Book Title: Treasure Trail
Author: Morgan Brice
Cover Artist: Lou Harper
Genre/s: Urban Fantasy MM paranormal romance
Trope/s: Second chance, friends to lovers, starting over, psychic/medium and a cop, mystery, action/adventure,
Themes: Taking a chance on love, running from your past, trust, friendship, found family
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When a missing antique shows up under mysterious circumstances, Ben and Erik are plunged into danger as a cursed hotel’s long-ago scandals resurface. Someone wants those secrets to stay buried—and is willing to add Ben and Erik to the death toll to keep the past hidden.
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Erik Mitchell traveled the world uncovering art fraud and relic theft, which pitted him against spoiled billionaires, unscrupulous collectors, mobsters and cartels. He worked with law enforcement across the US and Europe, but a sting goes wrong and Erik ends up injured, then returns to find his partner cheating. Erik decides to stop globe trotting and buy an antique shop in scenic Cape May, NJ, rebuild his life, and nurse his broken heart.
Undercover Newark cop Ben Nolan went down in a hail of bullets when a bust went sideways, after a tip-off from a traitor inside the department. After he recovers, he spends a couple of years as a private investigator, only to tire of seeing the worst of human nature. So when his aunt offers him the chance to take over her rental real estate business in Cape May, it seems too good to be true. Now if he could just believe he could ever be lucky again in love.
When a missing antique shows up under mysterious circumstances, Ben and Erik are plunged into danger as a cursed hotel’s long-ago scandals resurface. Someone wants those secrets to stay buried—and is willing to add Ben and Erik to the death toll to keep the past hidden.
Ghosts of the Past
By Morgan Brice
Cape May, New Jersey is such a great vacation spot that people never want to leave—even after they die.
As beach towns go, Cape May has a reputation for being very haunted. Local ghost-whisperer Craig McManus has written three books detailing his personal encounters as a paranormal investigator in Cape May, and they are wonderful reads—and fantastic inspiration.
Some of Cape May’s famous ghosts once lived in the town and chose not to move on when their lives ended. Others met tragedy on vacation, and remained tied to the area for reasons known only to themselves. Many of the town’s most famous landmarks have their own ghost stories, resident spooks, and scary stories. Stay the night in a haunted bed and breakfast—if you dare!
My new urban fantasy MM paranormal romance series, Treasure Trail, is set in Cape May. Main character Erik Mitchell, the new owner of the Trinkets antique shop and the Treasure Trail decorating blog, can see ghosts but not summon them or hear them speak.
Seeing ghosts in Cape May isn’t unusual. It’s common enough that Ben Nolan, the sexy former Newark undercover cop who’s moved to town to take over the family rental real estate business, is willing to admit that he’s seen a few spooks, too.
When a missing antique shows up under mysterious circumstances, Ben and Erik are plunged into danger as a cursed hotel’s long-ago scandals resurface. Someone wants those secrets to stay buried—and is willing to add Ben and Erik to the death toll to keep the past hidden.
I made up my own ghosts for Treasure Trail, based on the sordid history of the fictitious Commodore Wilson Hotel. In the book, the grand old hotel is unlucky, maybe even cursed, known for ruining its owners. Dark rumors about the Commodore Wilson still circulate, twenty-five years after it was torn down, and a string of murders and disappearances of people with ties to the hotel remain unsolved. That’s a perfect reason for restless ghosts who want long-overdue justice.
Treasure Trail is packed full of twists and turns, as well as two hot guys with the hots for each other—plenty of sexy thrills and spooky chills!
“What the hell did you pack in these boxes? Rocks?” Sean Meirlach shifted the heavy moving box on his shoulder. Sean looked and sounded like the Jersey Shore guy he was, brawny and blunt.
“Books,” Ben replied. “You know, those rectangular paper things? Ever read one?” The teasing was good-natured. Ben Nolan had spent most of his summers working for his cousin’s mom, and they were thick as thieves. Which, Ben reflected, was a poor analogy for an ex-cop-turned-former-private-investigator. And now, at least for this summer, a vacation rental manager in beautiful Cape May, New Jersey.
“Yes, dumbass. I’ve read lots of books. And not just the ones with pictures in them,” Sean said with a smirk. Sean played up his bad boy persona, but Ben knew his cousin had plenty of brains, hustle, and street smarts.
“Good to know. I’d hate to have to break it to Aunt Meg that her favorite son was illiterate.”
Sean snorted. “Favorite son? I’m her onlyson, asshole. And she’s already pissed at me because I just want to run my food truck in Wildwood. Which is why you’re doing me a huge solid, taking over the family business.”
“Whoa, there! Hold up. I’m here for the summer. Justthe summer. I said I’d see how it went. No promises.”
“Just the summer? You sure brought a lot of shit with you if it’s just for the summer.” Sean set the box down a little harder than necessary on a table in the upstairs apartment over the rental office, which would be Ben’s home for the next few months. Ben dumped the tangle of odds and ends he had carried up from the rented van and flopped onto the couch. He had put most of his things in storage when he left Newark and brought what he didn’t want to do without, or what the apartment didn’t have. Sean had driven the truck up to Cape May, while Ben drove his black Mustang, packed to the roof.
He owed Sean a lot for helping him move—and, if truth be told, for pushing him as the perfect candidate for the job to Aunt Meg.
“Don’t screw up the master plan, dude!” Sean chided. “You’re sick of the big city and getting shot. And I need a little of that good life, somewhere not quite as buttoned-down.” He reached for a bottle of water and took a swig. “I love this town, but I need to stretch my wings. And the vibe in Wildwood is different. People come for the Pier and the Boardwalk and the rides. More singles, not just families. And they all have to eat!”
Sean’s truck, Put A Ring On It, specialized in kickass onion rings, which went on everything—burgers, hot dogs, chicken wings, even chili. The combination of great food, a catchy name, and Sean’s outgoing personality had made for a very successful launch.
Morgan Brice is the romance pen name of bestselling author Gail Z. Martin. Morgan writes urban fantasy male/male paranormal romance, with plenty of action, adventure and supernatural thrills to go with the happily ever after. Gail writes epic fantasy and urban fantasy, and together with co-author hubby Larry N. Martin, steampunk and comedic horror, all of which have less romance, more explosions. Characters from her Gail books make frequent appearances in secondary roles in her Morgan books, and vice versa.
On the rare occasions Morgan isn’t writing, she’s either reading, cooking, or spoiling two very pampered dogs.
Other books include Witchbane, Burn, Dark Rivers, and Badlands. Watch for more in these series, plus new series coming soon!
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