We have a bonus site from These Haunted Hills as I was in Columbus for the Ohioana Book fest yesterday (something surely Brendan would enjoy doing). I tried to go to Schmidt’s Sausage Haus for cream puffs and beer (not at the same time) but it was a saturday and I had less than half a prayer of finding parking (I did not) so I ended up at another German Village icon, the Old Mohawk bar.

So have a little of Josh taunting Brendan with Schmidt’s yummy offerings.

Josh shrugged. “And since you asked, I might do some shopping at the Book Loft and pig out at Schmidt’s while you’re working.”

“Sounds much more fun than what I’m doing.” Brendan sighed. He might love writing, but he hated some of the things accompanying it.

“I’ll think about you while I’m stuffing myself with cream puffs.”

Brendan narrowed his eyes. “Now I hate you.”

Josh chuckled. “You do not. At least not until I send you some pics of the cream puffs and the potato pancakes.”

“Stop! You’re making me jealous.”

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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