a police officer and master of the arcane to stop the Symbol Man from killing again and possibly summoning something even she can't control. Diana Rowland lives in south Louisiana with her husband and daughter and is already at work on her second novel featuring heroine Kara Gillian, coming out in March 2010.


Bantam Mass-Market July 2009


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MY HUSBAND'S SWEETHEARTS by Bridget Asher

"Rendered with humor and heart."—People

"A laugh-and-cry novel….Thoroughly enjoyable…readers will…fall in love with My Husband's Sweethearts."—Associated Press

"...Flashes of wit and a parade of memorable women keep pages turning as Lucy grows increasingly and endearingly confused about her feelings toward Artie, John and the rest." — Publishers Weekly

"In this spirited debut, Asher creates an unconventional family—one brought together by a flawed but lovable man and kept together by a wounded but openhearted woman. As each character’s individual story is revealed, the reader is further enveloped by this humorous yet touching tale." — Booklist

"Bridget Asher's pitch perfect ear for language, sly wit, and compassionate understanding of what it is to be human and fallible made this novel an undiluted joy to read. MY HUSBAND'S SWEETHEARTS is a whip-smart, tender, and eccentric tale that chronicles all the ways forgiveness can come to us; don't miss this ride." —Joshilyn Jackson, author of Gods in Alabama and Between, Georgia

"The narrator of this wry and thoughtful novel observes her world with snappy, unsentimental eyes, and yet she finds a way to soothe every broken heart around her--including her own--with genuine tenderness."
— Katherine Center, author of The Bright Side of Disaster


"Each character in this wry and beguiling book has a fresh take on love: how it tricks and blindsides us, makes us crazy, elated, sad; how we can't stop giving it; how it ennobles our lives. As Lucy and her husband's sweethearts reluctantly form a family as unlikely as it is beautiful, I found myself falling-falling hard-for every single one of them." —Marisa de los Santos, New York Times bestselling author of Love Walked In and Belong to Me

In this sweetheart of a novel--a sophisticated romantic comedy already optioned for film--a woman calls up all the former sweethearts in her cheating husband's little black book and invites them to take their turns by his deathbed-to hilarious and surpising results. When Lucy discovered that her philandering husband was gravely ill, she came home, opened up his little black book, and decided she wasn't going through this alone. A 30-something tax auditor who doesn't overlook a thing, Lucy had been blind to Artie's cheating. Now, she can't believe there are so many women in Artie's life-or that any will actually take her up on her offer… But one by one, Artie's sweethearts show up: The one who hates him. The one who owes her life to him. The one he turned into a lesbian. And the one he taught to dance. For Lucy, the jaw-dropping procession of women of all ages, shapes, and forms is an education in the man she can't forgive and can't leave. And among them is one visitor with the strangest story of all: the young man who may or may not be Artie's long lost son… Now, Lucy and her husband's sweethearts are sharing secrets, sharing tears, making connections and even reconciliations. And Lucy is discovering kindred spirits, lost souls, and something that's a lot like family. For as her husband clings to life-and her own is changed forever-Lucy knows one thing for certain: the biggest surprises are yet to come…

Featured Alternate Selection of Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club

Blackstone Audio

Licenses to date: Germany/Droemer Verlag; Holland/ House of Books; Czech/Euromedia Group; Italy/Cairo Editore; Japan/Bungeishunju;
Hebrew/Matar Publishing House; Poland/Wydawnictwo Otwarte; Spain/Ediciones B; Russia/AST Publishers; Brazil/Editora Manole; Romania/Curtea Veche Publishers; Hungary/Kelly Kiado Kft;
Australia-New Zealand/Random House Australia; Porgual/Editora Presenca; Korea/10 A.M. Publishers; Slovak/Ikar Publishers


Delacorte Hardcover September 2008


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ONE HOT MESS by Lois Greiman

Romantic Times' Historical Storyteller of the Year for 2005, Lois Greiman's series has won the Toby Bromberg Award for Most Humorous Mystery (also won by Harley Jane Kozak, Donna Andrews, and Meg Cabot) and the Daphne du Maurier Award for Best Mainstream Mystery Romantic Suspense, and has been nominated for a Reviewer's Choice Award as Best Amateur Sleuth. Now, L.A.'s favorite cocktail waitress-turned-shrink Christina McMullen is back as Greiman delivers the perfect concoction of mystery, comedy, and romance in this dazzling new suspense novel. When Senator Rivera asks LA psychologist Christina McMullen for what seems like a simple favor, she has no idea she'll soon be pulled into a hot-button political murder mystery that stretches back all the way to the beginning of the distinguished senator's career. Needless to say, her involvement puts Chrissy in hot water with the senator's son, her on-again, off-again boyfriend, LAPD Detective Jack Rivera. Only Chrissy's deep and demented insight into the human psyche can solve this one! See why Publishers Weekly claims of this series, "Simple sexy sport may well be just what the doctor ordered."

Dell Mass-Market April 2009

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OUT OF THIN AIR by Carla Buckley

With a fine touch, a sharp eye for detail, and a firm grasp of the delicacy and complexity of human relationships, debut novelist Carla Buckley delivers a tender and surprising novel about love and its consequences. When an avian pandemic sweeps across the ocean and reaches America, Ann Brooks must face an unthinkable dilemma. How can she protect her family from a threat she cannot see? And what terrible sacrifices will she make to protect a life that has not turned out the way she imagined it would be? Sparking thought-provoking discussion about the nature of family and the choices we must make in the darkest of times, FLIGHT RISK deals with timely moral dilemmas with startling candor, plunging its characters into uncertainty and tragedy and letting their spirits lift them from despair. It's an enthralling novel about the hardest questions the human heart must face and of the enduring truth born from love.

Licenses to date: Germany/Wunderlich (Rowohlt); England/Orion Books

Dell May 2010


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PALIMPSEST by Catherynne Valente

The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden:

Winner of the James Tiptree Jr. Award
Short-listed for the World Fantasy Award
Named One of Kirkus Reviews Top 10 SF Books of 2006
Selected for the 2007 New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age List


"A fabulous, recursive Arabian Nights-style narrative…lush, hallucinogenic." —Publishers Weekly

"Valente weaves an intricate, exquisite web….While the obvious comparison is to One Thousand and One Nights, the spirit and artistry of these tales may be even closer to those of Angela Carter. These are fairy tales that bite and bleed." —Washington Post Book World

The Orphan's Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice:

"Extraordinary…no summary can do justice to the bedazzling intricacies on bountiful display here."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"In Catherynne M. Valente's imaginary realms, stories splinter and reflect, causing the sweetest sensation of vertigo for the reader.…Flashes of wry humor balance Valente's lush imaginings.…It's the postmodern version of the never-ending story." —Los Angeles Times


From the author of The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden and The Orphan's Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice comes a unique stand-alone tale about four lost soul who must trace their way to each other using maps tattooed on their skins. Catherynne Valente's mythmaking 2-volume masterpiece, the Orphan's Tales, was published to wide acclaim, receiving starred reviews from Kirkus, Library Journal, and Booklist. In her latest novel, she pushes the boundaries of contemporary fiction and fantasy to produce a world entirely her own. Palimpsest is the erotic and exotic world one visits only in dreams. A world that shadows our own and lives within our secret fantasies. In our world, four strangers-a locksmith, a bookbinder, a lost girl, and a beekeeper-are linked together when they wake from a night of passion marked by a mysterious tattoo. Visiting the strange land of Palimpsest through dreams, and through the heated love of other lost souls, they must trace their fate through a fantastical and hallucinogenic city and through the maps tattooed on their skins to find their way, and each other.

Bantam Trade Paperback March 2009


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PERFECT CIRCLE by Carlos J. Cortes

Carlos J. Cortes' PERFECT CIRCLE is debut science fiction. Geologist and corporate renegade Paul Reece has happily shed his busy and privileged life for a simple one of friends, companionship, and moonshine in a remote village in Honduras. But when his grandfather's multi-billion dollar mining concern discovers a mysterious object buried four miles beneath the surface of the Ituri Rainforest of the Congo, Paul can't pass up the chance to inspect it first-hand. Riding an unpredictable probe down a chute to the center of the Earth, he will witness first-hand the magic that is calling to be born. In a story that includes double-dealing CIA agents, mystical natives and ancient tomes that hold the secrets of this Earth, Cortes reveals how careless actions may bring about ecological cataclysm.

Bantam Mass-Market December 2008


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THE PRETEND WIFE by Bridget Asher


"Rendered with humor and heart."—People

"A laugh-and-cry novel….Thoroughly enjoyable…readers will…fall in love with My Husband's Sweethearts."—Associated Press

"In this spirited debut, Asher creates an unconventional family….As each character's individual story is revealed, the reader is further enveloped by this humorous yet touching tale."—Booklist

"A parade of memorable women keep pages turning."—Publishers Weekly

"Witty [and] oddly sweet."—Kirkus Reviews


The critics agree: Bridget Asher's Bantam debut, My Husband's Sweethearts, is a roaring success! And, with 16 foreign publishers signed up to publish it, My Husband's Sweethearts is an international hit to boot! Now, in THE PRETEND WIFE, her second Bantam novel, Bridget explores the question, "What would life be like with the one who got away?" in a big-hearted, funny, fiercely perceptive tale about a happily married woman and the little white lie that changed everything… For Gwen Merchant, love has always been doled out in little packets-from her father, a marine biologist who submerged himself in work after her mother's death, and from her husband, Peter, who's always been respectable and safe. But when an old college boyfriend, the irrepressible Elliot Hull, invites himself back into Gwen's life, she starts to remember a time when love knew no limits. What does Elliot want? He wants Gwen to become his pretend wife for a weekend. He wants her to accompany him to his family's lake house so that he can pretend to fulfill his dying mother's last wish. Reluctantly, Gwen agrees to play along-with her husband Peter's full support. It's just one weekend-what harm could come of it? But as Gwen is drawn into Elliot's quirky, wonderful family-his astonishingly wise and open mother, his warm and welcoming sister, and his adorable, precocious niece-she starts questioning everything she's ever expected from love. And as she begins to uncover a few secrets about her own family, it suddenly looks like a pretend relationship just might turn out to be the most real thing she's ever known. My Husband's Sweethearts has been optioned as a major motion picture by producer Kevin Misher.

Blackstone Audio

Licenses to date: Australia-New Zealand/Random House Australia
;
Italy/Cairo Publishing


Bantam Hardcover July 2009

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ROANOKE: A Novel of Elizabethan Intrigue
by Margaret Lawrence


"Lawrence presents a page-turning historical mystery filled with the treacherous court politics and intrigue of the time and offers an original view of the mystery that is the lost Roanoke colony." —Booklist

This literary lyrical thriller tells the tale of two queens and two continents, linked by one of history's most fascinating unsolved mysteries: What really happened to the lost colony of Roanoke? The answer lies in this spellbinding novel that melds Tudor court intrigue with the savage beauty of a lost civilization, perfect reading for anyone who loves the work of Susan Vreeland, Alison Weir, or Louis de Bernieres.

Alternate Selection of Book-of-the-Month Club and Mystery Guild

Delacorte Hardcover February 2009


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SAFER by Sean Doolittle


The plot is slick and inventive. The author is skilled at ratcheting up readers’ foreboding, sympathy, and fear, creating the deep need to see how things turn out." —Booklist on SAFER

"SAFER is a high-octane, rip-roaring page-turner. I read it in one sitting -- and loved every minute." —Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author of Hold Tight

"As long as there are writers like Sean Doolittle out there, American crime fiction has got a sterling future ahead of it." —Dennis Lehane

"[The Cleanup] could well be the best-thrills-for-the-buck reading bargain of the year." —Chicago Tribune

"A superb, suspenseful tale." —The Wall Street Journal

"Sean Doolittle is a young writer with serious chops." —George Pelecanos

"A cult writer for the masses-hip, smart and so mordantly funny that the casual reader might be laughing too hard to realize just how thoughtful Doolittle's work is. Get on the bandwagon now." —Laura Lippman


Hardcover debut! Sean Doolittle delivers a fascinating, dark, and witty suspense novel about suburbia-and the painful secrets that lie just below its surface. SAFER introduces us to Paul and Sara Callaway, who move from Boston to the small university town of Clark Falls, Iowa, where they settle into a happy, quiet life. But the peaceful, suburban days on their cozy, wooded cul-de-sac don't last for long. Foreign licenses for Sean's novels include: Brazil/Rocco; France/Editions des Arenes; and Poland/ Wydawnictwo C & T,

Featured Alternate Selection of Literary Guild, Doubleday Book Club, Mystery Guild and Book-of-the-Month Club

Brilliance Audio

Licenses to date: Holland/De Boekerij

Delacorte Hardcover March 2009

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THE SINS OF LORD EASTERBROOK by Madeline Hunter



"Bestseller Hunter (Secrets of Surrender) weaves a delightful 1800s romance with plenty of steamy passion and opium intrigue... Hunter has concocted a satisfying tale of desire, deception and privilege."
— Publishers Weekly


Nationally bestselling author Madeline Hunter steams up historical romance once again with the eagerly awaited, final book in the Rothwell brothers series. In THE SINS OF LORD EASTERBROOK, Christian Rothwell faces a woman from his past, the one woman he's always wanted more than any other, and the one woman who can expose the secrets he must keep hidden. Leona Montgomery never expected to see Christian again, but she will do whatever she has to in order to save her father's company. But her quest leads to greater danger than she could imagine, and soon she realizes Christian is the only one who can help her. But will she lose her heart in the process? THE SINS OF LORD EASTERBROOK follows Secrets of Surrender, The Rules of Seduction, and Lessons of Desire.

Featured Alternate Selection of Doubleday Book Club and Rhapsody Book Club

Dell Mass-Market February 2009

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SHADES OF DARK by Linnea Sinclair

**Games of Command was just nominated for a 2008 RITA Award for
Best Paranormal Romance**


"RITA winner Sinclair's sequel to 2005's Gabriel's Ghost mixes space opera with romance... the smashing climax will please everyone." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
on Shades of Darkness

"Building on characters first introduced in Gabriel's Ghost (2005), this riveting interstellar space adventure takes the relationship of fugitive captain Chasidah "Chaz" Bergren and telepathic Gabriel "Sully" Ross Sullivan to new heights as they face danger and treachery in the forms of a wicked ex-husband and a predatory seductress who will stop at nothing to achieve their goals. Love, loyalty, and life-changing choices are front and center in this swiftly moving, sexy adventure that will appeal to romance and sf fans alike." — Library Journal on Shades of Darkness


"Building on characters first introduced in Gabriel's Ghost (2005), this riveting interstellar space adventure takes the relationship of fugitive captain Chasidah "Chaz" Bergren and telepathic Gabriel "Sully" Ross Sullivan to new heights as they face danger and treachery in the forms of a wicked ex-husband and a predatory seductress who will stop at nothing to achieve their goals. Love, loyalty, and life-changing choices are front and center in this swiftly moving, sexy adventure that will appeal to romance and sf fans alike." — Library Journal on Shades of Darkness

"From its tongue-in-cheek title to its melding of romance and zombie-killing action, there's little in Sinclair's newest sci-fi romance (following Games of Command) that doesn't surprise, grip or entertain... Sinclair's strong characterizations and methodical plotting, makes the book an unexpected treat. Though it may prove too light for sci-fi enthusiasts, fans of romance and fantasy hunting for edgier fare can stop singing the blues."
— Publishers Weekly
on The Down Home Zombie Blues

"...Sinclair’s quirky slant on the genre highlights her solid world building and allows even passing fans of science fiction to enjoy the ride. " — Booklist on The Down Home Zombie Blues

"Quirky, offbeat and packed with gritty action, this blistering novel explodes out of the gate and never looks back. Counting on Sinclair to provide top-notch science fiction elaborately spiced with romance and adventure is a given, but she really aces this one! A must-read, by an author who never disappoints."
—Romantic Times
on The Down Home Zombie Blues

SHADES OF DARK is Linnea Sinclair's long-awaited sequel to the 2006 RITA Award winner, Gabriel's Ghost (Spectra, 11/2005). Court-martialed Imperial Fleet captain Chasidah Bergren is on the run with her fugitive lover, mercenary Gabriel Sullivan. Rim-worlds and illegal deep-space outposts offer little safety. Corruption in the empire-expertly orchestrated by Sully's powerful cousin, Hayden Burke-is everywhere: among her crew, her friends. Even her family. Everyone has a price. Everyone can make a choice. But when Sully makes his, Chaz must choose between what Sully has become-and what her heart demands she must do.

Bantam Mass-Market August 2008

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SHADOW OF BETRAYAL by Brett Battles

"A page-turner… Quinn [is] a compelling protagonist… Admirers of quality espionage fiction can look forward to a new series worth following." — Publishers Weekly on The Cleaner

"Battles hits for extra bases in his first novel. The Cleaner is a tightly written page-turner, filled with tradecraft and offering as much action as a James Bond film… a wild ride."— Booklist on The Cleaner


"Breakneck pacing, colorful locales and dizzying plot twists make the Quinn series a welcome addition to the political thriller genre."
— Publishers Weekly on The Deceived

Brett Battles debut novel, The Cleaner, has been nominated for the Barry and Shamus awards and hailed as a "welcome addition to the world of crime fiction" (Jeffery Deaver). Now, the author of The Cleaner and The Deceived returns with his latest geopolitical thriller, as "cleaner" Jonathan Quinn-"one part James Bond, one part Jason Bourne" (Nashville Book Worm)-pursues an international smuggling ring. The meeting place was carefully chosen: an abandoned church in rural Ireland, just after dark. For Jonathan Quinn the job was only to observe. If his clean-up skills were needed, it meant things had gone horribly wrong. But an assassin hidden in a tree assured just that. Suddenly, Quinn has four dead bodies to dispose of and one astounding clue to a mystery that is about to spin wildly out of control. Three jobs, no questions. That was the deal Quinn had struck with his client at The Office. Unfortunately for him, Ireland was just the beginning. Now Quinn, along with his colleague and girlfriend, the lethal Orlando, has a new assignment, touched off by the killings in Ireland. Their quarry is a U.N. aide worker named Marion Dupuis, who has suddenly disappeared from her assignment in war-torn Africa. When Quinn finally catches a glimpse of her, she flees, frantic and scared. And not alone. For Quinn the assignment has now changed: Find Marion Dupuis, and the child she is protecting, and keep them from harm. But if only it were that easy. Soon Quinn and Orlando find themselves in a bunker in the California hills, where Quinn will unearth a horrifying plot against a gathering of world leaders-and an act of terror more cunning, and more insidious, than anyone can guess. Fast, smart, sleek and stunning, SHADOW OF BETRAYAL is gritty, gripping suspense, a pulse-pounding thriller that stirs the heart, as well. Foreign licenses for Brett's novels include: Bulgaria/Bard Publishers; England/Preface; Estonia/Eram Books; France/City Editions; Germany/Goldmann; Holland/Mynx Publishers; Japan/RH Kodansha; Poland/Bertelsmann Media; and Russia/Eksmo Publishers.

Licenses to date for SHADW OF BETRAYAL:
EnglandPreface; Slovene/Anu Elara Publishers

Delacorte Hardcover July 2009


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SUPER IN THE CITY: A Mystery by Daphne Uviller


"Uviller's debut is as gleefully unpretentious as the rhinestones on narrator Zephyr Zuckerman's thrift-shop dress... The novel gallops at full speed from the very first line... this is undoubtedly smarter and funnier than most other girls-in-the-city novels." — Publishers Weekly

"Former Time Out New York books editor Uviller finds a wealth of material in the local environs explored in her feisty debut about a Greenwich Village native... Funny, enjoyable caper about a dirty job and the unlikely young woman who takes it on." — Kirkus

"Debut novelist Uviller borrows from her own life—with some admittedly bizarre twists—for this lively, smart chick-lit mystery. The characters are likable—especially Zephyr’s overachieving, yet unassuming coterie of prep-school friends. Readers will also appreciate the many literary references and Uviller’s insider’s view of New York City." — Booklist


This debut comic novel of New York City proportions has Eat, Pray, and Love's bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert cheering: "One should not simply read SUPER IN THE CITY; one should gobble it up like candy." Twenty-seven-year-old Zephyr Zuckerman, a tenant in her parents' Greenwich Village apartment building, boasts a BA worth a hundred grand, a fantasy life that rivals Walter Mitty's, and a bad ex-boyfriend obsession-plus, she can't commit to a career. So, when the superintendent of 187 West 12th is led down the brownstone steps in handcuffs, her parents strongly suggest their "darling daught" become the new super… Zephyr contends with this latest blow to her terminally wormhole-ridden ego by teaming up with cute but surly exterminator Gregory Samson to investigate some titillating secrets about the building's occupants. For example, what was the previous super, who built a hidden staircase lined in pink satin, doing with the smoky-voiced Frenchwoman upstairs? Why does the whiny widow dress only in Tom Wolfe whites? And how exactly does the first-floor jazz musician really pay his rent? Clever, romantic, and utterly hilarious, SUPER IN THE CITY is a native New Yorker's love letter to a city where being gainfully employed can often trump stilettos as the spiciest element of sex appeal, and where a mystery lurks behind every apartment door. She is at currently at work on her next Zephyr Zuckerman novel.

Licenses to date: Germany/Heyne Verlag; Spain/Esencia


Bantam Trade Paperback February 2009


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TOUCH THE HORIZON by Iris Johansen (September 2008)
IF THERE BE DRAGONS by Kay Hooper (October 2008)
MAN OF HER DREAMS by Tami Hoag (November 2008)
KISS & TELL by Suzanne Brockmann (December 2008)
AND THE DESERT BLOOMS by Iris Johansen
(January 2009)
RUMOR HAS IT by Tami Hoag (February 2009)
THE KISSING GAME by Suzanne Brockmann (March 2009)
REBEL WALTZ by Kay Hooper (April 2009)
EVERLASTING by Iris Johansen (May 2009)
THE TROUBLE WITH J.J. by Tami Hoag (June 2009)
OTHERWISE ENGAGED by Suzanne Brockmann
(July 2009)
LARGER THAN LIFE by Kay Hooper (August 2009)

Continuing in September 2008, Bantam will bring back into print -- after being unavailable for many years -- classic contemporary romances from today's New York Times bestselling authors: Iris Johansen, Tami Hoag, Kay Hooper, and Suzanne Brockman. Originally published as Loveswepts, these romantic tales will be released on a monthly basis through the Summer 2009season.


IF THERE BE DRAGONS: BBC Audiobooks
MAN OF HER DREAMS: BBC Audiobooks
KISS & TELL: BBC Audiobooks
AND THE DESERT BLOOMS: BBC Audiobooks
TOUCH THE HORIZON: BBC Audiobooks
RUMOR HAS IT: BBC Audiobooks
THE KISSING GAME: BBC Audiobooks
REBEL WALTZ: BBC Audiobooks
EVERLASTING: BBC Audiobooks
THE TROUBLE WITH J.J: BBC Audiobooks

OTHERWISE ENGAGED: BBC Audiobooks
LARGER THAN LIFE: BBC Audiobooks


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TEXAS! LUCKY by Sandra Brown

From New York Times #1 bestseller Sandra Brown, who's amassed over fifty-five New York Times bestsellers in her career, and is published in over 35 countries, comes a classic Sandra Brown romance at its best. TEXAS! LUCKY, the first book in the Bantam's hardcover reissue of the Texas! Trilogy, features a hot-tempered heroine, a crime-solving cowboy and a blistering romance. Sandra Brown has over seventy million copies of her books in print. She is the recipient of numerous awards including a 1998 RWA Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2007 Texas Medal of Arts Award for Literature, and the American Business Women's Association's Distinguished Circle of Success.

Bantam Hardcover January 2009


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THANK YOU FOR ALL THINGS by Sandra Kring

"...An intelligent, involving story about a family haunted by violence, physical and emotional." — The Boston Globe

"Kring explores the far-ranging effects of family trauma with a deft hand as her child narrator uncovers the past, bringing light and hope. A touching novel." — Booklist


"In her new novel, Kring (The Book of Bright Ideas) crafts a beautiful, witty story that rings with heartbreak, hope and laughter... Kring's brilliance lies in her powerful reversals and revelations, taking readers and characters on a dramatic, emotional roller coaster." — Publishers Weekly

Sandra Kring, beloved author of the critically acclaimed Carry Me Home-"Touching...surprisingly poignant...builds to an emotional crescendo... The book becomes so engrossing that it's tough to see it end" (Washington Post) ... "Heartfelt...Strong characters, a clear community portrait and a memorable protagonist whose poignant fumblings cloak an innocent wisdom demonstrate Kring's promise" (Publishers Weekly)-and her bestselling 2006 novel, The Book of Bright Ideas, returns with the story of a remarkable protagonist, Lucy McGowan, age eleven, and her family's thorny history and an unexpectedly illuminating journey back home... We're extremely pleased and excited to publish Sandy's magical new novel, THANK YOU FOR ALL THINGS, in the Bantam Discovery™ program, with a sizeable six-figure first printing backed by the program's 7-figure marketing campaign. Simultaneous mass market and trade editions will work to build on her already stunning nine-fold sales jump from Carry Me Home-a Book Sense Notable pick and a 2005 Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award nominee-to 2006's The Book of Bright Ideas-a 2006 Target "Bookmarked" selection and selection of the New York Public Library's Books for the Teen Age list in 2007. In THANK YOU FOR ALL THINGS, Lucy, her "profound gifted" twin brother Milo, her "commitment phobic" mother, and her New Age grandmother are leaving Chicago for Timber Falls to care for her dying grandfather-a complex and difficult man whose failure as a husband and father still painfully echoes down the years. For Lucy, about whose own missing father no one will speak, the return to the rural Wisconsin town where the McGowan story began promises to provide a key piece to the puzzle of her family's broken past. But what the precocious Lucy discovers is a lesson about the paradoxes of love and the grace of forgiveness that the adults around her will need some help in remembering if they are ever to come to something like peace. By turns heart-wrenching and heart-mending, THANK YOU FOR ALL THINGS is a powerful and poignant novel by a brilliant storyteller whose gift for mixing wisdom and wry humor will fill you with gratitude for the gift of life itself.


Bantam Discovery Trade Paperback & Mass-Market October 2008


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TOMATO RHAPSODY: A Novel of Love, Lust and Forbidden Fruit by Adam Schell

In this extravagant, inventive and joyous debut, love's heart beats tomato red under a sultry Tuscan sun. TOMATO RHAPSODY is a passionate, ribald, and virtuosic romance for those who savor the comedies of Shakespeare or the captivating mixture of history and romance in Corelli's Mandolin. It is August in Tuscany in the heart of the 17th century. The rising sun throws orange and purple colors across the land. And on this day, God (or Fate-whichever you believe in) sets in motion a series of great and tiny events-in a tale of love in all its guises, of braying beasts and rhyming peasants, of a duke who wants to be a farmer, a boy who wants to be a girl and a man who wants revenge… Magical, wondrous, rich in literary delights, TOMATO RHAPSODY is also the almost-true story of how the tomato came to Italy-told with all lusty richness of a sun-ripened "love apple" crushed open in an unsuspecting mouth. Adam Schell holds a master's degree in creative writing from Antioch University. He has worked as a screenwriter, directed commercials, cooked professionally in New York City and then later for a celebrity clientele in Hollywood, picked coffee beans in Guatemala, grapes and olives in Tuscany. He got fired as a food critic for writing an April Fools review about a Tibetan-Mexican fusion restaurant famous for their fermented yak urine tea, then moved to Los Angeles, where he is a yoga teacher. He is working on his next book, which Delacorte will publish.

Delacorte Hardcover July 2009


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TRAITOR'S KISS/LOVER'S KISS
by Mary Blayney


In the tradition of Amanda Quick, a thrilling voice in historical romance makes her Bantam Dell debut with this tantalizing 2-in-1 edition. In TRAITOR'S KISS, a Napoleonic tale of love, trust, intrigue, and adventure, Rhys Braedon has been condemned a traitor to England… and Charlotte Parnell is as secretive as she is beautiful. When she shows up in Rhys' prison cell disguised as a nun, what looked like a bleak future is suddenly filled with newfound hope and purpose. Rhys doesn't know why Charlotte orchestrates his grand escape, but he aims to find out. Yet, he knows even less than he realizes. Charlotte is not who she says she is, but just how many masks does she wear? And Charlotte soon finds herself involved in a mystery of her own when she realizes that Rhys isn't a traitor at all, but a man of science devoted to his craft. Will these two be able to let go of their secrets long enough to realize that the truth is in front of them and their individual quests to find true happiness at an end? HER WILDEST FANTASY, Blayney's deliciously irresisible novel, her first set after the Battle of Waterloo, is the story of Olivia Pennistan, first seen in TRAITOR'S KISS. She has escaped from a band of mysterious kidnappers only to find herself nearly naked and freezing to death in the middle of a forest. Her salvation comes in the form of the unemployed soldier, Michael Garret, who returns Olivia to her brother's home and afterwards accepts a job as the estate's night porter. In close quarters, the attraction between the two quickly intensifies, and they begin a steamy affair behind the castle walls. Can lust turn to love in spite of a brother driven to keep them apart and a hoard of kidnappers still on the loose? Mary writes critically acclaimed, fast paced, and suspenseful Regency romances that are sure to delight the fans of Julia Quinn and Victoria Alexander. Fans can look forward to Mary's next book, A Stranger's Kiss coming in July 2009.

Licenses to date: Russia/AST Publishers


Bantam Mass-Market (2-1) November 2008

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THE TREASURE by Iris Johansen


"Set largely in 12th-century Europe, this intricately plotted historical romance from bestseller Johansen, the sequel to Lion's Bride (1996), is replete with majestic castles, ruthless assassins and gentlemen rogues... will keep romance fans turning the pages." Publishers Weekly

"This sensual, exotic medieval adventure...continues the colorful story begun in Lion's Bride (1996; rereleased in September). Though each novel stands on its own, they are best read in chronological order. Johansen...is most recently noted for her gripping, suspenseful thrillers. Her return to historicals will please her patient fans." Library Journal

Critics have called Iris Johansen's novels "a thrill ride," and praise her "flesh-and-blood characters [and] crackling dialogue" (Publishers Weekly). After ten years of keeping her fans on the edge of their seats with suspense, she does it anew-but this time, with sizzle and sensuality. The #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen brings her millions of readers her first newly published historical romance novel in a decade-a sweeping and scintillating tale of love, war, and immortality set in the twelfth century. A great romantic epic, THE TREASURE, is the follow up novel to Iris's bestselling Lion's Bride-which Bantam will repackage and reissue in September. As young girls, Selene and her sister Thea escaped from slavery with the help of a mysterious assassin named Kadar. He is dangerous, yet remains loyal to Thea, her husband, and Selene. For years, they've all lived happily at Ware's estate in Scotland, while Selene and Kadar hide a smoldering passion for each other. When a summons from out of Kadar's past forces him to leave the safety of Scotland-with Selene and a young soldier at his side-he will wrestle with demons from his previous life and fend off deadly attacks. And when their mission becomes clear, the lovers face a choice beyond imagining, nearly beyond enduring.

Main Selection of Rhapsody Book Club; Featured Alternate Selection of Doubleday Book Club and Doubleday Large Print

Center Point Large Print

Licenses to date: Japan/Futami Shobo; Spain/Editorial Via Magna; France/Editions J'ai Lu


Bantam Hardcover December 2008


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TWO YEARS, NO RAIN by Shawn Klomparens


From the author of Jessica Z., TWO YEARS, NO RAIN is a piercing and surprisingly hilarious novel about family, love, and the complications of self-reinvention. In San Diego County, it hasn't rained in over a year. But for weatherman Andy Dunne, everything else is changing fast… Only a few weeks ago, he was a newly divorced, slightly overweight meteorologist for an obscure satellite radio station, hiding his secret love for a colleague, the beautiful-and very much married-Hillary Hsing. Seemingly overnight, Andy lands a new job, flying a magic carpet in a bizarre live-action children's TV show. Don't laugh. He has money, a personal trainer named Derek, and a parade of hot moms just dying to convince him how much their kids love "Andy's Magic Carpet," a surprise hit on cable. So what is affable, basically decent Andy Dunne going to do now that he can do almost anything he wants? With a promiscuous ex-wife who deserves a little payback and a family that needs his help more than ever, Andy has a lot of choices. But first, there's this thing with Hillary, a long-awaited forecast for rain-and a few other surprises he never saw coming… Shawn Klomparens lives and writes in Jackson, Wyoming. His debut novel, Jessica Z., was published in trade paperback by Delta in July 2008.


Delta Trade Paperback July 2009


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WINDLESS SUMMER by Heather Sharfeddin

Heather Sharfeddin's WINDLESS SUMMER is a gripping novel of a troubled family, a dying town, and the summer that changed them both forever. From the acclaimed author of Blackbelly and Mineral Spirits (originally published by Bridge Works) comes this astonishing new novel. In the town of Rocket, Washington-a haven for windsurfers and tourists-a windless summer has ignited fear, as businesses struggle to stay afloat. Rocket's motel, run by a lonely widower named Tom Jemmet, is hardest hit. But swirling around Tom are lives much like his own, townspeople yearning for wind, but also for hope, connection, even love… That's when a miracle-or something like it-strikes Tom's run-down motel: guests who stay in Room 6 experience sudden acts of fate, terrible and great. And now, the whole world is descending on Tom and the struggling town… But while Rocket comes back to life, the truth about Tom's motel, about his wife's death-and the secret hopes and fears of everyone around him-are exposed… in ways that will leave no life unchanged, no heart untouched, and no miracle too wondrous to believe… At once a mystery, a rumination on love, family and devotion, Heather Sharfeddin's unforgettable novel is a feat of sheer storytelling genius. She is at currently at work on her next novel for Bantam Dell.

Delta Trade Paperback April 2009


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Fast becoming one of the genre's hottest new trends, "Romantica" is Bantam Dell's exciting new Romance Category Buster:

Erotic... Tantalizing... Scintillating...

Lara Adrian

VEIL OF MIDNIGHT

New York Times bestselling author Lara Adrian brings her fans the fifth installment in her bestselling "Midnight Breed" series inviting readers back into her darkly sensual vampire world. With the success of her most recent publication, Midnight Rising, reaching both the New York Times and Publisher's Weekly bestseller lists, Lara Adrian has created a darkly sensual vampire world and a wildy addictive series that has made her a top name in paranormal romance today. A warrior trained in bullets and blades, Renata cannot be bested by any man-vampire or mortal. But her most powerful weapon is her extraordinary psychic ability-a gift both rare and deadly. Now a stranger threatens her hard-won independence-a golden-haired vampire who lures her into a realm of darkness... and pleasure beyond imagining. A combat-loving adrenaline junkie, Nikolai dispenses his own justice to enemies of the Breed-and his latest quarry is a ruthless assassin. One woman stands in his way: the seductive, cool-as-ice bodyguard, Renata. But Renata's powers are put to the test when a loved one, a child, is threatened and she's forced to turn to Niko for help. As the two join forces, as desire fans the flames of a deeper hunger, Renata's life is under siege by a man who offers the exquisite pleasure of a blood bond-and a passion that could save or doom them both forever... Look for Ashes to Midnight coming from Dell in June 2009.


Featured Alternate Selection of Rhapsody Book Club and Doubleday Book Club

Licenses to date: Germany/VGS Verlag

Dell Mass-Market Paperback January 2009

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Bella Andre

WILD HEAT


In her sizzling first novel for Bantam Dell, Bella Andre, the author of "sensual, empowered stories enveloped in heady romance" (Publishers Weekly), kicks off her "Men of Fire" series, proving the only thing sexier than a fireman is a certified HOT SHOT. Fueled by intense grief over losing her firefighting brother to an apartment fire, arson investigator Maya Jackson impulsively sleeps with a stranger in a bar. Five years later, while investigating a Lake Tahoe wildfire, she comes face to face with her biggest mistake. Not only is Logan Cain the most explosive lover she has ever had, he is also the head of the Tahoe Pines Hotshot crew-and her leading suspect. Dangerously attracted to a woman who doesn't trust him, Logan must find the real killer before the wildfire turns deadly. Bella Andre is the author of several steamy romances published by Elora's Cave. She also recently published five books with Putnam, including the "Bad Boys of Football" series comprised of Game for Anything (July 2008) and Game for Seduction (September 2008). Bella has already received a good deal of attention for Game for Anything which was excerpted in Cosmopolitan as a Cosmo Hot Read. Our commitment to Bella extends to at least two more novels in her blazing "Men of Fire" series.

Dell Mass-Market Paperback May 2009


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Jenna Black

DEVIL'S DUE


"...a winning heroine, a well-crafted contemporary world where demonic possession is just a part of life and a nice balance of mystery, action and sex, making this light but engaging novel an urban fantasy series kickoff full of promise." — Publishers Weekly on The Devil Inside

"Talk about your odd couples! The delicious irony of trapping a sexy demon and a cranky exorcist in the same body gives rising star Black lots of room for conflict and action. It's inventive in the extreme! " —Romantic Times on
The Devil Inside


The exorcist-with-an-attitude, the hot and sexy Morgan Kingsley is back in this third novel in Jenna Black's paranormal fantasy series for Dell, following The Devil Inside (12/2007) and The Devil You Know (8/2008). "[Black's] got a winning heroine, a well-crated contemporary world where demonic possession is just a part of life, and a nice balance of mystery, action, and sex, making this light but engaging novel an urban fantasy series kickoff full of promise."-Publishers Weekly. In DEVIL'S DUE, Morgan Kingsley is betrayed by the boyfriend of her dreams, her brother is repossessed, and she's unable to escape from the hunky demon who shares her body. All Morgan wants is to curl up and avoid reality for a while. But she can't. A woman named Claudia Brewster seeks her services. During the brief time that Claudia had been on a cruise, her son, Tommy, changed from an invective-spewing member of the anti-demon society God's Wrath to a happy little demon host. Claudia smells a rat-as does Morgan-but all the paperwork looks legal. That is, until Morgan begins digging up the secrets of Tommy's past and finds herself deep in another deadly conspiracy… Readers can look forward to the fourth book in this series, Speak of the Devil, coming from Bantam in August 2009.


Licenses to date: England/Piatkus Books

Dell Mass-Market December 2008


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Eden Bradley

FORBIDDEN FRUIT

Exploring the compelling and sometimes dark side of sensual pleasure, Eden Bradley has established herself as one of the hottest erotica novelists today. With her fourth novel, FORBIDDEN FRUIT, Eden invites us to experience the alluring and the taboo in a way that can only be described as delicious. As a university instructor in Alternative Sexuality, Mia Rose Curry has spent her adult life studying the science behind sexual fantasies and fetishes. Though she sees eroticism everywhere-in her studies, and most notably in the sensuality of food and cooking-Mia has yet to feel this sort of passion in herself. Until a young man with crystal gray eyes steps into her classroom and offers to translate her textbook fantasies into flesh and blood desire. Twenty-six-year old chef Jagger enrolls in Mia's course, assuming that the intriguing subject will make the class a breeze, but soon finds himself far too distracted by the beautiful professor to concentrate on his studies. Jagger pursues her recklessly-making her gourmet meals that soon turn into provocative encounters unlike anything either has experienced before. As the heat turns up, leaving both of their professional lives at risk, the two must indulge their mutual passion… or get out of the kitchen. Look for Bradley's next erotic offering, A 21st CENTURY COURTESAN, coming from Delta in
April 2009.

Cosmopolitan 1st serial

Delta Trade Paperback November 2008

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Louisa Burton

WHISPERS OF THE FLESH

From up-and-coming erotica star Louisa Burton comes the most provocative book yet in her Hidden Grotto series. Darkly sensuous and exquisitely titillating, WHISPERS OF THE FLESH follows Bound in Moonlight and The House of Dark Delights. In this steamy collection, readers will be seduced by the stories bound together by a common theme of secrets and deception. Hidden deep in the heart of the French countryside, the Castle of the Hidden Grotto has for centuries beckoned guests with the allure of tantalizingly erotic immortals who promise to bring fantasy to life. Filled with mystery and magic, the chateau has a way of bringing to light otherwise clandestine desires. A chaste, young, British Jesuit poses as a landscaper to investigate centuries of rumored wickedness at the château, forcing him to confront the long-sublimated desires and urges beneath his own pious exterior... The American daughter of the château's dying administrator can't bear the thought of succeeding him, since it would mean playing matchmaker to the love of her life. The roots of her dilemma, and its possible solution, hark back to a weekend in 1972 when a group of free-loving hippies descended on the château for a weekend of orgiastic revelry where every convention was broken, and nothing was taboo. Step into the Castle of the Hidden Grotto and lose yourself in a realm of mystery, temptation, and intoxicating sensuality. Louisa Burton deftly combines elements of the paranormal with suspense, historical romance, and erotica, making WHISPERS OF THE FLESH a thoroughly scintillating read. Louisa's fan can look forward to her next erotic offering, In the Garden of Sin, coming from Bantam in August 2008.

Bantam Trade Paperback October 2008

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Sydney Croft

TAMING THE FIRE by Sydney Croft

A fresh new voice in erotic romance, Sydney Croft serves up more steamy suspense with the fourth novel in her scintillating paranormal ACRO series. He came to the underground London club for a night of extreme sex play with the enigmatic "Mistress Rik." But the special agent known as Trance is really on a search-and-rescue mission to keep her alive. Part predator, Ulrika "Rik" Jaegar possesses feral powers that make her a danger to others-and to herself. That's why the Agency for Covert Rare Operatives (ACRO) wants to recruit her to their side….To do so, Trance will have to pull off the impossible: capture and control Rik. On the run from the deadly agency that changed her into a pleasure-seeking shape-shifter, Rik uses sex to rein in her own raging desires. Operating on pure instinct, she trusts no one…especially the magnificent alpha male with the power to seduce her into submission. An undercover agent with unique hypnotic gifts, Trance is surprised by his instinct to hold Rik and keep her safe-but he has a job to do. And as he hunts her down, as Rik and Trance are thrust into the ultimate game of domination and submission, they'll enter a place where surrender is their sole hope of survival-and the only thing that can tame the wild beast in both of them.…Following Seduced by the Storm, Unleashing the Storm, and Riding the Storm, TAMING THE FIRE takes the phrase "primal desire" to enticing new levels. Sydney Croft is the alter-ego of two published authors who came together to blend their very different writing interests into adventurous tales of erotic paranormal fiction. The authors behind Sydney Croft live in different states and communicate almost entirely through e-mail, though they often get together for conferences and book signings. They are at work on their next erotic romance coming from Delta in 2011.

Delta Trade Paperback May 2009


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Sharon Page

THE CLUB

Steamy, scintillating, and seductive, THE CLUB marks Sharon Page's Regency romance debut for Bantam Dell. The first of a two-book commitment to this talented, up-and-coming author, THE CLUB introduces us to Lady Sherringham, Jane Beaumont, a woman who, after the death of her husband, is free from her nightmarish marriage. Yet, when her good friend Del goes missing, Jane is compelled to return to her husband's dark and perverse world. Her journey takes her to the evil and notorious brothel called "The Club," where Jane meets "Lord Wicked," the Earl of Wickham and her friend's brother. The two form an alliance to find Del-one in which they will explore the erotic secrets of "The Club." Sharon Page has garnered a great deal of attention for her erotic novels published with Ellora's Cave and Kensington Aphrodisia. In 2007 her novel Sin won the National Reader's Choice Award for erotic romance and took second place in the Passionate Plume contest.

Dell Mass-Market March 2009

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Nonfiction:


7 DEADLY SCENARIOS: A Military Futurist Explores A New Century of War
by Andrew Krepinevich


Throughout history, great powers have fallen because they failed to anticipate new threats to their security. Now, strategy and policy expert Andrew Krepinevich reveals the most horrifying dangers facing America-and what the country can do to prevent them. Based on extensive research, interviews, and the latest intelligence coming out of Washington's top agencies, 7 DEADLY SCENARIOS provides readers with what they must know to anticipate threats in a rapidly changing world. Andrew Krepinevich is executive director of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, an independent policy research institute. He has served as a consultant on military affairs for many senior government officials, including several secretaries of defense, the CIA's National Intelligence Council, as well as all four military services.

Featured Alternate Selection of Military Book Club

Bantam Hardcover February 2009


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BEHIND THE BEDROOM DOOR:
Getting It, Giving It, Loving It, Missing It
by Paula Derrow



"Journalist Derrow has selected essays that explore the wealth and variety of female sexual experience, making for a gender-transcending tale of sex lives that manages to be philosophical, poignant—and a great bit of naughty fun. From Hope Edelman’s essay on her first love, who helped her cope with her mother’s struggle with breast cancer, in “The Sweetest Sex I Never Had,” to Lauren Slater’s joyful paean to married celibacy, Julie Powell’s frank recollection of cheating on her husband with a man who fulfills her masochistic fantasies, these stories are private and fraught, frank and self-aware. The women represented are old and young; lesbian, bisexual and straight. They draw attention to the special way sex evolves for women (as in Pari Chang’s essay on sex during pregnancy); their experience is so varied that it is likely readers will recognize their own untold stories and sexual selves in this collection." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

With pre-publication serial rights sold to Self, More, Elle, and Tangomag.com, this frank, unflinching, often hilarious, original collection in which twenty-seven acclaimed writers, including Susan Cheever, Hope Edelman, Julie Powell, Lauren Slater, and others, go BEHIND THE BEDROOM DOOR to explore the unspoken sexual territory of women in every stage of life is already attracting praise. Whether you're twenty, sixty, or eighty, the frank conversations in BEHIND THE BEDROOM DOOR provide a deeply illuminating, no-holds-barred look at our sexual selves.


Delacorte Hardcover January 2009


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CATCHING THE WOLF OF WALL STREET:
More Incredible True Stories of Fortunes, Schemes, Parties, and Prison
by Jordan Belfort


"After serving time in federal minimum-security prison for stock fraud, money laundering and other financial crimes, Belfort offers another coarse, lively text as a companion to The Wolf of Wall Street (2007)...Still a hustler, still a salesman—and also a hell of a writer." —Kirkus

"There is a manic headlong aspect to his prose that echoes that of [Belfort's] heroes, [Tom] Wolfe and Hunter S. Thompson.… Belfort manages to tell the stories in a way that highlights both his depravity and his vulnerability."
—New York Times on The Wolf of Wall Street

"It reads like a cross between Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities and Scorsese's Goodfellas." —Sunday Times (London) on The Wolf of Wall Street

"A rollicking tale." —Forbes.com on The Wolf of Wall Street


With more of the eye-popping tales of excess and malfeasance and staccato narrative that made The Wolf of Wall Street a Wall Street Journal bestseller and an international sensation with 16 foreign licenses to date, and saw the film rights optioned by Warner Brothers for Martin Scorsese to direct and Leonardo DiCaprio to star as Belfort, Jordan Belfort, former jet-setting kingpin of the investment firm Stratton Oakmont, returns with the story of his five years as a government informant and witness. In CATCHING THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, Jordan continues his wild story of his rise and fall, detailing the time from his spectacular flameout as head of the notorious brokerage Stratton Oakmont to his eventual imprisonment for stock fraud. In his distinct piercing and hilarious style, he reveals how he came to cooperate with the government, the pressure the Feds placed on him to "flip" and the extraordinary cat-and-mouse game mounted by the FBI to bring down the other players in one of the most outrageous scandals in financial history. Along the way, the hedonistic excesses of Belfort's former life test his newfound sobriety, as well as his attempts to build a legitimate business and mend personal relationships. After five years, he is forced to report to prison, where he meets Tommy Chong, in for selling bongs, who encourages him to write his story as the first step towards redemption. Here is the conclusion of Jordan's tale, one Kirkus Reviews says is "A hell of a read… Entertaining as pulp fiction, real as federal indictment."

Blackstone Audio

Licenses to date: Australia-New Zealand/Hachette Livre


Bantam Hardcover March 2009


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DO GENTLEMEN REALLY PREFER BLONDES?
Bodies, Behavior, and Brains--The Science Behind Sex, Love, and Attraction
by Jena Pincott


"This book puts together a tremendous amount of potentially useful information in a well-written, entertaining, and easy-to-understand format." Library Journal

"In these playfully written scientific anecdotes, Pincott (Success) argues that desire is strongly rooted in evolutionary biases and consults a variety of studies—some familiar, others cutting-edge—to reveal the extent to which hormones dictate human behavior. Even idle ogling is a serious endeavor: humans constantly rate each other for levels of attractiveness, a signifier of male and female hormones. When women are ovulating, estrogen rebuilds the female face, making lips fuller and skin smoother; Pincott cites studies showing that strippers earned twice as much during the fertile phase of their cycles as when they had their periods, while those taking birth control earned significantly less money throughout. The book also has the scoop about whether penis size matters (it does), how the post-orgasm rush of oxytocin promotes bonding and why women are tempted to cheat during certain times of the month. It ends with a look at the neuroscience of love, which despite all the jostling and jousting of dating and mating, appears to be very much alive when measured by MRI studies of passionate couples."
Publishers Weekly (starred review)


Why is blushing so becoming?
Is it true that if you're good on the dance floor, you're good in bed?
Why do women prefer men with dark hair?
Can your genes make you adulterous?
Why do blue-eyed men subconsciously prefer blue-eyed women?
Why are more women than men bisexual?


Based on the latest research in biology, evolution and cutting-edge science, DO GENTLEMEN REALLY PREFER BLONDES? provides real answers to these and countless other questions about love, sex, and relationships. If you've ever wondered how scientists measure love-or whether men really prefer blondes over brunettes-this smart, sexy book provides real answers to these and many other questions about our most baffling dating and mating behaviors. Based on the latest research in evolutionary biology, cognitive science and neurology, DO GENTLEMEN REALLY PREFER BLONDES? dares to explain the science behind sex-and opens a fascinating window on the intriguing phenomenon of love and attraction. Covering the areas of Bodies, Brains and Behavior, this eye-opening guide reveals the genetic and hormonal secrets behind what makes us tick sexually. For example, do you know why a man's body chemistry and behavior changes when he's in a committed relationship? And why, when he becomes a daddy, his testosterone level seems to plummet? And did you know: when a couple first falls in love, their brains are indistinguishable from those of the clinically insane; you can tell a lot about a person's sexual chemistry just by looking at his or her hands; people with migraines have higher sex drives; exercise makes you hornier. DO GENTLEMEN REALLY PREFER BLONDES? provides both an in-depth exploration into our sexual psyches-and fresh advice for the millions of men and women who want to discover the secrets of successful relationships.


Penthouse 1st Serial
Tantor Media

Licenses to date: Brazil/Planeta; England/Transworld; Germany/Goldmann; Holland/Forum; Italy/Sonzogno; Russia/AST Publishers.;
Vietnam/Nhan Tri Viet Co., Ltd. ; Portugal/Caleidoscopio;
Japan/Asuka Shinsha; Spain/RBA Libros


Delacorte Hardcover October 2008


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EAGLES AND EMPIRE:
The United States, Mexico, and the Struggle for a Continent
by David A. Clary


To Mexico, the American illegals pouring into her territories of Texas and California were a threat to sovereignty and security. To America, they were a manifestation of her destiny to rule the continent. As both nations, each claiming the eagle as their standard, blustered and blundered, they marched towards a war that was all too unnecessary. In EAGLES AND EMPIRE, the first volume to present the Mexican-American war of 1846-1848 from both sides of the border, David A. Clary draws vivid portraits of a virtual role-call of the period's most fascinating characters: from America's cold-eyed and crusading president, James K. Polk, to Mexico's flamboyant and utterly corrupt general-president-dictator Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana; from the legendary and ruthlessly mercenary explorer Charles Fremont and his resourceful guide Kit Carson, Generals Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Stonewall Jackson. Here is a riveting narrative history of the Mexican-American war that weaves together events on the front lines-where Indian raids, guerrilla attacks, and atrocities existed side-by-side with stunning acts of heroism and sacrifice-with events on the home front-where political backstabbing, anti-war demonstrations, and the battle lines between the Union and Confederacy were already being drawn. The definitive account of a defining war, EAGLES AND EMPIRE is page-turning history-a book not to be missed. David A. Clary, former chief historian of the U.S. Forest Service, is the author of Adopted Son: Washington, Lafayette, and the Friendship That Saved the Republic (Bantam 2/2007), among other publications on military and scientific history. He has been a consultant to several government agencies and has taught history at the university level.

Bantam Hardcover August 2009


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THE GOOGLE STORY: Updated Edition
For Google's 10th Birthday
by David Vise and Mark Malseed


Originally published in November 2005, Delacorte's hardcover edition of THE GOOGLE STORY continues to sell and sell almost three years after publication. In October 2008, the authors and Delacorte are repromoting THE GOOGLE STORY with a revised and updated edition - available simultaneously in both hardcover and trade paperback. Updated to reflect some of the most recent bold moves by Google and timed to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the company's founding, this revised edition of the national bestseller is the definitive inside account of an enterprise that changed the way we work, talk, and live. The book Newsweek claims "may be the most detailed account of the spectacular rise of the seven-year-old search engine...When CEO Eric Schmidt reiterates the cofounders' ultimate goal--getting all the world's information online--at the end of the 326-page book, you might start to believe it." Widely and well-reviewed, this book taps into the media frenzy surrounding this continually expanding company. THE GOOGLE STORY will include the latest news about Google of the last 24 months, since the trade paperback reprint of our book was brought out in 2006. International reception for THE GOOGLE STORY has been spectacular with twenty-four (24) sales for the original edition to: England/Pan Macmillan; Taiwan/China Times; China/Citic Publishers; Japan/East Press Publishers; Indonesia/PT Gramedia; Korea/GoldenOwl Publishers; Italy/EGEA Publishers; Holland/De Boekerij; Brazil/Editora Rocco; Portugal/Editora Presenca; Czech/Pragma - Robert Nemec; Turkey/Koridor Yayincilik; France/Editions Dunod; Germany/Murmann Verlag; Russia/Eksmo Publishers; Israel/Matar Publishing; Spain/Esfera de Los Libros; Thailand/Praphansarn Publishing Co.; Greece/Kedros Publishers; Lithuania/Alma Littera; Vietnam/Alpha Books; Bulgaria/Sluntse Publishing House; Poland/Dolnoslaskie Wydawnictwo; Arabic/Arabic Scientific Publishers

Licenses for Updated Edition for Google's 10th Birthday:
Serbia/Politika d.o.o.
; Denmark/Nyt Teknisk Forlag; England/Pan Macmillan;
Hungary/K.u.K Konyv-es Lapkiado Kft;


Delacorte Hardcover/Trade Paperback October 2008

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HANDS OF MY FATHER:
A Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of Love
by Myron Uhlberg



"[T]he author has warm memories of growing up in Brooklyn and describes significant episodes of his early life with artful economy and sincere emotion. His strongest feelings are reserved for his remarkable father, whom he loved deeply, a man who-despite his silence-was eloquent in his expressions of love for his family and curiosity about the world. "My language is in my hands," he once told his son. "My memories are in my hands." Those memories have been beautifully served by Uhlberg in this heartfelt book. " —Booklist

“ Uhlberg…effortlessly weaves his way through [his] childhood…to give readers a well-crafted, heartwarming tale of family love and understanding” —
Publisher’s Weekly

"In telling the story of his very unique childhood, Myron Uhlberg has created a book that is universal. His feelings of love and responsibility, of shame and enormous pride, can teach us all something about being a member of a family. I can't think of anyone who wouldn't love this book." —Ann Patchett, author of Bel Canto and Run


“In vivid scenes – sometimes wrenching, sometimes hilarious – Myron Uhlberg takes us inside the singular world of his childhood. And there the reader discovers the profound, everyday courage exemplified by each member of the Uhlberg family. This is a book full of surprises, written with a generous, loving spirit.” —Lou Ann Walker, author of A Loss for Words

In this beautifully written book, Myron Uhlberg tells the fascinating story of growing up as the hearing son of two deaf people, and his life in a world that he found unaccountably beautiful, even as he longed to escape it. Louis and Sarah married and had their first child, Myron, at the absolute bottom of the Great Depression-an expression of extraordinary optimism, and typical of the joy and resilience these two were able to summon at even the darkest of times. Their son's first language was American Sign Language, the first sign he learned: "I love you." But his second language was spoken English, and no sooner did he learn it than he was called upon to act as his father's designated ears and mouth in the stores and streets beyond their silent apartment. This meant not only straddling the worlds of the hearing and the deaf, but reversing the roles of parent and child in order to translate adult words and concepts to his father-and then having to flip back again to being just what he was: his father's little boy. Listening to the radio he signed for his father every blow in the historic Joe Louis-Max Schmeling boxing match that upended Hitler's claims of racial superiority, and he in turn learned about the war through his father's signed translations of newspaper headlines trumpeting every battle on the European and Pacific fronts. From the beaches of Coney Island to Ebbets Field where he and his father watched Jackie Robinson playing with the Dodgers, from the hospital ward where he visits his polio-afflicted friend to the branch library above the local Chinese restaurant, this is a memoir filled with stories about growing up not just as the hearing son of two deaf people but as a book-loving, mischief-making, tree-climbing kid in Brooklyn during the period that spanned the Depression, the War, and the early '50s.

Featured Alternate Selection of Literary Guild, Book-of-the-Month Club, Doubleday Large Print, and Quality Paperback Book Club

Bantam Hardcover April 2009


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THE HAPPIEST TODDLER ON THE BLOCK: How to Eliminate Tantrums and Raise a Patient, Respectful and Cooperative One-to-Four-Year-Old
by Harvey Karp, M.D. (Revised Edition)


*"An informing and engaging romp about toddlers. Roll over, Dr. Spock."
—New York Times on the first edition of the work.


From renowned child development specialist Dr. Harvey Karp, the author who taught hundreds of thousands of readers how to calm and quiet their colicky infants in The Happiest Baby on the Block, comes a new edition of this equally remarkable and successful program for preventing-and when they can't be prevented, soothing-toddlers' stormy outbursts. A shorter, more reader-friendly revision of THE HAPPIEST TODDLER ON THE BLOCK, this new edition will do even more to help parents survive the "terrible twos" and beyond. Although the original book is already a parenting classic, this revised edition will attract a whole new generation of Harvey Karp readers with its many more real-life examples of the trials parents face and its emphasis on fast problem-solving for time-challenged parents.

Licenses to date: China/Citic Publishers; Czech/Euromedia Group; Croatia/Planetopija Publishers; France/Editions AdA; Korea/Haneon; Russia/Popuri Publishers; Spain/Ediciones Medici;
Vietnam/Lac Hong Book Publishers; Brazil/Novo Seculo


Bantam Hardcover September 2008


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IN LINCOLN'S HAND:
His Original Manuscripts with Commentary by Distinguished Americans
by Harold Holzer and Joshua Shenk


Perhaps the most beautiful, surprising, and insightful volume to mark the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth in 2009, and the companion volume to a historic three-city Library of Congress exhibition, IN LINCOLN'S HAND lays bare the president's character through stunning images of the texts he composed-with their crossed-out words, inserts, revisions, and even misspellings-illuminated by essays from American masters of scholarship, politics, and the arts. Made available exclusively for this book by the Library of Congress and gorgeously reproduced are faithful images of his actual handwritten letters (including a fiery denunciation of slavery in 1855), speeches (including the Gettysburg Address and First and Second Inaugurals), sketches (including his "Mediation on the Divine Will"), and even childhood notebooks. Edited by two eminent Lincoln scholars, IN LINCOLN'S HAND will also feature commentaries on each document by more than forty luminaries, including E. E. Doctorow, William Safire, President H. W. Bush, President George W. Bush, President William J. Clinton, President Jimmy Carter, Liam Neeson, Toni Morrison, Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust, and Lincoln biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin. This more than a companion volume is a brilliant reference or a keepsake: IN LINCOLN'S HAND provides an intimate, human perspective on a visionary leader; it is inspiration that should reside in the collection of every home, school, and institution. Harold Holzer is one of the country's leading authorities on Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of the Civil War era. A prolific writer and lecturer, he is frequent quest on television shows such as "The Today Show," "Charlie Rose," Fox News, and "The News Hour with Jim Lehrer." Holzer has authored, co-authored, and edited 30 books, including The Lincoln Image (1984) and Lincoln on Democracy (1990) with Mario M. Cuomo and has won a 2005 Lincoln Prize for Lincoln At Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President. Joshua Wolf Shenk is the author of Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness and the director of the Rose O'Neill Literary House at Washington College. His work has been published in Harper's Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, Economist, and other publications, and in the national bestseller Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression. His website is www.shenk.net.

Main Selection of Book-of-the-Month Club; Featured Alternate Selection of History Book Club, Military Book Club, and Quality Paperback Book Club

Bantam Hardcover February 2009


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LETTING EVERYTHING BECOME YOUR TEACHER:
100 Lessons in Mindfulness
by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.; Compiled with Hor Tuck Loon


Discover the groundbreaking path to mindful meditation…with 100 short, inspiring verses selected from Jon Kabat-Zinn's classic bestseller, Full Catastrophe Living. In this international bestselling work, Jon shared his innovative approach to reducing stress and achieving mindfulness, helping millions live healthier, richer lives. Now, in this new companion volume, 100 short verses-carefully selected from Kabat-Zinn's landmark stress reduction program-take us further down the path to awareness, healing and joy. Whether you're trying to learn patience, cope with pain, manage stress, improve your relationships, or simply let go of destructive thoughts and behaviors, these deceptively simple meditations will help you achieve the balance and clear-eyed, practical vision that is true mindfulness. LETTING EVERYTHING BECOME YOUR TEACHER will be a beautifully designed, small trim package with french flaps, two-color text against a graphic background on every page, and two dozen pages of photographs. Bantam Dell will repromote Full Catastrophe Living in a color-coordinated package alongside this gift book. Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., is a scientist, writer, and meditation teacher engaged in bringing mindfulness into the mainstream of medicine and society.

Delta Trade Paperback May 2009


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LIFE OVER CANCER:
The Block Center Program for Integrative Cancer Treatment
by Keith Block, M.D.; Foreword by Andrew Weil, M.D.


This authoritative guide combines the best of conventional medicine with the best scientifically-supported complementary therapies, enabling patients and their doctors to create individualized, lifesaving treatment plans. Widely regarded as one of the most prominent integrative cancer specialists in the country, Dr. Keith Block has distilled nearly thirty years of experience into the first book that gives patients a systematic, research-based plan for developing the physical and emotional vitality they need to meet the demands of treatment and recover-wherever they choose to be treated. Filled with inspiring case histories of patients whose prognoses have been turned from death to life under Dr. Block's care, this long awaited book will revolutionize cancer treatment in the very same way that Dr. Ornish's books offered a new paradigm to living with heart disease. A leader in the field of mind/body medicine and nutritional oncology, Keith I. Block, M.D., is the founder and medical and scientific director of the non-profit Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment in Evanston, IL. Among other appointments, he is Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago and Editor-in-Chief, Integrative Cancer Therapies.

Bantam Hardcover April 2009

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RECLAIMING VIRTUE:
How We Can Develop the Moral Intelligence to Do the Right Thing at the Right Time for the Right Reason
by John Bradshaw


A landmark book on the life of virtue from one of the bestselling authors of our generation. Through his groundbreaking New York Times bestsellers and compelling PBS specials, John Bradshaw has changed millions of lives and inspired the work of an entire generation of therapists. Now, in his first major book in a decade, he has taken on a new challenge: redefining what it means to live a moral life in today's world. In society today, there is no lack of wrongdoing, from corporate greed to domestic violence to drug abuse. What can we do to counteract these forces? Bradshaw looks to history's great thinkers for answers, examines the psychological foundations of character building, and offers a plan of action for bringing more virtue into our lives-including how to nurture our instincts for goodness from childhood through adulthood. From the ethical thinking of Aristotle to the selflessness of everyday heroes to recent discoveries in neuroscience, Bradshaw explores the nature of moral intelligence-that unique knowing which guides us to the right action-and delves into a range of social issues and thought-provoking questions. What motivates one person to use their intelligence as a source for goodness, yet another for evil? What does it take to move people to virtuous action? And what enables us to live side-by-side with wickedness? Bradshaw also provides a fascinating discussion of morality and ethics as evolutionary processes. Enlightening and insightful, Bradshaw once again inspires readers with his approach to our uncertainty as an unprecedented opportunity for growth and healing.


Licenses to date: England/Piatkus Books

Bantam Hardcover May 2009

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SUPER CRUNCHERS: Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart
by Ian Ayres


An international sensation - and still the talk of the relevant blogsphere - this Wall Street Journal and New York Times business bestseller - included in the 2007 "Year's Best Books" list from The Economist -- was heralded by reviewers across the U.S. and Freakonomics coauthor Stephen D. Levitt as "groundbreaking… Not only is it fun to read, it just might change the way you think. The September 2008 trade paperback reprint of this business classic will include a new chapter focusing on the democratization of super crunching, highlighting how companies like Google are making it easy for individuals to crunch their own data and introducing some new prediction tools that anyone can use.

Foreign licenses for SUPER CRUNCHERS include: Arabic/Arabic Scientific Publishers; British/John Murray Publishers; Chinese (Mainland China)/China Youth Press; Chinese (Taiwan)/China Times Publishing; Greek/Editions Enalios; Italian/Sperling & Kupfer; Japanese/Bungeishunju Publishers; Korean/Munhakdongne Publishers; Portuguese (Brazil)/Ediouro; Portuguese (Portugal)/Sebenta Editora; Turkish/Pegasus Yayincilik; Thai/WeLearn Co., Ltd; Russia/Dodeca-XXI Publishers 

Bantam Trade Paperback September 2008

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THE WISE HEART: A Guide to the Essential Teachings
of Buddhist Psychology

by Jack Kornfield


"Author, psychologist and pioneering Buddhist teacher Kornfield writes his best book yet (and his previous ones were pretty good). His newest uses the same sweet narrative voice, provides convincing and illustrative anecdotes and stories, and reaches into world traditions and literature as well as contemporary scientific research. This book offers a systematic and well-organized view of Buddhist psychology, complete with occasional diagrams. Concepts and practices are placed in a framework that explains and connects them. It’s all done with an eye toward application; most chapters end with exercises. Kornfield has been practicing Buddhism for close to 40 years, a lasting discipline that has produced this masterful book and a seasoned view of life that acknowledges a lot of oopses. As a mediator and psychologist, he has also witnessed some serious angst, including his own, and draws on it for illustrative power. Not everything here is new, least of all the title, but then the Buddha isn’t either. The best is left for last: joy you can seek for yourself and others. Just keep your meditative seat, and this book by your bed. Kornfield comes across as the therapist you wish you’d had. " Publishers Weekly

"I love this gentle, brilliant and incisive book. I read it slowly, with amazement at its richness and wisdom, relief at feeling so understood, pleasure in Kornfield's beautiful writing and sweet humor, and gratitude that such understanding has been expressed in the written word. This Wise Heart changed me." Anne Lamott

"The Wise Heart is Jack Kornfield at his most wonderful and illuminating. He brings to life a way to understand and cultivate mindfulness, compassion, lovingkindness and true wisdom that shatters idealizations of practice and penetrates to the core of what liberation is all about." Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Coming to Our Senses and Arriving at Your Own Door

"This masterpiece of a dedicated life's work unveils the principles of an ancient 'science of mind' that are woven seamlessly into a wondrous map of the human heart-one that is astonishingly consistent with the discoveries of modern neuroscience."Daniel Siegel, M.D., author of The Developing Mind and The Mindful Brain


Through such classics as A Path With Heart and After the Ecstasy, the Laundry, Jack Kornfield has become one of the leading spiritual teachers of our time. Now, in this major new work, he explores the entire scope of Buddhist psychology and shows its profound applications to the dilemmas we face today. Filled with vivid personal stories -- including Kornfield's own recovery from a violence-filled childhood -- and with precise practical guidance for personal change, THE WISE HEART is an extraordinary journey from the roots of consciousness to the highest expression of human possibility.

Main Selection of One Spirit Book Club; Featured Alternate Selection of
Quality Paperback Club

O Magazine 2nd Serial; Shambhala Sun 2nd Serial


Licenses to date: England/Rider Books;
Germany/Verlagsgruppe Random House (Riemann Verlag);
France/Editions Belfond; Brazil/Editora Cultrix; Israel/Modan Publishing; Italy/Corbaccio; Bulgaria/Colibri Publishers; Spain/Liebre de Marzo; Korea/Vega Books Co.; Dutch/Ankh-Hermes; Taiwan/King-In Publishers


Bantam Hardcover May 2008


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