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Love is a Contact Sport

Name: Love is a Contact Sport
Start: 2026-08-25T19:00:00.000Z
Location: San Francisco

When: Tuesday, August 25
Where: San Francisco
Listed by: The Third Place

After a rough breakup, gay romance author Renny Ross heads to the Bay Area for a fresh start. His new gig writing the anniversary story for a local university is supposed to be a fresh chapter (thanks to university president Dr. Taylor James). But Renny didn’t expect to run into a familiar face from his past.

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