Little One (Pre-Order Feb 3th 2026)

Little One by Olivia Muenter Pre-Order Feb 3th 2026 

A searing novel from the USA Today bestselling author of Such a Bad Influence, Little One follows a young woman whose carefully rebuilt life begins to unravel when a journalist resurfaces the truth about her hidden upbringing.

From the outside, Catharine West’s childhood seemed idyllic—barefoot afternoons in sunlit gardens, tomatoes plucked warm from the vine, and a communal farm built on ideals of simplicity and togetherness. Her father’s quiet magnetism drew people searching for something better, and for a time, the world beyond the farm’s gates felt distant and unnecessary. But as Catharine grew older, the place she was taught to love began to shift into something darker, more controlling, and impossible to escape unchanged.

A decade after fleeing the farm, Catharine has reinvented herself—until a charming journalist reaches out with unsettling questions about a so-called cult in central Florida and a girl known as “Catharine-with-an-A.” When she realizes how much he already knows, Catharine agrees to talk, believing that if she stays one step ahead, she might finally find the one person she never meant to leave behind—her sister, Linna—while keeping her own secrets buried.

Sharp-eyed and sweltering, Little One explores the terror of reckoning with who you were shaped to be versus who you want to become. An achingly perceptive examination of modern womanhood, wellness culture, and the seductive pull of self-improvement, it asks an unsettling question: How far would you go to be good?