Julian Ridgley is buying a house, known as Dexter’s Manor, on a hill in a seaside community. The original owner, Dexter Larabee, is widely rumored to haunt it, but Julian dismisses such fanciful rumors.<br><br>His plan is to renovate the old mansion so he and his lover can live there, with the goal of creating their own seaside shop. After moving in, Julian experiences strange happenings, including the appearance of the gorgeous Dexter himself. Dexter calls Julian another name, Owen, and insists that Julian is his reincarnated love.<br><br>Seduced by Dexter, Julian has a passionate affair with the spirit, prompting him to end things with his boyfriend. When Julian realizes Dex is trapped, waiting endlessly for Owen, he knows the right thing to do is to set Dex free. But he’s fallen in love with Dexter. How will he ever be able to let go?

Dexter’s Haunting

I didn’t know what the future held for me, but as much as I realized I loved Dexter, I also knew he was a ghost, someone who had died long ago, and I was very much a living, breathing person. And I wanted to stay that way.


“Dexter?” I called as I entered, but received no response. I suspected I would meet up with him in the bedroom, as that seemed to be where he wandered the most.


I had stopped to eat on the way home, so I left my laptop downstairs and headed up the staircase to find Dex. My body already thrummed with anticipation of seeing him again.


What would I do if I could free him from this? I would have to live with it, I knew, but the thought made my heart ache like never before.


“Dexter, are you here?” I whispered as I entered the master bedroom. “Dex?”


Chapter 18