Baseball turns out to be a great outlet for his anxiety, and not only because sexy teammate Ty has caught his eye. In the meantime he lets an old friend talk him into joining the Rainbow League, New York’s LGBT amateur baseball league. A job offer too good to turn down has brought him back, but he plans to leave as soon as the job is up. Ian ran screaming from New York City upon graduating from high school. Welcome to the Rainbow League, New York Cityâ€™s LGBT recreational baseball league, where the competition is hot… and so is the action off the field.

But when Ian receives an offer for a job overseas, Ty needs a new plan: convince Ian that home is where Ty is.Many thanks to Kate McMurray for donating an ebook copy of her m/m baseball series, The Rainbow League, to celebrate the upcoming release of the third book, The Long Slide Home.Â The Long Slide Home will be released on August 14 by Dreamspinner Press. In The Windup, Ian lets an old friend talk him into joining the Rainbow League, New York’s LGBT amateur baseball league. They will find themselves in the right place at the right time to take the next step. In When the Planets Align, quiet, practical Simon realizes he’s been in love with Michael all his life, only now Michael has moved on. Their initial physical attraction quickly grows to something more as each hopes to fill the gap that loss and grief has left in his life. In The Stars The Tremble, Mike’s partner was killed when Emma was a toddler, and Gio mourns the beautiful voice he will never have again, so coping with loss is something they have in common. But those years of anger, hurt, and confusion are a lot to overcome, and Jake doesn’t find it easy to forgive. In Four Corners, after five years gone, Adam is back, and he has his mind set on Jake. The slow burn of their attraction doesn’t fade with Jonathan's buzz, but navigating a relationship is never easy-especially in the shadow of right-wing politics. In Blind Items, Jonathan is too afraid to step out of the closet, and Drew thinks the smartest thing might be to let him go-until Jonathan shows up drunk one night at his apartment.

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