JaiMontag
(Book One in The House Family series)
When Eli moves into a rambling old house on the outskirts of Philadelphia, he isn't looking for family. He's looking for somewhere quiet enough to disappear.
Instead, he finds a house that notices things.
The house runs on shared meals, soft check-ins, and unspoken rules about care. Its tenants-queer, complicated, kind without being simple-don't ask Eli to explain himself. They make space. They remind each other to take their meds. They show up. Slowly, insistently, they stay.
By night, Eli becomes Lola Spark, a drag performer whose confidence lights up stages across the city. By day, he struggles to exist without the armor of performance. As the house embraces both Eli and Lola-sometimes before he's ready-those worlds begin to blur in ways that are terrifying, exhilarating, and deeply human.
When Lola enters an inaugural drag pageant that promises visibility, legacy, and a citywide spotlight, the question isn't whether she can win. It's whether she can let herself be seen-fully, consistently, without apology.
In Case of Emergency, Be Fabulous! is a story about chosen family, queer joy, and the quiet systems that make belonging possible. About becoming yourself not all at once, but together.