Take Me On (Pushing the
Limits #4)
Release Date: 05/27/14
Harlequin Teen
Summary from Goodreads:
Summary from Goodreads:
Acclaimed author Katie
McGarry returns with the knockout new story of two high school seniors who are
about to learn what winning really means.
Champion kickboxer Haley swore she'd never set foot in the ring again after one tragic night. But then the guy she can't stop thinking about accepts a mixed martial arts fight in her honor. Suddenly, Haley has to train West Young. All attitude, West is everything Haley promised herself she'd stay away from. Yet he won't last five seconds in the ring without her help.
West is keeping a big secret from Haley. About who he really is. But helping her-fighting for her-is a shot at redemption. Especially since it's his fault his family is falling apart. He can't change the past, but maybe he can change Haley's future.
Hayley and West have agreed to keep their relationship strictly in the ring. But as an unexpected bond forms between them and attraction mocks their best intentions, they'll face their darkest fears and discover love is worth fighting for.
Bonus novella included: Crossing the Line.
Champion kickboxer Haley swore she'd never set foot in the ring again after one tragic night. But then the guy she can't stop thinking about accepts a mixed martial arts fight in her honor. Suddenly, Haley has to train West Young. All attitude, West is everything Haley promised herself she'd stay away from. Yet he won't last five seconds in the ring without her help.
West is keeping a big secret from Haley. About who he really is. But helping her-fighting for her-is a shot at redemption. Especially since it's his fault his family is falling apart. He can't change the past, but maybe he can change Haley's future.
Hayley and West have agreed to keep their relationship strictly in the ring. But as an unexpected bond forms between them and attraction mocks their best intentions, they'll face their darkest fears and discover love is worth fighting for.
Bonus novella included: Crossing the Line.
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Excerpt from West’s Point of View
“Okay. All right. This can be managed. It can. I
can manage this,” says Haley. “This is entirely under my control. I can own
this situation.”
“I don’t need to be managed.”
Haley tosses me an are-you-for-real gaze and her
hair tumbles over her shoulder. It’s shiny and I bet if I ran my fingers
through it, the strands would feel like silk. I like hair like that. I like
kissing girls who have hair like that. My eyes flash to her lips and the memory
of her stepping into me on Friday night sizzles in my mind: the walking,
talking inferno. Kissing Haley would be a thrill ride experience.
“West?” Haley motions near her eyes. “Attention
here, please?”
“I wasn’t checking out your curves.” Though now
that it’s mentioned…
“Go there and I swear to God you’ll have to
check ‘other’ when asked if you’re male or female.”
I chuckle and rest my palm against the cool
cinder block wall, crowding her. Haley shifts and practically shrinks into the
corner. She’s shorter than me, but not by much. I’d say she was afraid, but the
way she studies my biceps tells me differently.
“Haley?” She refocuses on my face. “Eyes up here
please.”
Gaped. Open. Mouth. “Okay, look. Me and you.
We’ve got problems.”
I agree. She wants to kiss me. I want her body
underneath mine. Nothing a dark room and a bed couldn’t solve. “What are you
doing after school?”
“What? No. Don’t tell me. I don’t care. Back to
problems. Those guys that jumped us on Friday?”
My hand slips off the wall and I straighten.
“Yeah?”
“They go to school here and I’m not exactly their best
friend.”
Excerpt from Haley’s
Point of View
God hates me. It’s the
only explanation when West appears in my first period class. My best girl
friend, possibly my only girl friend, Marissa Long, lowers the book she’s been
absorbed in since I sat at our science table.
“Wow” is the word that slips out of her mouth.
Unfortunately, I have to agree. The boy is
fantastically pretty, that’s for sure. His golden-blond hair is cut short and
is styled. Trendy yet not. Exactly like the rest of him. A combination of
dangerous and steaming hot.
He wears jeans, the sexy kind. A bit baggy, not
overly. Just enough that his black boxers peek out when he walks. And thanks to
the clingy T-shirt, the world knows he’s on-fire ripped in every single
delicious way.
I close my eyes and suck in air. Stop it. West
is not hot. He’s a fighter. He’s trouble. Been there, done that, got the
T-shirt and the associated heartache.
Marissa touches my arm, and, when I open my
eyes, I find her camped in my personal space. “He’s staring at you.”
Sure enough, while our Biology II teacher
shuffles through the drawers of his desk, West flashes me this glorious smile
that causes me to melt into a puddle. Crap. Just crap. I am attracted to him. This isn’t good.
Not good at all.
“Do you know him?” Marissa asks.
Yes. “No.” And it’s going to be hard for anyone to believe
that answer when he continues to stare at me like he’s seen me with my clothes
off. I run a finger around the collar of my shirt, releasing some trapped hot
air. If West doesn’t rein it in, he’s going to get us both killed.
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About the Author
KATIE MCGARRY was a teenager during the age of grunge and boy bands and remembers those years as the best and worst of her life. She is a lover of music, happy endings, and reality television, and is a secret University of Kentucky basketball fan.
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