you'll always be my queen

Cover art for my debut novel

A lot of you know me for my smutty modern au fanfics, but I spent a manic six weeks last year writing the first draft of an original romance novel. A year of editing later, here I am, just a couple of months away from publishing the dang thing for real!

While the majority of my fics have been F/M, queer romance is something I am incredibly passionate about since I am, well, a gay dude! If you are a lover of gay romance or you would simply like to stay updated on this book's release, please consider following my author Instagram @ jonahyorkeauthor and/or subscribing to my newsletter by scrolling to the bottom of my website here.

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To those I have met through fanfiction, I honestly could never have written this book without the feedback and support you all have gifted me and my fics through the years. Being a novelist has been my dream for a long time, and now that this dream is finally coming to fruition, I'm so grateful to my fandom community for helping to prepare me for this endeavor. Special shout out to @dire-stark1 for being the best beta reader in town and an even better friend.

SWEAT: an MM College Sports Romance

Tommy I should hate Rowan Hughes. He was a bully when we were kids, and now I find out he’s messed around with my girlfriend. But how can I hate the campus soccer star when he’s everything I’ve always wanted to be? With my reputation on the line, I can’t let Rowan get away with humiliating me in front of people I know—people we both go to school with. When he swears he didn’t know Annalese was my girlfriend, I actually believe him. When he says I’m good enough to play beside him, I want to believe that too. But when he insists he’s not gay, all I want is to prove him wrong. Rowan I made one dumb decision at a party, and now Tommy Mathison thinks I’m into his girl. He couldn’t be more wrong, but it’s not because I’m gay. It’s because I’m weak. Now I’ve got a beefed-up babyface’s knuckle prints bruising the side of my face, and I can’t get him out of my head. Tommy isn’t weak, and he may just be the missing piece my team needs to win a championship before I go pro. I don’t know why he quit soccer after high school, but getting him back on the field is easy. Keeping him close without losing control? That’s the real challenge.

SWEAT is a spicy M/M college romance in which two soccer players claim to be straight while harboring massive crushes on each other. Trigger warnings include internal and external homophobia and discussions around grief, depression, and past childhood trauma.