Having grown up as a gay kid living in a small town in rural Texas, Connor Sullivan had given up on his boy- hood dreams of one day falling in love and getting married, resigning himself to a lifetime of loneliness and isolation. However, while work- ing as a successful software engi- neer at a prominent technology company in California's Silicon Valley, Connor unexpectedly meets the love of his life one summer night in Riley Cortez, a young, idealistic lover who reminds Connor what it means to love and be loved.Told through Connor's eyes, a less than typical romance unfolds, as fate brings two unlikely soul mates together. Reality threatens to tear them apart, however, as they face an uncertain future together. Between disapproving parents, expectations of who the world thinks they should be, and their own feelings of shame and self-doubt, both Connor and Riley must overcome what seems like an endless array of obstacles in order to be together.Falling is the Best Part is a story of chance encounters, of love and loss, and of learning to love one's self. Together, Connor and Riley discover what it means to be who they really are, and to love and accept them- selves as well as each other.