A Very Happy Book Birthday to Katie McGarry! How many of you are fans of her Pushing the Limits? If so, than you will want too read Breaking the Rules! Read down for an excerpt and your chance to win an autograph set of Pushing the Limits!
Breaking the RulesBy Katie McGarry
Publication Date: December 8, 2014
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
About Breaking the Rules
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.
Excerpt Time
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
“You said you could find me in five minutes,” I say softly. “That was longer than five
“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.
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About Katie McGarry
Katie McGarry was a teenager during the age of grunge and boy bands and
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.
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