The Mysterious and Amazing Blue Billings
Lily Morton
Gay Romance/Paranormal Ghost
Release Date: 11.14.19
Blurb
Levi Black is at a crossroads. After suffering a loss and breaking up a long-term relationship, he’s looking for a change. When he receives the news he’s inherited a house in York, he seizes the opportunity to begin a new chapter in his life.
However, when he gets there, he finds a house that has never kept its occupants for very long. Either through death or disinclination, no one stays there, and after a few days of living in the place, Levi can understand why. Strange noises can be heard at all hours of the day and night, and disturbing and scary things begin to happen to him. He never believed in ghosts before, but when events take a sinister turn, he knows he must look for help. He finds it in the unlikely form of the blue-haired leader of a ghost tour.
Blue Billings is edgy, beautiful, and lost. Utterly lost. He conceals so many secrets that some days it’s a miracle he remembers his own name. He knows that he should ignore Levi because he threatens the tenuous grip Blue has on survival. But there’s something about the kind-eyed man that draws Blue to him. Something that demands he stay and fight for him when he would normally run in the opposite direction.
As the two men investigate the shocking truth behind Levi’s house, they also discover a deep connection that defies the short length of time they’ve known each other. But when events escalate and his life is on the line, Levi has to wonder if it was wise to trust the Mysterious and Amazing Blue Billings.
You alright?”
I turn to find the rest of the group dispersing slowly with a lot of loud laughter and chatter. Blue is staring at me.
“Oh yes, I’m fine,” I say quickly.
He looks at me quizzically and then buttons up his long overcoat, obviously about to walk away. “Well, goodnight,” he says. “Try to join other ghost tours on time if you do it again. The other guides won’t be as pleasant or as understanding as me.”
“That was pleasant and understanding?” I say, amazed.
He grins. “Well, pleasant by my standards.”
He winks and starts to walk away.
“Wait,” I say, far louder than I need to judging by his jump. “Sorry,” I say again. “But do you fancy going somewhere?”
A hard look appears on his face, and he shakes his head sharply. “Ah no, I don’t do that.”
“I meant do you want to go somewhere for a drink?” I jerk out. “Sorry, that was badly worded.”
He stares at me, surprise and something else running over his face. “An actual drink? That’s what you mean?”
“Yes,” I say slowly. “That is what the words ‘do you fancy a drink’ usually mean.”
He shrugs. “You’d be surprised.” He studies me for a second. “You don’t look the type to pick up strange men leading ghost tours.”
“It’s my first time. Be gentle,” I say wryly and then pause. “Wait. What do men look like who pick up ghost-tour leaders?”
He looks me up and down very slowly. “Not you.”
I rake my hand through my hair. “I don’t think this is quite going the way I meant it to. Let me start again. I’d like very much to talk to you about my house, so would you like to go for a drink?”
Blue shakes his head. “This is the weirdest conversation I’ve ever had. Why would I want to talk about your house? Is it made of gold or gingerbread?”
I want to smile. “No, it’s made of bricks, and it comes with the unfortunate nickname of the Murder House.”
Lily writes contemporary romance novels, and specialises in hot love stories with a good dose of humour.
Lily lives in sunny England with her husband and two children, all of whom claim that they haven’t had a proper conversation with her since she bought her first Kindle.
She has spent her life with her head full of daydreams and decided one day to just sit down and start writing about them. In the process she discovered that she actually loved writing, because how else could she get to spend her time with hot, funny men!
She loves chocolate and Baileys and the best of all creations – chocolate Baileys! Her lifetime’s ambition is to have a bath in peace without being shouted by one of her family.
