akaStory Nets Three Romance Titles for Inaugural List
Kate Roddy at akaStory bought North American rights, at auction, to The Paris Proposal and two other romance novels by Kristen Gordon Chaudière (r.) and Erin Baldwin (l.) from Stephen Barbara at InkWell Management, on behalf of Chaudière and editor Jenna Brickley at IP packager StoryGiants. Lauren Spieller at Folio Literary Management represents Baldwin.
The Paris Proposal, per Inkwell, follows “Jess, a Filipino-American woman on a work visa in Paris who devises a scheme to marry a Frenchman to extend her stay at the Louvre—but who gets more than she bargained for when sparks fly as her Type-A ambition and her fake-husband Theo’s laissez-faire ways collide.” A spring 2027 release is planned.
akaStory, Abrams’s first commercial fiction imprint, launched last week as a home for “immersive, escapist storytelling with content tailored to the digital social media age.” Its inaugural six-title list will launch in January 2027.
This has been updated for clarity.
