The Hiding Season now available to pre-order in the UK and US

I am genuinely delighted to announce my upcoming novel, A Hiding Season.

This is not an Emma Makepeace novel – although another of those will be coming soon, I promise! The Hiding Season is a standalone novel that has been in my mind for YEARS. It follows the story of Maya Landry, a heartbroken woman in the midst of a brutal divorce, who flees to the Rocky Mountains and takes a job as a summer caretaker on an exclusive private ski resort where the wealthiest people in the world own mountain lodges they rarely visit. Alone on the mountain all day, she hopes she can heal. But she's not alone at all. Someone else is up there. Someone with a motive to kill. After Maya stumbles upon a body, she has no choice but to run for her life. One man says he can help her, but can she trust him? Can she trust anyone? With little choice, she has to find a place to lie low. This will be her hiding season.

You’ll notice that the US cover lists Ava Glass as the author, but the UK cover has AC Glass instead. I know what you're all going to ask me – Why AC Glass? Good question. And I'd have to direct you to Penguin UK for an answer. 😂 It wasn't my idea, but I'm rolling with it. This is something publishers do, and I'd love to explain it but I don't understand it myself. We accept what we cannot change, friends.

Which cover do you like better? I think the differences are fascinating. And in the end, what matters is the book inside, and I'm so proud of this one. It's the most complex, unpredictable, dark, dangerous thriller I've ever written. It takes place in two places where I used to live. Places I know and feel in my bones. It's based on a job my oldest friend actually HAD for a while. You see, her job was to take care of billionaire's ski lodges at an exclusive private resort in the summer, when all the owners were away. She often spent whole days on the mountain without seeing another living human. I always told her it would be a great place to find a body. I can't wait for you to read it.

Out March 2026 in the UK, Ireland, the US, and Canada and available to pre-order now!