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Title: Pages I Never Wrote: An LGBTQ+ University Romance

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Number of copies available: 10 - 9

Formats available: PDF (eARC)

Word count or pages: 331 pages (approx. 70k words)

Blurb:

“Why would he want to date me? I can’t even hold a pen.”
Luke has good friends, a passion for books, and dyspraxia, a disorder that, ironically, makes him unable to write. He also has a hatred for anyone who tries to help him. Yet when he fails his first term at university due to his learning difficulties, he’s forced to get support.
That’s how Nate, an excitable last-year student, becomes his self-proclaimed personal tutor and starts writing down essays for him, as a distraction from his own quarter-life crisis.
But Luke’s writing ambitions are not just academic. He dreams of penning a novel, although that’s never been a real possibility. Until now.
Will the two boys manage to write a successful love story together?

Excerpt: From Chapter 1
(view spoiler)[ All my life I wanted to be seen as normal. My parents used to remind me every morning before leaving for school. Don’t let them notice. Don’t be a burden to the other students. Don’t ask the teacher for help too much. Just act normal. Be normal. And now I’m holding a piece of paper that says exactly the opposite. I’m not ‘normal’. I need help.
I really don’t like needing help.
My eyes move from the paper to the queue I’ve been stuck in for about two hours. No movement. The girl at the front is losing her patience, tapping her fingers ferociously on the door frame of Room SL48. I can’t blame her, the guy before her has been inside the office for about twenty minutes now, and I can’t begin to understand what on earth he’s doing in there. We are supposed to just hand in our forms and leave. Maybe he’s trying to flirt with our very blond student advisor.
I return to my paper and triple check the details. Since I didn’t even write them down – because I’m useless – at least I want to make sure they’re correct.
At the top, under the SOAS logo with the pretty tree and the University of London stamp, there’s my name in capital letters. Luke Abington. Check.
A few lines below, the reason why I’m queuing at the school’s Disability Office. My own ‘Special Learning Difference’, as they like to call it here: dyspraxia. It honestly sounds so stupid, like a Harry Potter spell with the power to put a scary look on everyone’s face when you mention having it.
At the bottom of the page, my ‘Assessment of Needs’: help to type or handwrite essays; extended deadlines.
My parents filled out the form for me when I went back home for the winter break. They tried to sound encouraging, as if it wasn’t a big deal. I couldn’t tell if they are becoming more accepting or are past disappointment now.
The person in front of me shifts and for a moment I think the queue is actually moving, but it’s a false alarm. The yellowish light coming from the ceiling makes it look like the sun is already setting. Around us, dozens of students are rushing back and forth through the corridor, all looking very busy. And I’m stuck here. Nice way to spend my first day back from the holidays when I still have so much reading to do. I guess it’s time to check my form again. (hide spoiler)]

Warnings: Mild angst

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Sounds good, I'm interested :)

Carrie-Anne wrote: "Sounds good, I'm interested :)"

Thank you for your interest! I sent you a PM ;)

This sounds so romantic. I'm interested in getting a copy if there are any left.

Jack wrote: "This sounds so romantic. I'm interested in getting a copy if there are any left."

Thanks a lot for your interest! Yes, there’s still plenty of copies left! I’ve noticed you don’t accept messages on your profile, so please send me a PM so we can exchange contacts and discuss further info, thank you ;)

Sounds good. I'm interested. If it's not too late.

Laura wrote: "Sounds good. I'm interested. If it's not too late."

Thanks for your interest, it’s not too late at all! I’m sending you a PM right now to discuss further details :)