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

“Hey,” Carson said softly. “I want to see you.”


“I know. I just…It’s been a long time for me.”


“Not shy, so much as I don’t want to send you running again.”


“Hey, I thought I already told you I was being an idiot. It didn’t have anything to do with you.”


Edwin turned around to see that Carson had pushed himself up on his elbows. Something about the slope of his shoulders, the casual way he draped himself on the bed, sent a strong rush of desire through Edwin. He wished he could carry himself with that sort of easy grace, that sort of casual indifference. But he couldn’t. He was too intimately aware of every single physical flaw. Every bit of flab. Every scar. Every hair that was already gray. He didn’t think of himself as a vain man, but he still spent far too much time every morning in front of the mirror.


Chapter 32