“Gritty and real, Only a Breath Apart is a story of hope conjured from pain, strength drawn from innocence, and love earned from self-respect. Beautiful, poignant, and fierce.”
―Kristen Simmons, critically acclaimed author of the Article 5 series
Jesse dreams of working the land that’s been in his family forever. But he’s cursed to lose everything he loves most.
Scarlett is desperate to escape her “charmed” life. But leaving a small town is easier said than done.
Despite their history of heartbreak, when Jesse sees a way they can work together to each get what they want, Scarlett can’t say no. Each midnight meeting between Jesse and Scarlett will push them to confront their secrets and their feelings for each other.
“A gorgeous, heartfelt journey of redemption and love” (Wendy Higgins), ONLY A BREATH APART is a young adult contemporary novel from critically acclaimed Katie McGarry. “Haunting, authentic, and ultimately hopeful” (Tammara Webber), ONLY A BREATH APART will be available on all retailers on January 22, 2019!Would you dare to defy destiny? Are our destinies written in stone? Do we become nothing more than the self-fulfilling prophesies of other people's opinions? Or can we dare to become who we believe we were born to be?
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Katie McGarry Bio:
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.
This is such a cute cover!! This is the first I've heard of this book, but I'll have to add it to my TBR! Thanks for sharing :D
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy Katie McGarry's books, and I was excited to see she's written something new! It sounds like it's going to be really good! Have you read her other books?
DeleteOooo! Fun cover!
ReplyDeleteI love it! It feels so summery, too. ☀
DeleteThat sounds like it would be a good story.
ReplyDeleteI cannot wait to read it! Too bad the release date is NEXT YEAR, haha.
DeleteIt's an author I heard a lot about but I haven't tried yet
ReplyDeletePushing the Limits was my first by this author and I LOVED it! Say You'll Remember Me is really good, too. I hope you're able to read something by here soon! There's a lot to choose from.
DeleteThis cover is quite intriguing. - Katie
ReplyDeleteRealistically, laying in the grass makes you itchy, haha! I think they should be laying on a blanket, but for the sake of a gorgeous cover--this does the trick. I also really like the dress she's wearing. <3
DeleteI adoooore the romantic vibe of this cover! And I really need to give Katie McGarry another shot--wasn't a fan of Say You'll Remember Me. D:
ReplyDelete- Aimee @ Aimee, Always
I'm sorry Say You'll Remember Me didn't work for you! I enjoyed it and thought the author did a good job of conveying some of the issues we see in society today. People are often bullied into admitting to crimes they didn't commit, especially teenagers and kids, and then their lives are forever changed by that moment. They don't realize how admitting to something they didn't do can have lasting consequences throughout the rest of their lives. It's also common for them to be assigned an attorney that's already slammed with cases and cannot devote the time necessary to each induvial case.
DeleteMaybe this one will be a better fit for you! I hope so, because that cover is lovely!
It feels as though it's been ages since I've read a Katie McGarry novel, the swooning, the intense drama! I absolutely loved her Pushing The Limits series and can't wait for this! Thanks so much for sharing Linds darling ♥♥♥
ReplyDeleteI've read the first three books in that series, I think. It's been ages, so I'm having trouble remembering exactly... and I think there were four books total... or five? I need to go back and re-read that one and finish the ones I never started.
DeleteI love the cover and the book sounds really good. I have to give this one a try.
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The synopsis leaves you with a lot of questions! Why is he cursed? Why was charmed in parenthesis? I cannot wait to find out!
DeleteI am sooo excited for this one, Lindsi! I just ador Katie McGarry and inhale everything she writes. :) January can’t come soon enough!
ReplyDeleteI need to catch up on some of her other books, like the Thunder Road series, and I hope to get to them sooner rather than later. What has been your favorite book by her so far? I seem to always start a series and never finish it.
DeleteStill catching up... I can't believe how far behind I am.
DeleteIt would be sooo hard for me to pick a favorite by Katie McGarry. I *seriously* love her books. In almost every book I feel so deeply for her characters and get brought to tears a lot. I remember when I was reading Breaking the Rules and tweeting Katie that I was sobbing and Echo and Noah were breaking my heart. She tweeted back that they were going to be okay. LOL
In the Pushing the Limits series, if I 8had* to pick a favorite it would probably be Crash Into You. It was #3 in the series and I absolutely fell in love with Isaiah. Love him. In the Thunder Road series... wow. All three books are so good, but I have a soft spot for the first book. Loved Oz and Emily. But Razor from the second book was amazing. Gah! That's it... don't make me pick a favorite! LOL
Haha! I'll take them all into consideration. ;)
DeleteWhat a cute cover! It sounds like a great summery read :) Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteBrittany @ Brittany's Book Rambles
I thought the same thing! Too bad it comes out in January, right? Maybe it will bring a little warmth in those colder months! <3
DeleteYES! I am such a big fan of McGarry and can't wait for her next book!!
ReplyDeleteNicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction
I think it's going to be sweet and a lot of fun!
DeleteIt feels like forever since I've read a Katie McGarry novel! I'm definitely adding this one to my tbr!
ReplyDeleteI feel like I've started all of her series but still need to finish them! I love that she uses different perspectives set in the same world/time. Say You'll Remember Me was my most recent read!
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