Salt by Jonah Yorke (Paperback)

Salt is the second book in Jonah Yorke’s Like Teammates series, a spicy sports romance that can also be enjoyed as a standalone.

Connor thought getting into the same post-grad university as his girlfriend was a solid enough reason to stay together. But now that he’s in San Diego, living with Thalia’s family, all he really wants is to go back to Sacramento, back to his own family, his friends and the sport he loves like crazy. Then he stumbles upon a pickup soccer match on the beach, and something stirs in him. His eyes, and his camera, fix on a dark-eyed forward who looks straight out of a fashion magazine.

Dane Calvo is tall, untamed and unabashedly gay, and when he hits on Connor, Connor turns him down. Then he discovers Dane is Thalia’s younger brother, the one who sleeps in the bedroom right next to theirs. Trying to be friends with a guy who’s clearly into him might be a terrible idea, especially when Connor is straight. At least, he’s fairly sure he is.

For Dane, the only thing worse than his sister moving in is that she’s brought her boyfriend too. But when he realises Connor is the same cute stranger who was taking stalker snaps of him on the beach, he knows he can have some fun with this, even as he starts to want far more.

Please note this is an 18+ read exploring identity, infidelity, mental health and family trauma. Perfect for readers who love a forced-proximity MM sports romance, a slow-burning bi awakening and a friends-to-more slow burn with real emotional depth.