{"product_id":"love-is-a-contact-sport-with-author-frederick-smith","title":"Love is a Contact Sport with Author Frederick Smith","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoin us for a conversation with Author Frederick Smith discussing Love is a Contact Sport.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a rough breakup, gay romance author Renny Ross heads to the Bay Area for a fresh start. His new gig writing the anniversary story for a local university is supposed to be a fresh chapter (thanks to university president Dr. Taylor James). But Renny didn’t expect to run into a familiar face from his past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter dropping off his youngest child at college, recently divorced Brent D. King DuPree, is on a journey to freedom, liberation, and living the life he put on hold for over twenty years to raise his family. Figuring out life as a newly out and newly single man, Brent is hesitant about stepping into the Bay Area gay scene until a chance reunion with his first real crush, and the guy he never quite forgot, his peer mentor and tutor in college: Renny Ross.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeither man expected a second chance. But working together at the same university stirs up feelings that never really faded. Their love doesn’t have to be a secret anymore, but will they get it right this time?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally from Detroit, Frederick Smith is the author of seven romance novels set \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein L.A. and San Francisco that feature Black Queer characters. His current novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLove Is A Contact Sport, a Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, MM \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eromance on Bold Strokes Books, came out in June 2026. His 2024 novel, One and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDone, is described as a Black, Queer, Higher Ed, Bay Area, MM romance. A higher \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eeducation professional by day, Frederick does Student Affairs and Diversity \u0026amp;; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInclusion work at San Francisco State University.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little District Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47862646374551,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0560\/0349\/4039\/files\/CMMEvent_13.png?v=1780457348","url":"https:\/\/littledistrictbooks.com\/products\/love-is-a-contact-sport-with-author-frederick-smith","provider":"Little District Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}