Here's a round up of the latest book news, deals and some cover reveals that I've discovered over the past few weeks! It's also basically a digest of all the exciting news stories that come my way and which I've mostly already posted on my twitter and Facebook feeds, so if you want up-to-the-minute book news and you don't want to have to wait around for me to type this up, you can follow me on those sites!
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A Kiss in the Dark by Cat Clarke || Release date: April 2014
When Alex meets Kate the attraction is instant.
Alex is funny, good-looking, and a little shy – everything that Kate wants in a boyfriend.
Alex can’t help falling for Kate, who is pretty, charming and maybe just a little naive…
But one of them is hiding a secret, and as their love blossoms, it threatens to ruin not just their relationship, but their lives.
Alex is funny, good-looking, and a little shy – everything that Kate wants in a boyfriend.
Alex can’t help falling for Kate, who is pretty, charming and maybe just a little naive…
But one of them is hiding a secret, and as their love blossoms, it threatens to ruin not just their relationship, but their lives.
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Book Deals, Book Deals, Book Deals....
Anna, Lola & Isla in the UK (Just in case you missed it!)
Usborne has signed three novels from US author Stephanie Perkins.
Rebecca Hill, Usborne fiction director, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, from Donne Forrest, subsidiary rights director at Penguin US for three YA contemporary romance titles.
Anna and the French Kiss will be published in the UK in January 2014, with Lola and the Boy Next Door following in June. Perkins' new novel, Isla and the Happy Ever After will be published simultaneously in the UK and US on autumn 2014.
Hill said: "Stephanie’s glorious writing has always had me sobbing, swooning and smiling from the bottom of my heart."
Perkins previously worked as a bookseller and librarian before becoming a novelist. The three books revolve around friends Anna and Lola, and are set in locations including Paris and San Francisco.
Sophie Winters nearly died. Twice.
The first time, she's fourteen, and escapes a near-fatal car accident with scars, a bum leg, and an addiction to Oxy that'll take years to kick.
The second time, she's seventeen, and it's no accident. Sophie and her best friend Mina are confronted by a masked man in the woods. Sophie survives, but Mina is not so lucky. When the cops deem Mina's murder a drug deal gone wrong, casting partial blame on Sophie, no one will believe the truth: Sophie has been clean for months, and it was Mina who led her into the woods that night for a meeting shrouded in mystery.
After a forced stint in rehab, Sophie returns home to a chilly new reality. Mina's brother won't speak to her, her parents fear she'll relapse, old friends have become enemies, and Sophie has to learn how to live without her other half. To make matters worse, no one is looking in the right places and Sophie must search for Mina's murderer on her own. But with every step, Sophie comes closer to revealing all: about herself, about Mina and about the secret they shared.
Anna and the French Kiss will be published in the UK in January 2014, with Lola and the Boy Next Door following in June. Perkins' new novel, Isla and the Happy Ever After will be published simultaneously in the UK and US on autumn 2014.
Hill said: "Stephanie’s glorious writing has always had me sobbing, swooning and smiling from the bottom of my heart."
Perkins previously worked as a bookseller and librarian before becoming a novelist. The three books revolve around friends Anna and Lola, and are set in locations including Paris and San Francisco.
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Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics
T.S. Ferguson at Harlequin Teen has acquired Daughters Unto Devils, a horror novel set in the 1800s, by debut author Amy Lukavics. Coping with a secret pregnancy and her family's move to the prairie, 16-year-old Amanda must figure out whether she's being haunted by an evil presence that is tainting the land or if she's simply losing her mind. Joanna Volpe at New Leaf Literary & Media negotiated the two-book deal.
A History of What Happened by Juliana Romano
Stacey Friedberg at Dial has bought Juliana Romano's debut novel, A History of What Happened. Pitched as The Perks of Being a Wallflower meets The Summer I Turned Pretty, the YA novel takes place during one year of high school, as an introspective 15-year-old grows distant from her childhood best friend and closer to her friend's longtime crush. Publication is scheduled for 2015; Logan Garrison at the Gernert Company negotiated the two-book deal for world English rights.
I'll Believe You When You're Gone by Jessica Alcott
Phoebe Yeh at Crown has acquired I’ll Believe You When You’re Gone and an untitled YA novel by pseudonymous novelist Jessica Alcott. Charlie, who thinks of herself as an ugly duckling, is bracing herself for another year of not fitting in at high school. Enter her charismatic English teacher, and the mutual crush that ensues, leading up to the fateful night of Charlie's 18th birthday when boundaries are crossed. The author currently works for a children's publisher. Publication is set for spring 2015; David Dunton of Harvey Klinger negotiated the deal for world rights.
Shoes in the Street by Suzanne Nelson
Michelle Frey at Knopf has acquired Suzanne Nelson's Shoes in the Street, a YA novel that follows a variety of characters from Nazi Germany to present-day New York, as their lives are interwoven through their contact with a special pair of pink high heels. Publication is set for fall 2015; Ammi-Joan Paquette at Erin Murphy Literary Agency did the deal for world rights.
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Far From You by Tess Sharpe || Release date: March 2014
Sophie Winters nearly died. Twice.
The first time, she's fourteen, and escapes a near-fatal car accident with scars, a bum leg, and an addiction to Oxy that'll take years to kick.
The second time, she's seventeen, and it's no accident. Sophie and her best friend Mina are confronted by a masked man in the woods. Sophie survives, but Mina is not so lucky. When the cops deem Mina's murder a drug deal gone wrong, casting partial blame on Sophie, no one will believe the truth: Sophie has been clean for months, and it was Mina who led her into the woods that night for a meeting shrouded in mystery.
After a forced stint in rehab, Sophie returns home to a chilly new reality. Mina's brother won't speak to her, her parents fear she'll relapse, old friends have become enemies, and Sophie has to learn how to live without her other half. To make matters worse, no one is looking in the right places and Sophie must search for Mina's murderer on her own. But with every step, Sophie comes closer to revealing all: about herself, about Mina and about the secret they shared.
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The Murder Complex by Lindsay Cummings || Release date: June 2014
An action-packed, blood-soaked, futuristic debut thriller set in a world where the murder rate is higher than the birthrate. For fans of Moira Young's Dust Lands series, La Femme Nikita, and the movie Hanna.
Meadow Woodson, a fifteen-year-old girl who has been trained by her father to fight, to kill, and to survive in any situation, lives with her family on a houseboat in Florida. The state is controlled by The Murder Complex, an organization that tracks the population with precision. The plot starts to thicken when Meadow meets Zephyr James, who is-although he doesn't know it-one of the MC's programmed assassins. Is their meeting a coincidence? Destiny? Or part of a terrifying strategy? And will Zephyr keep Meadow from discovering the haunting truth about her family? Action-packed, blood-soaked, and chilling, this is a dark and compelling debut novel by Lindsay Cummings.
Meadow Woodson, a fifteen-year-old girl who has been trained by her father to fight, to kill, and to survive in any situation, lives with her family on a houseboat in Florida. The state is controlled by The Murder Complex, an organization that tracks the population with precision. The plot starts to thicken when Meadow meets Zephyr James, who is-although he doesn't know it-one of the MC's programmed assassins. Is their meeting a coincidence? Destiny? Or part of a terrifying strategy? And will Zephyr keep Meadow from discovering the haunting truth about her family? Action-packed, blood-soaked, and chilling, this is a dark and compelling debut novel by Lindsay Cummings.
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Complicit by Stephanie Kuehn || Release date: June 2014
Two years ago, fifteen-year-old Jamie Henry breathed a sigh of relief when a judge sentenced his older sister to juvenile detention for burning down their neighbor's fancy horse barn. The whole town did. Because Crazy Cate Henry used to be a nice girl. Until she did a lot of bad things. Like drinking. And stealing. And lying. Like playing weird mind games in the woods with other children. Like making sure she always got her way. Or else.
But today Cate got out. And now she’s coming back for Jamie.
Because more than anything, Cate Henry needs her little brother to know this one simple truth: she’s not the crazy one and never has been.
He is.
But today Cate got out. And now she’s coming back for Jamie.
Because more than anything, Cate Henry needs her little brother to know this one simple truth: she’s not the crazy one and never has been.
He is.
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Wish You Were Italian by Kristin Rae || Release date: May 2014
When seventeen-year-old Pippa Preston ditches her summer art program abroad, she sets out on her own in hopes of falling in love with an Italian, but the road to amore gets detoured when she's torn between a sexy local and a hunky American archaeology student. As she explores the famous cities of Rome and Pompeii, Pippa must sort out her feelings before her parents figure out where she really is, ending her short-lived dream of independence.
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From Book to Screen...Divergent Movie Post & Full Length Trailer.
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Eeek! A new book from Cat Clarke! Excitement! Cat Clarke's Undone is one of the best books I've read this year, and so I'm really looking forward to this new release from her. Wish You Were Italian sounds really cute. I love books with European settings - can't go far wrong with Italy!
And the Divergent movie trailer - I thin it looks pretty awesome! Can't wait to watch this movie!
What do you think of the latest round up of book deals and cover reveals? Let me know in comments!
