The Haunted Caretaker

The Haunted Caretaker

Gordon Phillips

Gordon Phillips

While traveling in a storm, Glen Harper takes a wrong turn and crashes his car. Unhurt but cold and wet, he decides to get help. Using a distant light as a guide, Glen discovers an uninhabited cottage, where he lights a much needed fire. Glen quickly warms up but soon becomes aware of a presence in the room.Hank Waterford is the caretaker of the estate where Glen found refuge from the storm. They meet when Glen, thinking he's alone in the cottage, jumps into Hank's bed.Both men are strongly attracted to each other, but they have to overcome a hurdle Glen never anticipated: the spirit of Henry, the estate owner's son, who committed suicide after his unrequited love for Hank became too much to bear.Together Glen and Hank must deal with Henry, who haunts the manor house as well as Hank's cottage. Can they find a solution that will allow Henry's spirit to finally come to rest? Will he accept Glen and Hank's relationship, or will he become a malevolent presence in their lives?
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Matt and Jens

Matt and Jens

Gordon Phillips

Gordon Phillips

Handsome detective Jens barely escapes with his life in the course of his work and has no choice but to land his damaged Cessna at an abandoned airport. Suffering from snow blindness and ill equipped to survive arctic conditions, he collapses at the entrance of an occupied building. Rescued and attended to by the sole occupant, Jens recovers, and is ready to unravel the mysteries surrounding his rescuer.Maintenance worker Matt found escape from a world full of pain and rejection at the closed arctic airport. He nurses Jens back to health, eager to set him on his way again. When an unexpected blizzard forces Jens to stay, is Matt clearly uncomfortable at the development. Strongly attracted to Jens, however, Matt slowly opens up and reveals his painful secrets, all except the most dangerous one ... a secret that threatens to destroy their fragile relationship.With Jens' assistance, will Matt be able to finally overcome the pain that drove him to his separation from society,...
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The Fool

The Fool

Gordon Phillips

Gordon Phillips

Keith, single and in his thirties, is given a paid tarot reading session with a top psychic for his birthday. Unexpectedly, after the Lovers card is drawn, the reading produces four nines in a row, which the psychic says is a strong message from the universe. To find love, Keith must keep his eyes open for occurrences of nine.On his way to meet up with his friend George, Keith meets George's friend Zvika, someone he has always found unnerving. As Keith also gets to know Zvika, though, he finds himself drawn to the enigmatic man. But they are unalike, and while opposites might attract, can they live happily ever after? Is the persistent number nine a problem or a solution?
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Bliss

Bliss

Gordon Phillips

Gordon Phillips

Private investigator Ian visits his friend unannounced, only to discover the man lying in bed, not asleep but dead. Ian resolves to find out how his friend died and, if he was murdered, to bring the killer to justice.But the details of the case are bizarre: the door of the condo unit is locked and the only other occupant is a bodybuilder, Horst, found sitting on the living room couch, half asleep or drugged. Ian calls 911 and the cops, when video footage showing no one entered or left the condo around the time of death, fixate on Horst as the most likely suspect.Ian is convinced Horst is innocent and offers his services to help the police solve the mystery of his friend's death. But the situation is complicated, not only by the self-contradictory nature of the physical evidence, but by the fact that Ian increasingly finds himself drawn to Horst. Worse, the lead police detective shows increasing signs of interest in Ian himself.Love and death become strangely...
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