- Global leadership speaker and Oprah-featured author Fawn Germer's COMING BACK, providing tactics and perspectives for mid- and late-career professionals who have been pushed aside, cast out, or are returning to the workforce after raising a family, to George Witte at St. Martin's in a pre-empt, by Pamela Harty
- Ruby winner Madison Michaels's THE BATCHELOR BARGAIN, in which an enterprising lady and a notorious crime lord strike a bargain to critique and expose bachelors who seek to prey upon innocent ladies, to Stacy Cantor Abrams at Entangled Amara in a three-book deal, by Pamela Harty
- Melonie Johnson's TOO GOOD TO BE REAL, in which a skeptical reporter covering the grand opening of a resort that promises to provide guests with the "romantic comedy experience of their dreams" stumbles upon her own meet-cute with the prickly programmer in charge of creating the simulated rom-com fantasy world, to Jennie Conway at St. Martin's in a two-book deal, by Pamela Harty
- Cathryn Fox's untitled books, in which a dating app for women that creates competition between men and women leads to a lot of fun, to Kathleen Scheibling at Harlequin Dare in a three-book deal, by Elaine Spencer
- Elizabeth Mowers's first two books in the Lake Roseley series, to Kathryn Lye at Harlequin Heartwarming in a two-book deal, by Pamela Harty
- Nekesa Afia's DEAD DEAD GIRLS, in which a black girl in 1920s Harlem must push herself past the limits of her fears, her past, and the prejudices of New York City society to catch a killer, to Michelle Vega at Berkley in a nice two-book deal, by Travis Pennington
- Syndi Powell's THE CUTHBERT COUSINS, to Kathryn Lye at Harlequin Heartwarming in a three-book deal, by Pamela Harty
- Diana Pinguicha's A MIRACLE OF ROSES, pitched as an f/f #OwnVoices retelling of the Portuguese miracle of the same name, where the Princess of Aragon enters a bargain with an Enchanted Moura so she can reverse her gift that turns all the food she touches into flowers, to Lydia Sharp at Entangled Teen, by Travis Pennington
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