A Dragoness Survival Tale, Cozy Fantasy, and More New YA Book Releases for April 1, 2026

Seventeen-year-old Meena always has her eyes on the prize. He is met with silence when asked to tell his father anything about his Egyptian heritage or his mother’s mysterious death.

So when Mina is invited by her aunt to visit Haikal Mansion, her mother’s childhood home in El Agami, she is excited to walk the grounds of her family’s homeland and learn more about the mother she never knew about. Sure, doing this will require him to tell some lies, but it’s worth it.

But when Mina returns home from Egypt, she is not alone. A sinister entity has returned to California with her, and Mina realizes she must sacrifice the people she loves to stop the entity from taking over. Fighting alone is no longer an option, so Mina must team up with Jessie. He is the son of a local mortician and is extremely hostile, seemingly completely immune to the entity’s power. Too bad Jesse doesn’t want to cooperate with Mina – that is, until he realizes he has to and that the secrets his family and Mina hold may be the key to defeating this monster.

You can pick up this book in your preferred format, hardcover or paperback, as it is a dual/simultaneous release.