This sweet, relatively chaste romance will have crossover YA appeal. The descriptions of Odyssey play are inventive and fun, but Albert wisely focuses more on how the game helps build the characters’ confidence. After an overlong setup, Albert generates some drama at the competition as both young men weigh their relationship with their desire to win. Road trip bonding turns these enemies to lovers, and before they arrive at the tournament Conrad has given Alden his first kiss. Uptight, virginal, and neurodiverse Alden is secretly attracted to the more confident Conrad, who is privately coping with money troubles and family estrangement after his father kicked him out for being gay. When the other Odyssey gamers they share a vlog with back out at the last moment, they wind up being the only two making the cross-country road trip to the convention together.

They both have dreams of winning big at the national Massive Odyssey Con West tournament in Las Vegas and using the prize money to improve their uncertain futures. College age Conrad Stewart and Alden Roth are long-standing rivals in the fictional game of Odyssey. Originally published as part of the Campus Cravings bundle, Winning Bracket is now available on its own with a bonus epilogue/short story! The Winning Wedding bonus features a lost receipt which threatens their special day.Two trading-card game players find love in the agreeable first True Colors romance from Albert (the #gaymers series). Winning Bracket is a standalone, steamy, low-angst, opposites attract novella between a nerd and party boy. When their real challenge becomes avoiding their emotions, the two frenemies must risk their hearts to win a shot at lasting love. Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order Pickup. Before they know it, they’re burning up the sheets. Read reviews and buy Conventionally Yours - (True Colors) by Annabeth Albert (Paperback) at Target. And now Ollie’s never been so eager to lose a bet in his life. Ollie doesn't understand why Edwin makes his pulse pound even as he drives Ollie up a wall with his strict adherence to rules.

But Edwin’s not the only one suffering a case of unwanted attraction. When Ollie proposes a bet on a basketball tournament, Edwin seizes the chance to get over his inconvenient feelings for Ollie. However, Edwin’s been nursing a secret crush on Ollie for years. Now seniors and competing dorm resident advisors, the two are in constant conflict. Can a sexy bet on a basketball tournament change their relationship status from frenemies to something more?īubbly Oliver Marshall has long been a pain in Edwin Schultz’s side.

Conventionally yours by annabeth albert