The Edge of Us
Chapters (45)
- Contents
- chapter one
- chapter two
- chapter three
- chapter four
- chapter five
- chapter six
- chapter seven
- chapter eight
- chapter nine
- chapter ten
- chapter eleven
- chapter twelve
- chapter thirteen
- chapter fourteen
- chapter fifteen
- chapter sixteen
- chapter seventeen
- chapter eighteen
- chapter nineteen
- chapter twenty
- chapter twenty-one
- chapter twenty-two
- chapter twenty-three
- chapter twenty-four
- chapter twenty-five
- chapter twenty-six
- chapter twenty-seven
- chapter twenty-eight
- chapter twenty-nine
- chapter thirty
- chapter thirty-one
- chapter thirty-two
- chapter thirty-three
- chapter thirty-four
- chapter thirty-five
- chapter thirty-six
- chapter thirty-seven
- chapter thirty-eight
- chapter thirty-nine
- epilogue
- other books by jamie mcguire
- about the author
- acknowledgements
- out of the woods
The
Edge
of
Us
JAMIE McGUIRE
The Edge of Us
Jamie McGuire
Copyright ©2019 Jamie McGuire
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
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Contents
Dedication
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Epilogue
Also by Jamie McGuire
Acknowledgments
About the Author
To my right-hand woman, Jessica.
Thank you for loving bad-ass women as much as I do, and thank you for being one.
Wear your tragedies as armor, not shackles.
- Unknown
chapter one
ashes, ashes
Naomi
T
he modified Jeep truck that had been behind me the last thirty miles was the only other vehicle besides mine on that dark stretch of two-lane highway. I pulled into the only gas station I’d seen in more than two hours, stopping in the narrow lane of concrete between the store and its two pumps. The store clerk was visible behind two large panes of glass, and I waved to her when I hopped out. She was someone’s mother, late forties, probably trying to get a kid through college, probably named Barbara. She was watching something intently on the small television on her side of the counter. She pushed up her square glasses, but they slid back to rest on her full cheeks, comfortable in her air conditioning while sweat began to bead on my skin.
The Jeep’s loud mud tires sprayed gravel onto the tiny gas station’s cracked cement lot as it passed, its taillights two glowing dots getting smaller until they were swallowed by the dark Utah sky. Heat rose from the concrete and surrounded me; the comforting, stale air reminded me of home, even though the sun had set hours before and I was well on my way out of the desert.