Q&A With Ryan and Josh
We’ve always given separate answers to “About Us” questions, but in this listing, we’ve mostly given one set of answers between us. Ryan & Josh
(The answers are not in any particular order—i.e., the first one isn’t necessarily the top choice.)
3 Favorite Places to Vacation in Mainland US
- Oregon
- Vermont
- Parts of California
3 Favorite Places to Vacation Outside Mainland US
- UK and Spain (sorry, we know that’s two)
- Caribbean
- Parts of Canada
3 Least Favorite Things About Washington, DC
- Oppressive heat and humidity
- Fake winters
- Traffic
3 Favorite Things About Washington, DC
- Rock Creek Park
- Monuments
- Museums
3 Favorite Meats
- Steak
- Salmon
- Complete proteins with beans and grain
3 Favorite Veggies
- Asparagus
- Potatoes
- Corn
3 Places You Want to Go Where You Haven’t Been
- Australia
- Israel
- Japan
3 Standout Memories from Early Dating with Your Spouse (substitute something else if this doesn’t apply to you)
- Getting a surprise rose from Ryan on my front porch (Josh)
- Cooking dinner for Josh and having him love it (Ryan)
- Lying in front of the fire studying for law school—it made something so pleasant that would have otherwise often been unenjoyable (Both)
3 Standout Memories from Wedding (substitute something else if this doesn’t apply to you)
- Climbing the hill to the Alcazaba to meet each other there after a night apart
- Neither of us making it through our vows without choking up
- Enjoying the people who cared enough, and were able to, make the trip to Spain
3 Standout Moments Since We Started Writing (you don’t need to answer this)
- Clicking “publish” on our first book, No Brief Affair
- The relief when we actually, finally sold a good number of books (The Chrismukkah Crisis)
- The thrill when Fire in the Iceand Ice Angelsdid well in the rankings
The New Next One (Bethesda Barracudas Hockey, Book 2)
By Ryan Taylor & Joshua Harwood
Narrated by Nick J. Russo
Publisher: Ryan Taylor & Joshua Harwood
Release Date: June 30, 2022
Version: Unabridged Audio
Whispersync – Voice Enabled
Length: 2 hours and 1 minute
Genre: Sports Romance, Contemporary Gay Romance, Romance
Tropes: New Adult, Friends-to-Lovers, Hockey, Medium-angst, Coming of Age
How much are you willing to give up for the man you love?
Best friends Nick Johnson and Tyler Jensen seem to have the world by the tail. The eighteen-year-old stars of their school’s hockey team are looking forward to playing in college and hoping for careers with the pros.
Nick and Tyler know a lot about each other, but there are a few important details they haven’t discussed. To start with, neither man knows the other is gay. Making things interesting, Nick has a massive crush on Tyler, something he’s kept to himself for a long time. And although he’s never said a word about it, Tyler has wanted to date Nick since they met.
On a cold Minnesota night after a big win, Tyler finds the courage to confess his feelings to Nick. When Nick admits his attraction to Tyler, their relationship turns on a dime. As they fall in love, they skate around the challenges of a secret romance in an all-male boarding school, but what will happen when the stakes rise dramatically in a sport not known for being gay-friendly? Will Nick and Tyler make the easy choice or the hard one?
The New Next One is a new adult, friends-to-lovers romance featuring young athletes, plenty of steam, and a lot of emotion. Besides learning the background for Nice Catching You, you will meet the main characters for the authors’ book Fire in the Ice.
Excerpt
“I’ve got an idea,” I said. “It’s way below freezing outside, so let’s make snow.” Tyler looked like he wanted to kiss me, and Kev gave a big Labrador grin. Really, his tongue stuck out over his lower lip.
“I’ve got an electric kettle,” Ty said. “Let’s go up to my room.”
Upstairs, Kevin spent a moment gawking at the old movie posters on Tyler’s wall and checking out his signed hockey card collection. Ty put on water to boil, and one liter at a time, we carried hot water to the window and threw it out into the polar air.
Being stuck in the woods in Minnesota, making snow was a favorite winter pastime for St. Mark’s students. As we’d learned in physics class, cold air doesn’t hold as much water vapor as warm air, so the water condenses in the cold. When you throw boiling water into frigid air, the droplets freeze instantaneously, forming crystals that look like snow.
“Woo!” Ty shouted as his latest toss turned into snowflakes and fell to the ground three stories below. “More snow. Just what Minnesota needs.”
THE NEW NEXT ONE. Copyright © 2021 Ryan Taylor & Joshua Harwood. All rights reserved.
Ryan Taylor and Joshua Harwood met in law school and were married in 2017. They live in a suburb of Washington, DC, and share their home with a big, cuddly German shepherd. Ryan and Josh love to travel, and hockey is practically a religion in their house. Ryan also enjoys swimming, and Josh likes to putter in the garden whenever he can. They began writing to celebrate the romance they were so lucky to find with each other, and the sharing soon developed into a passion for telling stories about love between out and proud men. You can contact Ryan and Josh through their website at https://www.ryanandjoshth.com/.
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To celebrate the release of The New Next One in audio, Ryan and Josh are giving away a $25 Amazon Gift Card!
This is part of the Bethesda Barracudas Hockey series and I love every one of the books. Nick J Russo’s narration is perfect.
I love seeing it featured here, so we’ll deserved!