Hunter Beaumont doesn't understand his grandmother's deathbed wish: "Destroy Beaumont House." He'd never even heard of the place. But after his grandmother passes and his first love betrays him, the family house in the Wisconsin woods looks like a tempting refuge. Going against his grandmother's wishes, Hunter flees to Beaumont House.<br><br>But will the house be the sanctuary he had hoped for? Soon after moving in, Hunter realizes he may not be alone. And who -- or what -- he shares the house may plunge him into a nightmare from which he may never escape.<br><br>Sparks fly when he meets his handsome neighbor, a caretaker for the estate next door, but is the man salvation...or is he the source of Hunter's terror?

A Demon Inside

It took several more beers and a dizzy sense of euphoria to erase the sting of watching couples grind against one another on the dance floor.


And just as he was thinking how this was about the straightest place on earth he could have come to, he noticed him, sitting alone at the bar. He was tall and stocky, with a shock of wheat-colored hair that stuck up on top but was shaved close at the sides. Like everyone else, he wore tight jeans, and his plaid flannel shirt was open to reveal lean, smooth brown muscles. Hunter wondered what it would feel like to run his fingers across that silky chest.


He realized the guy looked a lot like Michael Burt. Not exactly, of course, but in the same league.


He cast his gaze away when he noticed the man staring at him quizzically. His face, once again, felt hot.


Chapter 83