Katie McGarry writes contemporary young adult romance about teenagers dealing with family conflict, class differences and reputations that do not match their private lives. Pushing the Limits follows Echo Emerson, whose memory of a traumatic family event is incomplete, and Noah Hutchins, a foster-care teenager trying to regain custody of his younger brothers. Dare You To shifts to Beth Risk and baseball player Ryan Stone, while later books continue with new couples connected through the same social world. McGarry's stories are emotionally direct, fast and strongly relationship-led, with difficult home lives and trust carrying more weight than school drama alone. They fit contemporary YA romance, opposites-attract fiction and issue-based coming-of-age stories. Read more Less