An immortal Soul Gatherer must defeat a powerful demon to save the teenage daughter of the human woman he's come to love.
For centuries Lachlan MacGregor has battled demon thieves for the souls of the dead, carrying out his pledge to deliver them into Heaven or Hell. But his greatest challenge as a Soul Gatherer is now among the living.
Struggling to connect with her troubled teenage daughter Emily, artist Rachel Lewis turns to her enigmatic yet strangely compelling neighbor Lachlan for advice. As Lachlan soon discovers, the young girl has fallen victim to a seductive demon—a specter from the past using the unsuspecting women to fulfill an ancient prophesy and settle a hellish score with Lachlan himself.
In the race to save Emily and avert a disastrous power shift among the deities, Rachel and Lachlan forge an uncommon bond. But how can Lachlan tell the mortal woman he’s falling in love with that the next soul he’s been enlisted to gather—and deliver beyond—is her daughter’s?
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PUBLISHER’s WEEKLY – Jul 6/09
Drawn into Darkness: A Soul Gatherer Novel Annette McCleave. Signet Eclipse, $7.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-451-22780-5
Lachlan MacGregor looks like a rather hunky priest, but the 400-year-old undead hero of McCleave's entertaining paranormal romance debut is actually serving penance by gathering souls destined for Heaven, saving them from demons. He also keeps an eye on Emily, the superpowered 14-year-old daughter of his downstairs neighbor, artist Rachel Lewis. Rachel is shocked by her instantaneous attraction to a man of the cloth, but Lachlan's happy to act on their chemistry in between supernatural battles. Swords flash, spells are cast, and twist and turns come head-spinningly quickly, but Rachel is game for anything as long as she can save her daughter and find true love. Readers will hope for sequels in which Emily grows up to be as feisty as Rachel and as powerful as Lachlan. (Sept.)
RT Book Club
4 1/2 stars
This is a fabulously entertaining tale of demons, angels and beings in between. The worldbuilding is unique and detailed, drawing the reader into an age-old battle between good and evil. The next installment will be eagerly anticipated.
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Summary: Disguised as a priest, Soul Gatherer Lachlan MacGregor battles demons to deliver souls of the recently deceased to heaven or hell. He's also assigned to protect Emily, a teen who's unknowingly at the center of an ancient prophecy. Sparks fly between Lachlan and Emily's mother, Rachel, and although he has a century left of his soul-gathering assignment, he yearns to be human again.
When Emily's life is threatened and he receives a sign that the next soul he's to gather is hers, Lachlan must team up with Rachel to find the girl and keep her safe, even at his own expense and that of his budding romance. (SIGNET ECLIPSE, Sep., 352 pp., $7.99) HOT
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