{"product_id":"curveballs-curtain-calls-9798267352758","title":"Curveballs \u0026 Curtain Calls","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jason M. Buss\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Romance - LGBTQ+\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the hallways of Rosenberry High, a cast list has the power to rewrite everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor \u003cb\u003eElliot Maypedal\u003c\/b\u003e, the spring musical was supposed to be his final bow - a triumphant send-off before trading high school spotlights for a full scholarship to the University of Michigan and a future already neatly scripted: prestigious conservatory, new city, and \u003cb\u003ePerry Worthington\u003c\/b\u003e, the older boyfriend who was supposed to be the love story Elliot had always deserved. Securing the lead role of Tony in \u003ci\u003eWest Side Story\u003c\/i\u003e was the last piece of a perfect ending. He just needed to get through auditions without the past ambushing him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen he sees\u003cb\u003e Jared King\u003c\/b\u003e's name on the audition list, and the careful architecture of Elliot's life begins to crack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree years ago, they existed in stolen moments - whispered confessions in a grandmother's music room, secret kisses in an athletic utility closet, a love that lived entirely in the shadows because Jared King was Rosenberry's golden-armed baseball star, and some things were easier to hide than to explain. Elliot saw what no one else did: the songwriter behind the pitcher, the boy who poured his whole heart into lyrics he shared with no one else. What they had was quiet and luminous and entirely theirs - until one spring burned it all to ash in a betrayal Elliot has spent three years trying to stop replaying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Jared is back, changed in every way that matters. A devastating car accident has ended his baseball career, shattered the future he was building, and left him with nothing but a guitar, a limp, and an audition he has no business walking into. He's stepping into Elliot's world with everything to prove and no idea whether forgiveness is even on the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs rehearsals force them into each other's orbit night after night - circling lines about star-crossed lovers while their own unfinished story hums beneath every scene - both boys must decide what they're willing to risk. Because Perry isn't quite the ending Elliot thought he was. And Jared isn't quite the coward Elliot convinced himself he'd been.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome performances are for the audience. Some are just for surviving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCurveballs \u0026amp; Curtain Calls\u003c\/i\u003e is a richly romantic, emotionally layered YA novel about first love, second chances, and the terrifying, necessary act of finally letting yourself be seen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47883901141143,"sku":"9798267352758","price":1728.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798267352758.webp?v=1781104748","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/curveballs-curtain-calls-9798267352758","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}