As seen on CBS Mornings A New York Times Book of the Week A People magazine Best Book of November Audiofile Earphones Award Winner "Rebecca Yarros's stand-alone romance novel is a graceful departure from her bestselling fantasy juggernauts Fourth Wing and Iron Flame . With shades of The Summer I Turned Pretty and Bunheads , this winter-appropriate beach read begins with an ocean rescue off the coast of Cape Cod. Hudson, a local Coast Guard swimmer in training, swoops in to save Allie, a wealthy young ballerina, from a sinking rowboat. Metaphors and plot twists abound as Yarros's story bobs neatly into the future. A decade later, her star-crossed characters land back where they started, for different and equally complicated reasons. The question of whether they'll find their way back to one another is a fun one to ponder over a slice of leftover pie." --Elisabeth Egan, The New York Times "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 "A tumultuous, tension-filled romance." -- Kirkus Reviews " Variation delivers on every single romantic expectation Fourth Wing has set.a stunning second-chance romance between Allie, a famous ballerina, and Hudson, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer.Yarros executes the complexity of their relationship dynamic perfectly.[ Variation ] offers readers plenty of swoon-worthy scenes full of witty banter and steamy chemistry." -- Screenrant "Yarros has a talent for writing likable characters and extraordinarily swoony men, and she's frankly an artist with the smoldering slow burn." -- The Observer "Rebecca Yarros writes words that are pure, sweet, sizzling poetry." --Tessa Bailey, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author.