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September 2026 Deal Announcements

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Dana Hawkins‘s SHE TASTES LIKE VIOLENCE, a dark sapphic rom-com pitched in the vein of BUTCHER & BLACKBIRD and LIGHTS OUT, in which an assassin-for-hire who enjoys eliminating some of the worst in society is offered a job to finish an notorious predator with a massive payday, but finds herself face-to-face with the woman who once destroyed her and must choose whether to quit, fight, or join her, to Emily Gowers at Storm Publishing, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, for publication in June 2027 and January 2028, by Jenna Satterthwaite at Storm Literary Agency (world English).

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August 2026 Deal Announcements

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Sunday Times-bestselling author Freya Marske‘s THE OFFSEASON, the author’s first contemporary queer sports romance, pitched as for fans of HEATED RIVALRY and YURI ON ICE, in which a former figure skater who walked away from the sport returns home, where reconnecting with his infuriatingly gorgeous childhood rival, now the current national champion, reignites his passion for the ice—and more, to Ruoxi Chen at Putnam, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2027, by Diana Fox at Fox Literary (NA).

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July 2026 Deal Announcements

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Queer, Cuban American writer, teacher, and University of Washington PhD Patrick Milian‘s NIGHT TOWN, which braids three decades-spanning storylines, following a young American actress on an Italian giallo film set in 1970s Trieste, a closeted gay Cuban immigrant in 1980s Miami, and a suburban housewife in the early aughts whose murder exposes long-buried secrets, to Dan Lopez at Counterpoint, for publication in June 2027, by Laurie-Maude Chenard at UTA (NA).

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June 2026 Deal Announcements

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Alt-pop country singer-songwriter August Ponthier‘s EVERYWHERE ISN’T TEXAS, following a queer used electronics store employee in 1980s small-town Texas who is drawn into an alternate dimension through a mysterious TV; blending speculative, horror, sci-fi, and western elements to explore questions of identity and belonging, to Pilar Garcia-Brown at Dutton, in a pre-empt, by Julie Flanagan at CAA (NA).

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May 2026 Deal Announcements

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Jessica Plummer‘s THE CONMAN’S GUIDE TO DRAGON SLAYING, pitched as an adult HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON meets HEATED RIVALRY, in which an ambitious young dragon fighter has to team up with a powerless wizard to fake everything, including magic, for a shot at riches, respect, and a better life in the kingdom’s annual dragon games, to John Morgan at Grand Central, at auction, for publication in spring 2028, by Eric Smith at Neighborhood Literary (world).

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April 2026 Deal Announcements

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Shayna Douglas‘s SKATING THE LINE, a sapphic hockey rom-com about two rival university hockey stars-turned-teammates who find out they may have more chemistry off the ice than on it, pitched for fans of HEATED RIVALRY, CLEAT CUTE, and Ashley Herring Blake, to Grace Vainisi at Avon Impulse, and to Mikaela Roasa at Harper Canada, in a significant deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in March 2027, by Maddy Belton at Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency (NA).

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March 2026 Deal Announcements

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Rowan Brighton Brown‘s WHITE TRASH WITCHCRAFT, a queer Appalachian horror in which a recent graduate spurns all her inheritance—the penchant for pills, the blood-soaked family farm, and the ancient magic—until infectious iron rusts through the community and she must choose which monsters to slay and which to become, to Alexandra Aceves at Holiday House, in a nice deal, for publication in fall 2027, by Alexander Slater while at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates.

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February 2026 Deal Announcements

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NYT-bestselling author of THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA TJ Klune‘s MURMURATION, INTO THIS RIVER I DROWN, HOW TO BE A NORMAL PERSON, and THE IMMEMORIAL YEAR; and four untitled queer novels, to Ali Fisher at Tor, in separate major deals, each for seven figures, in separate four-book deals, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency (world English).

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January 2026 Deal Announcements

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Author of WAKE UP, NAT & DARCY and YOURS FOR THE SEASON Kate Cochrane‘s PULLING THE GOALIE, book three in the Puck Struck series, a sapphic hockey romance in which a championship-winning goalie agrees to train a Hollywood actress for her breakout role in a sports biopic, hoping it will help her overcome a fear of returning to the ice after a nasty injury—until sparks start flying, complicating things even further, to Leyla Erkan at Harlequin, for publication in winter 2027, by Paige Terlip at Starling Literary + Media (world English).

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December 2025 Deal Announcements

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Ari Baran‘s UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT, part of the Penalty Box hockey romance series, in which a tightly wound, picture-perfect all-star is forced to babysit a bad boy waiver pickup, on a team decimated by injury, where it’s unclear what could be more devastating—losing the season, or losing their hearts, to Leyla Erkan at Carina Press, in a two-book deal, by Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency (world English).

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