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Lane Hayes

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in Ann Arbor, Michigan, The United States

Website

http://lanehayes.wordpress.com/

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Genre

Gay and Lesbian, Romance

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July 2013

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Lane Hayes loves a good romance! She’s the bestselling author of the Out in College, Starting From, Better Than, A Kind Of, Right and Wrong, and Leaning Into Series! Lane loves red wine, chocolate and travel (in no particular order). All things she can find in sunny SoCal where she lives with her amazing husband in a not quite empty nest.

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Average rating: 4.06 · 70,312 ratings · 11,592 reviews · 105 distinct works • Similar authors

	Better Than Good (Better Than #1) 3.78 avg rating — 4,270 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out in the Deep (Out in College, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 2,405 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Following the Rules (The Script Club, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 2,228 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You, Again (The Elmwood Stories, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 2,094 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Better Than Chance (Better Than, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 2,118 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Better Than Friends (Better Than, #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,870 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out in the End Zone (Out in College, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 1,846 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Next Season (The Elmwood Stories, #2) 4.22 avg rating — 1,691 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Kind of Romance (A Kind of Stories, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 1,581 ratings — published 2016 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Kind of Truth (A Kind of Stories, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 1,615 ratings — published 2016 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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THE JOCK SCRIPT is Available Now on Amazon KU!

THE JOCK SCRIPT is LIVE! mybook.to/The-Jock-Script

Woohoo! THE JOCK SCRIPT is here! The nerd, the coach, and the hookup… The complicated kind of hookup that requires a script to restore balance. LOL

Each book in the Script Club Series can be enjoyed as a standalone, however, you might also be interested in checking out Book 1, FOLLOWING THE RULES, and Book 2, RULES OF PLAY. And YES…there’s a nerdy h Read more of this blog post »

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Published on September 27, 2021 06:23 • Tags: bisexual, coming-out, gay-romance, geek-jock-romance, mm-romance, new-release

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Series by Lane Hayes

Out in College (10 books)
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3.94 avg rating — 11,830 ratings

Better Than (6 books)
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3.95 avg rating — 10,898 ratings

The Script Club (6 books)
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4.11 avg rating — 8,396 ratings

The Elmwood Stories (6 books)
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4.19 avg rating — 7,770 ratings

Leaning Into (7 books)
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4.04 avg rating — 5,673 ratings

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“Be honest about who you are and good things will come.”
― Lane Hayes, Better Than Good

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“Life is for the living. Honor your dead, but don’t die with them. Our time is now.”
― Lane Hayes, The Right Time

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“Every night I’d call out my usual, “Honey, I’m home” the way I had for fourteen years. Mike hadn’t been here for almost four of those years, but I greeted him anyway. I supposed it was like having coffee with him in the garden outside the wine tasting room. I couldn’t explain it to anyone without sounding crazy but I knew he was there, watching over me. Talking to him kept him alive and made me less…dead.”
― Lane Hayes, Leaning Into Forever

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Lane’s Quotes

“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.”
― Oscar Wilde (attributed to)

tags: classic-insult

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“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”
― Molière

tags: challenges, overcoming-obstacles

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message 7: by Lane

Jul 08, 2016 06:44AM

Dia wrote: "Thank you so much for accepting me as a friend! I love your writing!
A kind of series blew my mind!!! <3"

Thank you so much Dia! I'm so happy you're enjoying it so far. There are 2 more books in that series still coming! Lane xo

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message 6: by Dia

Jul 08, 2016 12:20AM

Thank you so much for accepting me as a friend! I love your writing!
A kind of series blew my mind!!! <3

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message 5: by Lane

Nov 15, 2013 12:33PM

Yes! Peter and Jay's story is scheduled for release in early 2014. I have a third one submitted which I hope to hear about soon too. Thanks for inquiring. :D

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message 4: by Macky

Nov 15, 2013 12:24PM

Hi Lane, sorry missed the notification so a bit late saying thanks for accepting. Just wondering, anything else in the pipeline? :D oxox

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message 3: by Lane

Aug 26, 2013 08:01AM

Taylor wrote: "Hello there! How are you??"Hi! Doing well. You? I have to laugh at how many ways there are to connect! I've never spent much time on Goodreads before...should I?

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message 2: by Taylor

Aug 26, 2013 07:06AM