Book excerpt: A male/male romance about second chances and shaking off the ghosts of the past... Twenty years after a tragic accident, Mark still lives alone in a haunted house. Can a young artist from Brooklyn break the spell? Leo has never had a serious relationship. He's all about the art. And then he lands in a small upstate community, where he meets a man with a face that compels him to create portrait after portrait. Is this obsession? Or is it something deeper? Portrait of a Ghost is a May/December contemporary gay romance novel about second chances, triumph over tragedy, and a ghost who has to learn to let go of the past. Absolutely no cheating and no cliffhangers. Always a Happily Ever After. While there is a light haunted house theme and some paranormal elements to this eerie love story, there is no horror or gore. The focus is on the hot-burning steamy romance between two men.