The Favourites by Layne Fargo – Katarina Shaw might not have a famous name, funding, or her family’s support. But she has always felt in her heart that someday she is destined to become an Olympic skater. Then, she meets Heath Rocha, a lonely boy abandoned in the foster care system! Realising their fate is to skate with each other, this immediate connection makes them a formidable duo on the ice.
Totally invested in skating, and each other, and needing to leave behind their troubled lives, Kat and Heath progress from childhood sweethearts to champion ice dancers, who enthrall the world with their magical chemistry, rebellious style, and a rollercoaster relationship. A shocking incident at the Olympic Games, however, brings this glorious partnership to a sudden end.
As the ten-year anniversary of that final skate approaches, an unofficial documentary reignites the former public obsession with Shaw and Rocha! It asserts an uncovering of the ‘true story’ via interviews with the couple’s closest friends and fiercest rivals. Kat is adamant that she wants nothing to do with the documentary. She can’t bear the thought, however, of someone else shaping her legacy. Therefore, after a decade of silence, she’s telling her story! From those childhood tragedies that created her overwhelming bond with Heath to the conflict of desires that tore them apart. Sensational rumours have haunted their every step for years, but revelations of the truth may be even more scandalous than those former headlines!
Wow! No need to get your skates on for this roller-coaster of a ride!! The narrative will take you along so quickly that your emotions will have difficulty keeping up! Also, there’s no need to be a skating fanatic, as you’ll learn all the moves as the story unfolds. What a wonderful beginning to the avid reader’s year!
ISBN: 9781784745486
The Favourites is available in hardback, paperback, e-book and audiobook.
About Layne Fargo
Layne Fargo writes dark, dramatic stories that support women’s rights—and also women’s wrongs. She’s the author of psychological thrillers They Never Learn and Temper, and co-author of the number one bestselling Audible Original series Young Rich Widows, and co-creator of the Unlikeable Female Characters podcast on Lit Hub Radio. Before becoming a full-time writer, Layne worked as a dramaturg, a librarian, and a corporate knowledge manager, and she still loves going down a good research rabbit hole. She lives in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighbourhood with a rescue pit bull and cat who are best friends, the only man she never wants to murder (well, almost never), and way too many books.
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