"A nuanced and sexy take on growing up and learning to accept who you are." --Teen Vogue Nick Melnikov doesn\'t know where he belongs.
ABROAD is an instant classic that approaches LGBTQIA+ and immigrant experiences from a powerful own-voices perspective..
So how can either of them tell where this is going? A master of building tender and meaningful characters with heartbreaking stakes, Liz Jacobs deftly introduces audiences to the compelling, deeply personal narratives possible in coming-of-age and New Adult romance.
Nick isn\'t even sure where he\'s from.
Dex has had to fight too hard for his right to be where he is.
But the last thing Nick wants is to face his deepest secret, and the last thing Dex needs is another heartache.
Countless late-night conversations only sharpen their attraction.
When Nick and Dex meet, both find themselves intrigued. . .
And the persistent broken heart he\'s been nursing for a while .
And worrying about his younger brother feeling increasingly isolated as a result.
Apart, maybe, from the stress of his family\'s abrupt move to an affluent, largely white town.
He is absolutely, one-hundred-percent, totally in control of his life.
Dex Cartwell knows exactly who he is: a black queer guy who doesn\'t give a toss what anybody thinks of him.
Hanging out with them is a roller coaster of serious awkward and incredible longing, especially when the most intimidating of the group, Dex, looks his way.
Socially anxious, intensely private, and closeted, Nick doesn\'t expect to fall in so quickly with a tight-knit group of students from his college, and it\'s both exhilarating and scary.
Now he\'s in London for university, overwhelmed by unexpected memories.
He was just a kid when his Russian-Jewish family immigrated to Michigan. "A nuanced and sexy take on growing up and learning to accept who you are." --Teen Vogue Nick Melnikov doesn\'t know where he belongs
