Retriever of Souls by Lorraine Mace - Book Blitz
Retriever
of Souls
Brought up believing that sex is the
devil's work, a killer only finds release once he has saved his victim's souls.
Abiding by his vision, he marks them as his. A gift to guide his chosen ones on
the rightful path to redemption.
Detective Inspector Paolo Sterling is out
to stop him, but Paolo has problems of his own. Hunting down the killer as the
death toll rises, the lines soon blur between Paolo's personal and professional
lives.
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Excerpt
This extract is from the killer’s
perspective. He used the scourge on his back to punish himself until he passed
out.
***
He woke several hours later, prostrate on
the floor next to the scourge. Drenched in sweat, he felt as though his heart
would burst if he tried to stand. Moving onto his side to ease the pain in his
lacerated back, he forced himself to confront the truth. No matter how many he
killed, it would never be enough to help her.
He’d never be able to save her soul.
By the time he’d killed her, it had already been too late, she’d given in to
the devil. But he’d prayed and God had answered his prayer. If he saved enough
souls then hers would be redeemed.
He reached across to the bedside table and
lifted the photograph, picturing in his mind once more the mess she had become.
How she’d looked before he’d ended her miserable life.
It was his duty, his sacred duty to save
the souls of those who would take her path. The first one he’d chosen had been
close to the older version in age, but then the Lord had appeared and shown him
his mistake. It was too late for the older ones; he had to pick them while they
were still young enough to have a soul worth salvaging. He chose younger
whores, ones who looked like the woman in the photograph.
But it still wasn’t enough, night after
night the line of those who needed his touch stretched into eternity. He would
never be able to save them all – and if he couldn’t do that, then he could
never save his mother’s soul.
Author
Bio – When not working on her D.I. Sterling Series,
Lorraine Mace is engaged in many writing-related activities. She is a columnist
for both Writing Magazine and Writers' Forum and is head judge for Writers’
Forum monthly fiction competitions. A tutor for Writers Bureau, she also runs
her own private critique and author mentoring service. She is co-author, with
Maureen Vincent-Northam, of THE WRITER'S ABC CHECKLIST (Accent Press). Other
books include children’s novel VLAD THE INHALER - HERO IN THE MAKING, and NOTES
FROM THE MARGIN, a compilation of her Writing Magazine humour column.
Social Media Links –
Website: www.lorrainemace.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lomace
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lorraine.mace.52
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