Ghostwalker Blake Jones dies every day. It’s his job and how he helps trapped souls cross over. But to return to life, he needs an anchor. His new partner, Derek Scott, is a surprise. Not only is he male, but his appearance belies a caring and gentle heart underneath. Despite attraction and a strengthening relationship, they know they shouldn’t take things further.<br><br>But there’s a big difference between knowing and doing.<br><br>Their growing love presents a problem, though not the one they expect. Blake and Derek have to decide if they should take their relationship to the most permanent level -- an unbreakable metaphysical bond. Doing so offers both risk and unimaginable reward. Can Blake let go of his fears and put his complete trust in Derek in order to have the happily ever after he’s always craved?

Ghost of a Chance

Of course, he hated her hideous paperweight and never lost an opportunity to tease her about it. It was a glass orb, and the colors that swirled through it mixed in the most unpleasant ways. He was pretty sure she’d made it herself, as she once mentioned taking a glassblowing class.


Blake grabbed the paperweight and slid it to the very edge of her desk, stopping when it was just about to go over. Shona squinted her dark eyes, though her gaze was focused on the back wall and not on him.


“It’s you. You freaking brat.” Her grumble was all good nature, and he laughed. He thought she must have heard it, because she grinned.


“Ready to come back?” She was already reaching for her phone.


Blake pushed the paperweight back onto the desk and shoved a pile of papers over, just to be the brat Shona had accused him of being. She laughed then, promising retribution of some sort, even as she hit the preprogrammed button on her phone.


“King? He’s ready. You can pull him back now.”


Chapter 9