"A perfectly angsty second-chance romance." βDahlia Adler, award-winning author of Cool for the Summer and Home Field Advantage
Out of Step, into You is a sapphic contemporary romance following childhood friends turned cross-country team rivals who are forced to work together to win the state championship β for fans of Kelly Quindlen and Rachael Lippincott.
You canβt outrun love.
Taylor and Marianna were each otherβs whole world β best friends, running partners, practically sisters β 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 old feelings, as well as blossoming new ones.
Marianna runs because sheβs angry.The oldest child of a single mother, she knows all about responsibility β 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 a Divison 1 athlete, sheβs no stranger to high expectations. With enough effort, she knows she can immortalize herself with a state record and make her parents proud. Then, she can discover her own passion. She definitely doesnβt have time to untangle her feelings towards Mari.
Can this pair figure out a way to work together before their past catches up with them?