THE FAVORITES

#1 Audible bestseller Layne Fargo takes a fierce step into women's fiction a la Carrie Soto Is Back and Romantic Comedy with a modern reimagining of Wuthering Heights set in the intense, dramatic world of elite figure skating.

Champion ice dancers Katarina Shaw and Heath Rocha were famous for their scorching chemistry on the rinkand infamous for their tempestuous relationship off ituntil a shocking incident during the Olympics brought their days as a duo to a sudden end. As the ten-year anniversary of their final skate approaches, an unauthorized documentary reignites the public obsession with Shaw and Rocha, claiming to uncover the "real story" through interviews with their closest friends and fiercest rivals. Katarina wants nothing to do with the documentary. But she can't stand the thought of someone else defining her legacy either. So, after a decade of silence, she's telling her story, from the childhood tragedies that first bonded her and Heath to the competing ambitions that finally tore them apart. Sensational rumors have haunted Shaw and Rocha's every step for years. but the truth may be even more outrageous than the headlines. Shifting between Katarina's own account of her athletic career and snippets from the tell-all film, THE FAVORITES is a glittering, conversation-sparking page-turnerexploring desire and friendship and cutting through double standards and media toxicity with a blade as sharp as any Olympic gold medalist's. Layne Fargo writes dark, dramatic stories that support women's rightsand also women's wrongs. She's the author of the novels They Never Learn and Temper, co-author of the #1 bestselling Audible Original series Young Rich Widows, and co-creator of the Unlikeable Female Characters podcast on Lit Hub Radio. Before becoming a full-time writer, Layne worked as a dramaturg, a librarian, and a knowledge manager, and she still loves going down a good research rabbit hole.