Flirty Dancing: A Novel

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Archer Read is 27 and desperate to find his place in life. Five months ago, he quit his soul-destroying accounting job in Ohio and moved to Manhattan with dreams of making it on Broadway. And now he has nothing to show for it but a string of rejections. Even for a ray-of-sunshine like Archer, hope can only go so far. A musical revue at Shady Queens, a queer-friendly resort in the Catskills, is his last chance to break into show biz-otherwise, it's back to Ohio, broke and hopeless. He arrives ready to dance his heart out, only to find he'll be working with his teenage celebrity crush, the Broadway star Mateo Dixon. What is Mateo doing working at Shady Queens Besides barking orders and glaring at everyone.when he's not absolutely smoldering at Archer on the dancefloor. As Archer tries to forget his teen crush and get to know the real Mateo, he's caught up in a romance with his hot, temperamental bunkmate, Caleb. Between Mateo's baggage and the dance crew's drama-partying, flirting, breaking up, getting back together, then breaking up again-it's no surprise when the show starts to fall apart. Archer quickly discovers that when it comes to dance, sometimes you can't leave all your problems backstage. Filled with colorful side characters, about a million Broadway references, and enough drama for a high school summer camp, Flirty Dancing is a delightful romantic comedy that shows love, like art, is worth a little sacrifice.

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"Irresistible... a slow-burning romance that delivers all the feels." --Publishers Weekly

"Full of delicious relationship drama...effervescent." --Library Journal

"This clever twist on a classic will hook you immediately. With modern characters and real emotion, wrapped in a fun, glistening setting, Flirty Dancing is a loveable summer story. Moffatt's delightful writing jumps off the page and into your arms." --Sidney Karger, author of Best Men and The Bump

"If you feel the heat every time there's a tango on So You Think You Can Dance, swoon for Strictly Ballroom, and imprinted on the summer camp vibes of Dirty Dancing, get ready to fall in love... With a lovable ensemble cast of oddballs and drama queens, Flirty Dancing is a charming and warm-hearted escape." --Amanda Sellet, author of Hate to Fake it to You

"Flirty Dancing by Jennifer Moffatt is a lighthearted, sweet, frothy concoction... Filled with romantic flings, unrequited longing, and high kicks, it's the perfect summer read!" --Jayne Denker, author of The Rom-Com Agenda

" Charming and steamy in equal measures, Flirty Dancing is the queer, frisky romcom we've been desperately waiting for. Moffat's considerable talent will have you fanning your flush one moment and giggling in the next; fans... will delight in the mess and drama of this sunshine-and-hormone-soaked summer show." --Lindz McLeod, author of The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet

Author Bio

JENNIFER MOFFATT believes that there are so many more romantic stories to tell than the ones that have traditionally been lined up on bookstore shelves, and she plans to write as many of them as she can. Her short stories have appeared in multiple anthologies and literary magazines. Flirty Dancing is her fourth novel. Jennifer loves hot summers and potato chips and lives with her family in British Columbia, Canada.