Malin Akerman is lending her voice to tell a new story from *The Hunting Wives *author May Cobb.

Akerman, who stars in the Netflix series adaptation of The Hunting Wives, has joined the audiobook production of Cobb’s upcoming novel, All the Little Houses, The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively reveal. The actress will voice the chapters of the main character, Charleigh Anderson.

Other narrators include Allyson Ryan (narrating Nellie Jo Anderson chapters), Alexandra Hunter (narrating Jane Swift chapters) and James Fouhey (narrating Jackson Lee Ford chapters).

“I would play any character in May Cobb’s delicious worlds! It is such a thrill to voice these complicated and complex women. I’m honored to be included,” Akerman said in a statement.

Cobb’s upcoming book, releasing on Jan. 20, 2026, is a thriller “about mean girls, mean moms, and the delicious secrets inside all the little houses.”

All the Little Houses takes place in the mid-1980s in a small town of Longview, Texas. The synopsis reads, “Nellie Anderson, the beautiful daughter of the Anderson family dynasty, has burst onto the scene. She always gets what she wants. What she can’t get for herself… well, that’s what her mother is for. Because Charleigh Andersen, blond, beautiful, and ruthlessly cunning, remembers all too well having to claw her way to the top.

“When she was coming of age on the poor side of East Texas, she was a loser, an outcast, humiliated and shunned by the in-crowd, whose approval she’d so desperately thirsted for. When a prairie-kissed family moves to town, all trad wife, woodworking dad, wholesome daughter vibes, Charleigh’s entire self-made social empire threatens to crumble.”

*THR *shares an excerpt of Akerman’s narration below.

The adaptation of Cobb’s The Hunting Wives, which follows upper class Texan women who hide deadly secrets, became a breakout hit for Netflix this summer. The series from creator Rebecca Cutter was the most-viewed streaming series in the U.S. one month after its July 21 release.

Production on season two is already underway. The eight-episode season will release exclusively as a Netflix branded series in nearly all countries Netflix is available.

Akerman reprises her role as Margo alongside Brittany Snow, who plays Sophie. When announcing the show’s return, the streamer also poked fun at Akerman’s wig, after the blonde star’s noticeable brown wigs went viral after the first season, by showing the wig having its own chair on set.

Jaime Ray Newman, Dermot Mulroney, Evan Jonigkeit and George Ferrier will also star in season two.

*The Hunting Wives *from Lionsgate Television and 3 Arts Entertainment landed at Netflix after first being developed as a Starz series. Cutter is creator/showrunner/writer/EP while Erwin Stoff for 3 Arts Entertainment and Cobb are executive producers.

In a conversation with THR about season two, Snow teased, “We want to see more Margo and Sophie because they really are so problematic, and they are the reason this show is crazy. … I know you will see more of them. The decisions [Sophie] makes at the end are a reflection of how she is a dangerous person. Now in season two, you’re going to see the type of person she really is.”