Okay, I’ve been sitting on this news for a bit and trying not to be that person who blurts things out before coffee, but… I can’t help it.

Book two in my Lucien Knight series, Spectral Symphony, is officially out in the wild.
And yes, I am doing that awkward author thing where I pace the room, refresh browser tabs, and mutter, “Well… here we go.”

If you’ve already met Lucien, you know he’s a paranormal detective with a complicated relationship with ghosts, music, and his own past. If you haven’t—welcome. You’re about to meet a man who keeps trying to live a quiet life and keeps failing spectacularly.

🎼 So what’s Spectral Symphony about?

It starts the way bad ideas often do:
a terrified stranger.
a scrap of sheet music that shouldn’t exist.
and a sense that something has gone deeply sideways.

Lucien wants normal cases. Cheating spouses. Missing people who just don’t want to be found. Instead, he gets a ghost who won’t stop playing the piano, a violin note that echoes where no one stands, and a very prestigious opera house quietly losing its mind.

The music is wrong. Not “out of tune” wrong—dangerous wrong.

And as Lucien digs into what’s happening behind the velvet curtains of New York’s classical music scene, he finds obsession, ambition, murder, and secrets that refuse to stay buried. The deeper he listens, the harder it gets to tell whether the dead are warning him… or luring him in.

Also? His personal life is a mess. Because of course it is.

📚 Where you can grab it

Here’s the good news:

• The ebook is FREE with Kindle Unlimited
• Paperback and hardcover editions are available:
• directly from my web store at rogerhyttinenbooks.com
• on Amazon
• and through other online retailers

So whether you’re a digital reader, a “must smell the paper” reader, or someone who likes their shelves looking dramatic, you’re covered.

💭 Author confession time

I’m having so much fun writing these Lucien Knight books.

They let me lean into moody settings, sharp dialogue, queer characters who get to be messy and human, and supernatural mysteries that don’t play fair. Every time I start a new one, I think, okay, this is the one where I calm down—and then I absolutely do not.

I really hope you enjoy Spectral Symphony as much as I loved writing it. And if you already read book one and were wondering where Lucien would end up next… trust me, things are only getting stranger from here.

Thanks for reading. Thanks for supporting indie authors. And thanks for sticking with me while I keep unleashing haunted detectives into the world.

I am so excited! My latest book, Keeping Corey, is now available for preorder from online retailers. It’s a YA gay romance that takes place at a hockey academy and will be released on February 6, 2023. The synopsis is below:

After being outed at his last high school, Devin O’Hanlon’s parents enrolled Devin at the Grovesburg Hockey Academy, his father’s alma mater. Never mind that Devin doesn’t have an athletic bone in his body, nor has any interest in sports. The academy was supposed to be a fresh start for Devin — a clean slate where nobody knows him as the gay kid. Unfortunately, being a red-headed non-athlete singled him out with the bullies, and he found himself in the same predicament as his last school. Things only get worse when he learns that his new roommate, a transfer from another school, is a star hockey player—an incredibly hot star hockey player.

Corey Harper has been expelled from two schools. Grovesburg Academy is his last chance; if this doesn’t work out, his father has threatened to send him to military school. But Corey has no intentions of getting expelled again. This school is a new start for him — a place where nobody knows him or about his past. Despite a rough start, Corey and his new roommate Devin find they have a lot in common and soon become inseparable. But Corey doesn’t allow himself to get too close to Devin because he has a secret that nobody here must uncover—and Corey has mastered hiding his feelings. His plan is to keep his head down, do what’s required of him, and bring his academy to the championship. Can Corey juggle his junior year, hockey, a hostile coach, and his friendship with Devin, all the while keeping his secret hidden from everyone?

But when Corey’s secret is threatened to be exposed, he is forced to make a difficult choice—a choice that goes against his heart and his soul.

I had a blast writing it, and I hope you love it as much as I do. You can preorder from the following online stores:

Amazon Preorder

Smashwords Preorder

Barnes & Noble Preorder

Apple Books Preorder