Every Step She Takes: A Novel

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A swoon-worthy sapphic romance following two women who are thrown together on a European adventure, from the Lambda Literary Awardwinning author of the sexy, insightful, and utterly charming (BuzzFeed) Kiss Her Once for Me.

Thirty-five-year-old Seattleite Sadie Wells needs an escape. Shes desperate to escape her monotonous routines, the family business that has consumed her entire life, and the unexpected gay panic that has her questioning everything she thought she knew about herself. So when her injured sister offers Sadie her place on a tour along Portugals Camino de Santiago, she decides this is the perfect chance to get away from it all.

After three glasses of wine on the plane and some turbulence convince Sadie she wont even survive the flight, she confesses all her secrets to her seatmate, Mal. The problem: the plane doesnt crash, and it turns out Mal is on her Camino tour. Worst of all, Sadie learns that she is on a tour specifically for queer women, and that her two-hundred-mile trek will be a journey of self-discovery, whether she wants it to be or not.

Fascinated by the woman who drunkenly came out to her on the plane, Mal offers to help Sadie relive the queer adolescence she missed out on as they walk the Camino. As Sadie develops her newfound confidence, Mal grapples with a complicated loss and unexpected inheritance. But as their relationship blurs the lines between reality and practice, they both must decide if they will forever part at the end of the tour or chart a new course together.

With funny, poignant (Publishers Weekly, starred review) prose, Alison Cochrun explores the power of letting go of your past and realizing that its never too late to live as your authentic self.

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With Every Step She Takes, Alison Cochrunhas once again crafted a gorgeous, nuanced, coming-of-age and love story all wrapped up in one. This book will make late bloomers feel seen and anyone with a beating heartfeel. Ill read absolutely anything Alison Cochrun writes.
Rachel Runya Katz, author of Whenever Youre Ready
Alison Cochrun has done it again. Every Step She Takesis a heartfelt pilgrimage of self-discovery, sexy in its vulnerability and intimacy. For the late bloomers finding themselves, and forgiving themselves, and discovering theyre exactly where theyre supposed to be.
Rachael Lippincott, New York Times bestselling author of She Gets the Girl
Witty, moving and unforgettable, Every Step She Takes will immediately win your heart. Alison Cochrun has a special way of making her characters shine through their humor and vulnerabilities. Throw into the mix a literal trek to self-discovery filled with practice kisses and the quaint Portuguese and Spanish backdrop of el Camino, and you get the perfect kind of romance.
Elena Armas, New York Times bestselling author of The Spanish Love Deception
"Every Step She Takeshealed something in me that I didn't even know was broken. Alison Cochrun is an absolute master of the genre, seamlessly combining powerful journeys of self-discovery with the most heart-warming love stories. Sadie and Mal's trek along the Camino was so brilliantly painted, I felt like I was on the trail withthem. Told with humor and so much heart, Every Step She Takes should be at the top of everyone's TBR pile. A truly perfect romance."
Falon Ballard, USA Todaybestselling authorof Change of Heart

Author Bio

Alison Cochrun is a former high school English teacher and a current writer of queer love stories, includingThe Charm Offensive,Kiss Her Once for Me, Here We Go Again,and Every Step She Takes. She lives outside of Portland, Oregon, with her wife, her son, and two very needy dogs. You can find her online at AlisonCochrun.com or on Instagram as @AlisonCochrun.