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relate to. She believes everyone deserves to see themselves in the books they read. When she’s not writing, you’ll find her reading or enjoying time with her awesome family in their home in North Carolina.
Riley Hart is represented by Jane Dystel at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret Literary Management. She’s a 2019 Lambda Literary Award Finalist for Of Sunlight and Stardust. Under her pen name, her young adult novel, The History of Us is an ALA Rainbow Booklist Recommended Read and Turn the World Upside Down is a Florida Authors and Publishers President's Book Award Winner.
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Other Titles by Riley Hart
Standalones:
Love Always
Endless Stretch of Blue
Looking For Trouble
His Truth
Rock Solid
Stumbling into Love Series:
Stupid Love
Havenwood Series:
Giving Chase
Murphy’s Law
Saint and Lucky
Something About You
Something about Us
Jared and Kieran:
Jared’s Evolution
Jared’s Fulfillment
Last Chance Series:
Depth of Field
Color Me In
Wild Side Series:
Dare You To
Gone For You
Tied to You
Crossroads Series:
Crossroads
Shifting Gears
Test Drive
Jumpstart
Broken Pieces Series:
Broken Pieces
Full Circle
Losing Control
Blackcreek Series:
Collide
Stay
Pretend
Return to Blackcreek
Fever Fall series with Devon McCormack:
Fired Up
#Burn
Whiskey Throttle
#Royal
Game On
Boyfriend 101
Weight of the World & Up for the Challenge with Devon McCormack
Metropolis Series: With Devon McCormack
Faking It
Working It
Owning It
Free Fall Series with Christina Lee (writing as Nyrae Dawn)
Touch the Sky
Chase the Sun
Paint the Stars
Standalones with Christina Lee
Living Out Loud:
(A Paint the Stars and A Hundred Thousand Words spinoff)
Of Sunlight and Stardust
Science & Jockstraps
Forbidden Love series with Christina Lee
Ever After: A Gay Fairy Tale
Forever Moore: A Gay Fairy Tale
Boys in Makeup series
Pretty Perfect
Pretty Sweet
AS NYRAE DAWN:
A Hundred Thousand Words
Turn the World Upside Down
The History of Us
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Book #1 in the Boys in Makeup Series
Jesse
After spending the first part of my life trapped in a small town where it wasn’t okay to be a makeup-wearing boy who liked boys, I swore I’d leave and never be anything but loud, proud, and unapologetically me. I’ve kept that promise. I’m following my dreams, have an apartment with my bestie, and get to dance my nights away at one of the hottest gay bars in Portland.
The only downfall is Dane, the sexy bartender with a perma-scowl always aimed my way. The tension between us is so strong that even the clubgoers notice, and they eat that stuff up. Our boss makes us dance on the bar together every Friday night. I might shake my booty a little more with Dane just because I love getting under his skin. It’s not my fault he doesn’t know how to have any fun…but I kind of want to teach him.
Dane
I got burned bad by my last boyfriend. Thankfully, my sister, Bree, and my niece, Hailey, make my days a whole lot brighter. I’m getting back on my feet, including a decent job as a bartender. But working in a gay club makes it harder to keep to myself. No way do I want to get reeled in by another charming, pretty face and get hurt again, and definitely not by someone like Jesse, whose audacity frustrates me to no end.
So why do I want to shove him against the wall and screw that boldness right out of him?
Only…sometimes he’s pretty sweet, especially with Hailey. As we go from enemies to angry hookups to friends, our feelings are changing and moving into uncharted territory. This can’t go anywhere. Jesse and I are like oil and water; we just don’t mix…right?
An Excerpt from Living Out Loud
A Paint the Stars and A Hundred Thousand Words Spinoff
Chapter One
Ben
The cursor blinks as I consider whether to leave well enough alone. My palms sweat as I begin typing the message, my fingers fumbling on the keys:
Hey, Xavier! This is Ben Emerson. It’s been a long time.
A long time since we were fourteen and shared a first kiss. A long time since I freaked, pushed you away, and barely spoke to you after that.
Your family moved the following year, and I never saw you again. Surprised I didn’t search for you online sooner. But life’s been rough, to say the least. And I’ve been scared for too damn long. And now I’m finally on my own.…Trying to find my way in this vibrant city. Guess it feels nice to reach out to an old friend. Don’t have too many of those anymore. Someone familiar in an overwhelming situation.
I hit the back button and delete the short message. Exit out of Facebook and walk to the fridge to pull out a cold soda, glad my roommate isn’t around to see me stress out like this over a damn social media message.
But lots of shit is new to me lately. Moving