Forget What You Know in Green Shore

By Ada Stone

James lives a relatively anonymous life and likes it that way. Having been burned in the past, they are wary of creating new connections—and besides, the isolation keeps their focus on their art. So when they find themselves bumping into too many acquaintances for comfort, they hightail it to nearby Green Shore, thinking a few months in a small, quiet town will be just the thing they need to concentrate on painting... until they bump into a stranger that they do want to get to know.

Zo is James's opposite — outgoing, friendly, and living with cousins on the small farm that they've made their life's mission. But Zo has struggles too — namely, their difficulty putting their own needs above the pressures of the farm and the expectations of their conservative family members.

Their attraction to each other is immediate, but their circumstances seem too difficult to overcome. Can they find the will, and a way, to finally make their personal lives as important to them as their careers?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bryant Street Shorts
• Release date: Jan 12, 2021
• ISBN: 9781094415222

Ada Stone

Ada Stone is a queer and trans book-obsessed human from the Pacific Northwest, where they live now. They love spending quiet time among trees and mountains, listening to their favorite albums on repeat, and receiving “your holds are ready for pickup” alerts from the library.

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