The Thoroughbreds by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham

Class is back in session! The New York Times bestselling mother-daughter duo returns with the second installment of The Academy Series. What has more high-stakes drama, tension, and intrigue than senior year at a New England boarding school? Not much, friends. Not much.

It’s the start of another school year at Tiffin, and our favorite characters from The Academy are back for senior year, or “sixth form” in Tiffin-speak. It’s a season of college admissions and trying not to crack under pressure. Of partying hard and last hurrahs.

And oh, the questions we’ve been waiting to have answered:

• With Honey Vandermeid gone, will the new college counselor be up to the task?
• What do the cards hold for Tiffin’s It couple, Charley and East?
• What will become of Priorities, the underground speakeasy?
• And what was in Cinnamon Peters’s final email?

This is a page-turning story about friendship, treachery, ambition, and sacrifice. It’s juicy and smart, with that irresistible “just one more chapter” pull. Anyone who has ever felt the ache of senior year, or the fierce loyalty of a good friend group, will feel right at home.

We think it’s the perfect book for a blanket on Ogunquit Beach or a slow stroll to a bench along the Marginal Way. It’s just as good curled up on a rainy afternoon, when the sea air rolls in and all you want is to disappear into someone else’s scandal.

Loved The Academy? This one belongs on your nightstand. New to Tiffin? Pick up both and settle in. We’d love to help you start this series.

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