Publishers Marketplace has put together a list of the top deal-making agents in the romance genre. This list draws on reports since the beginning of 2004. The agent names are organized according to the number of deals reported over the past 12 months.  

1.      Roberta Brown (Brown Literary Agency)

2.     Laura Bradford (Bradford Literary Agency)

3.     Kimberly Whalen (Trident Media Group)

4.     Natasha Kern (Natasha Kern Literary Agency)

5.     Kevan Lyon (Marsal Lyon Literary Agency)

6.     Sandra Bishop (MacGregor Literary)

7.     Chip MacGregor (MacGregor Literary)

8.     Jennifer Schober (Spencerhill Associates)

9.     Holly Root (Waxman Literary Agency)

10.   Melissa Jeglinski (The Knight Agency)

Amazon has put out its Best 10 Romances for 2010. My personal favorite, Lisa Kleypas’ Married by Morning made the list. Two of the selections, Married by Morning and Burning Lamp by Amanda Quick were also on Amazon’s list of bestselling romance novels for 2010.

Pleasure of a Dark Prince by Kresley Cole

Round Three of the Kensington Brava/RT Writing with the Stars contest is going on right now. Voting continues until January 2.

I am one of six remaining finalists in the national competition. The winner of the online voting contest will be published. But I can’t get there without lots of support because I am up against some very talented writers.

For this challenge, I had to write a back-of-the-book blurb. Agent Kristin Nelson does an indepth critique of each entry that you might find interesting.

Click here to check out all of the entries. I hope you will consider voting for my manuscript, Seducing Charlotte, a historical romance set against the backdrop of the dawning Industrial Revolution.

I promise voting is super quick and easy. You can click in, vote and be done in under a minute. No registration is required. Thank you!