Ex Somnis

For twelve years, the narrator's best friend has been unable to wake. The narrator crosses a door into a place beneath dreaming to bring her home, without asking what the rescue will cost. Now the narrator is the one who cannot find the way out.

That place has no floor, no body and no way to measure time. Its rules do not bend so much as cease to exist. A man who has long waited in the dark has stopped watching the best friend and turned his attention to the narrator.

The narrator drove three thousand miles to reach this town and fell for three men there, men she was never supposed to want. They now stand on the far side of something they cannot cross, reaching for her all the same.

This is a paranormal romance in the reverse harem mold, with one woman and three men (MFMM). The heat is open and spicy, the tone leans hurt/comfort, and the romance is a slow burn with an instant spark. The story is told in the first person. It is the second book in the Lucid Longing Duet and does not work as a standalone.

The question driving it is whether the one who came to pull someone home can be pulled back herself.