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Dark LoverThe First Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood

J. r. Ward

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❏❏ National consumer advertising

❏❏ Extensive online advertising and social media outreach

❏❏ Blog media campaign

❏❏ 18-copy solid floor display with special riser 978-0-451-46899-4 @ $143.82/$161.82 Can.

❏❏ 18-copy mixed floor display with special riser (includes 9 of Dark Lover and 3 each of Lover At Last, Lover Reborn, and Lover Unleashed) 978-0-451-46900-7 @ $143.82/$161.82 Can.

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❏❏ A special repackage of the very first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series

❏❏ Includes new material from J. R. Ward

❏❏ Leads into the publication of the newest hardcover in the series, The King (3/25/14), which stars fan favorite Wrath

❏❏ Ward is also the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Fallen Angels series

❏❏ Author websites: jrward.com; facebook.com/JRWardBooks

The FirsT NoveL iN The #1 New York Times BesTseLLiNg series—NoW iN a gorgeous NeW package

“Dark fantasy lovers, you just got served.” —New York Times bestselling author Lynn Viehl

As the leader of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, Wrath has a score to settle with the slayers who killed his parents. But when his most trusted fighter is killed—orphaning a half-breed daughter unaware of her heritage or her fate—Wrath must usher the beautiful female into another world of dangerous and irresistible hungers.

This is the one that started it all.

“Delicious, erotic, and thrilling...with a sexy, tormented, to-die-for hero.” —New York Times bestselling author Nicole Jordan

UPC: 07116200799246810416 pp. • SPINE: 1 4/64”CARTON: 48CATEGORY: NovelRIGHTS: E00AUTHOR HOME: Kentucky

BACKGROUND: NAL Hardcover (Collector’s Edition) 978-0-451-23595-4 (10/11); Signet 978-0-451-21695-3 (9/05)PREVIOUS BOOK (in series, in mass market): Lover At Last 978-0-451-41880-7 (10/13)

978-0-451-46810-9 • $7.99/$8.99 Can.

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The Novels of the Black Dagger BrotherhoodA band of brothers like no other—vampire warriors, defenders of their race.

The Novels of the Fallen angels Seven deadly sins. Seven souls to rescue. One savior with nothing left to lose.

❏❏ Rapture

❏❏ Envy

❏❏ Crave

❏❏ Covet

Writing as Jessica Bird

❏❏ Heart of Gold

❏❏ Leaping Hearts

❏❏ An Irresistible Bachelor

❏❏ An Unforgettable Lady

J . R . WA R d C h E C k L I s t

❏❏ Lover Mine

❏❏ Lover Avenged

❏❏ Lover Enshrined

❏❏ Lover Unbound

❏❏ Lover Revealed

❏❏ Lover Awakened

❏❏ Lover Eternal

❏❏ The Black Dagger Brotherhood: An Insider’s Guide (Trade Paperback)

❏❏ Lover at Last 978-0-451-41880-7 @ $7.99/$8.99 Can.

❏❏ Lover Reborn 978-0-451-23828-3 @ $7.99/$8.99 Can.

❏❏ Lover Unleashed 978-0-451-23511-4 @ $7.99/$8.99 Can.

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WiLLiNg sacriFiceThe sentinel Wars

shannon k. Butcher

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❏❏ Online advertising and promotion

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❏❏ Eighth in the national bestselling series following Falling Blind (4/13), Dying Wish (3/12), and Blood Hunt (8/11)

❏❏ Butcher is also the author of the action-romance series The Edge and several romantic-suspense novels and works of short fiction

❏❏ Grace and Torr have previously appeared in the Sentinel Wars series, and fans will be dying to find out what happens to the star-crossed lovers

❏❏ Author websites: shannonkbutcher.com; facebook.com/ShannonKButcherBooks; twitter.com/ShannonKButcher

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Falling BlindDying WishBlood HuntLiving NightmareRunning ScaredFinding the Lost Burning Alive

shaNNoN k. BuTcher’s “WoNDerFuL”* series coNTiNues as TWo FaN FavoriTes reTurN

“Shannon K. Butcher’s talent shines.” —*New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh

Theronai warrior Torr has never forgotten Grace, the human who stole his heart and nearly gave her life to save his. So he is devastated to find that Grace’s mind is devoid of any memory of Torr or their love. As they team up to stop a terrible invasion, Grace’s memories slowly start resurfacing. But sometimes the past is best forgotten—a lesson that Torr may learn too late...

UPC: 07116200799224111400 pp. • SPINE: 1”CARTON: 48CATEGORY: Paranormal RomanceRIGHTS: W00

AUTHOR HOME: Independence, MOBACKGROUND: OriginalPREVIOUS BOOK (in series): Falling Blind 978-0-451-23972-3 (4/13)

978-0-451-24111-5 • $7.99/$8.99 Can.

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BeLieviNg The Liea Lynley Novel

elizabeth george

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❏❏ Print advertising in mystery publications

❏❏ Online advertising


❏❏ 18-copy solid floor display with special riser 978-0-451-46896-3 @ $143.82/$161.82 Can.

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❏❏ The hardcover was a #1 New York Times bestseller—a first for Elizabeth George

❏❏ George is also a USA Today, Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, and Denver Post bestseller

❏❏ BBC and PBS ran an Inspector Lynley Tv series from 2001 to 2008

❏❏ Author website: elizabethgeorgeonline.com

The #1 New York Times BesTseLLer NoW iN mass markeT paperBack

“Fans of Thomas Lynley rejoice! He’s back in fine form.” —Montreal Gazette

Inspector Thomas Lynley is mystified when he’s sent undercover to investigate the death of Ian Cresswell at the request of the man’s uncle, wealthy and influential Bernard Fairclough. The death has been ruled an accidental drowning, and nothing on the surface indicates otherwise. But when Lynley enlists the help of his friends Simon and Deborah St. James, the trio’s digging soon reveals that the Fairclough clan is awash in secrets, lies, and motives...

“a superstar of the crime-fiction world…deservedly so.” —seattle Times

“masterly…an intricate crime drama.” —marie Claire

UPC: 07116200799246549640 pp. • SPINE: 1 18/64”CARTON: 24CATEGORY: NovelRIGHTS: E30

AUTHOR HOME: Whidbey Island, WABACKGROUND: NAL Trade Paperback 978-0-451-23769-9 (1/13)

978-0-451-46549-8 • $7.99/$8.99 Can.

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WereWoLF iN Las vegasa Wild about You Novel

vicki Lewis Thompson

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❏❏ Online promotion

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❏❏ Sixth in the fun paranormal romance series from the New York Times bestselling author

❏❏ Werewolf in Denver (10/12) hit chain romance mass market bestseller lists for multiple weeks, peaking at #10

❏❏ Author websites: vickilewisthompson.com facebook.com/vickilewisthompson; twitter.com/vickiLThompson

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Werewolf in AlaskaWerewolf in DenverWerewolf in SeattleWerewolf in the North WoodsWerewolf in Manhattan

a BraND-NeW romaNce From The New York Times BesTseLLiNg auThor

“Count on Vicki Lewis Thompson for a sharp, sassy, sexy read.” —New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz

Giselle Landry is in Las Vegas to haul her wayward brother back home. But casino owner Luke Dalton is also looking for her brother, who has run off with his little sister. The Landrys don’t believe in Weres mating with humans, and Giselle is no exception. But the tension weakens her resistance, and after a wild night with Luke, she is shocked to find she’s fallen for him. But Luke still doesn’t know Giselle’s true identity. Can they overcome the odds—or will what happened in Vegas stay in Vegas?

UPC: 07116200799241568336 pp. • SPINE: 54/64”CARTON: 48CATEGORY: Paranormal RomanceRIGHTS: E30

AUTHOR HOME: Oro Valley, AZBACKGROUND: OriginalPREVIOUS BOOK (in series): Werewolf in Alaska 978-0-451-41567-7 (7/13)

978-0-451-41568-4 • $7.99/$8.99 Can.



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coLe’s reDempTioNan alpha pack Novel

J. D. Tyler

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❏❏ The fifth book in a sexy supernatural series featuring werewolves and other shapeshifters

❏❏ J. D. Tyler is one of the strongest sellers on the Eclipse list in both print and e-book

❏❏ Primal Law (8/11) won the Romance Reviews award for Best Paranormal Debut

❏❏ Author websites: jdtyler.com; twitter.com/jdtyler

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Hunter’s HeartBlack MoonSavage AwakeningPrimal Law

Break aWaY From The pack WiTh paraNormaL romaNce sTar J. D. TYLer

“I can’t wait for Tyler’s next Alpha Pack adventure!” —New York Times bestselling author Angela Knight

When a battle leaves healer and black wolf shifter Zander Cole deaf and his powers diminished, Zan believes he has no choice but to leave the pack forever. White wolf shifter Selene Westfall also knows pain: she is certain that her father was responsible for her mother’s death. And she lives to exact revenge. Two damaged souls—one filled with hatred and one who’s lost his reason to live—are forced together as they come to terms with their unlikely, turbulent bond.

UPC: 07116200799241723352 pp. • SPINE: 58/64”CARTON: 48CATEGORY: Paranormal RomanceRIGHTS: E30

AUTHOR HOME: Wylie, TXBACKGROUND: OriginalPREVIOUS BOOK: Hunter’s Heart 978-0-451-41722-0 (9/13)

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The Dark aFFaira Novel of mad passions

máire claremont

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❏❏ Third in the dark and sexy series following Lady in Red (10/13) and The Dark Lady (1/13)

❏❏ Claremont won the 2011 RWA Golden Heart Award for the first book in the Mad Passions series

❏❏ A Lady Undone, a downloadable Penguin Special novella set in the series world, will be published one month prior and will include a teaser for The Dark Affair

❏❏ Perfect for fans of historical romance who crave more intrigue and edge

❏❏ Author websites: maireclaremont.com; facebook.com/maireclaremont; twitter.com/MaireClaremont

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Lady in RedThe Dark Lady

ThirD iN The “iNTeNse, compeLLiNg”* vicToriaN romaNce series

“[Claremont] weaves an absorbing, complex story.” —*Kirkus Reviews

Lady Margaret Cassidy left a life of nobility behind in Ireland to aid war-ravaged men in England. Still, she never expected a cruel turn of fate to lock her into an unwanted betrothal with one of her patients—much less one as broken and dangerous as Viscount Powers. But when Powers is forced to marry Margaret in exchange for freedom, they are both shocked by his desire to earn her trust, her body, and—most alarming of all—her heart...

UPC: 07116200799241801320 pp. • SPINE: 52/64”CARTON: 48CATEGORY: Historical RomanceRIGHTS: E30

AUTHOR HOME: Aurora, COBACKGROUND: OriginalPREVIOUS BOOK: Lady in Red 978-0-451-41800-5 (10/13)

978-0-451-41801-2 • $7.99/$8.99 Can.


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DeaD BeTWeeN The LiNes

a Devereaux’s Dime store mystery

Denise swanson

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❏❏ Print advertising in mystery publications



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❏❏ From the New York Times bestselling author of the Scumble River mystery series, most recently Murder of a Stacked Librarian (9/13)

❏❏ Third in the new series, following Nickeled-and-Dimed to Death (3/13) and Little Shop of Homicide (3/12)

❏❏ Author websites: deniseswanson.com; thedeadlydivas.com; facebook.com/deniseswansonauthor

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Nickeled-and-Dimed to DeathLittle Shop of Homicide

From The New York Times BesTseLLiNg auThor oF NiCkeled-aNd-dimed To deaTh

“Swanson puts just the right amount of sexy sizzle in her latest engaging mystery.” —Chicago Tribune (on Little Shop of Homicide)

To keep her new business in the black, Devereaux “Dev” Sinclair opens up her old-fashioned five-and-dime to local clubs, including the Stepping Out Book Club. When a visiting poet’s body is found outside her store, Dev does a little sleuthing of her own to investigate his murder.

UPC: 07116200799241888272 pp. • SPINE: 44/64”CARTON: 48CATEGORY: MysteryRIGHTS: E33

AUTHOR HOME: Plainfield, ILBACKGROUND: OriginalPREVIOUS BOOK (in series): Nickeled-and-Dimed to Death 978-0-451-23942-6 (3/13)

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spiNNiNg iN her gravea haunted Yarn shop mystery

molly macrae

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❏❏ Third in the series featuring a yarn fanatic sleuth and her ghostly sidekick

❏❏ Follows Dyeing Wishes (7/13) and Last Wool and Testament (9/12), which both hit several chain bestseller lists

❏❏ For fans of Maggie Sefton, Amanda Lee, and Monica Ferris

❏❏ Author website: mollymacrae.com

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Dyeing WishesLast Wool and Testament

The LaTesT “cLever YarN”* From The auThor oF dYeiNg wishes

“Quirky characters, an interesting small-town setting, and a ghost with a mind of her own.” —*Betty Hechtman, national bestselling author of For Better or Worsted (on Last Wool and Testament)

The peaceful community of Blue Plum, Tennessee, is shocked when a local baker is shot by a real gun during a historical reenactment. Is there a sniper hiding out in Kath Rutledge’s fiber and fabric shop, The Weaver’s Cat? She’s bound and determined to find out...

praise for the series:

“macrae writes a mean cozy, and that’s a good thing. her characters are delightful…the plotting is very good…the setting is lovely.” —reviewing the evidence

“pitch perfect.” —cozy mystery Book review

UPC: 07116200799224064352 pp. • SPINE: 58/64”CARTON: 48CATEGORY: MysteryRIGHTS: W00

AUTHOR HOME: Champaign, ILBACKGROUND: OriginalPREVIOUS BOOK: Dyeing Wishes 978-0-451-23956-3 (7/13)

978-0-451-24064-4 • $7.99/$8.99 Can.


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WhaT DarkNess BriNgs

a sebastian st. cyr mystery

c. s. harris

UPC: 07116200799241818368 pp. • SPINE: 60/64”CARTON: 48CATEGORY: MysteryRIGHTS: W00AUTHOR HOME: Kenner, LABACKGROUND: NAL Hardcover 978-0-451-23927-3 (3/13)PREVIOUS BOOK (in mass market): When Maidens Mourn 978-0-451-41422-9 (3/13)

978-0-451-41818-0 • $7.99/$8.99 Can.MARKETING

❏❏ Promote in conjunction with simultaneous Obsidian hardcover, Why Kings Confess


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❏❏ The eighth book in the critically acclaimed series, following When Maidens Mourn (3/13)

❏❏ The series has received numerous starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and Library Journal

❏❏ Author websites: csharris.net; facebook.com/CSHarrisAuthor

The murder of a notorious diamond merchant with a penchant for black magic interrupts Sebastian’s wedded bliss and challenges the strength of his marriage.

“BesT hisToricaL ThriLLer WriTer iN The BusiNess.”*

Praise for the series:“Sebastian St. Cyr is...uncannily clever, unwaveringly reserved, and irresistibly sexy.” —*New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner

murDer, she WroTe:

prescripTioN For murDer

Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain

UPC: 07116200799246659304 pp. • SPINE: 50/64”CARTON: 48CATEGORY: MysteryRIGHTS: E30AUTHOR HOMES: Cabot Cove, ME, & Danbury, CTBACKGROUND: NAL Hardcover 978-0-451-23936-5 (4/13)PREVIOUS BOOK: Murder, She Wrote: Domestic Malice 978-0-451-41481-6 (9/13)

978-0-451-46659-4 • $7.99/$8.99 Can.

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❏❏ Promote in conjunction with upcoming hardcover, Murder, She Wrote: Aloha Betrayed (4/14)

❏❏ Cross-promotion with NBC Universal


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❏❏ Thirty-ninth in the USA Today bestselling series, following Murder, She Wrote: Domestic Malice (9/13)

❏❏ There are over 4.5 million copies of the Murder, She Wrote mysteries in print

❏❏ Author website: donaldbain.com

Bestselling author Jessica Fletcher’s latest book tour takes her to Tampa, and a party at a doctor’s lavish home. But the festivities are brought to a halt after her host is allegedly struck by lightning. Accusations swirl, and Jessica must solve this mystery in a flash.

america’s FavoriTe sLeuTh is Back!


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DiFFereNT seasoNs

stephen king

512 pp. • SPINE: 1 2/64”CARTON: 24CATEGORY: FictionRIGHTS: E00AUTHOR HOME: Bangor, MEBACKGROUND: Reissue

978-0-451-16753-8 • $8.99/$10.99 Can.SALES POINTS

❏❏ These novellas were the basis for the hit movies The Shawshank Redemption, Stand by Me, and Apt Pupil

❏❏ Author website: stephenking.com; facebook.com/stephenkingbooks; twitter.com/skdotcom_news

A young boy learns the meaning of true evil. An innocent man refuses to give up hope. Four boys take a trip that will change their lives forever. A pregnant woman demonstrates how far she’ll go for her child. Four stories of darkness and light that readers will never forget.

Four TaLes oF Terror From The masTer oF horror

“Hypnotic.” —New York Times Book Review“King’s stories tap the roots of myth buried in all our minds.” —Los Angeles Times The TraiLsmaN

#389outlaw Trackdown

Jon sharpe

UPC: 07116200699546721176 pp. • SPINE: 30/64”CARTON: 96CATEGORY: WesternRIGHTS: W00BACKGROUND: OriginalPREVIOUS BOOK: The Trailsman #388: Borderland Bloodbath 978-0-451-46648-8 (2/14)

978-0-451-46721-8 • $6.99/$7.99 Can.SALES POINTS

❏❏ #389 in the long-running series full of bullets, beauties, and brawn

❏❏ There are more than 13 million copies of Trailsman books in print

After Skye Fargo is tossed in the pokey for brawling in the town of Horse Creek, the last thing he expects is the sheriff to ask for his help. The notorious Cotton gang—led by a sixteen-year-old terror—has robbed the bank, and they have to be stopped. But the Trailsman doesn’t know that the young killer has a very special reason for riding wild: revenge.

Fargo musT riDe ouT The sTorm...


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The cheYeNNe TraiL

a ralph compton Novel

Jory sherman

UPC: 07116200699546798304 pp. • SPINE: 50/64”CARTON: 48CATEGORY: WesternRIGHTS: W00BACKGROUND: OriginalPREVIOUS BOOK: Tucker’s Reckoning 978-0-451-46548-1 (12/13)

978-0-451-46798-0 • $6.99/$7.99 Can.SALES POINTS

❏❏ A new novel in our USA Today bestselling Ralph Compton series

❏❏ There are more than six million Compton books in print

❏❏ For readers of Zane Grey and Louis L’Amour

When Ransom Barnes’s home is attacked by Cheyenne warriors, he winds up killing the leader’s son. Now targeted by the vicious warrior, Ransom calls on an old friend and fellow rancher for help.

a BoLD NeW compToN aDveNTure

Praise for Ralph Compton:“If you like Louis L’Amour, you’ll love Ralph Compton.” —Quanah Tribune Chief

WraTh oF The savagecharles g. West

UPC: 07116200699546819304 pp. • SPINE: 50/64”CARTON: 48CATEGORY: WesternRIGHTS: W00AUTHOR HOME: Ocala, FLBACKGROUND: OriginalPREVIOUS BOOK: Silver City Massacre 978-0-451-46656-3 (1/14)

978-0-451-46819-2 • $6.99/$7.99 Can.SALES POINTS

❏❏ Signet has been the exclusive publisher of Charles G. West for over a decade

❏❏ Author website: charlesgwest.com

When a vicious band of Blackfeet Indians attack homesteads and kidnap two women, Second Lieutenant Bret Hollister is sent after them. And even after losing his rank and leaving the army, he continues the fight.

aN acTioN-packeD NeW WesTerN

Praise for Charles G. West:“Bold, vivid, and true.” —Ralph Compton


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WiNesBurg, ohiosherwood anderson

Inspired by Anderson’s Midwestern boyhood, the loosely connected stories in Winesburg, Ohio, gave birth to the American story cycle, for which William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and later writers were forever indebted.

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❏❏ Features an Introduction by notable literary critic and Anderson’s biographer Irving Howe and an Afterword by bestselling author Dean Koontz

UPC: 07116200595052995272 pp. • SPINE: 44/64”CARTON: 48

CATEGORY: ClassicsRIGHTS: DWBACKGROUND: Reissue

978-0-451-52995-4 • $5.95/$6.99 Can.

mY ÁNToNiaWilla cather

Lush descriptions of the rolling Nebraska grasslands interweave with the blossoming of a woman in the early days of the twentieth century in a novel that is an epic chronicle of America’s past.

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❏❏ With an Introduction by Marilyn Sides, acclaimed novelist and lecturer at Wellesley, and an all-new Afterword

❏❏ Features a brand-new package


CATEGORY: ClassicsRIGHTS: D05BACKGROUND: Revised and Repackaged Reissue 978-0-451-52972-5 (4/05)


aesop’s FaBLesaesop

This exclusive Signet Classic edition contains 203 of Aesop’s most enduring and popular fables, translated into accessible, modern American English.

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❏❏ Edited and with an Afterword by author Jack Zipes, and featuring an Introduction by acclaimed essayist Sam Pickering

❏❏ Beautifully illustrated with classic woodcuts by the great French artist J.J. Grandville


CATEGORY: ClassicsRIGHTS: W00BACKGROUND: Reissue

978-0-451-46626-6 • $4.95/$5.99 Can. 978-0-451-52953-4 • $4.95/$6.99 Can.

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WriTTeN iN reDa Novel of the others

anne Bishop

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❏❏ Promote in conjunction with simultaneous hardcover, Murder of Crows

❏❏ Promote at conventions throughout the year

❏❏ Print advertising in fantasy publications



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❏❏ From the New York Times bestselling author

❏❏ First in a new alternate contemporary fantasy series—now in mass market paperback

❏❏ The second hardcover in the series, Murder of Crows, will be published simultaneously

❏❏ Bishop is also the author of the Black Jewels series

❏❏ Author websites: annebishop.com; facebook.com/DarkRealms

“Written in Red isn’t just the best urban fantasy of the year, it may be one of the best ever.” —All Things Urban Fantasy

As a cassandra sangue, or blood prophet, Meg Corbyn can see the future when her skin is cut—a gift that feels more like a curse. Meg’s Controller keeps her enslaved so he can have full access to her visions. But when she escapes, the only safe place to hide is at the Lakeside Courtyard—a business district operated by the Others, unearthly entities, vampires and shape-shifters among them, who rule the earth and whose prey are humans...

“A stunningly original yarn, deeply imagined, beautifully articulated and set forth in clean, limpid, sensual prose.” —Kirkus Reviews

“An amazing novel.” —Fresh Fiction

UPC: 09976900799341790512 pp. • SPINE: 1 18/64”CARTON: 24CATEGORY: FantasyRIGHTS: V00AUTHOR HOME: Upstate New York

BACKGROUND: NAL Hardcover 978-0-451-46496-5 (3/13)PREVIOUS BOOK (not in series, in mass market): Bridge of Dreams 978-0-451-46473-6 (3/13)

978-0-451-41790-9 • $7.99/$8.99 Can.


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some girLs BiTea chicagoland vampires Novel

chloe Neill

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❏❏ First in the New York Times bestselling Chicagoland vampires series, now in mass market paperback

❏❏ The newest novel in the series, Wild Things, will be published in trade paperback one month prior

❏❏ Author websites: chloeneill.com; facebook.com/authorchloeneill; twitter.com/chloeneill

The FirsT Book iN The “WoNDerFuLLY compeLLiNg”* vampire series—NoW iN mass markeT paperBack

“Wonderful entertainment.” —#1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris

Merit almost became a midnight snack for a vampire, until another vampire saved her life by turning her into one of the undead. And now she finds herself in a war between two opposing groups of bloodsuckers...

praise for the series:“A strong-minded, sharp-witted heroine who will appeal to fans of Charlaine Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse series and Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake.” —Library Journal * USA Today bestselling author Julie Kenner

UPC: 09976900799346905352 pp. • SPINE: 58/64” CARTON: 48CATEGORY: NovelRIGHTS: E30AUTHOR HOME: Omaha, NE

BACKGROUND: NAL Trade Paperback 978-0-451-22625-9 (4/09)PREVIOUS BOOK (in trade paperback): Wild Things 978-0-451-41519-6 (2/14)

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The grim compaNYLuke scull

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❏❏ The first book in a new dark fantasy series

❏❏ Perfect for readers of George R.R. Martin and Brent Weeks

❏❏ Author websites: lukescull.com; twitter.com/Luke_Scull

The FirsT Book iN a Dark FaNTasY epic

“The Grim Company is truly an epic fantasy.” —Fantasy Book Critic

The Gods are dead. The Magelord Salazar and his magically enhanced troops crush any dissent they find in the minds of the populace. The world is desperately in need of heroes. But what they get instead are a ragtag band of old warriors: a crippled mage, two orphans, and an oddly capable manservant. The Grim Company.

“A sterling example of what the genre has to offer today.” —Tor.com “Spins a gripping tale with expertise and relish.” —The Guardian

UPC: 09976900799326485432 pp. • SPINE: 1 6/64”CARTON: 48CATEGORY: Fantasy

RIGHTS: G12AUTHOR HOME: Warminster, UKBACKGROUND: NAL Hardcover 978-0-425-26484-3 (9/13)

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❏❏ Third in the New York Times bestselling series

❏❏ The previous book in the series, Midnight Blue-Light Special (3/13), hit #20 on the New York Times bestseller list, and Ashes of Honor (9/12), McGuire’s most recent book, hit #16

❏❏ McGuire is the winner of a Hugo Award and a John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer—and is the first in Hugo history to be nominated for five awards in a single year

❏❏ io9.com recently named the Toby Daye series one of the “10 Book Series So Addictive, You Never Want Them to End”

❏❏ For readers of Tanya Huff, Jim Butcher, and Patricia Briggs

❏❏ Author websites: seananmcguire.com; twitter.com/seananmcguire

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“The only thing more fun than an October Daye book is an InCryptid book.” —Charlaine Harris

When Alex Price agreed to go to Ohio to oversee a basilisk breeding program and assist in the recovery of his psychic cousin, he didn’t expect people to start dropping dead. But bodies are cropping up at the zoo where he works, and his girlfriend—Shelby Tanner, an Australian zoologist with a fondness for big cats—is starting to get suspicious. Worse yet, the bodies have all been turned partially to stone...

UPC: 07112500799100811368 pp. • SPINE: 60/64”CARTON: 48CATEGORY: FantasyRIGHTS: E00

AUTHOR HOME: San Francisco, CABACKGROUND: OriginalPREVIOUS BOOK (in series): Midnight Blue-Light Special 978-0-7564-0792-6 (3/13)

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marion Zimmer Bradley & Deborah J. ross

UPC: 07112500799100854464 pp. • SPINE: 1 12/64”CARTON: 48CATEGORY: FantasyRIGHTS: E00AUTHOR HOME: Boulder Creek, CA (Ross)BACKGROUND: DAW Hardcover 978-0-7564-0797-1 (3/13)PREVIOUS BOOK (in series, in mass market): Hastur Lord 978-0-7564-0649-3 (3/11)

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❏❏ All Darkover novels have been Main Selections of the Science Fiction Book Club

❏❏ One of the most famous and popular series of all time, with over five million copies in print

❏❏ Producers have secured television rights and are currently developing a multi-platform Darkover series

Although the Terran Federation has departed Darkover to defend their territories in an interstellar civil war, the planet’s location in the galactic arm makes it a prime hideout for smugglers, rebels, and other refugees. When smugglers start arming the warlike Dry Towners with forbidden weapons, Gareth Elhalyn, grandson of Regis Hastur and heir to the throne, takes off on a secret mission to stop them...

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“For sheer skill in storytelling and worldbuilding...Bradley has put some more famous sagas in the shade.” —Chicago Sun-Times“Ross very expertly continues to expound upon the impressive [Darkover] universe.” —Night Owl Reviews, Top Pick

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Julie e. czerneda

UPC: 07112500899900952896 pp. • SPINE: 1 22/64”CARTON: 24CATEGORY: FantasyRIGHTS: E00AUTHOR HOME: Orillia, CanadaBACKGROUND: DAW Trade Paperback 978-0-7564-0707-0 (3/13)PREVIOUS BOOK (not in series, in mass market): Rift in the Sky 978-0-7564-0609-7 (7/10)

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❏❏ Debut fantasy from an award-winning science fiction writer

❏❏ The author’s novels have hit the Locus bestseller list, been a Locus Recommended First Novel, and an Editor’s Choice of the Science Fiction Book Club

❏❏ The author has won several Aurora Awards and was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award

❏❏ For fans of Neil Gaiman’s Stardust

The village of Marrowdell is an isolated pioneer community, but it is also the place where two worlds overlap, and at the turn of light—sunset—the world of magic known as the Verge can briefly be seen. Jenn Nalynn belongs to both the Verge and Marrowdell, but even she doesn’t know how special she is—or that her invisible friend Wisp is actually a dragon sent to guard her...

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“An enchanting and gentle fable, rich with detail and characters you will love.” —Charles de Lint“A warm and intricate fantasy opus with large themes woven into a charming story.” —Charlaine Harris


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