when summer hemlock returns to albin academy in just like that he's not quite sure what he means to do with his life. his plans for finding himself away from the place he's always called home didn't quite pan out. and so he's found a job acting as the teaching assistant to the one man who has always intrigued him.
it's been 7 years since he last saw professor fox iseya, and the man can still bring him to his knees. but beyond the anxiety of being in his presence, for summer there's also the glorious freedom of finally asking for what he wants.
and he wants iseya. but the professor has experienced soul-crushing loss before. since then he's kept himself, his emotions locked away. why would a vibrant young, so unbearably young, soul want anything to do with him.
when they are together, who they are together is a perfect balance. and they just work. what they come to mean to each other is beautiful and emotional.
**just like that will publish on june 30, 2020. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/carina press (carina adores) in exchange for my honest review. keep reading for more information about the book and a sneak peek of chapter one...
In Just Like That, critically acclaimed author Cole McCade introduces us to Albin Academy: a private boys’ school where some of the world’s richest families send their problem children to learn discipline and maturity, out of the public eye.
Title: Just Like That
Author: Cole McCade
Series: Albin Academy, #1
Length: 320 pages
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Imprint: Carina Press (Carina Adores)
On-Sale: June 30, 2020
Format: Trade Paperback (ebook and audio formats also available!)
Price: $14.99 U.S.
ISBN: 9781335146458
Book Description:
Summer Hemlock never meant to come back to Omen, Massachusetts.
But with his mother in need of help, Summer has no choice but to return to his hometown, take up a teaching residency at the Albin Academy boarding school—and work directly under the man who made his teenage years miserable.
Professor Fox Iseya
Forbidding, aloof, commanding: psychology instructor Iseya is a cipher who’s always fascinated and intimidated shy, anxious Summer. But that fascination turns into something more when the older man challenges Summer to be brave. What starts as a daily game to reward Summer with a kiss for every obstacle overcome turns passionate, and a professional relationship turns quickly personal.
Yet Iseya’s walls of grief may be too high for someone like Summer to climb…until Summer’s infectious warmth shows Fox everything he’s been missing in life.
Now both men must be brave enough to trust each other, to take that leap.
To find the love they’ve always needed…
Just like that.
Carina Adores is home to highly romantic contemporary love stories featuring beloved romance tropes, where LGBTQ+ characters find their happily-ever-afters.
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· Just Like Us by Cole McCade (available November 24, 2020)
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Cole McCade is a New Orleans-born Southern boy without the Southern accent, currently residing somewhere in Seattle. He spends his days as a suit-and-tie corporate consultant and business writer, and his nights writing contemporary romance and erotica that flirts with the edge of taboo—when he’s not being tackled by two hyperactive cats.
He also writes genre-bending science fiction and fantasy tinged with a touch of horror and flavored by the influences of his multiethnic, multicultural, multilingual background as Xen. He wavers between calling himself bisexual, calling himself queer, and trying to figure out where “demi” fits into the whole mess—but no matter what word he uses he’s a staunch advocate of LGBTQIA and POC representation and visibility in genre fiction. And while he spends more time than is healthy hiding in his writing cave instead of hanging around social media, you can generally find him in these usual haunts:
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