Welcome to Halloween from Whitby - the spooky setting for Beautifully Haunted

Whitby is the setting for some of Dracula, published in 1897 by Bram Stoker. The author visited Whitby and read about real-life villain Vlad the Impaler in the local library. Dracula's ship, The Demeter runs aground on Tate Hill Sands and a huge black dog is seen to leap ashore and run up the 199 steps towards St.Mary's graveyard and the Abbey.

I set my Halloween story, Beautifully Haunted, in Whitby, with scenes at the ruined Abbey and the churchyard.

The 199 Steps where Kade chases Dexter down to the beach after his proposal

Whitby Abbey where Kade and Dexter walk around the ruins talking about who the hottest Dracula is

A view of the Abbey from St. Mary's churchyard

The bench in St. Mary's graveyard where Dexter proposes to Kade

View of the Abbey and church from West Cliff where Kade and Dexter stayed

Notice pinned to door of St. Mary's church 😂

My Halloween story, Beautifully Haunted. is out now.

Blurb:

“This desire for you, it makes me afraid. I hate that you have this hold over me.”

Dexter Summerfield hasn’t kept his promise. When he moved to the Scottish Highlands to live with Kade Macbeth, it was on the condition that their relationship wasn’t a secret. Dexter had already announced it to millions of people anyway, so what’s the big deal?

But when Dexter goes away to work, he reverts to his old way—wild partying and out of control behaviour. He misses Kade so much it eats him alive. Still struggling to accept his sexuality, he runs the risk of losing the man that means everything to him.

When they are invited as a couple to spend the night in a haunted house for a televised Halloween special, Dexter refuses to go. A disagreement escalates to a break-up. Kade arrives at Linton Hall in Whitby and encounters temptation in the form of actor Ferdinand.

Dexter has no intention of letting Kade go, but he’s in for the fight of his life at the haunted house when he has to contend with ghosts, manic pop stars, a medieval knight and being mistaken for Dracula.

The sequel to Highland Fling. The two books should be read in order.

Possible spoilers:

Themes: Halloween, angst, gay for you, hate sex, guilt, hurt/comfort, haunted houses.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BGXPZKPW