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Cat Sebastian
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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Author
Cat Sebastian
Pages
400
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published Date
2024-05-07
ISBN
0063272814 9780063272811
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"A wonderful queer love story! One of my favourite writers."
Tera B.
"i'm so in love with this world cat sebastian has built. i went into this book skeptical that i could love its main characters as much as I do nick and andy, but of course i needn't have worried. i should've trusted in sebastian's exceptional ability to create lovable characters. these four (eddie, mark, nick, and andy) are so real to me now, and i'm so glad for it. i'm so glad they exist. queer historical fiction is so powerful."
catherine!!
"Amazing! I hate baseball (all sports really) and it was still one of my favorites.
The characters were so real and perfectly written.
Grumpy/Sunshine to perfection.
Not one bit could have/should have been done differently. 10/10. "
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Danielle Ferrari
"A queer love story that also features professional baseball? Sign me up! Eddie O'Leary plays for the Kansas City Athletics in 1960. Suddenly, he learns that he's been traded to the expansion New York Robins, a terrible team in their first year of existence. Eddie, a bit of a hothead, loses his temper and manages to alienate his new teammates, his manager, and the fanbase in a tirade in front of reporters.<br/><br/>Now Eddie's in the worst slump of his young career, his teammates won't talk to him, and the fans aren't shy of criticizing him to his face in public. Eddie just wants to be left alone until he meets Mark, a writer for the Cheonicle, assigned to do a Diary of Eddie O'Leary series. Eddie is no doubt attracted to the grumpy reporter who has built a fortress around his heart after a devastating loss. Can these two men who can't see past the dark clouds ahead of them help each other see the light at the end of the tunnel?<br/><br/>This slow burn romance was excellent! I loved all of the main characters and how they grew throughout the book. The author also does a terrific job with portraying the very real fears and repercussions of being outed in 1960 America. The potential loss of Eddie's career, the potential of being jailed. I loved the tenderness and care that Eddie and Mark showed each other during their respective trials. You can also tell how much research the author did on baseball and its history. Highly recommend if you're a fan of MLM slow burn romance!<br/><br/>My thanks to Avon, author Cat Sebastian, and NetGalley for gifting me a digital copy of this book. My opinions are my own."
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Chris Hicks
"I genuinely enjoyed every minute of reading this book. It's so sweet and not one of those awful doom-filled queer books. Eddie and Mark are just so lovable. I'll definitely be reading more by Cat!"
Rochel
