Widow's Walk
Part 2: The Reckoning
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- £4.99
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Publisher Description
Reverend Jim Donovan escaped his troublesome past as well as the care of the evil Dr. Pe're and moved with his family to the peaceful town of Paradise, South Carolina. Jim considers Paradise to be a fresh start. But although he feels happy with his marriage, his children, and his role as religious guide, he still finds himself drawn to the seductive Widow Chievers.
Feelings of sin stir within him, and he is soon engaged in a torrid love affair with the lovely widow. He feels his life again falling apart, but the storm around him is not just of his own making. Dr. Pe're has found him again, and after years of manipulation, the doctor is ready to collect his due.
But someone else now fights for the salvation of Jim's soul. Norma Hutchins, a psychic octogenarian, is intent on stopping the destruction of the reverend. Jim finds himself facing his own battles as a supernatural storm rages on, causing him great peril on the widow's walk. Will he rise above his demons and find forgiveness-or will his own sin destroy him, along with all the people he loves.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Sex, violence, and the supernatural clash with compassion in this serviceable yet flawed modern morality play. When Jim Donovan was 16 years old, to events occurred that would shape the course of his life: he was sexually humiliated by a girl named Rachel Feinberg and his father died. When he later suffers a nervous breakdown, Jim finds himself in therapy with the sinister Dr. Pierre Pe're. And after his rise to prominence as an evangelist at a mega-church in South Florida, Jim is toppled by scandal and becomes embroiled in a struggle between good and evil. In this first in a series from Spillia, vivid characterization and evocative atmosphere are somewhat diluted by the author's emphasis on rigid morality. Still, readers searching for a quick paced supernatural thriller will delight in this Christian parable.
