While threats to undermine the couple's growing affection come in multiple forms (Ryan's appearance-obsessed community, Beth's compulsive efforts to rescue her drug-addicted mother) McGarry (Pushing the Limits) captures their greatest obstacle: the aching vulnerability underlying Beth's tough exterior: 'Fairy-tales happen, just not to me. Raised on opposite sides of the tracks, both teens contend with selfish, manipulative parents who use their children to satisfy their own desires both also have mentors and family members offering guidance and support. The staid suburbs of Louisville, Ky., and the city's perilous underbelly provide divergent backdrops to the story's emotional and physical dangers.

Tattooed, pierced 'skater girl' Beth and high school baseball star Ryan narrate alternating chapters of this coming-of-age love story that begins with a dare and escalates into a gritty and erotic trust-building exercise. And the girl who shouldn’t let anyone get too close is daring herself to want it all…. The craziest? Asking out the Skater girl who couldn’t be less interested in him.īut what begins as a dare becomes an intense attraction and suddenly, the boy with the flawless image is risking his future for the girl he loves. Not even the friends he shares everything with, including the constant dares to do crazy things. Ryan Stone is the town golden boy, a popular baseball star jock-with secrets he can’t tell anyone. Except with the one guy who shouldn’t get her, but does….

Now she’s starting over in a school where she doesn’t fit in. Until the day her uncle swoops in and forces Beth to come live with him and an aunt who doesn’t want her there. 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. 'Well-paced, satisfying romance.' - Publishers Weekly (starred review) 'Everything-setting, characters, romance-about this novel works and works well.' - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Armentrout, Stephanie Perkins and Simone Elkeles! Book 2 in Katie McGarry’s award-winning, powerful and romantic Pushing the Limits series, perfect for fans of Jennifer L.

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