The Shots You Take: A Small-Town Gay Sports Romance of Reunited Ex-Teammates and Rediscovered Feelings

Literature & Fiction

Reid, Rachel

Genre Fiction

Carina Adores

"The romantic longing, themes of bravery and confidence, and moments of cozy domesticity shine in this May-December romance" --Publishers Weekly Summer Hemlock never meant to come back to Omen, Massachusetts... But with his mother in need of help, Summer has no choice but to return to his hometown, take up a teaching residency at the elite Albin Academy--and work directly under the man who made his teenage years miserable. Professor Fox Iseya. Forbidding, aloof, commanding: psychology instructor Iseya is a cipher who's always fascinated and intimidated shy, anxious Summer. But that fascination turns into something more when the older man challenges Summer to be brave. What starts as a daily game to reward Summer with a kiss for every obstacle overcome turns passionate, and a professional relationship turns quickly personal. Yet Iseya's walls of grief may be too high for someone like Summer to climb...until Summer's infectious warmth shows Fox everything he's been missing in life. Now both men must be brave enough to trust each other, to take that leap. To find the love they've always needed... Just like that. Albin Academy Book 1: Just Like That Book 2: Just Like This Carina Adores is home to modern, romantic love stories where LGBTQ+ characters find their happily-ever-afters. Discover a new Carina Adores book every month!

Just Like That: An Age Gap Romance (Albin Academy, 1)

McCade, Cole

A Popsugar Best Romance Novel of 2020 RITA® Award--winning author Elia Winters delivers a sexy, playful frenemies-to-lovers road trip romance. Megan Harris had hopes of seeing the world, but at twenty-five she's never even left Florida. Now a wedding invitation lures her to Quebec...in February. When her ex-friend Scarlett offers to be her plus-one (yeah, that's a whole story) and suggests they turn the journey into an epic road trip, Megan reluctantly agrees to the biggest adventure of her life. A week together in a car is a surefire way to kill a crush, and Scarlett Andrews has had a big one on Megan for years. The important thing is fixing their friendship. As the miles roll away, what starts as harmless road-trip games and rest-stop dares escalates into something like intimacy. And when a surprise snowstorm forces Megan and Scarlett to hunker down without the open road as distraction, they've got a bigger challenge than making it to the church on time: facing the true nature of their feelings for each other. Carina Adores is home to modern, romantic love stories where LGBTQ+ characters find their happily-ever-afters. Discover a new Carina Adores book every month!

Hairpin Curves: A Road Trip Romance

Winters, Elia

Carina Adores is home to highly romantic contemporary love stories featuring beloved romance tropes, where LGBTQ+ characters find their happily-ever-afters. No one in the charming river town of New Hope, Pennsylvania, needs to know that Vince Amato plans on flipping The Hideaway Inn to the highest bidder and returning to his luxury lifestyle in New York City. He needs to make his last remaining investment turn a profit…even if that means temporarily relocating to the quirky small town where he endured growing up. He’s spent years reinventing himself and won’t let his past dictate his future. But on his way to New Hope, Vince gets stuck in the middle of nowhere and his past might be the only thing that can get him to his future. Specifically Tack O’Leary, the gorgeous, easygoing farm boy who broke his heart and who picks Vince up in his dilapidated truck. Tack comes to the rescue not only with a ride but also by signing on to be the chef at The Hideaway for the summer. As Vince and Tack open their hearts to each other again, Vince learns that being true to himself doesn’t mean shutting down a second chance with Tack—it means starting over and letting love in. In The Hideaway Inn, Philip William Stover begins the story of a diverse group of characters finding love without boundaries and across the Seasons of New Hope. This book is approximately 64,000 words One-click with confidence. This title is part of the Carina Press Romance Promise: all the romance you’re looking for with an HEA/HFN. It’s a promise! A new Carina Adores title is available each month:The Girl Next Door by Chelsea M. Cameron Just Like That by Cole McCade Hairpin Curves by Elia Winters Better Than People by Roan Parrish Full Moon in Leo by Brooklyn Ray The Beautiful Things Shoppe by Philip William Stover Just Like Us by Cole McCade

The Hideaway Inn: A Gay Small Town Romance (Seasons of New Hope, 1)

Stover, Philip William

"Cameron's cleverly conceived and brilliantly executed contemporary romance is elevated by her superb character development and flair for delivering exquisite sexual tension." --Booklist New York Times bestselling author Chelsea M. Cameron delivers the opposites-attract, sweet-and-sexy small-town romance you've been waiting for. Iris Turner hightailed it out of Salty Cove, Maine, without so much as a backward glance. Which is why finding herself back in her hometown--in her childhood bedroom, no less--has the normally upbeat Iris feeling a bit down and out. Her spirits get a much-needed lift, though, at the sight of the sexy girl next door. No one knows why Jude Wicks is back in Salty Cove, and that's just how she likes it. Jude never imagined she'd be once again living in her parents' house, never mind hauling lobster like a local. But the solitude is just what she needs--until Iris tempts her to open up. A no-strings summer fling seems like the perfect distraction for both women. Jude rides a motorcycle, kisses hard and gives Iris the perfect distraction from her tangled mess of a life. But come September, Iris is still determined to get out of this zero-stoplight town. That is, unless Jude can give her a reason to stay... Carina Adores is home to modern, romantic love stories where LGBTQ+ characters find their happily-ever-afters. Discover a new Carina Adores book every month!

The Girl Next Door: A Lesbian Small Town Romance

Cameron, Chelsea M.

"An un-put-downable gay romance." --Publishers Weekly Rian Falwell has a problem. And his name is Damon Louis. Rian's life as the art teacher to a gaggle of displaced boys at Albin Academy should be smooth sailing--until the stubborn, grouchy football coach comes into his world like a lightning strike and ignites a heated conflict that would leave them sworn enemies if not for a common goal. A student in peril. A troubling secret. And two men who are polar opposites but must work together to protect their charges. They shouldn't want each other. They shouldn't even like each other. Yet as they fight to save a young man from the edge, they discover more than they thought possible about each other--and about themselves. In the space between hatred, they find love. And the lives they have always wanted... Just like this. Albin Academy Book 1: Just Like That Book 2: Just Like This Carina Adores is home to highly romantic contemporary love stories where LGBTQ+ characters find their happily-ever-afters.&nbsp;Discover a new Carina Adores book every month!

Just Like This: An Enemies to Lovers Romance (Albin Academy, 2)

United States

"[A] warmly appealing romance." —BookPage on The Love Study\nAll Mason wants to do is fall in love, get married and live happily ever after.\nThe hunt is beginning to wear him down…until he meets (slightly) famous fashion designer Diego. Everything sparks between them—the banter, the sex, the fiery eye contact across a crowded room.\nThere's just one thing: Diego is already married and living his happily-ever-after, which luckily (or not) for Mason includes outside courtships.\nBut not quite in the way he'd always imagined.\nMason thought he knew what would make him happy, but it turns out the traditional life he'd expected has some surprises in store.\nCarina Adores is home to romantic love stories where LGBTQ+ characters find their happily-ever-afters.\nThe Love Study 
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Book 2: The Hate Project 
Book 3: The Life Revamp\nAlso by Kris Ripper:\nBook Boyfriend

The Life Revamp: An LGBTQ Romcom (The Love Study, 3)

Ripper, Kris

A Bluestocking's Guide to Decadence (Lucky Lovers of London, 3)

Everlee, Jess

Their differences made them enemies. One summer tied them together forever.&nbsp; From the moment Jack Gardner first laid eyes on Theodore Beaumont, he hated everything about him. Emanating wealth and icy perfection, Theo was everything Jack was not. Their time together at the elite Gwynns Academy changed them both, but it wasn't until a chance encounter the summer after graduation that the tension between them became palpable--unbearable. * Seventeen years later, Jack's and Theo's worlds collide as they drop their sons off at Gwynns. Theo wants the kind of authentic life that requires confronting past lies--specifically the steamy summer affair he and Jack kept buried like a secret beneath the floorboards of their marriages.&nbsp; Jack is...less than convinced. Existing in the present and simultaneously in their shared past, in the richness of their memories and the way they once clung together, Jack and Theo struggle to reconcile the worlds they have built apart with their longing to be together--and the fear of being hurt all over again.

All the Way Happy

Coltrane, Kit

&nbsp;"Albert makes a deeper and more sensitive investigation into what love is than most romances." --New York Times Book Review&nbsp;on Conventionally Yours Winning and losing are subject to sexy interpretation... Navy chief Calder Euler loves to win big. His latest score? A remote mountain cabin. Checking it out is supposed to be a quick trip, but Calder's luck abruptly turns when a freak injury and a freakier snowstorm leave him stranded. Oh, and the cabin isn't empty. A silver fox caring for two young girls claims that the property is his, but Calder's paperwork says otherwise. Felix Sigurd is on a losing streak, and his ex-husband risking the cabin in a reckless bet is only the latest in a series of misfortunes. He'll tolerate the handsome stranger for a couple nights--even care for his injuries--but that's it. Calder doesn't know a damn thing about kids, but making pancakes for Felix's girls is a surprising delight. Trapped in the cabin, the four of them slip easily into the rhythms of a family. But when the ice melts, they'll have to decide if a future together is in the cards. &nbsp; Shore Leave Book 1: Sailor Proof Book 2: Sink or Swim Also by Annabeth Albert: Out of Uniform Book 1: Off Base Book 2: At Attention Book 3: On Point Book 4: Wheels Up Book 5: Squared Away Book 6: Tight Quarters Book 7: Rough Terrain Carina Adores is home to highly romantic contemporary love stories where LGBTQ+ characters find their happily-ever-afters.&nbsp;Discover a new Carina Adores book every month!

Sink or Swim: The Perfect Beach Read (Shore Leave, 2)

Albert, Annabeth

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