FUTURE SAINTS

For readers of DAISY JONES AND THE SIX and IN FIVE YEARS, this is a novel about a band on the brink of collapse following the death of their manager.

When young A&R exec Theo encounters the band Future Saints, they're playing a dive bar steps from their hometown. Having had moderate success, the band has been in a downward spiral following the death of their manager, to whom they were exceptionally close. And so Manifest, their record company, sends Theo to coax a record out of them. At the bar, Theo is struck right away by Hannah, the group's impetuous lead singer, who has gone off script in debuting a new song - and, in fact, a whole new sound. Theo is supposed to get the band back on track, but when their new music garners an even wider fan base than before, the plans begin to change - new tour, new record, new start. But Hannah's descent into grief has larger consequences for the group, and she's not willing to let go yet. Initially seeing Theo as an enemy, she comes to lean on him as he tries to hold the band together and chart a new course. Ashley Winstead is a chameleon writing across as many genres as she can get away with. Her bestselling, critically-acclaimed books have been translated into more than a dozen languages, optioned for television, named Library Read, Loan Star, and Amazon Editor picks, and covered everywhere from the New York Times to People magazine. She's a former academic who lives in Houston with her husband, three cats, and beloved wine fridge.