Eli takes the technician job at Hemlock Hollow Haunted Maze for one reason: the paycheck. As someone who trusts data over superstition, he's not interested in the property's supernatural reputation. He just wants to install equipment, maintain systems, and get through October without complications.
Then he meets Liam-the maze's theatrical designer with artist's hands and a tendency to see magic in everything. Where Eli demands documentation, Liam works on instinct. Where Eli sees wiring problems, Liam sees spiritual energy. They should clash completely. Instead, they can't stop talking.
Late nights in the control booth become confession sessions. Professional disagreements turn into passionate debates that feel like foreplay. When equipment malfunctions in ways Eli can't explain, Liam suggests the maze's guardians are trying to communicate. Eli wants to dismiss it as fantasy. But the copper seal in the main chamber glows without power source. Voices whisper in empty corridors. And something is watching them work.
The maze was built a century ago by Heinrich, a German craftsman who understood partnership-human and spiritual. He made agreements with entities that protected his creation. Agreements that have been forgotten. Until now, when those guardians are waking up and demanding acknowledgment.
As strange occurrences escalate and danger threatens the staff, Eli must choose between his need for rational explanation and the evidence accumulating before him. Liam must balance artistic vision with Eli's technical precision. Together, they might understand what the maze is trying to tell them. Apart, they risk losing everything-including each other.
Because some partnerships are worth believing in, even when they defy logic. Especially then.
Hemlock Hollow is a paranormal MM romance about a skeptical technician and an intuitive artist who discover that foundation and art-logic and wonder-aren't opposites but complements. Featuring opposites attract, forced proximity, workplace romance, grumpy/sunshine dynamics, supernatural mystery, protective spirits, friends to lovers, mutual pining, shared danger bringing people together, learning to trust, and a love story that proves some magic is real.
Perfect for readers who love: paranormal romance, haunted attraction settings, October atmosphere, opposites attract, workplace romance, forced proximity, grumpy technician/sunshine artist, supernatural mystery, protective spirits, partnership solving problems, friends to lovers, mutual pining, anxiety representation, slow burn that ignites, danger bringing people together, found family among coworkers, sweet and steamy, and endings where love and wonder triumph.
