Brandon Webb and Laura Trentham’s story in which military heroes and their heroines fall in love with their country and each other, to Monique Patterson and Eileen Rothschild at St. Martin’s, in a two-book deal.

Marie Tremayne’s debut, LADY IN WAITING, the first book in The Reluctant Brides series, pitched as an “Upstairs Downstairs” drama in an 1845 set Downton Abbey style story with a missing persons twist, where a desperate heiress goes into hiding as a servant to escape her brutal fiance, only to find that the earl she now serves might be the man she’s been waiting for, to Priyanka Krishnan at Avon, in a three-book deal.

Forthcoming THE ALICE NETWORK author Kate Quinn’s DARKROOM, taking place post WWII, in which a battle-haunted English journalist and a Russian female bomber pilot from the real-life Night Witch squadron join forces to track the Huntress, a Nazi war criminal gone to ground in America, even as a budding teenage photographer in Boston begins to suspect her demure new stepmother is hiding a very dangerous past, to Tessa Woodward at William Morrow.

Diana Quincy’s next book in her REBELLIOUS BRIDES series, an enemies-to-lovers Regency romance in which London’s most notorious libertine suddenly finds himself saddled with young twin girls and their disapproving governess, but soon sparks fly and the duke and his lady discover how thin the line between love and hate can really be, to Julia Maguire at Loveswept.

Cat Shield’s REVENGE ON A BILLIONAIRE, the first book in a new series, in which three women who meet at a party realize they’ve each been wronged by a wealthy man and hatch a plan to take revenge on each other’s billionaires, and an untitled novel in the 2018 Texas Cattleman’s Club continuity series, to Charles Greimsman at Harlequin Desire.

Tiffany Snow’s next book in the CORRUPTED HEARTS series, where a brilliant, but socially awkward young woman in charge of a secret government surveillance program finds herself caught between two men: one who her head says she should want, and one who her heart can’t resist, to Maria Gomez at Montlake Romance.

Lifestyle blogger and founder of The Chic Site, Rachel Hollis’s GIRL, WASH YOUR FACE, a collection of advice, inspiration and wisdom that delivers the tools (and kick in the pants!) that will help women stop dwelling in negative repetitive cycles year after year and make changes in their lives, to Brian Hampton at Thomas Nelson.

Mark Greenside’s (Not Quite) Mastering the Art of French Living, a follow-up to I’ll Never Be French (No Matter What I Do), for the armchair traveler, the dedicated Francophile, or to anyone who dreams about living or moving somewhere else.

2016 Saveur Blog Awards Nominee and 2017 IACP Award winner for Best Culinary Narrative Blog Lauren McDuffie’s Smoke Roots Mountain Harvest, a story-driven recipe collection that bridges the culture, foodways, and heritage ingredients of the Mountain South and the modern, eclectic food that reflects the way we eat now, to Sarah Billingsley at Chronicle.