EVENTS
Book Launch!
6:30 pm
Chloe Angyal | Pointe of Pride
@ Beaverdale Books
Carly will do anything for her best friend, including running all over Sydney with Nick—Nick who has his life together, Nick who’s made the transition out of ballet into photography so perfectly, Nick who has the most irritatingly sharp cheekbones and stormy blue eyes. And when the director of New York Ballet announces that she’ll be making her decision about promotions ahead of schedule, Carly chooses to stay in Sydney, even if it means shelving her pride to ask Nick for help.
Nick Jacobs is coming back to Sydney with a secret. His life in Paris, where he recently retired from ballet, has fallen apart. With no girlfriend and no new career to speak of, Nick can’t bear to tell his friends at home the humiliating truth. And after fifteen years dancing overseas, what does home even mean anymore?
Nick doesn’t want to team up with Carly Montgomery, a human hurricane who creates chaos every time she walks in the room, but sparring with her makes him feel the most alive he’s felt in months. When she asks him for help securing her promotion, he sees an opportunity to kickstart his own flagging career. Looking at Carly through his lens all day starts to change how Nick sees her, and soon, he can’t stop staring. Carly’s a human hand grenade, but suddenly Nick wouldn’t mind pulling the pin.
When she finds out the truth about him, though, the explosion might destroy them both.
Release date: May 21, 2024 PREORDER NOW
About the Author
Chloe Angyal is a journalist and author from Sydney, Australia, based in the Iowa City area. Chloe is the author of the three books, including Turning Pointe: How a New Generation of Dancers is Saving Ballet from Itself, a book about the future of ballet, and a reckoning with all the forces – racism, sexism, elitism, and more – that endanger that future. Her most recent book, Pas de Don’t, is a romance novel set in the ballet world. Previously, Chloe was an Editor at Feministing until 2014, where she blogged about gender, sex, politics, pop culture and body image. Her freelance writing covers a range of topics, including sexual assault prevention, women in politics and reproductive rights. She has also served as Deputy Opinion Editor at Huffington Post.
Chloe will be joined by special guest and fellow romance writer Denise Williams. Her first book, I Hate You and its sequel, I Still Hate You, featured a tough, funny heroine, a quirky hero, witty banter, and a dragon. Minus the dragons, these are still the books she likes to write. After penning those early works, she finished second grade and eventually earned a PhD. After growing up a military brat around the world and across the country, Denise now lives in Iowa with her husband, son, and two ornery shih-tzus who think they own the house. How to Fail at Flirting was her debut novel, and she can usually be found reading, writing, or thinking about love stories. She is the author of nine novels.
This event will be moderated by Kali White VanBaale, a Des Moines-area creative writing professor and award-winning author of novels, short stories, essays, and articles. Kali is the author of the novels The Monsters We Make, The Good Divide, and The Space Between. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts, is a core faculty member in the Lindenwood University MFA in Writing Program, and regularly teaches writing workshops at various conferences and festivals. In addition to writing and teaching, Kali is an advocate and state lobbyist for mental healthcare reform. Born and raised on a dairy farm in southern Iowa, she now lives and writes on a quiet acreage outside Des Moines with her family.
