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

“Please, please, please,” Carson whispered, inching closer. “Oh God.”


He parked beside the silver Spider, straining in the dim light to see any hint of Edwin. He scrambled with his seat belt and then his door, annoyed by the way they blocked him from his escape. As soon as he reached the Spider, he reached for the handle, but the door was locked. He pressed his face to the window, cupping his eyes to block the light.


Edwin was sprawled across the front seat, his mouth hanging open, his skin a sickly white. Carson pounded on the window and shouted his name, but Edwin didn’t stir. Carson pounded harder, until his fist began to ache and the pain traveled up his arm, but he might as well have been shouting at a stone. With a growl of frustration, he ran over to the driver’s side and tried again. The door was locked there too, and the window just as impenetrable.


“Edwin! Wake up! Please, wake up! Please…” Don’t be dead.


Chapter 55