The Reluctant Reaper
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- $169.00
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- $169.00
Descripción editorial
From bestselling author MaryJanice Davidson comes The Reluctant Reaper, a delightful romantasy—with a twist—featuring Death’s daughter.
What’s a death god to do …
A lot of twentysomethings might look forward to inheriting the family business. Amara Morrigan’s got zero interest in hers. The mantle she stands to assume is currently worn by her father, Death.
Amara’s childhood included helplessly watching as her best friend and her favorite teacher were taken away. She knows her dad didn’t do it on purpose … it was just their time. But Amara refuses to accept the job. It’s bad enough that she can sense when the final moment will be for anybody she meets—including her best (and only) friend, Gray. He knows who she is, and he’s cool with it. And though he’s the funniest, kindest, most understanding guy she’s ever met, she can’t allow him to get any closer (however much she might want to), because his moment is coming all too soon.
But now her father is dying. Ominous portents she can’t ignore pull Amara home to Minot, North Dakota, where Death is comatose—something that shouldn’t be possible. Thank all the gods that Gray refuses to be left behind. Amara’s mother is a mess, and Gray gives her somebody to cook for while the other death gods are gathering.
Alas, there’s not enough lefse in all of North Dakota to fix the situation. With their options waning, Amara agrees to (temporarily!) take up her father’s mantel—but she has to figure things out, and fast, because there is no way she’s doing this forever.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Davidson (Road Queens) launches a fun new paranormal romance series that brings Death to life. Amara Morrigan has known since her childhood that her father is the death god responsible for reaping souls in the "Midwest Fiefdom." When her father falls mysteriously ill, Amara is summoned home to North Dakota, where his fellow death gods are gathering to anoint his successor. Amara has absolutely zero interest in the gig, especially because she knows her best friend and favorite person, Graham Gray, is going to be on a Reaping list way too soon, and she fully intends to tell them all to leave her alone. But when she arrives at the old family mansion, with Gray in tow, she quickly realizes the situation is more serious than she thought. Her father is sicker than should be possible for a god, suggesting foul play. If Amara and Gray can't figure out who would want to kill Death, she could be next on the list. Davidson's signature lively humour turns what might have been a grim subject into a cozy one, mixing somewhat kooky mythology with Midwest charm. This is a promising start.
