BREAKING THE RULES is a Young Adult contemporary romance published by Harlequin Teen, and is the follow-up book to Katie's PUSHING THE LIMITS. You do not want to miss Noah and Echo's story! Grab it today!
BREAKING THE RULES Synopsis:
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.
From Echo’s POV
There’s nothing
like the rush of being chased by the great Noah Hutchins…
I hold my breath
and strain to listen past the late-day birds singing in the branches above. The
fine hair on the back of my neck rises as if Noah has appeared behind me and
deliciously blown over my skin. I close my eyes. He’s so near I can imagine his
body wrapped around mine.
Noah is wily and
good at seeking, but I’m crafty and better at hiding. I edge to the side again
and in painfully slow movements look behind me and…
“Gotcha.”
I scream. Loudly.
My heart ramming through my chest. Birds’ wings beat together as dozens of them
take to the sky. The moment I spot the laughter in Noah’s chocolate-brown eyes,
my scream quickly morphs into a fit of giggles. He reaches for me, but I
stumble back from the solid arm attempting to sneak around my back.
“You’re not
getting away this time.” Noah’s deep voice vibrates down to my soul.
Noah’s arm slides
one way and in a maneuver so slick it seems choreographed, I slip to the side,
once again barely dodging his grasp.
“You’re too slow,”
I taunt as I gain traction and sprint for the field of untamed wildflowers. The
white-and-yellow daisies brush against my legs as I push forward. My skirt
swishes against my thighs, and I love how the smooth material grazes my skin.
Clean air fills my lungs, and my blood beats manically in my veins. Never in my
life have I felt so alive. So high that I’m soaring.
“I’m letting you
win,” he calls out.
“You are not.” I
slow and pivot to watch as he struts behind me. The tall grass and flowers
reach his jean-covered legs. For once, his dark hair doesn’t hide his eyes, and
I love the spark of naughtiness in them. “You’re sore that you’re losing.”
He flashes the
type of grin that encourages tingles. “You’re becoming cocky, Echo.”
I laugh, and the
sound causes his smile to widen. Even though he’s slow in his approach, his
wide gait closes the distance between us faster than I’d like. I steadily walk
backward, unable to tear my eyes off the fluid way he moves. “Now, now. Out of
the two of us, we both know you own that title.”
“Own it, wear it,
I am it. I’ve never claimed differently.”
Nope, he never
has. Noah is exactly who I see. A few months away from Kentucky, away from
home, the rough foster kid is evolving into a man.
“Hey, Echo.” Noah
gestures with his chin that he has something important to say, and I stall,
watching as his gaze falls to my midriff. “Your tank rode up.”
I peer down and in
a heartbeat realize my mistake when grass rustles and Noah grabs my waist. In a
dizzying circle, my arms wrap around his neck and somehow we both end up on the
ground. Me on top. Noah on the bottom. As always, Noah becomes my safe place to
land.
With a wink, Noah
rolls us, reversing our positions, but I don’t complain. I dream of his body
over me. The heavy sensation is familiar and addictive. Noah skims his nose
along the side of my neck, and the pleasing tickle causes me to suck in air.
“I won,” he
whispers against my skin.
I find myself in a
waking dream as I savor his caresses. “Did not.”
Noah presses a
kiss to that sensitive spot behind my ear. A stream of warmth floods my body.
Longing for more, I twist to expose my neck.
“Did, too.” His
hands roam, sliding to my side. I melt and tense at the same time. We’re in the
wide open, but I can’t stop the way my body molds to his. My fingers bunch the
material of his shirt as I play with the idea of removing it. We’re far from
the walking trail, far from the campsite. How many people, besides Noah and me,
allow themselves to wander to the point of being lost?
“You said you
could find me in five minutes,” I say softly. “That was longer than five
minutes.”
“Echo,” he says as
he raises his head. His fingers begin this little dance. Moving up then slowly
down. Each down is slightly lower and promises very wicked things.
“Yes?”
“I’ve got you
beneath me and not a person in sight. That’s winning.”
A peacefulness
unfurls within me. I have to agree. That is winning.
And don’t forget to read the first books in the Pushing the Limits Series…
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.
# 1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki.
Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV.
She also writes adult and New Adult romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.
