Welcome to the Bangkok Silom International School series: bright, emotional BL romance full of crushes, friendship drama, jealousy, longing, and all the feelings no one is brave enough to say out loud.
Sweet, tense, and impossible not to feel.
Read the series from the beginning and follow the shifting friendships, crushes, and complications of life at Bangkok Silom International School.
Danai and Noom have been best friends forever. But Danai’s heart belongs to someone else entirely — Tee, the straight captain of the school football team. As Grade Eleven begins, friendship, football, and first love collide at Bangkok Silom International School.
Danai’s life finally seems to be working out: a boyfriend, a place on the football squad, and everything falling into place. Except the one person he can’t stop thinking about is still Tee. And the closer they get, the harder it becomes to pretend those feelings don’t exist.
After a drunken moment with Tee, Danai can’t stop wondering if everything between them might finally change. Then Ryo arrives — a talented new transfer student who quickly becomes the star of the football squad. Suddenly the balance of friendships, crushes, and loyalties is shifting again.
The friendships, crushes, and rivalries at Bangkok Silom International School are never simple.
Thoughtful, loyal, and carrying far too many feelings, Danai is trying to survive school, football, and the emotional chaos of being in love with the wrong boy.
Noom knows Danai better than anyone. Supportive, perceptive, and never afraid to say what needs to be said, he is always nearby when things start to get messy.
Popular, confident, and captain of the school football team, Tee seems completely out of reach. Which only makes Danai’s crush on him even harder to ignore.
Charming, talented, and impossible not to notice, Ryo arrives as a transfer student and quickly changes the mood of the team — and the balance of Danai’s world.
The books combine soft BL energy with a strong school setting and a bright Bangkok backdrop that helps them stand out.
Start with Double Act, continue with Three's A Crowd, then meet Ryo in book three.
This section helps visitors instantly understand the tone of the books.
Crushes, longing, emotional awkwardness, and feelings that sneak up slowly.
A bright, distinctive setting that gives the series its own flavour and charm.
Friendship, jealousy, confusion, and the kind of tension that keeps growing.
Jake Lee has spent time at International Schools both as a student and for a time in Thailand, as a teacher. These experience helped inspire him to write the Bangkok Silom International Series books. He began writing the first book on a lazy Bangkok afternoon back in 2019. Book one, Double Act, was released in June 2023.
Jake's own experiences in schools add an authenticity to his writing.
He considers Bangkok very much to be home.
"The school environment for young gay students has changed so much in the last 20 years, and it is so uplifting to see confident and out LGBTQ+ teens. Characters like Danai have the self-awareness that I wished I had had in my teenage years!" Jake Lee.
The Bangkok Silom International School series blends first love, friendship drama, emotional tension, and a bright illustrated sensibility that reflects the series world.
For readers who love BL stories with heart, colour, and a strong school setting, these books are written to be both cute and emotionally addictive.
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