C.D. Rachels

C.D. Rachels portrays artists and athletes within friendship groups, often following people who reconsider assumptions about identity and ambition. The Moves We Make is installment two of the Artists and Athletes series, after The Lines We Draw. Goodreads identifies its 2022 publication, university setting, and central pairing of soccer player Landon with dance teaching assistant Dane. An independent author bibliography confirms the series membership and the surrounding titles. Dance lessons bring the characters together, but their different plans create the sustained tension: Landon is questioning how he understands attraction, while Dane hopes to secure a professional opportunity beyond campus. Rachels uses movement in both literal and emotional senses, connecting rehearsal, sport, travel, and changing self-knowledge. The Moves We Make delivers a low-conflict college romance where friendship networks matter and neither character’s creative or athletic goal functions merely as decoration around the relationship.