Title: Wild Ride

Author: Will Okati

Cover Art: Marteeka Karland

Genres: Action Adventure, Box Sets, Dark Fantasy, Mystery /Suspense /Intrigue, New Releases, Paranormal, Romance, Wildest West

Themes: Capture Fantasy, Dark Romance, LGBTQ+ Gay, Magic /Sorcery /Witchcraft, Second Edition, Vampires

Book Length: Box Set

Page Count: 220

Add to Goodreads

Synopsis

Time traveler, highwayman, beast, and storyteller — it’s going to be a wild ride.

Wild Ride — Strange dreams tell Nikos he’s meant to be more than a Secret Keeper, tracking the predatory Nightlings. Alexei, a time traveler from the past, has come to find Nikos and take him back to the year 2007. It’s going to be a wild ride…

Hell at One Dark Window — It’s the end of the world as we knew it. For most folk survival is all that matters, and the only justice to be found comes at the end of a pistol or the point of a stake. Barrett, a vampire and a highwayman, gets his kicks out of stealing from robber barons. He’s going to take his human lover, Nathaniel, and getting the hell out of Dodge. So to speak. All he needs is to pull off one last big job…

Blood Red — On the coldest night of the year, Ros is cast out of a village for the sin of lying with another man. He’s meant to go to his death, but stumbles instead into the enchanted garden of a Beast… a vampire Beast. Will the Beast find the salvation he’s sought for so long in the arms of a wise and willing story teller?

Sidetracked — An escort-for-hire, Devon’s just been humiliated and stiffed by his patron of the evening. When the subway taking him home switches tracks, Devon finds himself alone with a man in a white mask and gloves, a man who embodies every sexual fantasy Devon’s ever had. Is this a dream, or has he found himself Phantom Night Rider?

Wild Ride

© 2026 Will Okati

Exclusive Excerpt from Hell at One Dark Window

 

Nathaniel chuckled despite himself. He cuddled closer to Barrett and closed his eyes, not hearing any breath, not feeling any pulse, not sensing any spark of mortality in his lover. Yet for all that, Barrett existed, and thrived, a creature more than human but less than a god.

“I’ve been ordinary all my life,” Nathaniel whispered. “Just a plain old guy.”

“Oh, now, there’s a lie. A face like yours? All sweet lips made for kissing, big gray eyes like the ocean, and a body that outright sings with life and strength? Not to mention your heart, big as all Texas and warm as the sunshine itself.” Barrett kissed him again, tongue flickering out. “I do miss the sunlight, but you bring a bit of it back into my life.”

“Mmm.” Nathaniel shifted, rippling with pleasure as Barrett kissed him from ear to jaw, each press of his lips a little hungrier, a little more eager. “When I knew I was gay, I went in search of men who’d show me the way to do things right,” he said. “Most them just wanted a piece of ass, a good time, and another notch on their headboard. I never found anyone who’d really teach me, until I met you.”

“Men, and I say this with all authority, being one myself whether alive or dead, can be proper assholes,” Barrett said with all gravity. Nathaniel felt the vampire grin when Nathaniel laughed out loud at the remark. “Now. We’ve established what a pair we make. You care to tell me what’s bothering you so, or do we dance a while longer?”

 

Purchase at Changeling Press

Amazon

Will Okati (formerly known as Willa) has lived through a few Interesting Times, but come out the other side a little grayer, a little wiser, and ready to get writing. Still as passionate about coffee, cats, and crafts as ever, but knowing that to your own self you must be true. Also still one of the quiet ones to watch out for, but life — like storytelling — is always a work in progress.

Website | Facebook