Introducing Scott Godwin!

Broken Keys Publishing & Press is proud to announce the addition of Scott Godwin to our ever growing and incredible roster of literary talents!

Scott has been involved with the arts for nearly twenty years, but now focuses his attention exclusively on writing. He is the co-owner of an award winning coffee bar in eastern Ontario, where he lives with his husband and two dogs.

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Broken Keys Publishing is pleased to announce the addition of Scott Godwin and his book, You and Me, to our growing catalogue (and as our 80th title in our literary lineup!) We are honoured to welcome this work to Broken Keys Publishing and look forward to supporting its continued journey to readers everywhere.

This transition reflects our commitment to preserving and promoting meaningful voices and quality storytelling. We are excited to work with Scott and to introduce this remarkable book to new audiences while continuing to serve existing readers.

We thank everyone for their continued support and invite you to follow Broken Keys Publishing for future news and releases.

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You and Me

You and Me is a haunting, lyrical debut novel that captures love in its most intimate, raw, and unforgettable form. Scott Godwin explores the fragile beauty of connection, the weight of trauma, and the piercing ache of loss through the lives of two men whose bond is as tender as it is profound.

The story begins in a quiet rural town in Ontario, January 2024, as an early morning run turns into a nightmare. The narrator is left to confront grief, guilt, and the unimaginable void of life without the one who made him whole. Godwin’s narrative then unfolds in memory: a relationship that began years earlier in a bustling city gym, where guardedness met vulnerability, and affection blossomed amid curiosity, longing, and shared histories.

Through non-linear storytelling, Godwin traces the evolution of a love that is playful, steady, and transformative. From pre-dawn runs and shared silences to intimate conversations about identity, fear, and past wounds, the novel illuminates the quiet rituals that define a life together. Moving between city and countryside, past and present, joy and heartbreak, You and Me reveals the courage it takes to love fully and the devastation of losing someone irreplaceable.

This is a story of queer love in all its complexity—intimate, flawed, and beautiful. It is a meditation on memory, masculinity, and the fragility of life, capturing the moments that make a relationship endure in the heart long after it ends. Readers will be drawn into the tender, vivid, and at times devastating world Godwin creates—a world where love, once found, leaves a mark that time cannot erase.

You and Me is for anyone who has loved fiercely, lost deeply, or wondered how we carry those who have shaped us. It is a celebration of intimacy, resilience, and the enduring power of memory and affection. With stunning prose and emotional precision, Scott Godwin delivers a debut that is at once heartbreaking, unforgettable, and depicts love as both an anchor and a wound.