The Thoroughbreds (Pre-Order)

📚 Pre-Order Now — Available September 15, 2026

New York Times bestselling authors of The Academy, Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham, return with The Thoroughbreds — what has more high-stakes drama, tension, and intrigue than senior year at a New England boarding school?

September at Tiffin Academy is always a heady time, especially for the senior class — "sixth formers," in Tiffin-speak — a season of college applications and intense pressure, of partying hard and last hurrahs. As the chapel bells ring in students and staff, everyone has something to look forward to — but in the midst of the anticipation and excitement, nagging questions and dark secrets lurk beneath the surface...

• Are Tiffin's It Couple, Charley and East, on the rocks?
• What sparked the rift between football star Dub and his best friend Hakeem?
• Will Pippa Sacks, posh day student, topple the delicate social hierarchy — or wreak even worse havoc?
• Can Head of School Audre Robinson save her job — and the school — after a disastrous financial mistake?
• And what was in that email attachment Cinnamon Peters sent to Dub before she died?

Elin Hilderbrand and her daughter Shelby Cunningham answer these questions and more in The Thoroughbreds, a page-turning story about friendship, treachery, ambition, and growing up, at any age.