You Should Be So Lucky

 You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian, 400 pages.

Mark Bailey hasn't felt up to doing much since the partner he isn't allowed to talk about died more than a year ago. Mark may be able to live somewhat openly as an arts reporter, but being gay wasn't an option for lawyers in the 50s, so he was forced into secrecy for his partner's sake anyway. Openness is also not an option for Eddie O'Leary, professional baseball player turned professional disappointment. Eddie's been having a terrible season since his surprise transfer to New York, made even more terrible because both his team and all of New York hate him for badmouthing them in front of reporters when he found out about his transfer. When Mark is (reluctantly) forced into writing diary entries for Eddie for his newspaper the two are forced into proximity, and sparks fly immediately. Soon a relationship starts to develop, even though the path forward isn't obvious. 

This is loosely a sequel to We Could Be So Good which I wrote about a couple years ago. Unfortunately, I didn't find this book as compelling as that first book set in midcentury NYC. There wasn't anything wrong with the characters or the plot, but there also weren't any surprises. I found the supporting cast pretty flat, and there weren't any moments that really stood out to me. Not a bad book, but I don't know that I would call it a great one either.