• Age: 14 to 18
• Grade: 9 to 12
• Reading age: 12 to 18

Sometimes love can be found in the most surprising places…

In Alison Lister’s second Real Love novel, two kids on holiday, both sure they must be the only queer people for kilometres, find each other and sparks fly.

Dominic, a trans teen, is stuck on vacation in sleepy coastal Nova Scotia with their parents, all summer, with no other company. Sunil is all alone in a rented beach house while their dad is off hanging out with his new girlfriend. A chance encounter with Sunil on the beach catches Dominic by surprise, and all of a sudden, their summer doesn’t look so bleak.

What follows is a vivid, romantic story full of self-exploration and the gauzy haze of summer love.

Lister’s dynamic, realistic characters and the authenticity of their connection are set against the vivid backdrop of Nova Scotia’s Atlantic coast.

Alison Lister is an enby (non-binary) author who has been writing realistic and romantic adult LGBTQ+ fiction as Elizabeth Lister, and currently as AE Lister, for over ten years. They are a partner, parent, and sibling, with lots of life experience to draw upon. They live in Ottawa, Ontario with their partner and two children.

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A story of chance meetings, queer connection, and forming bonds as refreshing and fleeting as summer itself. Dominic and Sunil will instantly charm you.

Kristopher Mielke, author of Losing Hit Points