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REVOLUTION HOUSE & KEOWEE VALLEY, Katherine Scott Crawford

Frozen River meets The Blackbird Oracle in a new novel from award-winning author of The Miniaturist’s Assistant. Set simultaneously in 1993 & 1773 in Massachusetts, the novel follows two revolutionary women in very different centuries who are bound together across the ages by secrets hidden within the walls of their shared old house. RHP will also reissue Keowee Valley, Crawford’s debut historical novel. (World rights, Regal House Publishing, Fall 2028)

ADULT CHILDREN OF NARCISSISTS, Mary Ann Little PhD

An exploration of the long-term effects of growing up with a narcissistic parent, arguing that narcissism is not a single trait, but rather an insidious pattern, and identifying four major types. By understanding the harm narcissitic parents may have caused, adult children can be released from self-blame and move toward healing. Little is a clinical psychologist and author of Childhood Narcissism. (Bloomsbury Academic, World English language, 2027).

REPLACEMENT CHILD, Amy Roost

A memoir of race, place, and acceptance, relating the startling discovery that prior to her adoption as an infant by a middle class white Midwestern family, Amy Roost’s parents had adopted–and returned–a Black child. Roost’s search for the shadowy “sister” her parents left behind leads her to redefine the true meaning of family. Roost is a podcaster and journalist; part of this story was featured in the New York Times Magazine. (West Virginia University Press, World English, 2028 pub)

THE MENOPAUSE STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE TRAINING BLUEPRINT, Patricia Siegel

An evidence-based guide for perimenopausal and menopausal women to sustaining full fody function, increasing physical power and improving overall health, from a leading sports scientist and personal trainer. (World Rights, Johns Hopkins University Press, Spring 2028)

SUSPENSION BRIDGE: Risk, Ambition and the Building of a Nation, Darl Rastorfer

The gripping story of America’s most daring highway bridges and the visionary people who created them, by bridge historian and former senior editor of the Architectural Record. (NYU Press, World Rights, Spring 2028)

HOW TO MAKE A FRIEND, Marilyn Simon Rothstein

Beaches meets Mad Men in a new novel from the author of Crazy to Leave You, about a lifelong friendship between two women who are polar opposites in the early 1980s, determined to build their own ad agency against all odds; a tale of ambition, heartbreak, and enduring friendship, in a 2-book deal to include an untitled novel about sisters. (Lake Union, World Rights, Fall 2027 and Fall 2028)

THE PRISON WRITINGS OF ROGER CASEMENT, Angus Mitchell and James Le Sueur (editors)

A collection of works by the Irish nationalist, diplomat, activist, poet and Easter Rising leader, long viewed as Britain’s legendary troublemaker, executed during World War I, by two distinguished historians: Angus Mitchell (independent historian) and James Le Sueur (Samuel Clark Waugh Distinguished Professor of International Relations and professor of history at the University of Nebraska). World Rights, Michigan State University Press, 2028 publication.

THE WELCOME PARTY & Untitled Novel, Emily Harding

Two former friends, after eight years apart, are the only ones who make it to the Amalfi Coast for a friend’s wedding, where they end up spending a week together following the trip itinerary, and confronting their lingering feelings. From the author of How Freaking Romantic (2025) and Thank You for Remembering (September 2026), to Gallery Books, World Rights, Summer 2027. Also includes Untitled Novel, also commercial women’s fiction.

WHEN THE DEVIL CAME TO HOLLYWOOD: Rosemary’s Baby and the Birth of the Modern Horror Film, Jennifer O’Callaghan

A behind-the-scenes account of the making of Roman Polanski’s landmark 1968 film, exploring how a story of paranoia and institutional distrust became one of cinema’s most enduring and culturally resonant classics, by the author of REAR WINDOW. (Citadel/Kensington, World Rights, Fall 2027).

HOW TO BE NOBLE: An Ancient Guide to Celtic Wisdom, Philip Freeman

A new translation of seven surviving Old Irish Celtic texts, collected together for the first time, illustrating the moral and political wisdom of the ancient Celts, part of the Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times series. (Princeton University Press, World Rights, Fall 2027)