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Headline has acquired New Adult trilogy The Games by self-published e-book bestseller Nyrae Dawn, with plans to release the first title this spring.
Associate publisher Sherise Hobbs bought five titles by Dawn, who has also previously self-published Young Adult fiction. Hobbs signed three of the titles through Kate McLennan at Abner Stein, who was handling the deal on behalf of Lauren Abramo at Dystel & Goderich, and two from Nancy Wiese at Grand Central.
Hobbs said: "Nyrae Dawn is a rare and explosive talent who already has a huge following in the US. We cannot wait to introduce her fantastic novels to an even wider audience."
The publisher described first title Charade as "a passionate love story about two damaged individuals, Cheyenne and Colt, who agree to a 'fake relationship' to help each other out at college. But as dark family secrets surface, they realise this charade might actually be the lifeline they both need to survive the pain of the past."
A Headline UK e-book of Charade will replace the self-published edition this spring, with a paperback to follow this summer. Book two in the trilogy, Facade, will be published this summer, with the third book, Masquerade, coming early 2014. Headline will also publish the author's two Young Adult novels What a Boy Wants and What a Boy Needs in e-book and print in 2013.