Balancing Act

Balancing Act - A slow-burn queer romance about the complicated beauty of rebuilding your life from the middle.   When ex-Olympian Jamie Lyons walked away from the gymnastics world at twenty-four, it wasn't by choice -- but a diagnosis that solidified her decision to disappear from the public eye. For seven years, she's kept her distance from the spotlight, living quietly in Oregon and staying far from the headlines that once defined her. Now, Jamie is back in Seattle as a favor to an old friend. But a chance encounter at a party she reluctantly finds herself at sets a series of events in motion that begin to make her to question the walls she has built to keep people out. And when the life she left behind starts to blur with the one she's creating, Jamie must decide if she's finally ready to stop running.   Beth Walsh is no stranger to heartbreak. After her marriage to Sarah Gallagher fell apart, she's spent years piecing herself back together while raising their daughter, Lily -- a fiercely driven, sometimes turbulent teenager. Now, after a year-long national art tour, Beth has returned to Seattle, determined to find her footing again and figure out what happiness looks like for her. But when her path crosses with an alluring stranger, everything she thought she knew is flipped upside down. Beth finds herself navigating the delicate balance between life, love, and being a parent while caught between the future she's building and the past she's never quite been able to let go of.   With love, ambition, and identity colliding at full force, Balancing Act is a rich, emotional story about letting go, holding on, and finding your footing when everything feels like it's shifting beneath you.…