A couple of things:
I'd submitted to this agency before I learned about this exceptionally good forum, though at the time, I'd checked out P&E (May 2007) and there were no red flags. (P&E later listed them as "not recommended" but that has since been changed and their status
isn't on the P&E poop-list any longer.)
To make a long story short, Cheryl Ferguson actually
CALLED me at home after receiving a partial quite enthusiastic about what she'd read and was quite emphatic about receiving the full MS. This happened in May 2007 and I submitted the full printed version of my manuscript shortly thereafter. Anyhoo, I've heard nothing from Cheryl Ferguson since then, I've emailed requesting that my MS be returned (I pre-paid the postage for her so it could be sent back to Canada, eh?) and she hasn't responded.
She has updated her
website to include the following updates:
"A Romance Writers of America Approved Agency
The Ferguson Literary Agency adheres to the standards and practices of AAR"
As mentioned, she is no longer on the P&E poop-list, but as far as I'm concerned, she definitely
SHOULD because baby, that MS of mine ain't coming back anytime soon, eh?
Yeah I know, sucks to be me.