Hollywood soundstage tutor Otto Brennington has always felt invisible. Then he meets super hunk Shawn Slate. Hot sex on their first date leads to a marriage proposal. With their whole lives ahead of them, they wed in Hawaii, then celebrate with a skydive, where death does them part.<br><br>Otto is in for the shock of his afterlife upon discovering where he’ll now spend eternity. Once there, a series of sweet yet unexplainable visions lead him to believe the life just lost wasn’t his first. Was it also possibly not his last?<br><br>With the aid of several paranormal beings, Otto learns the ins and outs of his new existence, one he plans on making temporary. Will he make it back to the land of the living and the man of his dreams? Is that man Shawn? Or will Otto decide his newest acquaintances make the place he’s in not so bad after all?

Monsters

“A little.” I had to allow that. “Once I have the spell necessary to…well…I’m not sure yet, but there has to be a spell in there that will help me in some way. First things first—second things second, actually—once I have the book, I have to find my way back to the land of the living. Hey.” It suddenly dawned on me. “When you disappear, where do you go?” I asked again. Was it possible CJ went back to Earth every time without even noticing?


Too late. CJ disappeared. He was gone for more than a moment this time. I counted to fifty, then a hundred. Then, I decided he wasn’t coming back at all. “Damn it! Maybe Pansy would make a better accomplice.” I wondered what kind of powers trolls had when it came to bouncing between the living world and the one established for the undead. “Maybe I can summon Valmont, now that he’s an angel,” I said to Mystic. “Oh, yeah. ‘Never to return.’ I guess I can’t.”


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