My Double Bi-Awakening College Boys Are HERE! 🥵
May 10, 2024 8:01 am
Hello !
It feels like I wrote this book a LONG time ago, haha. I'm so excited to have Outplayed finally live. This book is so different from what I usually write, which is hurt/comfort. Outplayed is low-angst and sweet, but that doesn't mean I didn't stay in line with my style. My voice is still on the pages.
It was also supposed to be easy to write, and I wrote it as I wrote His Bane as a palette cleanser, but it ended up being more complicated than intended. My Aspen from the book really shined. No, he outshined Cooper, so I had to work a lot on Cooper, my sweet, shy jock. But I think it turned out awesome, thanks to my alpha and beta teams.
Once you read it, tell me if you're Team Cooper or Team Aspen.
My team has also been in debate about what to call loving both of them: Coopsen, Casper, Caspen, Asper... what are your thoughts? 😆
And keep reading below! I have 'Well Played' for FREE for download. It's a bonus epilogue for Outplayed.
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It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt.
Aspen
Cooper Summers is a rising football star at the University of Texas. And he happens to be my new roommate. He’s amazing and surprisingly chill. It doesn’t take us long to form a strong friendship. But serendipity is a funny thing. I suddenly find myself wanting to explore my sexuality with Cooper. Let’s just say he’s hot. The only problem is that we’re both straight, and Cooper is especially so. Will he go along with my crazy idea? All I need to do is ask.
Cooper
Aspen Harper is a singer in a band, the most easy-going person I’ve ever met, a total hippie. But he also has his quirks, like walking around naked and carrying his pet rat on his head. After a night of heavy drinking, Aspen stumbles into my bed and comes up with the craziest idea. He wants to explore our sexuality together, but only for fun. Nothing serious. I’ve been struggling to get over my last girlfriend, so I agree with his ridiculous idea. The problem is that I like him more than I should.
💗 College romance
💗 Double Bi-Awakening
💗 Pansexual
💗 Bisexual
💗 Friends to Lovers
💗 Golden Retriever MMC
💗 Forced Proximity
💗 Bro-Jobs
💗 Friends with Benefits
💗 Roommates
TEASER
ALTERNATE COVER (LIVE)
ILLUSTRATED SPECIAL EDITION (LIVE)
Here's some stunning work by @caravaggia13 on Instagram!
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PIPPIN & NACHO
Coming June 28, 2024
This book goes out tomorrow to my beta team to be destroyed! Yay! 😆
Pippin (Sampson)
I’m broken, hiding my pain behind fake smiles and pretend joy. Inside, I’m a mental mess between being tossed into conversion therapy and foster care as a kid. I struggle to focus and suffer anxiety, panic attacks, and nightmares. My passions for skateboarding and bartending make me happy enough. But only Nate, my former foster brother and best friend, calms me and keeps me going forward. I’m not sure what I would do without him. Even worse, I secretly love him. Loving him could mean losing him.
Nacho (Nathan)
I’d been in and out of foster care for as long as I could remember. My last home was with Sam. We quickly became friends, and I instantly went into protective mode. After Sam got hurt by our foster father, I took Sam out of there and watched over him for two years while living on the streets. When you spend a lifetime not being wanted by anyone, you crave being needed, and Sam needs me. But I secretly love him. I’ve told my friends I don’t want to ruin my friendship with Sam. The truth is if we don’t work out, I won’t be there to take care of him. Sam’s needs are more important than my feelings.
⭐ Best Friends to Lovers
⭐ Neurodivergent/ADHD
⭐ Co-Dependency
⭐ Urban Romance
⭐ Skater Boys
⭐ Found Family
⭐ Hurt/Comfort
⭐ Foster Brothers
⭐ First Time for Both MCs
TEASER
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!
A road trip that turned into a journey.
Logan
Nicholas Theodoropoulos had been my stepbrother since I was fourteen. Mom died when I was twelve, and I resented Dad remarrying so soon. Even worse, my stepbrother had grown into a gorgeous man. I hated looking at him, reminding me every day of what I could never have. No one knew I was gay and never would. But when my best friend backed out of our road trip to California, Dad forced me to travel with my stepbrother. It was the only way if I wanted to go on this journey I’d been planning for a year. Nothing good would come out of this.
Nick
Logan Conrad had hated me since the day Mom and I moved into his house after our parents got married. Like I cared. I had an amazing girlfriend, was the star tennis player on the varsity team, and was a recent graduate. Soon, I’d be attending Stanford with an athletic scholarship and my favorite girl by my side. Life was good. But as fate would have it, I found myself suddenly single and forced to travel across the country with the one person who hated my guts. Nothing good would come out of this.
It was 1987 as two young men and stepbrothers were forced to navigate resentments and growing feelings while on a three-week road trip from Virginia to California. Will their journey finally take them to where they belong?
GORGEOUS ART!
This isn't available yet, but it will be in August. I just HAD to share it!
This piece was created by the talented @romance_mystery_books on Instagram.
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SOME EXCITING READS!
SUMMER OF YOU IS SO GOOD!
Do you love second chances? I do!
I never said I was good at keeping promises…
Nathan
Four years ago, we said goodbye. I’d always intended to come back for you, but life got in the way. All I have are cowardly excuses of being in school, fear of coming out, and thinking that too much time had passed. But fate? It’s a funny thing, because I’m now forced to spend the summer with you, working together. It’s my chance to make things right, but I know I have to prove myself to you. To show you I’m not afraid anymore. That I still burn hot and heavy for you. Can we work past our differences and try again? Can this be the summer of us?
Chase
Is there a stronger word for betrayal? If there is, I haven’t found it yet. It’s how I felt when you left and never even so much as called, let alone came back like you’d promised. You left me behind, alone, with no way out of a town that holds no future. Giving you all my firsts was my initial mistake. My second was letting you back into my bed when you finally returned. But that’s all we ever were, right? A mistake? I’ve spent four years not needing or wanting your excuses, but the more time we spend together, I’m reminded of how good we used to be. You want to fix what was broken, but I’m not sure I can forgive you.
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Free Shorts!
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