Out of Step, Into You

By: Ciera Burch

A sapphic young adult contemporary romance following childhood friends turned cross-country team rivals who are forced to work together to win the state championship -- for fans of SHE GETS THE GIRL.

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?