ON THE ROPES has been out in the world, warming hearts and steaming up Kindles, for one month now. I’ve been overwhelmed with the response to this little love story about Dean the Machine and his adorable and epic crush on his friend, Tabitha Tyler. As Dean would say: “You find the people who love you more loudly than the ones who don’t. That’s your real family, your found family, in the end.”
Thank you for supporting this romance novel about close-knit communities, found families, neighbors helping neighbors and nostalgic summer nights. Thank you for supporting a love story about a broody, shy hero healing from wounds both visible and invisible. And a sparkly queer heroine finding an authentic love that allowed her to forgive herself.
Every day, I walk the streets of South Philly and picture Dean and Tabitha on their stoop on a hot summer night, sharing a Yuengling and laughing, and I know their Happily Ever After is perfect for who they are.
