Light In The Shadows: Supernatural Threat Assessment & Response Team (S.T.A.R.T.) series, (Paperback)

Austin Nash has spent his life chasing ghosts, some metaphorical, others terrifyingly real.
Thirteen years ago, Austin and his younger brother Sam sat soaked in rain on the curb outside their family home in New Zealand, their parents murdered inside. No suspects. No answers. Just silence and a darkness that never let go. Now a cold case detective in Brighton, England, Austin opens a file that stops him cold. Lauren Harper. Sixteen. Missing since 2001. Blood in the bedroom. No body. No signs of forced entry. Just a chilling stillness that feels all too familiar.
Then he meets Elijah Black, psychic, bookseller, and outcast. Disowned for being both gay and gifted, Elijah now works with S.T.A.R.T., a covert agency investigating supernatural threats. When Austin confronts him with disbelief, Elijah responds with impossible truths, secrets about Austin's past that no one living should know. Drawn into a haunting unlike anything he's faced, Austin learns that Lauren's death wasn't random. It was ritual. And the creature that claimed her is still hunting, watching. Waiting.
The deeper they dig, the worse it becomes, graves hidden beneath forgotten forest floors, and a voice in the static that mimics the dead. As Elijah is torn apart by visions of the girl's final moments, something in Austin begins to shift, an instinct he doesn't understand, a pull toward Elijah he can't explain. Their connection is undeniable. Strange. Elemental. And deeper than Austin realizes.
Something inside him is waking, something powerful, ancient, and drawn to the very darkness they're trying to stop. The closer they get to the truth, the more Austin begins to unravel, and the more dangerous the haunting becomes. As their bond deepens, grief-forged, painfully honest, and quietly tender, they must confront what really killed Austin's parents, what still stalks Sam... and what's willing to tear the world apart to keep its secrets buried. Because this is no longer just a cold case. It's a war. Between light and shadow. And Austin Nash is standing right at the centre.
Light in the Shadows is a gripping blend of supernatural horror, psychic mystery, found family, and slow-burn M/M romance. For mature readers (18+) who like their ghosts real, their love stories hard-earned, and their monsters ancient and hungry.