Running late t his week thanks to spring break. If nothing else, Josh and Brendan were whispering new ideas on the drive.

Strouds Run/Dow Lake and the haunted Anthony Cabin nearby also briefly made These Haunted Hills. The haunting at Dow Lake is tragic whether or not you actually believe in ghosts. There was a real live murder there in the sixties.

Regardless, it’s a beautiful spot. Today’s snippet is Josh and his BFF, Cassia, discussing where to take Brendan ghost hunting.

So, I was thinking we could head out to either Strouds Run or the Anthony cabin at Hocking College earlier in the day, and I’ve cleared it for us to be at the Opera House. They have a group rehearsing, so we can’t disturb them, but if we’re relatively quiet, they don’t see a problem.”

“Let’s make it the Anthony cabin since it’s closer to the Opera House. I doubt he’d say no to going out to eat.”

“Sounds good to me. I’m jealous of all the time you get to spend with him, but I’m happy he’s not an ass.

“He’s been astonishingly ego-free so far. I’m sure he’ll love this plan.”

Blurb:

Young wildlife conservation professor, Joshua Zimmerman, adores foxes, steampunk, and paranormal investigation. As a geek of the first order, Josh is a collector of nerdy memorabilia and tattoos, and he’s an avid steampunk cosplayer. When his favorite author hires him for some ghost hunting for his new project, Josh can hardly believe his luck.

As an author of the wildly successful urban fantasy series, The Green Tablet, Brendan Halloran should have it all. And he did until his young son, Connor, died of cancer. Heartbroken and drowning in grief, Brendan stops writing, stops living his life. His marriage has disintegrated, leaving Brendan trapped in the moment Connor died.

When Brendan rents a cabin in Ohio’s Hocking Hills, it’s ostensibly to research his next book, an adult paranormal tale. Brendan hires a local professor who is an expert on the paranormal, thinking if he does pull out of his tail spin and makes good on his plan to write a new book, he might as well do it right. And the perfect place to investigate could be the remains of an old hotel constructed to suit the serial killer who built it.

Brendan finds himself swept away, completely unprepared for the joy and enthusiasm Josh brings to everything he does. Step by step, Brendan reenters life. His head might not be convinced he’s ready to love again, but his heart disagrees. Unfortunately for him, the ghost is every bit as vicious as the killer was in life, and he and Joshua have a target on their backs.

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