in the middle of somewhere by roan parrish

They do eventually and try to go on an actual date but it goes disastrously wrong.

Rex and Daniel start to hang out (read as have sex) more frequently and then they realize they want to date each other, but because they’re men they don’t just talk about it. I know, right? You don’t have to be Freud.

He made me a delicious-looking milkshake but then refused to give it to me. Last night, I had a dream that I walked into the diner and he was working there, only it was one of those old-timey soda shoppes and he was wearing the whole soda jerk getup: white shirt and apron, black bow tie, dorky white hat perched on his perfect head. They then have a hot and heavy hookup outside against a tree. Well, he does and then of course the dog reintroduces them by tackling Daniel and covering him in kisses. There’s a kiss and longing, but then they both move on because neither knows for sure Daniel is going to take the job. They meet when Daniel is in town for an interview and he hits a stray dog and crashes his car. In the Middle of Somewhere introduces us to Daniel, a PhD candidate looking for his first job as a literature professor who has a chip on his shoulder from a rough upbringing, and Rex, a quiet woodsman with so much love to give and his own burdens to share. And she did not disappoint with this one. Every time I pick up a novel by her I know there’s going to be a decent chunk of it dedicated to emotional turmoil of some sort and another good chunk of it dedicated to really making you feel the setting of the novel. I’m slowly coming to expect great things from Roan Parrish.

In the middle of somewhere by roan parrish