Downloading Upending Tradition: Boots & Boas, Book 4

A decades-old heartbreak. A hairdresser, well, two. A camily … yeah, a camily.

Julia Josephs and Leah Rizzoli have been besties only since forever. Happy as hairdressers since vo-tech, their counterintuitive connection is echoed in long-term boyfriends, Sam and Ollie. The two are salt of the earth, going gangbusters in their garage, The Boston Boys, sought-after by a lot of Beantown.

When a text message saying Broadway has shut down is followed by a visit from the capo of The Butch Brigade to a Femme Force movie night, it throws a total spanner in the works in the form of a spiny, little-known virus called Covid-19.

Just before the salons shut down for an indeterminate length of time, Julia is offered an opportunity that will mend her own long-broken heart and fulfill a lifelong dream at the same time. She’s not sure how she feels about it, though, so she decides the best choice is to try it and lie to everyone—her boyfriend, her bestie, and the whole Brigade/Force contingent—until she does know.

Will a chance encounter with a customer’s screen saver blow all of Julia’s relationships, not to mention her whole life, to smithereens or will The Butch Brigade and The Femme Force get down, get real, and endorse her choices …?