{"product_id":"love-is-a-contact-sport-9798900350592","title":"Love Is a Contact Sport","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter a rough breakup, gay romance author Renny Ross heads to the Bay Area for a fresh start. His new gig writing the anniversary story for a local university is supposed to be a fresh chapter (thanks to university president Dr. Taylor James). But Renny didn't expect to run into a familiar face from his past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter dropping off his youngest child at college, recently divorced Brent D. King DuPree is on a journey to freedom, liberation, and living the life he put on hold for over twenty years to raise his family. Figuring out life as a newly out and newly single man, Brent is hesitant about stepping into the Bay Area gay scene until a chance reunion with his first real crush, and the guy he never quite forgot, his peer mentor and tutor in college: Renny Ross.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeither man expected a second chance. But working together at the same university stirs up feelings that never really faded. Their love doesn't have to be a secret anymore, but will they get it right this time?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frederick Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bold Strokes Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798900350592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmith, Frederick:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Originally from Detroit, Frederick Smith is a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism, Loyola University Chicago, and Loyola Marymount University. He lives in San Francisco. He is author of In Case You Forgot (co-authored with Chaz Lamar Cruz), Play it Forward, Right Side of the Wrong Bed, and Down For Whatever. He can be contacted at www.FrederickLSmith.com or Instagram\/Twitter: @fsmith827.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Frederick Smith \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48483601088669,"sku":"9798900350592","price":23.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_60d2bd9c-5405-4c1f-be22-5307aa59dc9e.jpg?v=1782288248","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/love-is-a-contact-sport-9798900350592","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}