Calling Calling Calling
Me by Natasha Washington
Publisher: Natasha Washington
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Subgenre: Contemporary Queer Romance/New Adult
Tropes/Themes: college romance, first time, fish out
of water
Direct Link: https://www.natashawashington.com/books/
Book Synopsis: Patrick Mahoney has one goal in mind:
get out of his native Fresno and find freedom in the rainbow and
glitter-painted streets of San Francisco. As a college freshman, he’s sure
he’ll finally have the chance to be himself, away from the judgmental eyes of
his conservative hometown.
Josh Dirda’s never wanted to be tied down before, preferring
the emotional ease of the one night stand. But when Patrick moves into the
apartment that Josh shares with three friends, Josh is caught up in Patrick’s
sly wit and quietly creative spirit. As Patrick’s self-appointed tour guide,
Josh can be Patrick’s introduction to the city he loves. But after a drunken
Halloween hook-up crosses lines, Patrick and Josh must reckon with their true
feelings—and decide whether they can let go of the ghosts that haunt them.
Teaser Excerpt 2:
“How’s it hangin’, baby?” Patrick heard, and
Freddy fell into his space, steadying himself on Patrick’s shoulder. Maybe not
the best idea, given that Patrick wasn’t very steady himself.
“I never know how to answer that question,”
Patrick said, and it was true. Weirdest idiom. Colloquialism. Whatever.
Stranger than a lot of things his grandmother said.
“You are not drunk enough,” Freddy stated, and
produced another shot out of thin air, it seemed, and—no. Patrick was saying
no.
“No,” Patrick said, “no, I’m good, you have
it.”
“I’ve had quite enough,” Freddy said, sagging
against him. “Quite—I’ve had a lot.”
This was an astoundingly obvious statement, and
Patrick was about to say so when he got distracted by Josh.
Josh, who was making out with a girl in the
middle of the dance floor.
Patrick thought it was the same girl he’d been
dancing with, but maybe not. The club was dark and the music was loud and
Patrick was spinning. Josh cupped the girl’s cheek with one hand and pressed
in, closer and harder, and Patrick didn’t want to be here anymore. He wanted to
be anywhere but here, anywhere but where he’d grown up, anywhere but where he’d
grown up and where Josh had grown up. Anywhere he wouldn’t find his own want
staring him in the face.
About Natasha
Washington:
Natasha
Washington lives in Philadelphia, where she writes queer love stories in both
YA (as Sonia Belasco) and romance. She has
spent much of her professional life working with young people as a mentor,
tutor, or therapist. When not writing, she is likely cooking, taking long,
meandering walks, or listening to dance music or 90s hip-hop.
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New Adult Romance release, Calling Calling Calling Me.
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