Painting Ghosts

By Susan Mac Nicol

Sometimes all you need for the festive season are the ghosts of Christmas Past.

Tyler Sheridan has been enamoured with his best friend for years. Theo Daikon is a Greek god, a tempestuous and creative artist with a penchant for close up PDA's. It plays hell with Tyler's libido, and this time, Ty isn't sure he can continue to resist the temptation to change his Facebook status to 'in a relationship.'
Snowed in with Theo in an old, spooky country house, both men soon find out they aren't alone. It appears the Prestonwich family are also home for Christmas. There's only one problem — they're deceased. Between one mischievous little girl and a wise old grandfather, Theo and Ty find the truth of their relationship and make a New Year resolution to make both the living and the dead one big, happy family.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Susan Mac Nicol
• Release date: May 27, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201010966

Susan Mac Nicol

ABOUT THE AUTHOR The ‘Official’ stuff Susan writes steamy, sexy, and fun contemporary romance stories, some suspenseful, some gritty and dark, and she hopes, always entertaining. She’s also Editor-in-Chief at Divine Magazine, an online LGBTQ e-zine, and a member of The Society of Authors, the Writers Guild of Great Britain, and the Authors Guild in the U.S. Susan is also an award-winning screenplay writer, with scripts based on two of her own published works. Sight Unseen has garnered no less than five awards to date, and her TV pilot, Reel Life, based on her debut novel, Cassandra by Starlight, was also a winner at the Oaxaca Film Fest. The ‘Unofficial’ stuff Susan loves going to the theatre, live music concerts (especially if it’s her man-crush Adam Lambert), walks in the countryside, a good G and T, lazing away afternoons reading a good book, and watching re-runs of Silent Witness. Connect with Susan: facebook: Author-Susan-Mac-Nicol twitter: SusanMacNicol7 instagram: susiemax77 tiktok: susanmacnicol linkedin: susanmacnicol

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PAINTING GHOSTS

Susan Elaine Mac Nicol

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PAINTING GHOSTS

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Sometimes all you need for the festive season are the ghosts of Christmas Past.

Tyler Sheridan has been enamoured with his best friend for years. Theo Daikon is a Greek god, a tempestuous and creative artist with a penchant for close up PDA’s. It plays hell with Tyler’s libido, and this time, Ty isn’t sure he can continue to resist the temptation to change his Facebook status to ‘in a relationship.’

Snowed in with Theo in an old, spooky country house, both men soon find out they aren’t alone. It appears the Prestonwich family are also home for Christmas. There’s only one problem — they’re deceased. Between one mischievous little girl and a wise old grandfather, Theo and Ty find the truth of their relationship, and make a New Year resolution to make both the living and the dead one big, happy family.

CONTENTS

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

About the Author

Also by Susan Mac Nicol

Chapter 1

Huh. I’d never come across a couple in flagrante delicto before, but I guess there was a time and a place for everything. The one thing I hadn’t expected though, was to find them in the middle of it in my classroom, doing it on my desk. I’d never be able to bleach my eyeballs enough to get the sight of Simon Beechcraft’s bare arse giving it all to the red-headed woman squirming beneath him.

Jesus fucking Christ. What the hell do you two think you’re doing? It was an automatic reaction— I’d no doubt these two knew exactly what they were doing, and now, unfortunately, so did I.

Oh fuck, Mr Sheridan, hells bells, this is so bad... Simon’s somewhat panicked withdrawal was made worse by the fact that as he moved away, I got a full glimpse of what else was on display. I could only close my eyes hurriedly to preserve the girl’s modesty. I was sure Jean Brits wouldn’t have appreciated me ogling her inners and outers. Come to think of it, it was the first time I’d ever seen lady bits in person, and it wasn’t an experience I wanted to repeat. My tastes ran in a completely different direction.

Jean swiftly pulled down the long skirt that was currently puddled around her waist as she scrambled to sit up, her horror-filled face also reflecting embarrassment.

Mr Sheridan, we’re so sorry, we thought you’d gone home already. God, we are so screwed, Si, this is such a fuck up. She stood up, straightening all her clothing, and running a hand over mussed auburn hair. Her wide eyes stared at Simon,