Past Sense — Larissa Ladd

PAST SENSE is the second part in Oakshade Manor, a six-part serialized paranormal fantasy. These short stories are meant to be read in order.

With her professional reputation ruined by those trying cover up the truth, Alexis Cole has nothing left to distract her, nothing except Maxwell Charles. His hard-won smile melts her heart, while his stubborn skepticism drives her to prove her paranormal experiences are real.

Determined to prove her abilities, Alexis follows the clues to the mysteries of both Maxwell's grandmother's murder and her own mother's disappearance.

Teaming up with her ghost-hunting neighbor, George, Alexis struggles to understand what she senses, much less connect it to the truth. When Maxwell starts asking his own questions, he reveals more behind Oakshade Manor's secrets.

Afraid she is conning him, he pushes her to prove herself. Proving herself means having to ask for help from an unlikely source and risking finding far more than they could have imagined.