WINTERVEIL d’Ava Reid

The Secret History meets Ready Player One in #1 bestselling author Ava Reid’s brand new, thrilling alternate-future duology, where four teens are recruited to a century-long, virtual Cold War until they discover the truth and decide to fight back.

WINTERVEIL
by Ava Reid
HarperCollins, September 2026
(via Sterling Lord)

The top students at Valeran Academy should be in jail. Instead, they were offered a way out: enroll and pledge themselves to the nation. In their alternate future where the Cold War still rages, America needs patriots—don’t call them spies.

In the halls of America’s most covert military academy, all that matters is who is number one. Four students rise to the top: Julian, the politician; Klaudia, strategist; Nadiya, the soldier; and Giselle, the beauty queen with a secret that could change everything.

As they compete for the top ranking that would free them from their gilded cage, the four feel strangely drawn together. Underneath every rivalry lurks a desperate yearning, bringing the strongest of them down to their knees.

Too soon, they’re ripped from the safe walls of their school and recruited for a mysterious training mission that their elusive headmaster tells them is only a simulation. But the four teens quickly realize that they are merely pawns, designed to play off of each other in a dangerous game. Even their blossoming feelings will be used against them in this game of war.

To win, they will have to question everything: each other, themselves, even their very understanding of reality.

It was only supposed to be a game. But now lives and hearts are on the line. Are you brave enough to play?

“It’s a tense, fast-paced race to a cliff-hanger of a conclusion to this duology starter. Each character is easy to root for and immaculately rendered as sympathetic, despite distinct flaws. An absolute must-read for dystopian readers and history enthusiasts alike.” – Booklist Reviews (starred review)

“Reid is well regarded for her lyrical writing and nuanced characters; here she paints a vivid portrait of a world fallen to climate change and capitalism, juxtaposed against the ways love is redemptive. VERDICT A dark dystopian novel for readers craving something more mature than The Hunger Games. Perfect for high school collections.” – School Library Journal (starred review)

“A dark and gripping feminist tale.” – Kirkus Reviews

Ava Reid is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning, A Theory of Dreaming, Lady Macbeth, Juniper & Thorn, and The Wolf and the Woodsman. Her books have been published in over fourteen territories. She lives in the New York area. Follow her on Instagram @avasreid and find her online at tumblr.com/avasreid.

UNROYALLY YOURS d’Emma Lord

The Princess Diaries meets The Bodyguard in UNROYALLY YOURS, the first sparkling novel of royalty and romance, secrets and spies in the Unroyals duology, from New York Times bestselling author Emma Lord.

UNROYALLY YOURS
by Emma Lord
Wednesday Books/St. Martin’s, April 2027

Rosie’s name is synonymous with loyalty and protection. Part of an elite security training program for teenage recruits, her instincts are great. Her impulse control? Not so much. After an assignment gone wrong, she’s shipped off to Europe on probation. If she messes up, she can’t come back. Her job? To go undercover as the bodyguard for the long-lost prince of Marilova. There’s just one problem: Rosie already knows him.

Nick’s life has been a whirlwind ever since his identity was uncovered. Now he’s been thrust into the spotlight as heir of Marilova, and tensions have never been higher. The Queen will spare no expense to keep him safe―including hiring a bodyguard. Except, Nick doesn’t want Rosie’s protection. They worked together years ago. He even saved her life once. But he has his reasons for keeping his distance.

As a plot against the royals unfolds, Rosie and Nick are thrust into an intricate web of secret alliances and courtly games as they unravel who wants Nick off the throne. But tensions have always existed between Nick and Rosie, and she wonders if she can protect the prince while also protecting her heart.

Emma Lord is a digital media editor and writer living in New York City, where she spends whatever time she isn’t writing either running or belting show tunes in community theater. She graduated from the University of Virginia with a major in psychology and a minor in how to tilt your computer screen so nobody will notice you updating your fan fiction from the back row. Her sun sign is Cancer and her moon sign is whatever Taylor Swift song is about to pop up on shuffle. She is the author of Tweet Cute, You Have a Match, When You Get the Chance, Begin Again, The Getaway List, The Break-Up Pact, and The Rival.

CHASING FIELDS d’Isabella Skyes

For fans of Chloe Walsh and Tillie Cole comes an MM coming of age love story that will break your heart and put it back together.

CHASING FIELDS
(Love on the Lines, Book 1)
by Isabella Skyes
Bloom Books/Sourcebooks, June 2027

Sixteen-year-old Alex might as well have been invisible. No one noticed him – and he preferred it that way. Staying unseen meant no one could discover the cracks in his reality he worked so hard to hide.

Kai Fields had a reputation to uphold. Popular, confident, and living for football, his future was mapped out and distraction-free – until a history assignment pairs him with the quiet boy he’d never really seen.

What starts as reluctant teamwork slowly turns into something deeper. As Alex’s carefully built walls begin to slip, Kai finds his focus shifting from the field to the boy who was never meant to matter.

Secrets grow heavier, feelings grow stronger, and both of them realise some connections can’t be ignored – no matter how hard they try.

Isabella Skye is a romantasy author, chaos enthusiast, wolf girl at heart, and professional creator of fictional men who emotionally destroy people (with love!!). Under her old pen name, Lady Trex, she wrote eight books featuring werewolves, vampires, dragons — all the usual hotties, reaching over 12M views across online platforms.

SKUGGINN de Hildur Knútsdóttir

Two teenage girls investigate a haunting and uncover a deadly mystery buried in their new home.

SKUGGINN
(COLD BRIDGE)
by Hildur Knútsdóttir
Forlagid, December 2026
(via KT Literary)

When two 17-year-old girls move into an old house with their recently dating parents, they quickly discover that the house is haunted by a very angry ghost. As they build a relationship of their own (friends? sisters?) and start to investigate who the ghost is and what happened to her, they realize that at least four girls have died in the house since it was built. Will they be next?

Hildur Knútsdóttir was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, in the year 1984. She writes fiction for both adults and teenagers, as well as plays, screenplays and short fiction. Hildur is known for her evocative fantastical fiction and spine-chilling horror, and she has co-authored work with Þórdís Gísladóttir about the humorous crises of modern teenage life. Hildur lives in Reykjavík with her husband and their two daughters.

DETECTIVE GOPI de Sudha Murty

A new book in the bestselling series about the world’s most lovable dog, who turns detective to solve a splashy summer mystery!

DETECTIVE GOPI
by Sudha Murty
illustrated by Suvidha Mistry
HarperCollins India, October 2026

Gopi is back in a brand-new avatar!

It’s been an unbearable summer in Bangalore. Gopi is trying everything to keep cool. From rolling in muddy puddles to jumping into ponds and wells (and having to be rescued). But nothing is working. Till Ajji plans a getaway to the banks of the River Shubhada.

But what was planned as an escape from the heat becomes an unforgettable adventure as Gopi turns detective and helps solve a mystery!

Sudha Murty was born and brought up in North Karnataka. She did her M.Tech in Computer Science, founded the Infosys Foundation and is currently the Chairperson of the Murty Trust. A prolific writer in English and Kannada, she has written more than 50 books across genres—from children’s books to short stories, novels, technical books, and travelogues. Her books have been translated into all the major Indian languages. She has more than 20 honorary doctorates and is the recipient of many prestigious awards including the Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri from the Government of India in 2023 and 2006 respectively; Sahitya Akademi Award in 2023; the R.K. Narayan Award for Literature in 2006 and the Attimabbe award for excellence in Kannada literature from the Government of Karnataka in 2011. Most recently, Sudha Murty was nominated as a Member of the Rajya Sabha.