It Started with a Text (Queer Ways to Fall in Love #1)
Jax Calder
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
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· Steam/Spice level: 3 of 5
Open door [?]
· 14 ratings · 129 pages · Published: 19 Mar 2026
Okay, so making a viral video mocking my celebrity crush’s pretentious apartment tour isn’t exactly a strategy for finding love.
But when some random guy slides into my DMs claiming to be Anthony Devine—Grammy Award-winning pop star, LGBTQ+ icon, and owner of cheekbones that should be illegal—I assume he's a forty-five-year-old catfish living in his mom's basement.
However, we start chatting, and it’s the most real conversation I’ve had in ages. One month and approximately five thousand messages later, AntD has become my favorite person to talk to. He sends me funny memes, asks about my assignments, and actually listens when I rant about my cheating ex. And him insisting he really is Anthony Devine has become our running joke.
Hilarious, right?
I need to stop catching feelings for a guy whose real name I don't even know, but meeting AntD would mean risking everything we’ve built.
What if he's not who he says he is?
What if he is?
It Started with a Text is a swoony MM novella about finding real connection in the digital age, featuring a broke college student with too many posters on his wall and the one catfish who might actually be the real deal.
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- gay romance 6
- contemporary 6
- queer romance 5
- funny 5
- sunny/happy hero 4
- rockstar hero 4
- sweet/gentle hero 3
- early 20s mmc 3
- class difference 3
- working class hero 3
- slow burn 2
- anal sex 2
- rich hero 2
- new adult 1
- friends to lovers 1
- found family 1
- nerdy hero 1
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The 'Queer Ways to Fall in Love' series
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