To the world, they were a scandal. To each other, an obsession.<\/b><\/p>\n
‘Part Wuthering Heights<\/i> and part Daisy Jones and the Six<\/i> . . . As brilliantly choreographed as a gold-medal performance’ JODI PICOULT<\/p>\n
Everyone thinks Heath Rocha was my first love. He wasn’t. My first love was figure skating.<\/i><\/p>\n
Katarina Shaw has always known she’s destined to become an Olympic skater. When she meets Heath Rocha, a lonely kid stuck in the foster care system, their instant connection makes them a formidable duo on the ice. Clinging to skating – and each other – to escape their turbulent lives, Kat and Heath go from childhood sweethearts to champion ice dancers, captivating fans with their scorching chemistry, rebellious style and rollercoaster relationship.<\/p>\n
Until, at the Olympic Games, as the world holds its breath, a shocking incident instantly destroys their partnership.<\/p>\n
Ten years later, an unauthorised tell-all documentary reignites the public obsession with Shaw and Rocha. If Kat wants to own her story, she must break her silence. As Kat’s account of her dramatic rise and fall alternates with scandalous interviews from the film, The Favourites<\/i> spins into a dance between passion, ambition and what it truly means to win.<\/p>\n
Sensational rumours have haunted Kat and <\/b>Heath’s every step for years, but the truth <\/b>may be even more outrageous than the <\/b>headlines.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Katarina Shaw has always known that she was destined to become an Olympic skater. When she meets Heath Rocha, a lonely kid stuck in the foster care system, their instant connection makes them a formidable duo on the ice. Clinging to skating – and each other – to escape their turbulent lives, Kat and Heath go from childhood sweethearts to champion ice dancers, captivating the world with their scorching chemistry, rebellious style, and rollercoaster relationship. Until a shocking incident at the Olympic Games brings their partnership to a sudden end. As the ten-year anniversary of their final skate approaches, an unauthorised documentary reignites the public obsession with Shaw and Rocha. Kat wants nothing to do with the documentary. But she can’t stand the thought of someone else defining her legacy either. So, after a decade of silence, she’s telling her story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[216],"product_tag":[858,28702,28703,26830,27857],"class_list":["post-106501","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-fiction-hardback","product_tag-adult-contemporary-romance","product_tag-fiction-pastiche","product_tag-figure-skating","product_tag-modern-contemporary-fiction","product_tag-sports-fiction","pa_book_author-fargo-layne","pa_cover-hardback","pa_dewey-813-6-edition23","pa_edition-hardback-original","pa_imprint-chatto-windus","pa_language-english","pa_pages-9842","pa_publisher-chatto-windus","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","onbackorder","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n