Futbolista | LGBTQ Reads

This post is sponsored by Pat Voss in honor of his upcoming 2nd chance m/m love story, Fouled in Open Play, releasing June 24th!

The summer soccer event FIFA doesn’t want you to know about.

He came to SESU for a second chance.

Then his ex released an album exposing everything they tried to hide.

Follow rising soccer star Caleb as he chases a professional contract while battling heartbreak, secrets, and the pressure of staying closeted in a college town that refuses to let his personal life stay private. As fame grows and betrayals pile up, Caleb must decide what matters more: … fight for a future he promised to keep or finally face the music of his past.

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After the Siren by Darcy Green (m/m)

Top of Her Game by M. Ullrich (f/f)

Glasgow Lads by Avery Cockburn (m/m series)

Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner (f/f)

Two Left Feet by Kallie Emblidge (m/m)

Bonus: These are all Adult, but for New Adult, check out Futbolista by Jonny Garza Villa (m/m)

Happy Latine Heritage Month! We’re celebrating as we do with books by Latine authors, mostly starring Latine main characters, and if you want even more recs, check out past years’ posts!

Middle Grade

It’s All or Nothing, Vale by Andrea Beatriz Arango

All these months of staring at the wall?
All these months of feeling weak?
It’s ending—
I’m going back to fencing.
And then it’ll be
like nothing ever happened.

No one knows hard work and dedication like Valentina Camacho. And Vale’s thing is fencing. She’s the top athlete at her fencing gym. Or she was . . . until the accident.

After months away, Vale is finally cleared to fence again, but it’s much harder than before. Her body doesn’t move the way it used to, and worst of all is the new number one: Myrka. When she sweeps Vale aside with her perfect form and easy smile, Vale just can’t accept that. But the harder Vale fights to catch up, the more she realizes her injury isn’t the only thing holding her back. If she can’t leave her accident in the past, then what does she have to look forward to?

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