None of this is at all related to his growing attraction to Detective Winter, of course.

But despite the fact that the detective, his boyfriend, and almost everyone he knows is warning Sebastian off, he can’t help but be intrigued by the mystery. It doesn’t take being the son of a retired Professor of American Literature to draw the very obvious connection between the heart and Edgar Allan Poe’s story.ĭetective Calvin Winter dearly wishes he would stop trying to butt into the investigation, whatever Sebastian’s background, nonetheless. But his rather simple life is rudely interrupted by the discovery of a rotting heart beneath his floorboards. He owns an antique shop and spends his days going thru and selling the various objects that people have left behind. Sebastian Snow is a man of very little mystery. There are 101 things in life I simply don’t have the patience for, and finding someone else’s rotting heart in the floorboards of my shop just about tops the list. In the end, Sebastian only wants to get out of this mess alive, and live happily ever after with Calvin. Sebastian and Calvin must work together to unravel the mystery behind the killings, despite the mounting danger and sexual tension, before Sebastian becomes the next victim. To make matters worse, Sebastian’s sleuthing is causing his relationship with Neil to crumble, while at the same time he’s falling hard for the lead detective on the case, Calvin Winter. He soon finds himself caught up in murder investigations that echo the macabre stories of Edgar Allan Poe. When Snow’s Antique Emporium is broken into and a heart is found under the floorboards, Sebastian can’t let the mystery rest. It’s Christmas, and all antique dealer Sebastian Snow wants is for his business to make money and to save his floundering relationship with closeted CSU detective, Neil Millett.

The Mystery of Nevermore by C.S. Poe