The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba is another riveting historical-fiction novel by Chanel Cleeton. In 1896, Grace Harrington's job at William Randolph Hearst's newspaper leads to her becoming embroiled in Cuba's quest for independence when she writes a story about Evangelina Cisneros, an 18-year-old who is imprisoned for fighting for Cuban independence. Soon, Grace's story becomes more than just a scoop for the paper; it becomes a quest to free Evangelina and encourage America to help Cuba in its war with Spain.