
Out of Step, Into You
Farrar Straus & Giroux · Hardcover · May 20, 2025
"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.
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- Genres
- YA Lesbian, Track & Field, YA Romance - LGBTQ+
- Published
- Farrar Straus & Giroux, May 20, 2025
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"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.
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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?
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Come here for
- LGBTQ+ teen romance with a sports backdrop
- a light, serious-leaning read
Expect
- romance-first pacing
- category-leaning, not plot-heavy
Where it sits
| Track & Field | 73% |
|---|---|
| YA Lesbian | 69% |
| YA Romance - LGBTQ+ | 64% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- African American YA
- Contemporary YA Romance
- YA Romance - LGBTQ+
- Authors
- Ciera Burch
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Published
- May 20, 2025
- Format
- Hardcover
- Reading lane
- African American YA