The Reluctant Reaper

<p><span style=color: rgba(25 25 25 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>18th-century highwayman Ross Ferris met his end at his favourite Cornish inn and his soul was condemned to the flames of Hell. When an unexpected turn of events earns him a reprieve from the demons stoking the fires he is recruited as a Reaper Third Class. His job: to gather the souls of those departed also destined for the Inferno who refuse to leave the temporal plane. He'll spend eternity at the job unless he can find a way to avoid the final fate that awaits him.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(25 25 25 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>He hates the job and despite a developing relationship with team leader Caroline is increasingly sympathetic to those he binds to their own doom of everlasting torment. Ross wants out and when he hears a rumour that someone once succeeded in getting away not only from the job but from Hell itself he is determined to follow.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(25 25 25 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Can Ross piece the clues together and discover Anya's escape route before the daemons of Hell catch up with him? And can he persuade a reluctant Caroline to take that perilous step with him?</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(25 25 25 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The Reluctant Reaper</strong><span style=color: rgba(25 25 25 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> is the first novel of prizewinning author Denarii Peters' long-awaited </span><strong style=color: rgba(25 25 25 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Ross Ferris Trilogy</strong><span style=color: rgba(25 25 25 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> and follows hot on the heels of her </span>first collection of short stories<span style=color: rgba(25 25 25 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>. You can catch up with Denarii online at denariipeters.substack.com.</span></p>