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Chapters (53)
  1. Front Cover
  2. Letter from the Author
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
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  30. • Twenty-Five •
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  44. • ∞ •
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  47. Epilogue
  48. Acknowledgments
  49. Excerpt from Be Dazzled
  50. One
  51. Two
  52. About the Author
  53. Back Cover

And, of course, to my dear friends; Candice Montgomery, who is also an insightful sensitivity reader; and Tehlor Kay Mejia, whose editing services shaped Reverie early on. You were both integral in helping me tell the story I wanted to tell. TJ Ohler and Taylor Brooke, your notes were invaluable, too. Amy Rose Capetta, Cori McCarthy, and Queer Pete (who is not a person, but a group of people) and the Writing Barn fam, you lifted me up when I needed it most.

Kat Enright, Rachel Stark, and Michael Strother, your early support of Reverie made a world of difference. Sarah Enni, your work on First Draft gave me focus, drive, inspiration, and laughs that totally changed how I wrote (for the better).

And to my glorious, absurd, usually screaming family of friends. It’s a wonder this book ever got written with people as hilarious and captivating as you in my life. In no particular order whatsoever, I want to thank: Ryan and Ryan, Jess, Daniel, Tamani, Shams, Leah, Justine, Aurora, David, Tom, Jossica, Will, Fernando, Jess + Cody, Ben, Pam, Emily, Rachel, and, of course, Sal.

Lastly, I want to express gratitude to my readers and the people who find a home in this story. To all the other Others out there, I hope you create the world you need, or even the one you want. So chase your dreams, but beware the dreams that chase you back.

Excerpt from Be Dazzled

Read on for another unforgettable novel by Ryan La Sala

Be Dazzled

One

Now

The Boston Convention Center has good security, but it doesn’t have missile launchers, which means it would have a pretty tough time defending itself against Evie Odom.

My mother.

If she knew I was outside this place, she’d probably descend from the low clouds on this foggy Boston morning like some sort of alien doomsday spacecraft and vaporize me.

And if she knew I was standing out here in a costume that can only be described as “fungus chic” for all of Boston Seaport to see? Well, what’s worse than being vaporized? Whatever it is, that is what she’d do to me.

Some might think I’m being dramatic. Which, okay, fine. Maybe they’d be a little right. But mostly, they’d be wrong. This is Evie fucking Odom here. The self-made millionaire artist turned gallery director. The woman of onyx eyes and champagne lips (according to her Times profile, which was for sure penned by a gay man).