A Brand-New, Updated Edition of WHEN WE MEET AGAIN in stores TODAY!

Learn about Kristin's new and upcoming releases, as well as live events.

Hi, friends!

Just a quick note to let you know that Gallery Books has reissued WHEN WE MEET AGAIN -- my 2016 historical fiction novel--with a brand-new cover, updates to the text, and a new author's note! It's out TODAY in bookstores everywhere, or from your favorite online bookseller. If you haven't yet read it, this is a great time to grab a copy!

Here's a bit more about it:

From New York Times bestselling author Kristin Harmel, a beautifully repackaged and updated edition of “one of her best” (RT Book Reviews) historical novels. 

Emily Emerson is used to being alone; her dad walked out on the family when she was a just a kid, her mom died when she was eighteen, and her beloved grandmother has just passed away as well. But when she’s laid off from her reporting job, she finds herself completely adrift…until the day she receives a beautiful painting of a young woman standing at the edge of a sugarcane field under a violet sky. She recognizes the woman as her grandmother, but the painting arrived with no identification other than a handwritten note saying, “He never stopped loving her...” 

Curious, Emily begins to do some digging and uncovers a fascinating moment in American history. Her trail leads her to the POW internment camps of 1940s Florida, where German prisoners worked for American farmers...and sometimes fell in love with American women. But how does this all connect to the painting? The answer to that question will take Emily on a road that leads from the sweltering Everglades to Munich, Germany and back before she’s done. 

This new edition has been refreshed by the author and contains a new author’s note, along with a teaser of Harmel’s next historical novel.

“WHEN WE MEET AGAIN is perhaps one of the most moving and powerful stories of all time, and potentially one of her best entries in the field thus far.”
-RT Book Reviews

"Harmel...authentically weaves American history into this engaging novel. An appealing family saga that connects generations and reaffirms love.”
-Kirkus Reviews

Get your updated copy of When We Meet Again today:

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THE STOLEN LIFE OF COLETTE MARCEAU

Speaking of new books--and in case you missed it--I wanted to share the cover and release date for my 2025 novel, THE STOLEN LIFE OF COLETTE MARCEAU, available for pre-order now, and in stores everywhere June 17, 2025!

Isn't that a gorgeous cover? Here's a bit more about it: 

Kristin Harmel, the New York Times bestselling author who “is the best there is at sweeping historical drama” (Kelly Harms, author of The Seven Day Switch), returns with an electrifying new novel about two jewel thieves, a priceless bracelet that disappears in 1940s Paris, and a quest for answers in a decades-old murder. 

Colette Marceau has been stealing jewels for nearly as long as she can remember, following the centuries-old code of honor instilled in her by her mother, Annabel: take only from the cruel and unkind, and give to those in need. Never was their family tradition more important than seven decades earlier, during the Second World War, when Annabel and Colette worked side by side in Paris to fund the French Resistance. 

But one night in 1942, it all went wrong. Annabel was arrested by the Germans, and Colette’s four-year-old sister, Liliane, disappeared in the chaos of the raid, along with an exquisite diamond bracelet sewn into the hem of her nightgown for safekeeping. Soon after, Annabel was executed, and Liliane’s body was found floating in the Seine—but the bracelet was nowhere to be found. 

Seventy years later, Colette—who has “redistributed” $30 million in jewels over the decades to fund many worthy organizations—has done her best to put her tragic past behind her, but her life begins to unravel when the long-missing bracelet suddenly turns up in a museum exhibit in Boston. If Colette can discover where it has been all this time—and who owns it now—she may finally learn the truth about what happened to her sister. But she isn’t the only one for whom the bracelet holds answers, and when someone from her childhood lays claim to the diamonds, she’s forced to confront the ghosts of her past as never before. Against all odds, there may still be a chance to bring a murderer to justice—but first, Colette will have to summon the courage to open her own battered heart.

Pre-Order THE STOLEN LIFE OF COLETTE MARCEAU Today:

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I also wanted to remind you of TWO upcoming FRIENDS & FICTION Live events, one of which is in my town of Orlando, Florida!

On Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 6pm, come celebrate the joy of books and reading with us and help support the Florida Cancer Specialists Foundation at a swanky soiree at downtown Orlando's Grand Bohemian Hotel, with book sales by Writer's Block Bookstore. Your ticket includes hors d'oeuvres, a cocktail, and a seat for an hour-long conversation between the four New York Times bestselling authors (Mary Kay Andrews, Patti Callahan Henry, Kristy Woodson Harvey, and me), followed by an audience Q&A and a book signing! Buy your tickets here--they're only on sale through Oct. 31 and are likely to sell out!

And the very next day, join us for the Amelia Island Book Festival Luncheon with Friends & Fiction at the Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island, beginning at 12:30pm. Less than twenty tickets remain; buy yours here before they sell out!

We hope to see you in Florida in just two weeks!

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And finally, in case you missed it, both Patti and Kristy have new books coming in 2025, too! Patti's THE STORY SHE LEFT BEHIND will be out in March, and Kristy's BEACH HOUSE RULES will be out in May! And if you're in the mood for a little holiday fun as the weather gets cooler, don't miss Mary Kay's Amazon Original short story HOLIDAY HIDEAWAY, available as both an ebook and an audiobook, on sale (for just $1.99!) a week from today!