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Andrew is out to debunk Max as a medium, not make love to him… 

 

Max Bellame is working his way through 1870s Baltimore as a medium, even if he knows nothing about spirits. He uses the power of his mind to move objects, convincing his clients he’s the real thing. He’s making a living, but sooner or later he always has to move on. Something always happens. Usually a disaster.

 

Andrew Meechum works for Club Raven, a gentleman’s club that doubles as a paranormal research facility. He sets out to debunk Max, only to be fascinated by the man. Can Andrew convince Max to take a chance on love, and to find his true calling as a medium, or will their personal demons force them apart?

 

Book Review

Set in 1870s Baltimore, this is a delightful story about Max, a young man pretending to be a medium only to find out that his paranormal ability to move things with his mind is not the only talent he has. What starts out as Andrew, a paranormal investigator, trying to prove Max a fraud, quickly turns into a heated affair, both men stumbling into a paranormal case they need help with, and a journey of discovery into the then-forbidden world of gay love for Max. With some wonderful historical details and written with an understanding of the era, this novella is slightly mysterious, suspenseful, and entertaining. It also sets up Club Raven as “home” to, hopefully, quite a few more paranormal investigations and adventures.

Max is trying to make a living by pretending to be a medium, setting up séances and telling rich families he will contact their dead for them. He uses his real psi talent of telekinesis to fool them, but he has his reasons. A few dark events in his past are revealed as the story unfolds, and I could certainly understand why he was doing it. Without an inheritance and lacking an education, there weren’t many choices for men to make a living in the days.

Andrew comes from money and is supposed to take care of some of his father’s business interests. Instead he works for Club Raven, although a lot of that work seems to consist of playing billiards, occasionally bedding his former-lover-now-friend, and having extravagant lunches and dinners at the club. Ah, the life of a gentleman of leisure!

Once Max begins to work for Club Raven, the relationship between him and Andrew builds steadily. It veers into some very kinky activity on a regular basis, and both men soon use their growing familiarity to deal with more than one paranormal adventure like a true team. With Andrew’s motto being “caution is boring”, you can imagine this novella is anything but!

If you like stories that are partly a humorous take on séances and paranormal investigations, part suspenseful mystery with some very strange goings-on, and part sweet romance in a time where men loving men was illegal, then you should definitely give this one a try.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Novel, 186 pages/50300 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	17-January-2017
Price	$4.99 ebook
Buy Link	http://www.evilplotbunny.com/index.php/happy-medium-a-club-raven-novel/