Variation: A Novel

by Rebecca Yarros

Overview

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fourth Wing comes a new contemporary romance about the summer a celebrated dancer returns home and unearths years of family secrets and deep regrets with the Coast Guard rescue swimmer she never forgot.

Elite ballerina Allie Rousseau is no stranger to pressure. With her mother’s eyes always watching, perfection was expected, no matter the cost. But when an injury jeopardizes all she’s sacrificed for, Allie returns to her summer home to heal and recover. But the memories she’s tried to forget rush in and threaten to take her under.

As a Coast Guard rescue swimmer, Hudson Ellis knows that hesitation can mean the difference between life and death. He’s always prided himself on being in the right place at the right time, especially when it came to Allie Rousseau…until the night he left for basic. After the biggest regret of his life, the secrets he keeps mean he can never be with the one woman he wants more than his next breath.

When Hudson’s niece shows up on Allie’s doorstep, desperate to find her birth mother, Allie finds herself in an unimaginable position. Allie and Hudson’s past and present might be endlessly complicated. The thread that tied them to each other all those years ago may have unraveled, but the truth could pull them back together, or drive them apart forever.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781662514708
Publisher:	Amazon Publishing
Publication date:	11/19/2024
Pages:	464
Sales rank:	4,050
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Rebecca Yarros is the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of over twenty novels including Fourth Wing and In the Likely Event, with multiple starred Publishers Weekly reviews and a Kirkus Best Book of the Year. She loves military heroes and has been blissfully married to hers for over twenty years. She’s the mother of six children, and is currently surviving the teenage years with two of her four hockey-playing sons. When she’s not writing, you can find her at the hockey rink or sneaking in some guitar time while guzzling coffee. She and her family live in Colorado with their stubborn English bulldogs, two feisty chinchillas, and a Maine coon cat named Artemis, who rules them all.

Having fostered then adopted their youngest daughter, Rebecca is passionate about helping children in the foster system through her nonprofit, One October.

To catch up on Rebecca’s latest releases and upcoming novels, visit www.RebeccaYarros.com.

Editorial Reviews

10/07/2024

Bestseller Yarros (Fourth Wing) takes on the high-stakes world of professional ballet in this explosive second-chance romance. Alessandra Rousseau, part of a ballet dynasty, first met Coast Guard rescue swimmer Hudson Ellis when they were teenagers on Cape Cod and Hudson saved Alessandra from a leaky rowboat. They became fast friends—until a tragic accident killed one of Alessandra’s sisters, tearing the budding couple apart. A decade later, after Hudson’s sister Caroline is widowed, Hudson changes his duty station to be there for Caroline and her 10-year-old adopted daughter, Juniper. The move unexpectedly reunites him with Alessandra, who is on the Cape recovering from a potentially career-ending injury. While their small beach town seems normal on the surface, family secrets abound, including the truth about Juniper’s parentage and the shocking details about the accident that killed Alessandra’s sister. Yarros keeps the twists coming as her complex but lovable characters find their way back to each other in the face of impossible odds. Readers who like their romance on the soapy side will be more than satisfied. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly

Yarros keeps the twists coming as her complex but lovable characters find their way back to each other in the face of impossible odds. Readers who like their romance on the soapy side will be more than satisfied.” —Publishers Weekly

“Rebecca Yarros writes words that are pure, sweet, sizzling poetry.” —Tessa Bailey, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author

“A gifted storyteller.” —Kirkus Reviews

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