Quarter Miles, the third book in the Runaway series by Devney Perry, is live!
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Blurb
Katherine Gates has been in love with Cash Greer since the moment he saved her life from a runaway goat. According to Cash, she’s the little sister he never had, the greatest roommate in the world and his favorite coworker. They’re friends—best friends.
In the dark days of her youth, it was his friendship that kept her alive and made life in a junkyard worth living. So she’s learned to shove her feelings for Cash down deep, even if that means ignoring eyes that shine brighter than the Montana summer sun and the smile that illuminates the snowiest winter day.
Except with every passing year, the denial takes its toll on her wounded heart until one day Katherine decides to take an impulsive road trip to the Oregon coast. Alone. That is, until Cash cons his way into the passenger seat.
The farther they travel, the harder it is to pretend. And when she confesses her feelings, she learns that Cash has some secrets of his own. Secrets that will either bond them together.
Or rip them apart.
Review
4 stars
Another fantastic read from Devney Perry, this time a sweet, fun, sexy and emotional friends-to-lovers romance that had me completely hooked and that I read in one sitting. So many beautiful feels, I loved this one!
This is the third book in the Runaway series, about a group of six runaway teens who lived together in a Californian junkyard before all going off in separation directions. One by one, they are roadtripping to each other, reconnecting and, quite unexpectedly, falling in love along the way.
Katherine Gates doesn’t need to fall in love with anybody, she’s already madly in love with Cash Greer. Introduced in the last book of the series, Katherine manages the Greer Resort and Ranch, owned by Cash’s family, and he works there managing the horses. Colleagues, roommates and best friends, Katherine has been in love with Cash for years, but she’s hidden it from him, terrified of ruining the most important relationship she has in her life. All of that hiding has taken its toll, and Katherine is sad and tired. It’s time for her to try and move on.
Why was letting him go so hard?
Why couldn’t he love me back?
When Katherine gets the opportunity to pick up the roadtrip began by her friends from the junkyard (Gemma got sidetracked in the last book when she fell for Cash’s older brother, Easton), she grabs at it, planning to get away from it all and maybe even find a fresh start. But her plans take a twist when Cash invites himself along and Katherine finds herself stuck 24/7 with the very man she’s trying to move on from.
This trip. This fucking trip.
It was going to ruin us.
Cash is a bit clueless when it comes to his best friend. He loves her dearly, but not in the way she wants, and she’s never hinted at more so he has no idea that she has feelings for him. But their trip becomes the tipping point, and as Katherine opens up to Cash in a way she never has before, everything begins to change.
I’d forced myself to close her hotel room door, her on the inside, me on the outside, and suck in some damn air as I’d tried to get my hard-on under control.
I’d gotten hard for Kat. My Kat. Katherine Gates, my incredibly sexy, incredibly off-limits best friend.
I love Cash! He’s funny and sweet, and he cares so much about Katherine. His realisation that he has feelings for her is freaking hilarious, and I loved watching him come to terms with that.
Last night, she’d confided in me. She’d trusted me. And how was I repaying her? By sporting a goddamn chubby all day and gawking at her body.
I was such a fucking asshole.
Their journey from friends to ‘more’ is different from what I was expecting, a rollercoaster of emotion that is full of passion and intensity, and I was right there with them as it all played out. But it’s a frustrating ride! I would have loved some more communication between these two. I get that they’re afraid of ruining what they have, but there are misunderstandings and misinterpretations which make things more dramatic than they need to be. Though, again, it builds the tension and creates a fantastic setup for the big moment when feelings are finally revealed.
“Stay with me. Lean on me. I swear, I won’t let you fall.”
It’s a hard journey, but it’s worth it, and it left me grinning madly and full of fluffy feels when Kat and Cash finally get their HEA.
As with previous books, the set-up is there for the next leg of the journey, and I’m so excited to continue on!
4 stars.
An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
Runaway
Runaway Road (#1)
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Wild Highway (#2)
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Quarter Miles (#3)
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Excerpt
“Why did you turn the air on?” she asked, looking above us to the open air.
“I’m hot.” Desperate. What would it take for her to put on a goddamn sweater? “Are you wearing sunscreen?”
“Uh, no.” She gave me a sideways glance. “Why?”
“You’re going to get burned.” Get the sweater, Kat. You know you want to.
“I’ll be fine. At the next gas station, I’ll grab a bottle for us.”
Us. Why did that word sound so serious? It wasn’t the intimate kind of us. There was no us. Not in the couple sense of the word. Did I want there to be an us?
Yes.
That lightning-fast internal response nearly had me slamming on the brakes, turning this car around and going back to Montana, where the world was normal.
Kat was my friend. My best friend. Roommate. Coworker. Pseudo sibling. There were days when I’d trade Easton for her permanently. Okay, any day. There were plenty of ways to label our relationship and us was not one.
I could not—would not—tear down the boundaries that nearly a decade and firm family reminders had put in place.
About the Author
Devney is the USA Today bestselling author of the Jamison Valley series. She lives in Montana with her husband and two children. After working in the technology industry for nearly a decade, she abandoned conference calls and project schedules to enjoy a slower pace at home with her kids. She loves reading and, after consuming hundreds of books, decided to share her own stories. Devney loves hearing from readers! Connect with her on social media.
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