For fans of Alison Cochrun and Abby Jimenez, a heartfelt and sexy romantic comedy following one bi woman’s messy journey through coming out—and reluctantly falling for a straight man. From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Wicked Darlings.
Girl comes out as bi. Girl falls for a straight guy.
Simone Whittaker has spent the first three decades of her life pretending to be straight. But when the girl she never dared call her girlfriend walks away, she decides she’s done living in fear. Her uptight parents don’t take the news well, but a viral coming-out post and a new job at Toronto’s Rainbow Museum offer a fresh start—and a crash course in queer adulthood.
That is, until her first day of work, when Simone ruins a project designed by Ryan Foley—the museum’s gruff and annoyingly hot carpenter—earning her the top spot on his enemies list. When they’re forced to take a work trip to the Whistler Pride and Ski Festival together, Simone vows not to let a grumpy straight guy ruin her first Pride. But Ryan keeps surprising her—thoughtful, vulnerable, and impossible to ignore. As sparks fly on chairlifts and by crackling fires, one snowstorm—and one bed—changes everything.
Back in Toronto, however, reality sets in. Dating a guy—and being mistaken for straight—weren’t exactly part of Simone’s coming-out plan. As the pressure builds between the identity she’s just beginning to explore and the relationship that wasn’t supposed to happen, she starts to wonder: What if claiming one part of herself means erasing the other?
Girl comes out as bi. Girl falls for a straight guy.
Simone Whittaker has spent the first three decades of her life pretending to be straight. But when the girl she never dared call her girlfriend walks away, she decides she’s done living in fear. Her uptight parents don’t take the news well, but a viral coming-out post and a new job at Toronto’s Rainbow Museum offer a fresh start—and a crash course in queer adulthood.
That is, until her first day of work, when Simone ruins a project designed by Ryan Foley—the museum’s gruff and annoyingly hot carpenter—earning her the top spot on his enemies list. When they’re forced to take a work trip to the Whistler Pride and Ski Festival together, Simone vows not to let a grumpy straight guy ruin her first Pride. But Ryan keeps surprising her—thoughtful, vulnerable, and impossible to ignore. As sparks fly on chairlifts and by crackling fires, one snowstorm—and one bed—changes everything.
Back in Toronto, however, reality sets in. Dating a guy—and being mistaken for straight—weren’t exactly part of Simone’s coming-out plan. As the pressure builds between the identity she’s just beginning to explore and the relationship that wasn’t supposed to happen, she starts to wonder: What if claiming one part of herself means erasing the other?
Title: See You At The Summit
Author: Jordyn Taylor
Publisher:
Expected Publication Date: January 20, 2026
Review:
Thank you to Gallery Books and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this title to read and give my honest review. The opinions expressed here are my own.
I really love the idea of more diversity and inclusivity in books. Especially romances. I love to learn about things I'm unsure of. Especially when it comes to the LBGTQ community. I want to be able to understand better the things this community endures and how I might be able to help educate others. When I read the blurb of this book, I was totally intrigued.
Simone Whittaker has just come out as bisexual. She's spent her life keeping this part of herself under lock and key. But her new job at the Rainbow Museum has inspired her to embrace who she is. Even if it puts a rift between her and her mother. Or causes her anxiety because she isn't quite comfortable in her own skin. Then she meets Ryan Foley and finds herself attracted to him.
I enjoyed Simone's character. Her anxiety over her identity was quite palpable throughout the book. Taylor did a good job helping the reader understand the stress this was causing. Ryan was interesting enough though I found it hard to really get to know him since the book is told from Simone's POV.
While the book is an attempt to explore queerness, I just felt it was not articulated as well as it could have been. I really struggled with the relationship between Simone and Ryan. I wanted to love it but I just didn't feel the connection. It was almost forced so you could see a bisexual woman who is dating and falling for a straight man. I needed more chemistry and it just didn't exist where I needed it to. I also would have liked more exploration for Simone with other relationships. She doesn't even give herself much of a chance to explore it. She's out and then, BOOM, in love with a straight man. It didn't track for me.
Unfortunately, I wasn't a lover of the writing. It's a bit choppy and the pacing was not consistent. It made it hard to connect with the story. There's a lot of telling in the story rather than showing what was going on.
Overall the story was just ok for me. There was so much more that could have been explored but was left kind of blowing in the wind. I'm happy to see stories exploring this community in main stream publishing but I just wish there would have been deeper connections with the characters, especially the romantic ones.
Author:
Jordyn Taylor is a New York City–based writer and journalist, currently the deputy editor at Men’s Health magazine; her work has appeared in the New York Observer, Mic, and Glamour.com.
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