One moment...
That’s all it takes to change your life.
What happens when your entire future is on the line because of one reckless moment? This is what Breanna Miller and Thomas “Razor” Turner have to face in Katie McGarry’s WALK THE EDGE. Blackmail, family secrets, future plans on the verge of collapsing, two people who aren’t supposed to be together fall in love, and the power of social media in defining who you are when you’re not even sure who that person is yet…Join the Club and and immerse yourself in the world of the Reign of Terror. Pick up WALK THE EDGE today!
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One moment of recklessness will change their worlds
Smart. Responsible. That's seventeen-year-old Breanna's role in her large family, and heaven forbid she put a toe out of line. Until one night of shockingly un-Breanna-like behavior puts her into a vicious cyberbully's line of fire—and brings fellow senior Thomas "Razor" Turner into her life.
Razor lives for the Reign of Terror motorcycle club, and good girls like Breanna just don't belong. But when he learns she's being blackmailed over a compromising picture of the two of them—a picture that turns one unexpected and beautiful moment into ugliness—he knows it's time to step outside the rules.
And so they make a pact: he'll help her track down her blackmailer, and in return she'll help him seek answers to the mystery that's haunted him—one that not even his club brothers have been willing to discuss. But the more time they spend together, the more their feelings grow. And suddenly they're both walking the edge of discovering who they really are, what they want, and where they're going from here.
EXCERPT
I know that the capital of Bolivia is Sucre. I know that the
average distance from the earth to the moon is 238,900 miles. I also know that
blue whales can go six months without eating. Random, bizarre stuff. That’s
what my head is full of. Nothing that will boost my math scores on the ACT or
secure me a date to prom. Nothing that will save me and my best friend from
this being our last day on the planet.
While
my brain is obviously wired differently, there are certain common sense rules
all girls in town comprehend. It’s not knowledge that has to be taught, like
when I was six and my oldest brother spent weeks teaching me to tie my shoes or
how at four my older sister spared a few minutes from her overly important life
to show me how to spell my name.
In
fact, sitting here on the top step to the entrance of Snowflake High watching
this potential disaster unfold, I search my memory for the first person who
warned me to steer clear of the Reign of Terror Motorcycle Club.
There
was no pamphlet handed out during health class. No sex conversation like the
one my mom had with me in Kindergarten because I referred to a certain male
body part by the same name as a round toy. Stupid brothers teaching me their
stupid slang.
But
when it pertains to the threat that is the Reign of Terror MC, it’s not
learned, it’s known. Like how an infant understands how to suck in a breath at
the moment of birth or how a newborn foal wobbles to his legs. It’s
instinctual. It’s ingrained. It’s fact.
“Do you
think his motorcycle will work this time?” Addison asks.
“Hope
so,” I breathe out, too terrified to speak at a normal level in fear of drawing
the scrutiny of the men wearing black leather vests who circle the broke-down
bike. Reign of Terror arches over the
top of the black vest, in the middle is a half skull with fire blazing out of
the eye sockets and drops of fire rain around it. It’s ominous and I shiver.
Addison
and I sit huddled close. Legs touching. Shoulders bumped into the other. We’d
probably hold hands if we didn’t have our welcome back to school information
folders gripped tightly to our chests. Because we can’t spawn eyes in the back
of our head, we lean against the large pillar of the overhang so no one can
sneak up on us from behind.
It’s
edging toward nine in the evening but the August sun hasn’t completely set.
Darkness, though, has claimed most of the sky. Temperatures during the
afternoon hit over a hundred and I swear the concrete stairs and pillar
absorbed every ounce of today’s sunshine and is not transferring the heat onto
my body.
Sweat
rolls down my back and I shift to peel my thighs off the step. Why I thought it
was a fantastic idea to wear the jean skirt, I have no idea.
I take
that back. I do have a clue for my clothing choice. Tonight is the first time
my entire grade was together in one room since the end of last year. My goal
for the year may seem simple to some, but to me, it sometimes feels impossible.
I’d like to be seen, to be known as something more than freakishly smart
Breanna Miller at least once before I leave this town. I’d like to somehow find
the courage to be on the outside who I am on the inside.
An
annoying sixth sense informs me that I’m about to make a huge impression—on the
evening news: two friends on the verge of
starting their senior year vanish without a trace. Because that’s how
motorcycle clubs would handle this—they’ll kidnap us and then hide our bodies
after they’re finished with whatever ritual act they’ll use to perform.
My knee
begins to bounce. Mom and Dad left after my failed attempt to convince them to
let me attend High Grove Academy and they promised to return in time for
pickup.
The
senior welcome session ended at eight and the parking lot cleared out by eight
twenty. The straggling parents arrived by eight thirty and that left Addison
and me alone with blond-haired biker boy and his dilapidated machine.
He
called his buddies around the same time I tried the various members of my
family for the fiftieth time. His gang showed in a chrome procession in less
than ten minutes. I’m still waiting to hear from anyone I’m related to.
REVIEW
the good girl meets the bad boy and make a dangerous friendship.
One needed the other to solve their problems, but eventually found a new problem when the attraction they felt for each other became too strong.
Breanna wanted to be someone ordinary but Razor needed someone out of the ordinary to help him figure out how his mother died.
Secrets from past are revealed, feelings grow, the danger is lurking... Would they have any chance?
One needed the other to solve their problems, but eventually found a new problem when the attraction they felt for each other became too strong.
Breanna wanted to be someone ordinary but Razor needed someone out of the ordinary to help him figure out how his mother died.
Secrets from past are revealed, feelings grow, the danger is lurking... Would they have any chance?
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"There's something about McGarry's writing that's totally enthralling. Her characters are vivid, flawed and riveting, making this is a truly amazing read!"
~ RT Book Reviews
"Katie McGarry is a master of her craft! Raw emotion, pure grit, I hang on every word. Her characters are real people with real problems and I cheer them every step of the way. Ready for a new addiction? Look no further than Katie McGarry's books."
~ Gena Showalter, Bestselling author of Firstlife
"I finished WALK THE EDGE by the amazing Katie McGarry. It was SO good that now I feel bereft. I already miss Razor & Bre - I need to know more! She is by far my #1 favorite author. She paints a picture with the words, puts you IN the story... LOVE."
~ Lori Foster, New York Times Bestselling Author
About Katie McGarry:
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.
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