One week. Just one week, and Ryan will be out of his backwater hometown for good. Sell the farm his grandmother bequeathed him, clear his debts, and start fresh with his high-flying boyfriend. That’s that plan. What’s not the plan? Brooding bar owner and high-school crush Vic Ward, community hostility, and mysterious reminders of perfect Ethan. Ethan, who had everything Ryan ever wanted. Ethan, who fled Stockyard Point to pursue his dreams. Ethan, whose memory now dogs Ryan’s every step. The longer Ryan stays in the Point, the more demons of his past surface, and the more Ryan is haunted by the life he could have forged. Will Ryan stick to his plan? Or will the siren song of his past draw him home? This is a dark gothic m/m romance of 84,500 words.