Haunted

by Mike Shade

With his job as a woodworker and restorer, Tom gets to see all sorts of interesting buildings and meet lots of neat people. He's never met anyone like Adam, though, a sweet little grad student with a gorgeous smile and tendency to be a klutz. When a whole different reason for Adam's bruises begins to appear, though, Tom worries that maybe Adam is crazy. Or that he isn't; one or the other. The truth of Adam's situation is much worse than a little clumsiness, though, and Tom is determined to help him. Can they survive whatever it is that haunts Adam and protect their growing love?

Genres: M M Romance, Paranormal, Romance

134 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 27, 2007

About the author

Sunshine and light breezes, the scent of sea-drenched skin, dewed-grass under foot. Cowboy hats, tuxedos, painted on jeans. Blue eyes, grey eyes, green eyes, crinkled at the edges eyes. Snow, rain, wind. Love in the morning. Love in the afternoon. Love in the evening. The sole of a man's foot, a working man's hands, a strong back, the curve of an ass.


These are a few of Mike's favorite things.

Want to know more? Read Mike's books, most days his characters feel more real to him than he does.

Reviews

[Jimmy Hanson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting and engaging. Mike Shade puts just enough schmex in his novels to make them sizzling, and yet enough action and plot to balance each scene out just as well.

For once it was nice to have the geeky-emo clutz be an engaging professor of homo-erotic literature, and the stronger protective character to actually be a wood-worker absorbantly fascinated by architecture. Usually it's a nerdy writer and a cop, or something there about, and the change [though slight:] was cool.

Tom's reactions to Adam's 'clumsiness' borders on the naive; with some of the instances, I'd have given then a second look instead of just *assuming* Adam was a clutz. Which, in truth, it turns out Adam *isn't* really, because of the ghost.

I was fascinated with the development of the story and admittedly, was a bit disappointed at what I perceived to be the end - especially considering there was still 40-some-odd pages left [which I thought would be used up by gooey-lovey-dovey-schmex:]. GLAD to say I was WRONG. A few scenes string along and then WHAM - the action picks right back up. When the truth comes out, it wasn't something I had expected in the beginning and I liked the twist.

[Linda · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was just not for me. My main problem was the writing, but I can't say that what I saw of the story and characters managed to grab me, either. It just wasn't descriptive enough, making me wonder what was happening and how. And I rarely knew who was doing what since 'he' was used instead of the characters names, making it all very confusing.

So no, I won't be reading any further on this one. It was just too much of a hassle trying to follow what was going on.

[Elisa Rolle]

Adam is a skinny and young guy, a grad student in the college where Tom, a carpenter, is restoring an old library. They start a friendship that soon turn out in love. Everything seems perfect but Adam is strange: he gets bruises everytime and Tom knows nobody hurts him. He doesn't eat or sleep when he is alone, but when he is with Tom he has a strong appettite and could sleep for an entire night without problem. So where is the problem? Is it true that Alan, the dead twin brother of Adam, is haunting him?

Tom is a wonderful character: he is strong and genuine, open and lovely. He is the normality and the reality that Adam needs to live a normal life, even Tom's mother id the classical housewife who cooks better than a cook. Adam has given uo the possibility to have that life and he contents himself with the time Tom will remain with him before to run away. The love between them is so simple and linear, a strong contrast with the madness of Adam's life.

I think this is one of the best book I have read by Mike Shade: in this one maybe there is less sex than the others, but when you have it, it is of good quality. And also the characterization of the two protagonist is a lot more complete. Even if I don't have a predisposition for scary novel, this is could appeal also to me.

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[Indigo · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5stars