Book 3 in the Series
Published
11 June 2024

For Real

From the acclaimed author of BOYFRIEND MATERIAL and HUSBAND MATERIAL comes a deeply emotional romance about finding love when (and where) you least expect it.

Laurence Dalziel is worn down and washed up, and for him, the Scene is all played out. Six years from his last meaningful relationship, he’s pushing forty and tired of pretending nothing has changed. Then he meets Toby Finch. Young. Fearless, fierce, and vulnerable. Everything Laurie can’t remember being.

Toby doesn’t know who he wants to be or what he wants to do, but he knows that he wants Laurie. The problem is, while Laurie will surrender his body, he won’t surrender his heart. Because Toby is too young, too intense, too easy to hurt. And what they have–no matter how right it feels–can’t last. It can’t mean anything.

It can’t be real.

This dynamic, emotional LGBTQIA+ romance contains never-before-seen content and exclusive bonus material:

  • A foreword from the author
  • Author Annotations: Alexis Hall’s insights and commentary threaded through the novel
  • In Vino: A 7k word story about a secondary character
  • Toby’s Kinky Lemon Meringue Pie Recipe, brought forward from the original release


The World of SPIRES:

Glitterland, book 1

Waiting for the Flood, book 2

For Real, book 3

Pansies, book 4

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