Angels and Omens

Treasure Trail #4

by Morgan Brice

Someone would kill to keep the past buried.

Warnings of winter weather and a supernatural storm make for a dangerous holiday season for ex-cop Ben Nolan and antiques expert Erik Mitchell. Cape May’s ghosts are unquiet, and sightings of a Woman in White is an omen of misfortune. As Erik and Ben try to lay the spirits to rest, they are drawn into a web of secrets about old shipwrecks, unsolved Mob hits, and long-ago deadly intrigue.

Someone would kill to keep the past buried. As Ben and Erik navigate their growing relationship and help Cape May prepare for its big winter festival, they must face down ghosts, mobsters, and the town’s dangerous hidden history.

Can they resolve the crimes and mysteries of the past and live to tell the tale?

Angels and Omens is a thrill-packed MM paranormal romance mystery-adventure filled with supernatural threats, old secrets, Mob ties, long-lost shipwrecks, true soulmates, hurt/comfort, psychic visions, powerful witches, and haunted history.

Genres: Paranormal, M M Romance, Audiobook, Ghosts, Mystery, Magic

219 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 3, 2026

About the author

Morgan Brice writes Urban Fantasy M/M Paranormal Romance with lots of magic, spooky stuff, and sexy men.

Pen name of author Gail Z. Martin.

Reviews

[Carol]

Someone would kill to keep the past buried. Warnings of winter weather and a supernatural storm make for a dangerous holiday season for ex-cop Ben Nolan and antiques expert Erik Mitchell. Cape May’s ghosts are unquiet, and sightings of a Woman in White is an omen of misfortune. As Erik and Ben try to lay the spirits to rest, they are drawn into a web of secrets about old shipwrecks, unsolved Mob hits, and long-ago deadly intrigue. Someone would kill to keep the past buried. As Ben and Erik navigate their growing relationship and help Cape May prepare for its big winter festival, they must face down ghosts, mobsters, and the town’s dangerous hidden history. Can they resolve the crimes and mysteries of the past and live to tell the tale? It's a thrill-packed M/M paranormal romance mystery-adventure filled with supernatural threats, old secrets, Mob ties, long-lost shipwrecks, true soulmates, hurt/comfort, psychic visions, powerful witches, and haunted history.

It's another great addition to this long- running series...but what else could I expect from Morgan Brice? If you are a Josh Lanyon or a Jordan Hawk fan...you will like any of Morgan Brice's three series featuring Ben and Erick..."Witchbane", " "Bad Lands" and "Treasure Trail". All three of these series work on the theme that the past is never dead and how it always comes back and can affect the present and the future.

The story also features a great bunch of secondary characters consisting of powerful witches and mobsters all with their own evil agendas. and a really cute dog who has no "evil agenda" :). Overall, it's a story that will most likely appeal to fans of mysteries as well as romances, just remember that it's two guys. I don't think I have ever given a Morgan Brice book less than a 5-star rating, and Angels and Omens will certainly not be the exception. Although the dog certainly was worth another star.

[ButtonsMom2003]

Audiobook Review:
Overall – 5
Performance – 5
Story – 5

This story was a great addition to Ben and Erik’s series. I loved John Solo’s audio performance; he always just such a great job. There was the normal amount of spooky stuff but also a lot of relationship time. I love how Morgan Brice has things that crossover her various series and yet you can read each story/series without having to read the others.

[Kevin]

Lots of shootouts with two different mafias, who both want the same cursed objects. Ghosts and some allies help out our heroes. Too much graphic sex, which I skipped. To me, the most enjoyable part came at the end, after the action had concluded, when our couple adopt a dog.
Typos: "diffuse some of the tension" should be "defuse." Diffuse means to spread out. Some repetition of facts. Sentence fragment: "his voice into a sexy growl."

[Michael]

While I like the characters, the stories in this series are beginning to feel a little stale. How many times can cursed items bring unwanted organized crime activity to a small, seaside tourist town? Also, some scenes, the warehouse in particular, feel like rehashes. I know she used that scene previously, with pretty much the same results and the same means of escaping. The best part of this particular installment was the addition of George. It will be interesting to see if the author includes chapters from George's POV. Especially the "spicy" scenes. Gee, locked out again. They're at it. Again. These guys really need to find some other form of exercise that doesn't exclude me. Long walks around the neighborhood. Take me down to the boardwalk to see my friends. Runs on the beach.

Also, the author makes a big To-Do about the storm in the beginning and how it seems to have the ghosts riled up, but then does nothing with it. The way it was presented made it feel like it was going to play a larger part than it did, but the reader is left hanging, waiting for a moment that never comes.

Solo delivers as always, although I was a little concerned in the beginning. Chapter 1 felt rushed, as if the narrator himself was bored with the material and wanted to get it over with as soon as possible. It took him a while to find his stride here.

[Josh W.]

Another great book in their story. I love Erik and Ben’s relationship. This book was another fun addition to their story. I was sad when I thought we were finished after 3. Now I am hopeful we might get a book 5 that involves our new character.
This book falls the same general plot that the other three books shared. Haunted artifacts and mob ties. There wasn’t a ton of spice but like the other books, the lack of spice is not a deterrent. I enjoyed that this book carried on for a little longer then the resolution of the problem. It was nice to read a little more of their story and their life after the run in with the mob.

[Katarina Wuulfsun]

This one had a weird tempo. It seemed really sluggish for the longest time and then the energy jumped dramatically. I felt like a large chunk of pages near the end were pointless. It was also a little disappointing that most of the sex scenes were blow jobs. I was hoping for actual sex scenes instead. Besides the tempo issue, it was well written. I do love the characters but the reoccurring mobsters theme is getting stale. I'd love to see the next book go in a different direction.

[Wayne Blood]

This has been my favorite TT book so far. I like that we got to spend some non-life threatening time with the guys once the main case was sorted,
I really like the way the author weaves characters from other series in the shared universe into her book. George is going to be a great asset to the series.

[Jessie (thatchickwithabook)]

Didn’t love this one as much as the others, though can’t put my finger on why. I think some of the language was too cringey, like Ben, a grown man, describing Cape May, unironically, a “spookapalooza”. It gave me the ick lol. But the storyline was fun - ended a bit early with the rest of the book more ‘day in the life’ but it was nice to see more relationship progression!

[Karen Jenkins]

Stretched my credulity a little too far, even knowing the subject matter of this series. A little too simplistic.

[Kea]

Scary, Twisted, Unpredictable, Wonderful characters, Entertaining, Romantic, Haunting, Page-turner

[Cj]

tired and slow...

[Jai Oni]

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Enjoyment: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[Kristel (hungryandhappy)]

Awww the ending was really cute!

[Marie]

Another interesting story from Morgan. Full of detail and action. At the end it did catch me off guard and make me cry though!

[emily curtis]

Enjoyable story that is well written with likeable characters and good world building. The narration is very good as well.