The Favorites
BOOK SUMMARY
To the world, they were a scandal. To each other, an obsession. National bestseller • Now with bonus material including two never-before-seen chapters—an epic love story set in the sparkling, savage sphere of elite figure skating, starring a woman determined to carve her own path on and off the ice. "Part Wuthering Heights and part Daisy Jones & The Six, this novel is as brilliantly choreographed as a gold medal performance and will keep you guessing until its last page."—Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of By Any Other Name.
She might not have a famous name, funding, or her family's support, but Katarina Shaw has always known that she was destined to become an Olympic skater. When she meets Heath Rocha, a lonely kid stuck in the foster care system, their instant connection makes them a formidable duo on the ice. Clinging to skating—and each other—to escape their turbulent lives, Kat and Heath go from childhood sweethearts to champion ice dancers, captivating the world with their scorching chemistry, rebellious style, and rollercoaster relationship. Until a shocking incident at the Olympic Games brings their partnership to a sudden end.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Layne Fargo has a background in theater, women's studies, and library science, so it's only fitting that she now writes deliciously dramatic, unapologetically feminist stories for a living. She's the author of psychological thrillers They Never Learn and Temper, as well as co-author on the bestselling Young Rich Widows series, and her work has been translated into over a dozen languages. Layne lives in Chicago with her partner, their pets, and an ever-expanding collection of books she's definitely going to read before she dies.
PRAISE
"Part Wuthering Heights and part Daisy Jones & The Six, this novel is as brilliantly choreographed as a gold medal performance and will keep you guessing until its last page."—Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of By Any Other Name
"The Favorites is a dizzying left hook to the jaw that drops the reader behind the scenes of competitive pairs ice dancing. . . . [Fargo's] characters are unabashedly extra."—The Washington Post
"One of the most heart-wrenching, epic and passionate romances I've read in quite some time . . . I already wish I could read it again for the first time."—Betty Cayouette, People
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Trade paperback
496 pages
Fiction
8 in H | 5.1 in W | 1 in T | 0.8 lb
