When Alexei turns to a ghost for help dealing with a swaggering bully, he gets exactly what he wants: confidence, strength, and the power to stand his ground. If it costs him his friendship with Sol, that is something he can fix later.The price comes due sooner than he expects. The ghost, an old Siberian soldier, demands that Alexei abandon the gay life he fled his homeland to live. Alexei is ready to send the spirit away until he learns that his sister Caterina, still trapped with...

In Meg's eyes, only gullible fools believe in things like ghosts or love. But as her roommates Sol and Alexei take the next step in their lives, Meg finds herself stuck, uncertain about her future and even more uncertain about her feelings for her best friend, Athos. He wants more than friendship, and Meg does not yet know what she wants at all.Her doubts deepen when she begins slipping into strange trances that show her the lives of two other girls. One dreams of becoming a voodoo...