Out of Step, into You

"A perfectly angsty second-chance romance." -Dahlia 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 - for fans of Kelly Quindlen and Rachael Lippincott.
You can't outrun love.
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 old 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 a Divison 1 athlete, she's 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 doesn't 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?

Ciera Burch is the author of Something Kindred and Out of Step, into You. She has a B.A from American University and an MFA from Emerson College. When she's not reading or listening to podcasts, she can probably be found playing Dungeons & Dragons, eating ice cream, or trying to learn how to crochet. While she is originally from New Jersey, she currently resides in Washington, D.C. with her stuffed animals and far too many books and D&D dice.