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An emotional, slow-burn, grumpy/sunshine, queer mid-century romance for fans of Evvie Drake Starts Over, about grief and found family, between the new star shortstop stuck in a batting slump and the reporter assigned to (reluctantly) cover his first season—set in the same universe as We Could Be So Good.
The 1960 baseball season is shaping up to be the worst year of Eddie O’Leary’s life. He can’t manage to hit the ball, his new teammates hate him, he’s living out of a suitcase, and he’s homesick. When the team’s owner orders him to give a bunch of interviews to some snobby reporter, he’s ready to call it quits. He can barely manage to behave himself for the length of a game, let alone an entire season. But he’s already on thin ice, so he has no choice but to agree.
Mark Bailey is not a sports reporter. He writes for the arts page, and these days he’s barely even managing to do that much. He’s had a rough year and just wants to be left alone in his too-empty apartment, mourning a partner he’d never been able to be public about. The last thing he needs is to spend a season writing about New York’s obnoxious new shortstop in a stunt to get the struggling newspaper more readers.
Isolated together within the crush of an anonymous city, these two lonely souls orbit each other as they slowly give in to the inevitable gravity of their attraction. But Mark has vowed that he’ll never be someone’s secret ever again, and Eddie can’t be out as a professional athlete. It’s just them against the world, and they’ll both have to decide if that’s enough.
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ASIN : B0CFM3SK19
Publisher : Avon
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : May 7, 2024
Language : English
File size : 4.1 MB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 395 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-0063272811
Page Flip : Enabled
Book 2 of 2 : Midcentury NYC
Customers say
Customers find this book to be a delightful summer read with a beautiful relationship story that’s full of passion and depth. The characters are vividly portrayed, and one customer notes the spark of chemistry between their differing personalities. Customers describe the book as heartwarming, with one mentioning it’s a gentle way to ease into confronting grief, and they appreciate its writing quality and entertainment value, finding it more engaging than expected.
