Dead Man and the Restless Spirits by Lou Harper

Denton is still a wild card while Bran is the calm and knowledgeable one. They have to use heavy persuasion (of a lustful nature from Denton) to get the demon to leave.ĭenton is a necromancer and Bran is a witch (or herbalist as he prefers). Denton and Bran goes to a costume party and discovered a man possessed by a demonic spirit. Fans of the first book will enjoy having Denton and Bran back and working on a short and unintended case. This is a short story taking place in between Dead Man and the Restless Spirits (Book #1) and Dead Man and the Army of Frogs (Book #2). Review posted on Books on Silver Wings blog. Please let there be more Dead Man mysteries to come!įYI: There are spoilers for Dead Man & the Restless Spirits Anyway, this was fun and free and the perfect taste of a little more Denton and Bran. I swear, at one point I could not stop laughing! Umm, yeah, Denton gets a little too interested in Bran’s leather cough…LMFAO. (Jeez, could I use ‘in’ any more?) But all the humor and chemistry that I know and love between Denton and Bran was there.

Okay, I admit that I wasn’t as into the mystery here in this story as I was into the ones in Dead Man & the Restless Spirits. What happens next is…*cough* interesting. When Spiderman gets a bit to handsy and glutenous, Denton is certain something supernatural is going on…and he needs Bran’s knowledge and expertise to save the poor soul. They seem like perfect partners-unless Bran's not-so-little secret comes between them.Warning: men loving men, ghosts with attitudes, and a portly feline with hidden talents.Note: Denton also plays a small but important role in Spirit Sanguine.Dead Man & the Lustful Spirit is a short freebie that follows Dead Man and the Restless Spirits Its New Year’s Eve and Denton and Bran are attending a costume party…*cough* as a necromancer and a witch *cough*. Amongst ghostly adventures the attraction between the men is impossible to ignore. It makes good business sense for them to team up and rid Chicago of its pesky spirits one grateful client at a time. Herbalist by day, Bran moonlights as a witch, performing house cleansings for a fee.From Bran, Denton learns that his knack for interacting with the dead qualifies him as a necromancer.

However, after an unexpected introduction from Bran's cat brings the two men together, Denton discovers they have a mutual interest in the spirit world. Tall, Dark, and Mysterious is as standoffish as he is alluring. His adaptability comes in handy when he meets his enigmatic new neighbor.Bran Maurell catches Denton's eye right away, but unfortunately Mr. Rather than whine about it, Denton has learned to live with his troublesome talent. It's quite a drag in a city like Chicago, teeming with the echoes of the no-longer living. Dying sucks hairy monkey balls, even when you're not the stiff.Denton Mills has a secret: he can see dead people.

Dead Man and the Restless Spirits by Lou Harper