{"product_id":"the-mother-i-did-not-know","title":"The Mother I Did Not Know","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-Order • Ships August 31, 2026 (possibly sooner, editing is ahead of schedule)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat a mother buries always comes back.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mother I Did Not Know\u003c\/em\u003e is the debut psychological suspense novel from K.B. Cordova and Book One of The Casita Series. For thirty years, across thousands of fifty-minute sessions, Dr. Mari Vega has kept Santa Fe's quietest emergencies to herself. She is fifty-two, the closest friend of a curandera, and the inheritor of generations of Vega women who learned to keep silent to survive. She is good at keeping everyone's secrets. She is even better at keeping her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis week, three patients walk into her office without referrals. A widow who does not believe her husband jumped from the bell tower of the La Fonda Hotel. A British corporate lawyer whose accent slips on a single American vowel. A young woman who keeps repeating one question: are abusers and their victims the same thing?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the third session, the case notes Mari swears she wrote are not the notes sitting in her file. By the eighth, she is no longer sure which patient she is treating, which one she is hunting, and which one is hunting her. Then her daughter Sofia returns to the family casita after three years of silence, carrying a folder she will not open.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in dual voices, the clinical case file and the off-record journal beneath it, the novel braids twelve sessions of suspicion and slow revelation against the high desert of northern New Mexico. The malpractice case Mari buried eight years ago is about to surface. The Vega women have kept silent for four generations across two centuries. And the mother Sofia remembers is not the mother who has been writing these notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA first look, from the opening pages\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen I asked why she chose me, she said, \"Because you used to be famous for treating men like him.\" I corrected her. I am not famous, and I do not treat men like him. I treat the people they hurt. She smiled and said, \"Same thing, then.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat is included with your direct pre-order\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst-edition printing of the debut novel (paperback and hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Reader's Companion delivered to your inbox: character family tree, Santa Fe and Abiquiú map, author notes on the case-files form, and the first chapter of Book Two as a preview\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Reader's Companion is a direct-order exclusive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat makes this book different\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA therapist thriller where the case-notes structure itself becomes the deception. A Hispana protagonist and a Genízara identity reclamation arc that respects the historical and cultural weight of the lineage. The New Mexico high desert at the center, not the margins. A twist you will want to talk about the moment you finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBest for\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders of \u003cem\u003eThe Silent Patient\u003c\/em\u003e by Alex Michaelides, \u003cem\u003eMexican Gothic\u003c\/em\u003e by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, \u003cem\u003eThe Push\u003c\/em\u003e by Ashley Audrain, and \u003cem\u003eThe Hacienda\u003c\/em\u003e by Isabel Cañas. Book club readers. Hispano and Genízara readers looking for representation that does the homework.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eReading on Kindle?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ebook edition is available exclusively on Amazon Kindle. This shop carries the first-edition print copies and the Reader's Companion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEdition details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaperback and hardcover, direct from the publisher. By K.B. Cordova. Published by \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/about\"\u003eThrive Collective Publishing\u003c\/a\u003e. Ships August 31, 2026 (possibly sooner). The Casita Series, Book One.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout K.B. Cordova\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eK.B. Cordova writes psychological suspense set in northern New Mexico, about secrets that travel further than the people who keep them. She lives in Santa Fe. \u003cem\u003eThe Mother I Did Not Know\u003c\/em\u003e is her debut novel and the first in The Casita Series. Visit her \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/kb-cordova\"\u003eauthor page\u003c\/a\u003e for more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAdvance praise\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuotes from advance readers will appear here as they come in. To request an advance reader copy for review, email \u003ca href=\"mailto:info@thrivecollectivehq.com\"\u003einfo@thrivecollectivehq.com\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePre-order questions, answered\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen will my book ship?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll pre-orders ship by August 31, 2026 (possibly sooner, since editing is running ahead of schedule). Direct buyers from Thrive Collective Publishing ship first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat do direct buyers get?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery direct pre-order is part of the first-edition printing and includes the digital Reader's Companion. The Companion is a direct-order exclusive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs there an ebook?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ebook edition is available exclusively on Amazon Kindle. This shop carries the first-edition print copies and the Reader's Companion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is the Reader's Companion?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA digital PDF companion piece for The Casita Series, delivered to your inbox after purchase.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat does first edition mean?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePre-order copies come from the first printing. Later printings are noted on the copyright page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan I cancel my pre-order?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes. 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