So again I have been failing to keep up with this. It’s been a weird semester and it’s now over. I’m taking a quick break from making finals to do this because it’s May the Fourth and Josh and Brendan are such geeks that I felt the need to share their geekiness for the day.

On the bookshelves, Brendan discovered the Starship Enterprise, Spike and Angel from Buffy, a small Millennium Falcon, a Doctor Strange figurine, and on the couch, Vince’s wand from his own series, which was a universal channel changer. Unable to imagine a more perfect space for Josh, he picked up Vince’s wand.

Wide-eyed, Josh snatched it from him and tucked it into his pocket, blushing. “Sorry for the mess.”

“Honestly, this is how I pictured your place. Okay, maybe not the blue farmhouse part, but the inside, definitely. It was a good idea to come here. I feel better now.” Brendan grimaced. Why had he said that? Because it was true, and what did it matter? Perfectly at home with his geekiness, Josh didn’t hide it, and Brendan did feel more relaxed in this space.

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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