A summer road trip changes everything in this unforgettable new tale from acclaimed author Katie McGarry.
For new high school graduate Echo Emerson, a summer road trip out west with her boyfriend means getting away and forgetting what makes her so . . . different. It means seeing cool sights while selling her art at galleries along the way. And most of all, it means almost three months alone with Noah Hutchins, the hot, smart, soul-battered guy who’s never judged her. Echo and Noah share everything–except the one thing Echo’s just not ready for.
But when the source of Echo’s constant nightmares comes back into her life, she has to make some tough decisions about what she really wants–even as foster kid Noah’s search for his last remaining relatives forces them both to confront some serious truths about life, love, and themselves.
Now, with one week left before college orientation, jobs and real life, Echo must decide if Noah’s more than the bad-boy fling everyone warned her he’d be. And the last leg of an amazing road trip will turn . . . seriously epic.
Have you read the other books in the Pushing the Limits Series?
So wrong for each other …and yet so right.
No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with “freaky” scars on her arms. Even Echo can’t remember the whole truth of that horrible night. All she knows is that she wants everything to go back to normal.
But when Noah Hutchins, the smoking-hot, girl-using loner in the black leather jacket, explodes into her life with his tough attitude and surprising understanding, Echo’s world shifts in ways she could never have imagined. They should have nothing in common. And with the secrets they both keep, being together is pretty much impossible.
Yet the crazy attraction between them refuses to go away. And Echo has to ask herself just how far they can push the limits and what she’ll risk for the one guy who might teach her how to love again.
Katie McGarry captivated readers with her “riveting, emotional”* Young Adult debut, Pushing the Limits. In this gripping novella, she tells the story of Lila and Lincoln, who discover that sometimes it’s worth crossing the line for love…
Lila McCormick, Echo’s best friend from Pushing the Limits, first met Lincoln Turner when tragedy struck both their lives. But she never expected their surprise encounter would lead to two years of exchanging letters—or that she’d fall for the boy she’s only seen once. Their relationship is a secret, but Lila feels closer to Lincoln than anyone else. Until she finds out that he lied to her about the one thing she depended on him for the most.
Hurting Lila is the last thing Lincoln wanted. For two years, her letters have been the only thing getting him through the day. Admitting his feelings would cross a line he’s never dared breach before. But Lincoln will do whatever it takes to fix his mistakes, earn Lila’s forgiveness—and finally win a chance to be with the girl he loves.
Ryan lowers his lips to my ear. “Dance with me, Beth.”
“No.” I whisper the reply. I hate him and I hate myself for wanting him to touch me again….
“I dare you…”
If anyone knew the truth about Beth Risk’s home life, they’d send her mother to jail and seventeen-year-old Beth who knows where. So she protects her mom at all costs. Until the day her uncle swoops in and forces Beth to choose between her mom’s freedom and her own happiness. That’s how Beth finds herself living with an aunt who doesn’t want her and going to a school that doesn’t understand her. At all. Except for the one guy who shouldn’t get her, but does….
Ryan Stone is the town golden boy, a popular baseball star jock-with secrets he can’t tell anyone. Not even the friends he shares everything with, including the constant dares to do crazy things. The craziest? Asking out the Skater girl who couldn’t be less interested in him.
But what begins as a dare becomes an intense attraction neither Ryan nor Beth expected. Suddenly, the boy with the flawless image risks his dreams-and his life-for the girl he loves, and the girl who won’t let anyone get too close is daring herself to want it all….
From acclaimed author Katie McGarry comes an explosive new tale of a romance forged in the fast lane
The girl with straight A’s and the perfect life—that’s who people expect Rachel Young to be. So the private school junior keeps secrets from her wealthy family…and she’s just added two more to the list. One involves racing strangers down dark country roads in her Mustang GT. The other? Seventeen-year-old Isaiah Walker—a guy she has no business even talking to. But after the foster kid with the tattoos and intense gray eyes comes to her rescue, she can’t get him out of her mind.
The last thing Isaiah needs is to get tangled up with a rich girl who wants to slum it on the south side for kicks. But when their shared love of street racing puts their lives in jeopardy, Isaiah and Rachel will have six weeks to come up with a way out. Six weeks to discover just how far they’ll go to save each other.
Bonus novella included: Crossing the Line.
Acclaimed author Katie McGarry returns with the knockout new story of two high school seniors who are about to learn what winning really means.
Champion kickboxer Haley swore she’d never set foot in the ring again after one tragic night. But then the guy she can’t stop thinking about accepts a mixed martial arts fight in her honor. Suddenly, Haley has to train West Young. All attitude, West is everything Haley promised herself she’d stay away from. Yet he won’t last five seconds in the ring without her help.
West is keeping a big secret from Haley. About who he really is. But helping her-fighting for her-is a shot at redemption. Especially since it’s his fault his family is falling apart. He can’t change the past, but maybe he can change Haley’s future.
Hayley and West have agreed to keep their relationship strictly in the ring. But as an unexpected bond forms between them and attraction mocks their best intentions, they’ll face their darkest fears and discover love is worth fighting for.
Colorado Springs, CO
There’s nothing like the rush of being chased by the great Noah Hutchins.
Yesterday, we stayed the night in a hotel room. Tonight, we’re at a campground outside Colorado Springs, but I don’t mind it. Especially since the two of us have left behind the problems we ran into in Alamosa and have returned to complete and utter freedom.
The bark of the huge tree I hide behind is rough on my back, and I slowly slide against it as I chance a glance behind me. The fading evening light dances in the thick forest and reveals the green on the trees and the dirt of the ground, but what I see deceives me. If only by sense, I know Noah is close.
Twice he has almost caught me and twice I’ve eluded his grasp. Both times, if Noah wanted, he could have trapped me, but like me, he loves this game.
Message from Katie
In PUSHING THE LIMITS, Echo and Noah go through a ton of emotional issues. Echo fights to regain her memory of a night that left her physically and emotionally scarred. Noah learns how to let go of his brothers and do what is best for their future.
At the beginning of BREAKING THE RULES, we meet up with Echo and Noah at the tail end of their summer trip. The two of them have broken from molds created for them in Kentucky and have learned to become free.
But here’s the problem…soon they’ll be returning home and does that mean returning to their old problems? Or are Echo and Noah strong enough in who they have become and in their love for one another to remain happy and free?
Follow along with the rest of the road trip…there’s a different stop and a new giveaway each day!
December 15-Vilma’s Book Blog
December 16–True Story Book Blog
December 17–KimberlyFaye Reads
December 18–Krista’s Dust Jacket
December 19–Nose Stuck in a Book
December 20–TSK TSK What to Read
December 21–K-Books
December 22–A Bookish Escape
December 23–Stuck in Books
December 24–Jenuine Cupcakes
Katie McGarry was a teenager during the age of grunge and boy bands and remembers those years as the best and worst of her life. She is a lover of music, happy endings, reality television, and is a secret University of Kentucky basketball fan.
Katie is the author of full length YA novels, PUSHING THE LIMITS, DARE YOU TO, CRASH INTO YOU, TAKE ME ON, BREAKING THE RULES, and NOWHERE BUT HERE and the e-novellas, CROSSING THE LINE and RED AT NIGHT. Her debut YA novel, PUSHING THE LIMITS was a 2012 Goodreads Choice Finalist for YA Fiction, a RT Magazine’s 2012 Reviewer’s Choice Awards Nominee for Young Adult Contemporary Novel, a double Rita Finalist, and a 2013 YALSA Top Ten Teen Pick. DARE YOU TO was also a Goodreads Choice Finalist for YA Fiction and won RT Magazine’s Reviewer’s Choice Best Book Award for Young Adult Contemporary fiction in 2013. Find out more info on her website.
I have gone on a road trip, but it has been awhile. I need to go on another, because I love them too. Thanks for having the giveaway.
Thank you!
I have. Sadly, I don’t go as often as I’d desire. Thanks for the post!
Yay. I love road trips.
Our summer vacations are normally road trips. LOVE them!!!
I hate road trips. Of course the only ones I ever went on were more nonstop driving as a kid.
yes, i love breaking the rules
I’ve never been on a real road trip. Long drives from point A to B, but nothing I would consider a road trip. Something I hope to do someday.
Road trips are the best – especially with good friends. I must admit that the ones from my single days were the best, but they are still fun now. It’s a great way to see the country.
I’ve never been on a road trip, but I’ve always wanted to! I can’t wait to read this book. I’ve missed Noah and Echo!!
Yes, almost every summer
yes love road trips
Yes! Road trips are my favorite kind of trips!
Yep, I get restless after 3-4 hours.
Yes I guess you would say that’s what it was. I went to Virginia with my best friend to see her fiancee who was in the marines!!
Yes, and we’ve actually left the house before without anything since it was unplanned and had to stop and buy a change of clothes and toiletries, plus a hair dryer and curling iron for me.
I love road trips! This looks so good! Excited to read it! Love stories about road trips! Thanks!
I’ve never been on a road trip but i’d love to ! 🙂
I’ve been on road trips with my husband and kids. Not so much fun…..
I’ve gone on so many road trips! My most recent one was to AZ with my basketball team last weekend for a tournament! We had about a 6 hour drive each way and I had a great time with my teammates!
I haven’t been on a road trip
These sound so great. I’d love to read these.