DEARLY DEPARTED 🪦(Out 6/16 with @PutnamBooks) the goodest boy for tacos, taylor swift & book boyfriends || rep’d by Jess Watterson SDLA

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My besties @enews dropped the cover for DEARLY DEPARTED yesterday (we’re basically official now), but here it is in all its shadowy glory…my gay, mythological, spicy-as-hell rom-com about grief, hope & queer joy. Out 6.16.26 🖤
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A little overwhelmed by the love this story has received already 🖤🌻 The fact that so many of you have embraced a semi-retired God of the Underworld & the Loverboy florist determined to drag him back into the land of the living will never stop amazing me. Out June 16 🖤
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Before I Do could be your next favourite gay rom-com – here’s everything to know 💕🌈 buff.ly/H12iYGp
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just one more month until Hayden & Levi (& those pesky shadows) are yours 🖤 Available to preorder now: penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
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My publisher is giving away 20 copies of Dearly Departed 🖤😈 goodreads.com/giveaway/show/…
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If Elijah Mikaelson from TVD & The Originals did it for you, I think you’re going to love Hayden Harlow from Dearly Departed 😏 📖: penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
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“Because if loneliness made him this careful, maybe company can make him brave.” 🖤 📖: Dearly Departed (6/16)
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Dearly Departed 🤝 “The Prophecy” by @taylorswift Hayden & Levi’s love story is for the swifties, tbh. Out June 16.
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grumpy god his sunshine
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⌯⌲ 📖 Dearly Departed by Chip Pons ╰┈➤ 5 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Stars wouldn’t shine without darkness to hold them.”
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a couple that can’t take their hands off of one another >>>>>> When writing Dearly Departed, I knew I wanted to write a pair of loverboys who were DOWN BAD for one another 😮‍💨
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A spicy snippet to brighten up your Saturday 🤭 📖 Dearly Departed (6/16)
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📖 DEARLY DEPARTED
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“Stars wouldn’t shine without darkness to hold them,” I whisper gently. “Maybe darkness isn’t emptiness. Maybe it’s what makes the light matter.” My soft boys come out in just over three months & I’m feeling big feelings about it 🖤
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For anyone still searching for light in the shadows…my hand is yours to hold. And most of all, to my mom, the strongest, most resilient woman I know. Everything blooms because you loved me first. ♥️ penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
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'Heated Rivalry' isn’t just a hockey romance, it’s a cultural reset. In a powerful new personal essay for Gayety, author Chip Pons breaks down why Rachel Reid’s beloved love story, and its buzzy screen adaptation starring Hudson Williams and Conner Storrie, feels bigger than a book or a show. It’s proof that queer audiences are done paying trauma as the price of admission and are demanding joy, heat, and happily-ever-afters instead. 🔗: gayety.com/heated-rivalry-qu…
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I got to write a little something something for @gayety about Heated Rivalry, queer joy & what this moment means to me ♥️ gayety.com/heated-rivalry-qu…
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What a wild & dreamy year 🖤🪦
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“Stars wouldn’t shine without darkness to hold them,” I whisper gently. “Maybe darkness isn’t emptiness. Maybe it’s what makes the light matter.” Levi & Hayden…my soft boys 🖤 📖: Dearly Departed (6/16)
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Speaking of Theo Fernandez…
Btw these are the leads I envisioned when writing my books: Taylor Zakhar Perez & Nico Greetham for WINGING IT WITH YOU Lee Pace & Max Parker for DEARLY DEPARTED …excited for you to see the next one 👀
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