Lew Rogers's life is pleasantly boring until his friend Mira messes with magic she doesn't understand. While searching for her, he's pulled back in time to 1919 by a catastrophic magical accident. As he tries to navigate a strange time and find his friend in the smoky music clubs of Soho, the last thing he needs is Detective Alec Carter suspecting him of murder.<br><br>London in 1919 is cold, wet, and tired from four years of war. Alec is back in the Metropolitan Police after slogging out his army service on the Western Front. Falling for a suspect in a gruesome murder case is not on his agenda, however attractive he finds the other man.<br><br>Both men are floundering and out of their depth, struggling to come to terms with feelings they didn't ask for and didn't expect. Both have secrets that could get them arrested or killed. In the middle of a murder investigation that involves wild magic, mysterious creatures, and illegal sexual desire, who is safe to trust?

Lost in Time

The Lurker circled round behind Carter, unnoticed. It could taste him. He didn’t have power of the type the Lurker preferred…but even the powerless kind of human creatures had their own kind of energy. That was the whole reason he and his kind were always pushing and Pulling at the stuff of The Border, to try to get through. An all-you-can-absorb buffet waited for them on the other side.


Unfortunately for them, balancing that out was the need for much more energy once they had crossed The Border, just to stay alive. This Lurker was young. That was the reason it had been dragged through The Border, as the humans had passed it by. If it had been older, it would have simply followed the travellers through as they passed, eaten well, and then returned to its home in the Outlands. However, it had missed its chance. It had been dragged along unexpectedly by their passing and was confused and sick when it had first broken through. It had been weakened too much to get back


Chapter 14