Out of Step, into You, Ciera Burch
Out of Step, into You, Ciera Burch
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Out of Step, into You

Author: Ciera Burch

Narrator: LaNecia Edmonds

Unabridged: 8 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/09/2025


Synopsis

Out of Step, into You is a sapphic romance following childhood friends turned cross-country team rivals who are forced to work together to win the state championship.

You can't outrun love.

Taylor and Marianna were each other's whole world—best friends, running partners, practically sisters—until Marianna moved away and Taylor 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 has to stay focused and be faster than the past nipping at her heels if she wants to secure a 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. She knows she can immortalize herself with a state record and make her parents proud. Then, she can discover her own passion. She 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?

About Ciera Burch

Ciera Burch is a lifelong writer and ice cream aficionado. She has a BA from American University and an MFA from Emerson College. Her fiction has appeared in The American Literary Magazine, Underground, Five Points, Stork, and Blackbird. Her work was also chosen as the 2019 One City One Story read for the Boston Book Festival. While she is originally from New Jersey, she currently resides in Washington, DC, with her stuffed animals, plants, and far too many books. Visit Ciera at CieraBurch.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jordan Fischer on May 21, 2025

Welcome to my book tour post for Ciera Burch's Out of Step, Into You! As a runner, I am ALWAYS on the hunt for books that focus on running - what could be better than a sweet sapphic, coming of age romance about two childhood best friends turned rivals who are thrown back together onto the same cros......more

Goodreads review by Jasmine on May 25, 2025

I ready this book as an ARC and loved it. It’s a cute read about friendship and how important expressing your feelings are and about not letting conflict fester. I enjoyed this read......more

Goodreads review by Shania on July 03, 2025

3.5 ⭐️ overall this was a cute book. I didn’t really feel the romantic vibes ( more Friends vibe ) unfortunately. But I loved that it included important things like forgiveness and learning to trust again. I wish we would have got a much longer book. I also had a hard time telling the difference bet......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on May 27, 2025

2,5⭐......more

Goodreads review by Vixen on April 25, 2025

4.0🏅 As a black sapphic girly that’s ran track (sprinter) It was only right I tuned into Step into You by Ciera Burch; a rekindling of friendship and acceptance of romance from the POV of sophomore cross-country girlies! And thanks to NetGalley and MacMillan Children's Publishing Group, and Ciera......more