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WE COULD BE ANYONE d’Anna-Marie McLemore

Two teen con-artists must execute an almost impossible scam at an exclusive mansion in this thriller that’s White Lotus meets Mexican Gothic – for teens.

WE COULD BE ANYONE
by Anna-Marie McLemore
Feiwel & Friends, May 2026
(via Dystel, Goderich & Bourret)

“Lola and I grew up hearing that we could become anything, but our parents hadn’t meant it the way gringo parents did. They meant it as a warning.”

Lola and Lisandro are actors during Hollywood’s Golden Age, but you won’t see them on any silver screen. Instead, these siblings use their talents to scam the rich and famous out of their ill-begotten cash. They have their act down to a science: Lola plays the tragic ghost who haunts the mansions of the wealthy, and Lisandro plays the brave spiritualist who will help her soul find peace. For a small fee, of course.

The siblings have their sights set on their next target: The Coterie, the opulent estate of newspaper tycoon Bixby Fairfax and his famous mistress Blythe Bell. A score this big will allow them to move… well, anywhere but here. But this job requires them to do something they’ve never done before: switch roles. And as strange things keep happening at The Coterie… things that even Lola and Lisandro can’t explain.

As they are drawn deeper into The Coterie’s gleaming façade and tensions rise between brother and sister, one question looms over them. Will they be able to pull off their act? Or will this be their last performance?

“McLemore’s signature prose both cuts like ice and rolls languidly off the tongue.” –Shelf Awareness, starred review

“Mixing horror and fantasy, the deftly woven plot simmers…” –Publishers Weekly

Anna-Marie McLemore (they/them) is the author of The Weight of Feathers, Wild Beauty, Blanca & Roja, Dark and Deepest Red, Lakelore, Venom & Vow (co-authoredwith Elliott McLemore), and National Book Award longlist selections When the Moon Was Ours, The Mirror Season, and Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix. They have received the Michael L. Printz Award, the Stonewall Honor, the Otherwise Award, three Northern California Book Awards, and an Américas Honor.

THE BRIDE PRICE d’Alyssa Pickering

The first book in a gripping romantic fantasy trilogy following Valerie Gracey, sent to be married to a man duty-bound to execute her if he discovers the forbidden magic flowing through her veins, who finds an unlikely ally in his younger brother. Containing a love-triangle where you actually like both guys, a rake with a heart of gold and a smart heroine who is willing to play the game of politics to win. For readers of The Hurricane Wars and The Red Queen.

THE BRIDE PRICE
by Alyssa Pickering
Wayward TxF/Transworld, January 2027
(via Mushens Entertainment)

Valerie Gracey never wanted the crown, but as the eldest daughter of a scheming duke, she doesn’t make the plans — she survives them. But survival seems impossible when she’s summoned to marry Crown Prince Aleksander: a man duty-bound to execute her if he discovers her forbidden inherited magic.

Valerie knows a single misstep means death not just for her, but her siblings too, so she resolves to win the prince’s heart. Surely a man who loves her is less likely to want her dead.

But ignoring her magic is not easy, and ignoring the Prince’s rebellious brother is even harder.

Alyssa Pickering has been obsessed with stories for as long as she can remember. When she wasn’t reading fantasy books, she was writing them—especially ones filled with magic. After a brief academic detour to earn a BS in Human Development and an MA in Family and Community Services, she remembered her preference for imaginary worlds and began drafting her debut novel.

THE LAST DAYS OF GOOD PEOPLE de A.T. Sayre

A bittersweet science fiction novel for fans of Becky Chambers and Ted Chiang’s Arrival that contemplates civilization, determinism, and friendship as a scientist is forced to decide whether to intervene and help a dying species.

THE LAST DAYS OF GOOD PEOPLE
by A.T. Sayre
JAB Books, February 2025
(via JABberwocky)

On a small corner of a doomed world, where the capricious laws of nature can’t be reversed, a civilization arrives at the end of its days.

Warin is one of a small team charting the demise of the last few inhabitants of Retti 4, a distant planet in the throes of an extinction-level virus. It’s not Warin’s job to intervene in natural evolution or to question the whims of a cruel universe. He is only to observe and report. Until Warin actually steps foot on Retti 4.

Not the primitive species Warin believed them to be, the rettys are an industrious and ethical lot working together in a close-knit farming village. Lacking the human traits of fear, suspicion, and aggression, they are welcoming, curious, and eager to share their traditions—even in the shadow of a tragedy that they, and Warin, are powerless to stop.

As they embrace Warin into their fold, his compassion grows. So does his own self-discovery. For Warin, far away from Earth, comes a deeper understanding of friendship, civilization, and the true meaning of humanity. And above all, the peace and profound strength it takes to accept the inevitable.

A.T. Sayre has been writing in some form or other ever since he was ten years old. From plays to poems, teleplays to comic books, he has tried his hand at pretty much every medium imaginable. His work has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Haven Speculative, Aurealis, Andromeda Spaceways, and StarShipSofa. His first short story collection, Signals in The Static, was published in May 2024 by Lethe Press.

ALL THE LITTLE HOUSES de May Cobb

From the author of The Hunting Wives comes a deliciously wicked new thriller about mean girls, mean moms, and the delicious secrets inside all the little houses.

ALL THE LITTLE HOUSES
by May Cobb
Sourcebooks Landmark, January 2026

Adults can behave badly too…

It’s the mid-1980s in the tiny town of Longview, Texas. Nellie Anderson, the beautiful daughter of the Anderson family dynasty, has burst onto the scene. She always gets what she wants. What she can’t get for herself… well, that’s what her mother is for. Because Charleigh Andersen, blond, beautiful, and ruthlessly cunning, remembers all too well having to claw her way to the top. When she was coming of age on the poor side of East Texas, she was a loser, an outcast, humiliated, and shunned by the in-crowd, whose approval she’d so desperately thirsted for. When a prairie-kissed family moves to town, all trad wife, woodworking dad, wholesome daughter vibes, Charleigh’s entire self-made social empire threatens to crumble.

Who will be left standing when the dust settles?

May Cobb is the bestselling author of The Hunting Wives, a series currently available on Netflix, as well as The Hollywood Assistant, My Summer Darlings, A Likeable Woman, and Big Woods. Her books have received attention from Book of The Month, The Today Show, O, The Oprah Magazine, and more. She has an M.A. from San Francisco State University and her essays and interviews have appeared in The Washington Post, Good Housekeeping, Texas Highways, and more. She lives in Austin with her family.

LIFE IN PERSPECTIVE de Tiago Forte

A proven, powerful practice for reclaiming perspective on your life, your values, and your future—from the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Building a Second Brain and The PARA Method.

LIFE IN PERSPECTIVE:
The Art and Power of the Annual Review
by Tiago Forte
Simon & Schuster, November 2026
(via Writers House)

In our age of hyperconnectivity and information overload, something has become scarce: the ability to make sense of it all—to step back far enough to see the shape of your own life. You can feel it in ways large and small: achieving a goal but not being able to pause long enough to appreciate it. Watching the weeks and months pass in a blur without a sense of the bigger “why.” Making decisions that look right on paper but somehow feel wrong at a deeper level. How do we regain our sense of perspective on what matters?

In LIFE IN PERSPECTIVE, Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tiago Forte distills the ancient practice of the annual life review into a modern, step-by-step method—drawing on nearly twenty years of personal practice and the experience of teaching it to thousands of people worldwide. At its heart is the ARC Method, a three-stage process for Appreciating the Past, Reflecting on the Present, and Creating the Future. Through guided journaling, gratitude practices, visualization exercises, and other science-backed techniques—along with practical guidance on using technology as a tool for self-reflection—the book shows you how to transform what feels like a random string of experiences into a coherent story of growth, gain clarity on what you truly want rather than what you think you should want, and translate what you discover into concrete projects and plans for the year ahead. The past and present, Forte argues, are full of information—but they don’t communicate through analysis alone. They speak through what captures your attention, what moves you, what your body knows before your mind catches up.

Whether you turn to it as a yearly ritual or a trusted guide during pivotal moments, LIFE IN PERSPECTIVE is not a book about doing more. It is a book about seeing more clearly—and discovering that the biggest changes in life often begin not with a new plan, but with a new point of view.

Tiago Forte is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Building a Second Brain, The PARA Method, and Life in Perspective. His books have sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide and been published in more than twenty-five languages. He is the creator of the Building a Second Brain methodology, which has been adopted by readers around the world and inside organizations including Genentech, Toyota Motor Corporation, and the Inter-American Development Bank. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Time, among others. He lives in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, with his wife and children. Find out more at ForteLabs.com.