Edwin Masters has spent his entire life lusting after one car -- a 1962 Alfa Romeo Spider 2600. When he finally buys one, it changes the entire shape and meaning of his world. The car comes with a guest, and the restless spirit is awakened by Edwin.<br><br>Cooper James, the young man who died behind the wheel forty-seven years earlier, haunts the Spider and he wants a life. He wants Edwin. So he reaches out, sucking Edwin into a deepening abyss by exploiting demons from a past Edwin can't break from.<br><br>Edwin resists, struggling against the phantom in favor of an attractive, exciting young man who wants to be with him, Carson Heston. Carson holds the key to Edwin's salvation, but every time he gets close, Cooper terrorizes him. Edwin knows he'll be lost forever if he submits to Cooper's dark promise of release and relief, but that might be the only way to save Carson's life.

On a Bruised Road

He saw a pair of emerald green eyes beneath a fringe of blond lashes.


And then a quick glance forward revealed the rictus grin of a big SUV barreling toward him.2


“Right,” Blake said slowly, “and that’s why you’ve been sitting here for the past fifteen minutes?”


Edwin stared at his hands. “I don’t think I can.”


“I don’t think I can pry my fingers off the wheel.”


Edwin shook his head. Blake was a big guy, and Edwin was a little afraid that his way of helping would include bodily lifting Edwin out of the Spider.


“Why don’t you just try one hand?”


“You can go back inside. I’m fine.”


Blake paused before saying, “No, I can’t do that. Cathy is watching from the window, and she’s worried about you. You look like shit, man.”


Chapter 4