Blurb:
It's bad enough that Everly's
drug-selling husband is in jail and her adult daughter blames her for the
situation. But now the FBI wants her to turn witness, while her husband's
criminal friends want to keep her permanently silent. With no other safe haven,
Everly returns to her hometown. A place she hasn't visited in twenty-seven
years. And didn't leave under the best of circumstances.
It’s not that Everly has a problem with her
hometown, exactly, but since it sits next to Hell’s Gate, there's bound to be a
few issues. Like the archaic rules set by the angels who run the town. Or the
fact that the townsfolk feel Everly abandoned her duties as one of the members
of the town's founding families. But between celestial politics or getting
gunned down by a drug cartel, Everly decides to chance finding sanctuary back
home.
After a little good-versus-evil stunt at the
town's border, Everly is let back in and things are great... for the first five
minutes. Then Everly gets bitten by a hellhound, faints in front of her
hot-and-single old high school boyfriend, and accidentally becomes the town’s
Gatekeeper to Hell. A job she never wanted, isn't trained for, and can't shake
off like gum stuck to her shoe. And as much as she's flipping out, the
celestial ruling body aren't too pleased about it either.
Before Everly can take a deep breath and figure a
way out of this mess, an angel gets killed, humans go missing and the town
shuts its magical borders. Now Everly is trapped inside with dying angels,
rampaging demons, and a witch with a murderous agenda. Plus, an archangel and
his army surround the city and are itching to contain the town's problems with
a heaven-sent big boom. The only way out is for Everly to learn how to use her
newly acquired Gatekeeper powers. But with no handbook provided, there's a
snowball's chance in hell she'll figure it out in time.
My review:
Life has decided to dump on Everly. Her body is betraying her as she enters her forties.
She’s turned in her money laundering husband to the Feds and the cartel goons are
not happy with her neither is her only daughter. So she is heading home to mama
and the place she ran from when she hit 18. That’s when things get really
interesting. This is an action packed romp filled with humor and magic and all
kinds of heck breaking loose. This is the first in a trilogy by a new to me
author and I look forward to seeing where she takes us.
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