Out of Step, Into You by Ciera Burch

Out of Step, Into You

Ciera Burch

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?

Romance, On Ice

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 & Field73%
YA Lesbian69%
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