Futbolista Release Tour with Jonny Garza Villa, April 24 @ 6PM CT

Join us for the release tour of Jonny's newest book Futbolista, a spicy New Adult bisexual romance about college fútbol, and get an exclusive vinyl sticker sheet! Check out the other tour stops here.

WHEN: Thursday, April 24 @ 6PM CT

WHERE: Chapterhouse Bookstore (3317 SW 6th Ave, Amarillo, TX 79106)

HOW: RSVP to reserve your seat OR RSVP with book to reserve a seat and a copy of Futbolista that can be picked up at the event and signed by the author. Copies of the book will also be available to purchase at the event. All copies of Futbolista purchased through us, whether in advance or at the event, will come with a free themed vinyl sticker sheet while supplies last.

Choosing to RSVP with the book helps support our store and future programming. If you choose the RSVP with book option, please find us at the event to receive your book and stickers or contact us through Instagram (@chapterhouse_bookstore) or email (hello@chapterhousebookstore.com) to arrange an earlier pickup.

About the Book

A classmates-to-friends-to-lovers romance that's equal parts raunchy, heartfelt, queer, and Mexican-American, centered on college football (the REAL football)!

Gabriel Piña knows who he is: a college goalkeeper, a future Liga MX or MLS star, and definitely straight. He’s starting his freshman year with a lot of eyes on him and even more potential, but he’s got this. Nothing will have him straying off the path to greatness.

That is, until his philosophy classmate Vale volunteers to tutor him. Vale, the same guy who Gabi, in a moment of history repeating itself, might’ve kissed very briefly—and only once—just to help him out at a party. Vale, the smart, supportive, compassionate new friend with beautiful brown eyes and a smile that keeps Gabi, for completely inexplicable reasons, constantly in a daydream.

As a friendship blooms and the two spend more and more time together, Gabi finally begins to recognize something about himself: maybe he’s not as straight as he thought he was. But a larger and darker realization lingers. Someone like Gabi—a brown, Mexican futbolista with dreams of playing for El Tri—can’t also be bisexual. He’s seen the way his teammates and community react to queerness in their sport. It would be the exact type of straying off path that destroys his future.

Or, maybe Gabi could be brave enough to embrace all those parts of himself and forge his own path, one that includes a boyfriend and the beautiful game.

A sports romance for those who keep rewatching Bend It Like Beckham and rereading Red, White & Royal Blue and the incredible collection of queer soc—football romances out there, Futbolista follows the first semester of one guy's freshman year of college, navigating who he is, who he’s allowed to be, and who he wants to be.

About the Author

JONNY GARZA VILLA (they/them) is a product of the Great State of Texas, born and raised near and along the Gulf Coast and currently lives in San Antonio. They are a Sagittarius sun, Capricorn everything else, a former very bad baseball player, and a former pretty good drag queen.

Jonny is an award-winning author of contemporary young adult novels inspired by their own Tejane & Chicane and queer identities including their debut novel Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun, a Pura Belpré Honor Book; Ander & Santi Were Here, a Stonewall Honor Book; and Canto Contigo, the winner of the Stonewall Book Award for 2025.

When not writing, Jonny enjoys reading, playing Dungeons and Dragons (bard main) and Super Smash Bros. (Inkling main), cooking, listening to Selena, caring for their many cacti children, and rewatching their favorite seasons of Dimension20.