Be careful the story you tell yourself. It might become the one you believe.
When Destiny meets Ryan, she falls fast and deep, despite her own best instincts. She knows better than to believe in happily ever after—but that doesn’t stop her confidence from fraying when the first guy she ever trusted casually shatters her heart.
Destiny’s barely holding it together when she realizes she’s pregnant. Spiraling hard, she tells a tiny, desperate lie to buy herself a moment of hope. But as the lie grows and the pressures tangle, she gets lost in her own deception, and the line between truth and fantasy starts to blur.
With time untethered and her perception in knots, Destiny must find a way to reclaim her story and weave a new ending—before the beginnings unravel.
Coming on April 7, 2026, in hardcover, ebook, and audio
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Recommended for ages 14 and up
Short, sharp, and expertly crafted, this realistic YA novel, which weaves together concepts of fantasy and reality and unravels notions of logic and time, is a portrait of a heartbroken teen who tells a desperate lie and starts to lose track of her own truth. Coming in April 2026. Available for preorder now!
Hardcover ISBN: 9780593859827 ebook ISBN: 9780593859834 Audiobook ISBN: 9798217280865
Published on April 7, 2026 by Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Cover illustration by David Roy Ocotla * Cover design by Kaitlin Yang