Soft Landings

by Kim Stephenson

Genres: Friends To Lovers, Queer

109 pages, Paperback

Published September 20, 2025

Reviews

[Janet · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this

A childhood friends, unrequited love romance set in London. Very English, very sweet, very satisfying story.
Runners and next door neighbours Sebastien and Nathan are both back living in their choldhood homes after years away at university. Falling back into their friendship, running together, they find more than either of them expected but so desperately wanted.
This was a charming and easy read, long enough at just over a hundred pages to do them justice, and sets up the Running For The Romance series at the same time.
Darius, who appears here, is one of the MCs in the first book of the series, Your Pace Or Mine, which is my next read. It sounds good, an opposites attract, rich boy/poor boy, fake dating story and I have high hopes after enjoying this one so much.

[Maureen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Next door neighbors and good friends since childhood, Sebastian and Nathan are finished college and home again, both are also athletically inclined and both recovering from injures. These two rather charismatic young men give us a wonderfully enjoyable tale, a very sweet read.

[Brady · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this story so much! Sebastien was one of my favorite side characters from Your Pace Or Mine so I knew I had to read his story! I loved this friends to lovers romance, it was sweet and heartwarming! I had all the warm and fuzzies!

[Kelly Scarrott · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kim does it again! I adored this spin off from Your Pace or Mine? And it was fun to revisit the characters and get to know them and the story more deeply. The banter, the spice, and the loveable, angsty characters are the perfect mix for me.

[Zeoanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a sweet story of friends who didn't realize they were meant to be together.

[Casey Leigh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Soft Landings is a lovely queer romance with lots of emotions. Heartbreak, rekindled love, forgiveness and moving on are all themes running throughout this love story. Enjoyable read.