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A queer sports romance andatriumphant debut aheartstringpulling taleof two minorleague baseball rivals who realize they play much better togetherElle The Best and Most Anticipated Romance Books of 2024 So Far

I completely adored itCasey McQuiston author of Red White amp Royal Blue

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Minor leagues Major chemistry

Hope is familiar territory for Gene Ionescu He has always loved baseball a sport made for underdogs and optimists like him He also loves his team the minor league Beaverton Beavers and for the most part he loves the career hes built As the first openly trans player in professional baseball Gene has nearly everything hes ever let himself dream ofthat is until Luis Estrada Genes former teammate and current rival gets traded to the Beavers destroying the careful equilibrium of Genes life

Gene and Luis cant manage a civil conversation off the field or a competent play on it but in the close confines of dugout benches and roadie buses they begrudgingly rediscover a comfortable rhythm As the two grow closer the tension between them turns electric and their chemistry spills past the confines of the stadium For every tight double play they execute theres also a glance at summertan shoulders or a secret shared each one a breathless moment of possibility that ignites in Gene the visceral terrifying kind of desire hes never allowed himself Soon Gene has to reconcile the quiet minorleaguesized life he used to find fulfilling with the majorleague dreams Luis inspires

This triumphant debut romance reveals whats possible when we allow ourselves to want something enough to swing for the fences