Medium at Large Series by Meredith Spies

Julian: Get a PhD in anthropology, kids, and you, too can end up unemployed and on your brother in law's ghost hunting reality show. Well, technically, it's not his show. It's Oscar Fellowes' show. An internet-famous medium, Fellowes has signed on with my brother in law's production company so his show will be on the UnReality Channel. Enter me, Julian Weems, professional skeptic. Skeptic sounds better than "disgraced professor who didn't even last a year... moreJulian: Get a PhD in anthropology, kids, and you, too can end up unemployed and on your brother in law's ghost hunting reality show. Well, technically, it's not his show. It's Oscar Fellowes' show. An internet-famous medium, Fellowes has signed on with my brother in law's production company so his show will be on the UnReality Channel. Enter me, Julian Weems, professional skeptic. Skeptic sounds better than "disgraced professor who didn't even last a year." Fellowes is nothing like I expected and everything I could have possibly wanted. Too bad I don't believe in ghosts. Oscar: I never wanted my little web series to get famous. I had enough of people wanting pieces of me back when my grandmother was selling my talent to the highest bidders at parties and events around Europe. The entire proposal from Wish Granted Productions rubbed me the wrong way--why would we need a professional skeptic following us around? I had enough problems with the amateur ones sending me hate mail, thank you very much. Julian Weems, though, is something else. Absolutely nothing like I'd feared and maybe more than I imagined. When an attempt at filming a haunted house investigation for UnReality t.v.'s new series, Bump in the Night, takes a decidedly pear-shaped turn, Julian and Oscar find themselves untangling a century-old spate of deaths and something darker that only the living could create. Bump in the Night is a contemporary paranormal MM romance featuring an unemployed professor who ends up on a ghost hunting program as their professional skeptic and an internet-famous medium who would rather be anywhere else. Hints of insta-lust with a HEA. less

Time to take this show on the road.The dark, creepy road with the haunted house at the end.It’s not that Julian minds his new job. It’d just be nice if it didn’t come with so many murders. Especially when those murders end up with his not-quite-boyfriend talking to ghosts.Or, in this case, a ghoul... moreTime to take this show on the road.The dark, creepy road with the haunted house at the end.It’s not that Julian minds his new job. It’d just be nice if it didn’t come with so many murders. Especially when those murders end up with his not-quite-boyfriend talking to ghosts.Or, in this case, a ghoul. Their road trip to Colorado in the name of bonding for the new show Bump in the Night takes an unexpected side trip to Budding, Texas: Home of the Wandering Ghoul and a half-dozen missing person cases in the last ten years.Not exactly the best slogan for the tourism board.Just another day at work.Oscar takes it in stride, even as he’s juggling some strange shifts in his abilities and Ezra’s increasingly distant behavior, but when the Wandering Ghoul makes an up close and personal appearance one afternoon, it might be too much even for Oscar to handle.Between trying to understand the sudden changes in his abilities and whether or not a relationship with dedicated skeptic Julian is worth the possible heartache, Oscar has an undead fanboy who won't take no for an answer.They really should have just taken a plane.Ghoul Friend is Book Two in the Medium at Large series and is a paranormal MM romance. It's best read as part of the series. less

Not all ghosts are dead.A Grey Lady on the stairs.A long-missing skier in the walls.A medium losing his cool.And an ex boyfriend in the bedroom.Things are going fine. Just...fine.It was supposed to be an easy investigation: a classic ghost story, an old house with lots of loose floorboards and hissing pipes, surrounded by dense forest... Every strange noise and weird shadow accounted for and dismissed.Except for the sound of Oscar being accused of misleading his audience, of being a con artist... moreNot all ghosts are dead.A Grey Lady on the stairs.A long-missing skier in the walls.A medium losing his cool.And an ex boyfriend in the bedroom.Things are going fine. Just...fine.It was supposed to be an easy investigation: a classic ghost story, an old house with lots of loose floorboards and hissing pipes, surrounded by dense forest... Every strange noise and weird shadow accounted for and dismissed.Except for the sound of Oscar being accused of misleading his audience, of being a con artist.And the Julian's ex showing up at the investigation as the new owner of the ski resort, haunted by the Gray Lady of the Rockies.Julian should have known better than to believe it was going to be an easy investigation.The scariest hauntings aren't the dead. They're the ghosts we keep inside.Oscar has it under control.Really.The Gray Lady of the Rockies is supposed to be a simple investigation, something they all need after the last few months, but when the first night in the Chateau de Neige turns up an extra dead body in the old family cemetery, and an extra live one in the ski lodge's dining room, Oscar's grasp on the situation feels like it might be slipping.His abilities are still in a state of flux—one day they're just fine, the next the volume is cranked to eleven with no warning and no in between.And really, Oscar was sure he could handle it so long as the ghosts would stop being so damn critical. less

Things between Julian and Oscar are only getting better and stronger. They’re ready to take the next step in their relationship:Going to the biggest paranormal investigation convention in the eastern United States to promote Bump in the Night.Everything is changing.And not in the way Julian hoped for when he took the job on Bump in the Night.The show is falling apart before it even really gets off the ground.Oscar is having a crisis of faith in his abilities.Julian’s been seeing someone... moreThings between Julian and Oscar are only getting better and stronger. They’re ready to take the next step in their relationship:Going to the biggest paranormal investigation convention in the eastern United States to promote Bump in the Night.Everything is changing.And not in the way Julian hoped for when he took the job on Bump in the Night.The show is falling apart before it even really gets off the ground.Oscar is having a crisis of faith in his abilities.Julian’s been seeing someone.Someone who’s supposed to be dead.And when did the Bump in the Night team get a devoted fanbase who likes to cosplay as them at conventions?He’s still a skeptic, but there’s some things that Julian just can’t find an answer for these days.Maybe that fall down the stairs during the last episode did more damage than Julian thought.Everything is changing.Oscar’s got a secret.He’s not the medium he used to be. His abilities are getting unpredictable and people are starting to notice.Worse, the ghosts are starting to notice, and some of them have made it their mission to make Oscar’s life as stressful as possible.And there’s a man who might be able to help him figure out what’s going on. Too bad the man seems to want him dead.But first, Oscar has to get through Boo Con and a surprising number of people wearing cravats who all want his autograph. less

Sometimes you just need a break.Too bad these ghosts didn't get the memo.The cottage Julian picked out is perfect: ocean practically at their feet, a charming little beachfront town just a mile away, and the house itself is something out of a fairy tale.The only thing is, Julian was expecting something less Grimm Brothers and more... not that.The entire town of Rosie Sands is obsessed with ghosts, which means the relaxing getaway for two has become a business trip for five... moreSometimes you just need a break.Too bad these ghosts didn't get the memo.The cottage Julian picked out is perfect: ocean practically at their feet, a charming little beachfront town just a mile away, and the house itself is something out of a fairy tale.The only thing is, Julian was expecting something less Grimm Brothers and more... not that.The entire town of Rosie Sands is obsessed with ghosts, which means the relaxing getaway for two has become a business trip for five.Ten, if you count the dead who just won't go away.Unable to deny their existence any longer, Julian finds that he can't ignore the dead, either. Not when they've realized he can see them, too.Over my dead body is supposed to be a turn of phrase, not a promise.Oscar laughed off the fact Julian booked them a getaway at a haunted cottage—after all, most places were haunted in some way or another. There was no avoiding that.And the fact the town was so haunted was a bit funny, and really charming, if Oscar was honest with himself.The only big problem was the landlady and her boyfriend wouldn't stop fighting. It was keeping Oscar up all night.Oh, and her boyfriend was a ghost.And so were half the people in town.Next time, he's choosing where they go for vacation.A ghost town that wouldn't die.A medium who won't leave.And a skeptic who just wants decent reception on his phone to get some help, for crying out loud... less

Julian Weems still doesn’t believe in UFOs or pineapple on his pizza, but he definitely believes in Oscar Fellowes. It’s been the longest and weirdest year of Julian’s life, ending on a strange note with spiritual possession, a hurricane that nearly wiped him and his boyfriend off their romantic island getaway, and the definitive proof that yes, Julian, ghosts are real. Hopefully, the new year is going to be less fraught, less tumultuous. Less weird... moreJulian Weems still doesn’t believe in UFOs or pineapple on his pizza, but he definitely believes in Oscar Fellowes. It’s been the longest and weirdest year of Julian’s life, ending on a strange note with spiritual possession, a hurricane that nearly wiped him and his boyfriend off their romantic island getaway, and the definitive proof that yes, Julian, ghosts are real. Hopefully, the new year is going to be less fraught, less tumultuous. Less weird. And it’s off to a great start with Oscar finally travelling to England to meet with his long-lost cousin and get the answers he’s been craving about the roots of his family’s mediumship abilities. But why can’t Julian shake the feeling this cousin wants something more than Oscar can give in return for her help? And why can’t Oscar understand that Julian and Ezra aren’t trying to stop him but help him? Maybe the new year isn’t off to such a great start after all.Families are weird, and the Fellowes are no exception.Oscar can barely contain his excitement, his relief, at finally getting close to the answers to his life-long questions. Why is he able to do what he does? Why could his father, his grandfather, and pretty much every other Fellowes in his family line? His distant cousin has answers. The fact that the answers seem to come with a string of mysterious deaths attached, and a house that leaves mediums powerless… Well. That’s… that’s less than ideal. But Oscar can handle it. Julian and Ezra being weird and less than helpful? That, he can’t handle. less