The memory of this party could haunt him forever ... Dragged along to a haunted house by his mates, Sam’s at the Halloween party from hell -- the guy he fancied has turned out to be a bigot, and Sam has just outed himself to his whole football team. Escaping to the garden, he meets James, an enigmatic stranger with a mischievous smile, and the evening soon takes a turn for the better. The night may be chilly but the heat between Sam and James is hotter than Hades. But James has a role to play in the evening’s ghostly entertainment, and it’s a story with a deadly ending. Unless Sam can change the script and stop history repeating itself, “till death do us part” will come sooner than he thinks.

Trick or Treat

James cocked his head on one side. “Well, as it happens, you wouldn’t be the first to say that,” he said softly. He grinned again, suddenly full of mischief once more. The sight did weird things to Sam’s insides. Goodweird things. “Although I’d value the compliment more were we a little better illuminated,” James added.


“Nah, I don’t think we really need any more light, do you?” Sam pushed off the tree trunk and stepped closer to his companion. “Wouldn’t want anyone to see what we were up to, would we?”


“Oh? And what might that be?” James teased, his face tilted up toward Sam, half lit and half in shadow.


Like the moon, Sam thought, and wondered just how much he’d had to drink even as he leaned down for a kiss.


Chapter 2