While traveling in a storm, Glen Harper takes a wrong turn and crashes his car. Unhurt but cold and wet, he decides to get help. Using a distant light as a guide, Glen discovers an uninhabited cottage, where he lights a much needed fire. Glen quickly warms up but soon becomes aware of a presence in the room. Hank Waterford is the caretaker of the estate where Glen found refuge from the storm. They meet when Glen, thinking he’s alone in the cottage, jumps into Hank’s bed. Both men are strongly attracted to each other, but they have to overcome a hurdle Glen never anticipated: the spirit of Henry, the estate owner’s son, who committed suicide after his unrequited love for Hank became too much to bear. Together Glen and Hank must deal with Henry, who haunts the manor house as well as Hank’s cottage. Can they find a solution that will allow Henry’s spirit to finally come to rest? Will he accept Glen and Hank’s relationship, or will he become a malevolent presence in their lives?

The Haunted Caretaker

I thought of getting out of bed and relighting the candle, then realized the matches were in the main room.


I sighed, and ran my shaking hand over my face. The question that remained, of course, was, What had caused the lid of the trunk to fall?It was the problem of the slamming door all over again. But my rational mind was at work now, and it insisted that air currentsand windwere the reasonable answers to these uncanny events.


I felt somewhat better, but as I lay there under the covers I realized that I was listening for the click of the door. It would take only one click, and then the door would be—open. The image of this in my mind was so terrifying that I had to suppress a whimper—I was even afraid of making a small noise.


Chapter 6