Lost Reaper
Reaper
Series
Book
One
Shelley
Russell Nolan
Genre: Urban
Fantasy Romance
Publisher:
Ormiston Press
Date of
Publication: 23rd October 2015
ISBN:
9781311053688
ASIN: B0169KUNCO
Number of pages:
240 Kindle
Word Count: 83,000
words
Cover Artist: Two
Decade Designs
Book Description:
The first dead
body I ever saw was my own
For twenty-five
year old Tyler Morgan, being murdered was easy. Easy in comparison with working
for the Grim Reaper. Jonathon Grimm may have brought her back from the dead in
exchange for working as a reaper for her home town, Easton, but she has to find
his lost reaper before she can enjoy her second chance at life.
Only … the lost
reaper isn’t actually lost. He has a new body, a new life, and no intention of
turning himself in.
Tyler begins the
grisly task of reaping the souls of Easton’s dead while searching for the
reaper. He could be anyone – the intriguing detective, Sam Lockwood: the
handsome, wealthy Chris Bradbury; or the serial killer stalking the women of Easton.
Women who bear an uncanny resemblance to Tyler.
As the killer
closes in and Grimm’s deadline draws closer, Tyler discovers she is fighting a
much bigger threat than the Grim Reaper and time is running out
for everyone.
Excerpt:
I
opened my eyes and found myself somewhere else, looking through a window at my
body on the service station floor. Blood coated the front of my t-shirt,
darkening the cloth. My caramel-coloured skin was pale, heart-shaped face
slack, long black hair matted with blood.
I put a
hand on my chest. My heart beat faster and faster. It should have reassured me,
but I couldn’t ignore the evidence of my own eyes. I was dead.
I
clutched my stomach and found my ruined clothes had been replaced by a long
white gown, the silken fabric soft and cool against my body. My feet were bare
but I could feel nothing beneath my toes. Around me was a dark void, the only
light coming from the room where a horrible scene was playing out.
Behind
the counter, the owner had pulled himself to his feet and was frantically
pushing buttons on an ancient telephone, gnarled hands shaking, horror etched
on his face when his call wouldn’t connect.
To the
left of my body, the man who’d tried to give me a chance to escape slumped at
the end of the aisle closest to the counter. He struggled to his knees,
oblivious of the monster standing over him.
I heard
the knife thud home and wanted to turn away but my body seized up. Helpless, I
watched the owner scramble out from behind the counter, making for a door
marked ‘Staff Only’. The monster got to his feet and stalked after him, whistling
as he prepared to kill again.
I
sobbed, hands covering my mouth, tears streaming down my face.
‘It
doesn’t have to end this way, Tyler.’
I
dropped my hands and spun around.
A man
shrouded in mist appeared out of the darkness, the light from the service
station creating shadows that cloaked his features as he glided towards me.
The
mist flowed around him like a living thing, keeping his shape indistinct until
he stood in front of me. Then it parted.
About
the Author:
Shelley Russell
Nolan is an avid reader who began writing her own stories at sixteen. Her first
completed manuscript featured brain eating aliens and a butt kicking teenage
heroine. Since then she has spent her time creating fantasy worlds where death
is only the beginning and even freaks can fall in love. With books for both
young adults and adults in the works, Shelley plans on writing for as longs as
she has the power to type and looks forward to the day when her stories will be
published.
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