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One and Done

by Frederick Smith

Ambition, homecoming, and a second chance

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Ambition, homecoming, and a second chance

Set in San Francisco and the Bay Area, this contemporary romance brings together two men whose professional goals intersect with unsettled questions about home and intimacy. Dr. Taylor James is working toward a major career milestone while protecting a small pocket of time for pleasure and friendship. Dustin McMillan’s return to his hometown for a consulting assignment puts his hard-won independence in view alongside memories of a difficult past relationship. Their meeting frames the story around the tension between keeping an encounter brief and allowing the possibility of a lasting connection. The description also places Black and queer professional ambition, family roles, and personal agency within the romance’s concerns.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in LGBTQ+ romance centered on two adult men.
  • Readers who enjoy contemporary romance set in San Francisco and the Bay Area.
  • Readers interested in stories involving career ambition, returning home, and past relationships.

Themes

LGBTQ+ romanceBlack and queer professional ambitionHomecoming and family rolesPersonal agencyPast relationships

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Book overview

One night of passion and possibly one more chance at love...

Determined, motivated, goal-driven, and eternally single, Dr. Taylor James is an accomplished university administrator in San Francisco determined to get his campus successfully through an upcoming accreditation process. The process could set him up for his ultimate career goal-to be one of the only Black and openly queer university presidents in the US. Taylor gives himself just one day a week to have fun and let loose with friends-a one and done Sunday Funday brunch in the Castro District.

Dustin McMillan is a consultant and project manager who reluctantly returns to the Bay Area, his hometown, for an assignment. The first in his family to finish college, earn a healthy six-figure income, and have choice and agency in his life's direction, Dustin is fearful that returning home could mean falling back into roles that he'd thought he'd resolved by moving miles away...and equally fearful of falling back into bed with one sexy and toxic ex-boyfriend who still lingers in his memories.

One chance encounter. One night of passion. Will Taylor and Dustin leave it at one and done?

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