CHRISTMAS JOY author Nancy Naigle’s CHRISTMAS IN EVERGREEN: LETTERS TO SANTA, a novelization of the Hallmark Original movie, in which a visiting hometown girl is busy repairing the abandoned general store in Evergreen ahead of the holidays when she finds a mysterious 25-year-old letter that never made it to the North Pole; with a little help from the rest of the townspeople, she’ll deliver the letter while trying to restore the Christmas spirit in the community, to Stacey Donovan at Hallmark.

NYT bestselling author Shelley Noble’s LUCKY’S BEACH, in which three best friends take a detour on their girls-only beach vacation to hunt down a wayward relative living in a quaint town on the Delaware coast, where they are quickly charmed by the town’s close-knit beach community—but soon find themselves dropping everything to help save the town’s most closely guarded secret, to Tessa Woodward at William Morrow, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2020.

USA Today bestselling author of Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick NEXT YEAR IN HAVANA Chanel Cleeton’s THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN CUBA, set during the Gilded Age, following the true story of a beautiful 19-year-old Cuban revolutionary involved in the fight for independence against Spain, and the young female reporter drawn to her story as her plight becomes front page news amid a fierce battle between New York newspaper tycoons William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer and growing efforts to draw the United States into war with Spain, to Kate Seaver at Berkley, in a six-figure deal, in a two-book deal.

NYT bestselling author of GIRL, WASH YOUR FACE Rachel Hollis’s GIRL, WHAT THE HEALTH, bringing her warm and funny tough love approach to helping every women adopt a healthy lifestyle, love her body, and feel like her best self, to Brian Hampton at Thomas Nelson, in a major deal, for seven figures, in a two-book deal, for publication in winter of 2020.

Kate Quinn, Laura Kamoie, Stephanie Dray, E. Knight, Heather Webb, and Sophie Perinot’s RIBBONS OF SCARLET, about the women of the French Revolution, featuring the royals and peasants, harlots and wives, and fanatics and philosophers across the political spectrum who plotted, fought, marched, and crossed each other’s paths at Versailles, and on the tumultuous streets, in an attempt to defend their beliefs, open new doors for women, and create a bold and equal new world, to Tessa Woodward at William Morrow, in a good deal, at auction, for publication in fall 2019.

Author of DIGGING IN and ALL THE GOOD PARTS Loretta Nyhan’s THE OTHER FAMILY, in which a woman hopes a 23andMe-style DNA test will shed light on what’s causing her young daughter’s debilitating autoimmune disorder, but instead the test reveals the existence of an aunt she never knew she had, who happens to be living in the next town over, to Jodi Warshaw at Lake Union Publishing, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2020.

Chanel Cleeton’s NEXT YEAR IN HAVANA is a July 2018 pick for Reese Witherspoon’s book club!

Read more here: http://ew.com/books/2018/07/02/reese-witherspoon-july-book-club-pick-next-year-in-havana

KARMA KHULLAR’S MUSTACHE author Kristi Wientge’s HONEY BEES AND FRENEMIES, in which the summer after sixth-grade takes an unexpected turn for two former best friends when they are volunteered by their parents to help out a local beekeeper in advance of their town’s annual Honey Festival, to Liz Kossnar at Simon & Schuster Children’s, for publication in Summer 2019.

D.M. Quincy’s MURDER AT THE OPERA, book three in her Atlas Catesby Regency historical mystery series, in which an aristocratic adventurer and amateur sleuth believes his investigatory skills could finally put the man responsible for his beloved sister’s death behind bars when the suspect is linked to another murder, to Faith Black at Crooked Lane.

NYT bestselling author Kristen Proby’s next book in the Romancing Manhattan series, AFTER ALL, in which sparks fly between a hard-partying playboy and his no-nonsense colleague, but before she’ll let him into her life he must prove himself a changed man, to Tessa Woodward at William Morrow, in a good deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in Summer 2019.