We’re coming to the end of August, which is officially the month of romance. You’d think it would be in February to go with Valentine’s day, but no one can ever complain of too much love! We have picked out some of our wonderful Romance titles, all with rights to buy.
Orenda Books
Bo Luxton has it all –a loving family, a beautiful home in the Lake District, and a clutch of bestselling books to her name.Enter Alice Dark, an aspiring writer who is drifting through life, with a series of dead-end jobs and a freeloading boyfriend.When they meet at a writers’ retreat, the chemistry is instant, and a sinister relationship develops…Or does it?Breathlessly pacey, taut and terrifying, Exquisite is a startlingly original and unbalancing psychological thriller that will keep you guessing until the very last page
The Gessami Residence
Jane L Gibson
Troubador Publishing
The Gessami Residence is a story of mature women still trying to live life to the max. It’s about enjoying life, having fun with friends and finding love.
Jenny has endured three fairly miserableyears following the sudden death of her husband, Paul. At forty three – with her sons at university – the only thing keeping her sane are her three best friends Amanda, Beth and Rose.
After deciding that what they really need is a girl’s trip away, they escape their uneventful lives on a holiday. After all, forty somethings still like to drink, flirt, have meaningless sex and enjoy themselves – right?
World Rights Available
Seven Days to Tell You
Ruby Soames
Bookline and Thinker
When Kate’s husband disappeared she spent three painful years searching for him before returning to her career, her life. Marc’s sudden reappearance brings back so many questions. He asks for a week to tell his story, to prove his love. In their time apart, Kate has made discoveries. Can love forgive everything?
World Rights except US
Gray Card
Cassandra Chandler
Samhain Publishing
Her heart is in the stars…and he’s the man who can take her there.
Evelyn Chambers isa nerd girl and damned proud of it. Always the odd girl out, she’s found a home in academia, channeling her fantastical imagination and love for the stars into getting a PhD in astronomy. And at last it seems those stars have aligned to send her a match.
Vacationing foreigner Adam Smith gets her, from her field of study to her offbeat sense of humor. He’s also drop-dead gorgeous—and woefully ignorant of the world of science fiction, which she’s only too happy to remedy.
Rights on Request
I Blame Morrissey
My Adventures with Indie-Pop and Emotional Disaster
Jamie Jones
Live it Publishing
You wouldn’t let song lyrics rule your life would you?
You wouldn’t become so infatuated with a popstar that you would use their words to make decisions on your relationships would you?
Jay would.
Join him as he tries to grow up in the 90s in a haze of lust, indie-pop & warm lager while all the time looking to Morrissey for guidance.
Rights: Award winning screenplay writer already in discussion with author and publisher about screenplay
Rights on Request
Just A Kiss Away
Jill Barnett
Belle Books
After arriving on a lush Pacific island, Eulalie Grace LaRue is to be finally reunited with the absent father she hasn’t seen since childhood. Yet before her long dreamed-of meeting can take place, the lovely but pampered Southern belle is caught in the crossfire of a violent revolution and thrown into the rugged arms of American mercenary soldier Sam Forester. On the run in the jungle, this battle-scarred soldier of fortune hasn’t a clue what to do with the naive blonde in his care.
Rights on Request
