Hold Your Horses

<p>When socially anxious secretly asexual and thoroughly horse-illiterate Hollis lands a job at Prickle Island Zoo (by pretending to be a cowgirl from Wyoming) she's just hoping for a fresh start . . . and maybe to hide away from the world with a Jane Austen novel and meerkat in tow.</p><p></p><p>What Hollis doesn't expect is to fall head over heels-literally-for the charming non-binary zookeeper Heron.</p><p></p><p>Heron Lachlan knows that living at their family zoo on a tiny island and being ace means the dating pool is zero. Heron accepts that their longest running relationship will probably be with a literal crane . . . until Hollis trots in wearing a thrifted cowboy hat and lying through her teeth.</p><p></p><p>As zoo hijinks escaped ostriches and a meddlesome family of zookeepers bring them closer Hollis and Heron must face their fears their secret hopes and their wildly incompatible knowledge of equine fun facts.</p><p></p><p>A light-hearted queer rom-com about finding your person embracing your truths and rewriting the rules of love-Hold Your Horses is the joyful asexual slow-burn you didn't know you needed.</p>