Lean into the Curve
NEW NOVEL COMING SOON
New Adult - Contemporary Women’s Fiction
Advance Praise from María Amparo Escandón, New York Times bestselling author of L.A. Weather & Reese’s Book Club Pick
"Linda Conte is in for a wild ride with the Lipstick Riders in Sarah Cavallaro’s electrifying new novel, Lean Into The Curve. Join this band of women in a powerful, sexy, heartbreaking and dangerous story of sisterhood and motorcycles, a celebration of female empowerment, fierce friendship and the freedom of taking control of your own destiny. "
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Lean into the Curve is new adult, young love that happens twice if you are super lucky, an unexpected found family, unusual female friendships as two Ohio state University graduates struggle to navigate messier-than-expected new jobs in New York City and are swept off their feet in opposite versions of love and self - preservation.
When a self - proclaimed virgin Linda Conte meets her beautiful, troubled promiscuous roommate Anna, and unexpectedly falls deeply in love with handsome Jake at Ohio State. After graduation, Jake moves to London, Linda forever in love with him lands her dream job at a top New York PR firm owned by Robert Fields who has deep secrets. There she works and develops a deep bond with Robert’s favorite client Lola, a wise trans woman who owns iconic motorcycle dealerships.
Lola fills Linda’s head with her wise philosophizing about life, its meanings and how to transform trauma through throttle therapy. She spearheads #LipstickRide, a social impact initiative to teach female and female identified trauma survivors to ride, and Linda is “all in” to help promote it.
The only problem is, Linda lost her first love in a motorcycle accident that she barely survived, and she’s one of those survivors terrified of riding ever since. Linda confronts and arduously overcomes her fear to ride with lessons from a stern, fatherly ex - military sergeant. The diverse cast of characters is rounded out with Linda’s quirky, former actress landlady, Agnes, who falls for her brilliant but mentally unstable father who has come to unexpectedly live with her.
Linda falls in love with the grit and unpredictable beauty of New York as she creates a found family of eclectic personalities, and discovers more of her own resilience when she confronts and exposes a predator that has everyone fooled.