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Sophie Stava, author of Count My Lies

Sloane Caraway is a liar. Harmless lies, mostly, to make her self-proclaimed sad little life a bit more interesting. So when Sloane sees a young girl in tears at a park one afternoon, she can’t help herself. She tells the girl’s (very attractive) dad that she’s a nurse and helps him pull a bee stinger from the girl’s foot. With this lie, and chance encounter, Sloane becomes the nanny for the wealthy and privileged Jay and Violet Lockhart. They’re the perfect New York couple, with a brownstone, a daughter in private school, and summers on Block Island. But maybe Sloane isn’t the only one lying, and all that’s picture-perfect harbors a much more dangerous truth.

Week of April 13, 2026

Paperback releases for the week of April 13th include THE ACADEMY, the irresistible, deliciously scandalous story of one drama-filled year at a New England boarding school from Elin Hilderbrand and her daughter, Shelby Cunningham; BE READY WHEN THE LUCK HAPPENS, the long-awaited memoir of beloved Food Network personality and Instagram sensation Ina Garten, who presents an intimate, entertaining and inspiring account of her remarkable journey; THREE DAYS IN JUNE, a deeply sensitive novel from Anne Tyler about a socially awkward mother of the bride who navigates the days before and after her daughter's wedding; and BOAT BABY, in which NBC News anchor and correspondent Vicky Nguyen tells the story of her family’s daring escape from communist Vietnam and her unlikely journey from refugee to reporter with laughter and fierce love.