Contemporary fiction · Book Two
Call Me Cal: Jazz Fest
He has found his rhythm. Now everyone wants a piece of it.
Cal is no longer just a visitor with a trumpet. In New Orleans, the music, the restaurant and the people around him are becoming a life. With Jazz Fest approaching, that life begins attracting attention—and expectations.
June and Marisol see what the growing opportunities could become. Cal’s old world has an offer of its own. Staying means more than turning down a job: it means accepting the responsibilities of the life he has chosen. Continue with Book Two after Second Line Chef.
The next chapter in Cal’s New Orleans.
Read after Second Line Chef, then continue with The Hotel.
The Call Me Cal series
Begin with Second Line Chef. Continue in the published reading order.
- 01Second Line Chef
Cal arrives with a neglected trumpet and a barely used knife roll. Between Miss Jo’s kitchen, jazz gigs, and June—who sees through his charm—he starts building a life he actually wants. Then someone auctions off his cooking without asking.
- 02Jazz Fest
As Jazz Fest approaches, Cal’s new life grows louder and more public. June, Marisol and an offer from his old world force him to decide where he belongs.
- 03The Hotel
Cal, June and Marisol take on a worn-out French Quarter hotel. Renovation is only the beginning when the city starts bringing its problems to their door.
- 04The Prequel
A return to California brings Cal’s carefully controlled former life into view—and reveals the man he was before New Orleans.
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