Now that I’ve read it, I can report that it’s a lovely m/m historical romance set in rural Australia in the 1890s. I hadn’t heard of the book, but I immediately added it to my TBR. Marsland’s BY THE CURRAWONG’S CALL, thinking that I had originally recommended it because it features the “hot priest” trope (admittedly DDD catnip). Highly recommended.Ī few months ago, someone posted about Welton B. A fabulous book for fans of both romance and baseball, DIAMOND RING is my favorite book of 2023 so far-I placed it immediately on my “comfort reread” shelf. DIAMOND RING amplifies and continues themes developed in previous Unwritten Rules books: Judaism and what it means to be an observant Jew in a sport monopolized by Christians mental health struggles (anxiety, OCD, intrusive thoughts), including interventional therapy, medication, and journaling the constant vigilance required to stay closeted the endless stretch of a 162-game baseball season-the heat, the cold, the injuries, the wins, the loses, the travel, the fatigue, the doldrums, the euphoria. A decade of separation and silence ends when Jake and Alex find themselves back together on the same team and have to determine if the spark between them-professionally and romantically-is still there. It’s a beautifully written slow-burn opposites-attract story covering a ten-year span in the lives of pitcher Jake and catcher Alex, who fall in love the first season they work together on a major league team, and then spend the next nine years apart when everything goes downhill after a misplayed pitch (or was it a misplayed catch?) loses their team the World Series. I loved, loved, loved KD Casey’s m/m baseball romance, DIAMOND RING, the third in her Unwritten Rules series.

Devil's Dance by Garrett Leigh