We are absolutely thrilled to bring you the Release Day Launch for Katie McGarry's NOWHERE BUT HERE! NOWHERE BUT HERE is a Young Adult Contemporary Romance and is a part of Katie McGarry’sThunder Road Series, published by Harlequin Teen. Grab your copy today!!
An unforgettable new series from acclaimed author Katie McGarry
about taking risks, opening your heart and ending up in a place you never
imagined possible
Seventeen-year-old Emily likes her life the way it is: doting
parents, good friends, good school in a safe neighborhood. Sure, she's curious
about her biological father—the one who chose life in a motorcycle club, the
Reign of Terror, over being a parent—but that doesn't mean she wants to be a
part of his world. But when a reluctant visit turns to an extended summer
vacation among relatives she never knew she had, one thing becomes clear:
nothing is what it seems. Not the club, not her secret-keeping father and not
Oz, a guy with suck-me-in blue eyes who can help her understand them
both.
Oz wants one thing: to join the Reign of Terror. They're the good
guys. They protect people. They're…family. And while Emily—the gorgeous and
sheltered daughter of the club's most respected member—is in town, he's gonna
prove it to her. So when her father asks him to keep her safe from a rival club
with a score to settle, Oz knows it's his shot at his dream. What he doesn't
count on is that Emily just might turn that dream upside down.
No one wants them to be together. But sometimes the right person
is the one you least expect, and the road you fear the most is the one that
leads you home. 
From
Oz's Point of View. Set up: Emily has been separated from her parents and after
a long night of worrying, her emotions and exhaustion catch up to her and it
causes Oz to have his first fluttering of emotion for Emily.
WIND
BLOWS IN FROM THE NORTH AND A FEW pieces of Emily’s dark hair sweep across her
face. One minute Emily’s a bright flame, then a gust snuffs out her light. Her
body sways like a top at the tail end of a spin and I lunge forward.
Emily’s
knees give out and her eyes roll back into her head. I catch her inches before
she crashes onto the porch. She’s light as I swing her into my arms and her
head circles onto my shoulder, reminding me of one of those rag dolls Violet
used to play with when we were kids.
“Emily!”
Eli’s on top of me, attempting to yank her out of my arms. “Open your eyes.”
Her
eyelids flutter, but remain closed as her hand limply clutches my shirt. Eli
rams his arms underneath mine and he makes Emily a rope in a tug-of-war. I
should let her go. I should want to let her go, but then Emily goes and screws
it up for me. “Oz.”
It
was a damn whisper, but I heard my name on her lips and so did Eli. His eyes
flash to mine and Cyrus’s words repeat in my mind. That girl trusts you. And
screw us both for that.
“She’s
exhausted,” I say. “Hasn’t slept at all tonight.”
Eli’s
expression hardens as he glares at me. I’ve seen Eli throw a coma-inducing
punch for less defiance and I readjust the sleeping girl in my arms. A reminder
if he decks me now, he’ll be putting his daughter at risk.
Temporarily
surrendering, Eli cups Emily’s face in his hands and angles her toward him.
“Emily, please open your eyes.”
She
does. It’s barely a crack and they’re completely glazed.
“Everything’s
going to be okay,” Eli affirms.
“I
want my mom and dad,” she mumbles.
“You’ll
see them tomorrow.” Eli pushes a strand of hair from her cheek. “You’re safe
here. I promise.”
She
rejects Eli by curling into me. Her head fits perfectly in the crook of my neck
and I loathe the wave of protectiveness that rumbles through my body. Emily’s
fingers tighten their grip near my shoulders and the impulse is to shield her
from the guys gawking at this intimate scene. Yeah, this is club business, but
Emily never asked for any of this.
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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