Out of Step, into You

(Hardback)

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Taylor and Marianna were each other's whole world - best friends, running partners, practically sisters - until Marianna moved away and Taylor promptly ghosted her. When the former best friends turned rivals end up on the same cross-country team three years later, everything is a competition. and a reminder of past feelings, as well as blossoming new ones. Marianna runs because she's angry. The oldest child of a single mother, she knows all about responsibility - for her siblings, at her part-time job. She just has to stay focused and be faster than the past nipping at her heels if she wants to secure a new, brighter future. With or without Taylor. Taylor runs to prove herself. The only child of an almost-Olympian, she's no stranger to high expectations. With enough effort, she knows she can immortalize herself with a state record. Then, she can figure out her own passion. She definitely doesn't have time to untangle her emotions towards Mari. Can the girls figure out a way to work together before their past catches up with them

Reviews

"A perfectly angsty second-chance romance full of warmth, heart, and healing power. The adorable dogs just yank it over the finish line!" --Dahlia Adler, award-winning author of Cool for the Summer and Home Field Advantage

"With lovable characters and tension that's off the charts, this is a must-add to your sapphic contemporary romance collection."--Sophie Gonzales, internationally bestselling author of Never Ever Getting Back Together

"A queer romance that really goes the distance." --Kirkus Reviews

"Burch excites in this fun and heartfelt enemies-to-lovers romance that's ripe with engaging conflict, personable characters, and captivating interpersonal relationships." --Publishers Weekly

"Both Taylor and Marianna are well-drawn characters leading complex, multilayered lives, and facing a lot of coming-of-age challenges that many teens will relate to...a feel-good queer romance." --School Library Journal

Author Bio

Ciera Burch is a lifelong writer and ice cream aficionado. She has a B.A from American University and an MFA from Emerson College. Her fiction has appeared in American Literary Magazine, Underground, the art and literary journal of Georgia State University, Stork, and Blackbird. While she is originally from New Jersey, she currently resides in Washington, D.C. with her stuffed animals and far too many books. Something Kindred is her young adult debut. www.cieraburch.com