Ready Oar Not

Love tends to rock the boat.

Maeve Carter would do anything for her little sister.

That’s how she finds herself coaching her sister’s high school crew team with none other than Izzy Jimenez, local contractor, childhood crush, and boy next door. Maeve, a former D1 athlete, is only supposed to be back in her hometown for a year, getting her sister off to college on the heels of their parents messy divorce and avoiding her stagnating architecture career. But when her sister and best friend conspire to play matchmaker, Maeve’s caught in the crosshairs with Izzy.

At work, at crew practice, and around the neighborhood—as Maeve desperately tries to parent a teenager, fix up the house to sell, and hang on to her big-city architecture career, it’s Izzy who keeps rescuing her from herself. But with only a year to pick up the pieces of everyone else’s life so she can get back to her own, Maeve cannot get distracted by the sweet boy next door—on or off the water.

This debut rom-com with lovable queer characters and plenty of wit will delight fans of Abby Jimenez and Bal Khabra.