The world hasn't been the same since the preternaturals came out of the closet. Much to many people’s chagrin, strange beings of all kinds are making life tricky for the "normals." Physics professor Dr. Sabine Brusilov has been obsessed with ghost hunting since he was eight years old.. He's gathered a wealth of knowledge, but can't produce a shred of scientific proof. One hundred and seventy-five years of death haven't done riverboat gambler Barton Montoire a damn bit of good. He's still rash, impulsive, and prone to fits of temper and bouts of melancholy. You'd think that when fate brought the two of them together, Bart's lonely spirit would be calmed, and Sabine would have the proof his heart desires. In a world where mythical beings are real, love is still the most elusive… and treacherous myth of them all.

In the two months since Dr. Sabine Brusilov and his ghostly lover Bart discovered the curious brass circlet while investigating a haunting in an apartment building, Sabine focused on recovering from his accident. Now, his health restored, his mind returns to the mystery of the circlet. Even a commission to appear on a television show can’t distract him from its allure. After nearly two centuries of resistance, it takes an exorcism for Bart to come to terms with being a ghost…and learning that everything in the other realm isn’t quite the way he had figured. As he grows more comfortable in the spirit plane, his abilities on the earthly plane evolve. Even though he feels the circlet’s evil, he can’t help but connect his growing strength with it. Life and death are two sides of the same coin, but the circlet blurs lines for both man and ghost.

Haunted. Seduced. Betrayed. When ghost enthusiast Dr. Sabine Brusilov plucks a weathered skull from the mud and debris at the bottom of the Mississippi River, he gets more than he bargained for. The skull comes with a moody, petulant, sexy ghost who is not shy about his attraction to Sabine. Along with proof that ghosts really do exist, Sabine finds a treasure beyond compare. Love. Love is everything to long dead Barton Montoire. He's lived for it, faced dishonor for it…killed for it. Now that he's found it again, he's willing to do whatever it takes to keep Sabine at his side for eternity. Even if that means more blood on his hands. With the darkness that circles Sabine growing stronger, and his lover's actions becoming more erratic and unpredictable, Bart is challenged to protect his love from some unknown danger. Ghosts and humans exist on two separate planes, and there's only one way for them to be together. But betrayal lurks in the shadows…