Showmance

In his first novel, The Prom playwright Beguelin offers a heartfelt and humorous small-town queer romance set in the land of community theater. After his latest show flops, down-on-his-luck Broadway playwright Noah Adams returns to his Illinois hometown to regroup and help his ailing father, who has suffered a heart attack. While there, Noah is roped into producing an off-Broadway rendition of his latest musical. Noah does not expect to fall for Luke, his high school nemesis who bullied him and always knew how to push his buttons. Luke is now lovely and gorgeous; the more time they spend together, the harder Noah finds it to resist Luke’s cinnamon-roll charms. The book is filled with quirky secondary characters who help Noah explore new perspectives on his version of King Lear, offering him fresh insights into his life and work. Narrated by Michael Crouch, this charming, rivals-to-lovers, grumpy/sunshine romance sparkles on audio. Crouch excels in capturing Noah’s full range of emotions, from sarcastic self-protectiveness to tender nostalgia.