Flirty Dancing
A Novel
by Jennifer Moffatt
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Pub Date May 27 2025 | Archive Date Jun 10 2025
St. Martin's Press | St. Martin's Griffin
Description
Sparks fly in this summer romp for fans of Casey McQuiston when dancers at a Catskills resort try to pull off the perfect show, and find happiness and a place where they belong on the way.
Archer Read is 27 and desperate to find his place in life. Five months ago, he quit his soul-destroying accounting job in Ohio and moved to Manhattan with dreams of making it on Broadway. And now he has nothing to show for it but a string of rejections. Even for a ray-of-sunshine like Archer, hope can only go so far. A musical revue at Shady Queens, a queer-friendly resort in the Catskills, is his last chance to break into show biz—otherwise, it’s back to Ohio, broke and hopeless. He arrives ready to dance his heart out, only to find he’ll be working with his teenage celebrity crush, the Broadway star Mateo Dixon.
What is Mateo doing working at Shady Queens? Besides barking orders and glaring at everyone…when he’s not absolutely smoldering at Archer on the dancefloor. As Archer tries to forget his teen crush and get to know the real Mateo, he’s caught up in a romance with his hot, temperamental bunkmate, Caleb. Between Mateo’s baggage and the dance crew’s drama—partying, flirting, breaking up, getting back together, then breaking up again—it’s no surprise when the show starts to fall apart. Archer quickly discovers that when it comes to dance, sometimes you can’t leave all your problems backstage.
Filled with colorful side characters, about a million Broadway references, and enough drama for a high school summer camp, Flirty Dancing is a delightful romantic comedy that shows love, like art, is worth a little sacrifice.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781250379283 |
| PRICE | $18.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 336 |
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Featured Reviews
Breanna M, Reviewer
I received a copy of flirty dancing by Jennifer Moffatt for free for review on net gallery. All opinions and thoughts written here are my own. I received no compensation whatsoever for this review.
All I can say is wow. Flirty dancing by Jennifer Moffatt was a thoroughly enjoyable book. The story moved along at a nice pace, almost like a dance within itself. And even though I don't have any experience in dance myself, I could easily see the pictures you painted in my mind of the characters movements as well as their feelings. I got a little confused once with some of the dance terms, but that was fixed with a little bit of googling. I also thoroughly appreciated the romance in this story that was sweet without being vulgar in any way. As an ally of lbgtq plus, I love that you were able to do that. I very much appreciated. The depth of the characters. Sometimes while reading a book I can think of the characters as my friends. This was also true with this one and I hope she chooses to continue the story somehow because I almost didn't want the book to end.
Thank you so much For this this charming piece of work..
Sydney H, Reviewer
I received an eARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I loved this book! It has immaculate summer vibes, making it a treat to read in the summer OR a great escape book for the dreary winter months (like I enjoyed it). If you've ever watched Dirty Dancing and wanted a deeper look behind the scenes of the dancers' life, you'll love this book.
Archer is a dancer who wants to make it big on Broadway but just hasn't gotten his big break yet. He finally lands a gig dancing in the Catskills at a summer camp for adults and families.
There's a wide-range of LGBTQ+ characters that we meet, and I love how fleshed out Moffatt was able to make them even when not focusing on them.
I loved the scenes of them learning the dances and then dancing them on different nights. As someone without a background in dancing, it was still really fun to read. It wasn't overwhelming but did help build sexual tension between characters.
I like how positive and encouraging Archer was throughout the novel without it feeling cheesy or overdone.
I would absolutely read another book by Jennifer Moffatt!
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