A.L. GARR

Dying is only the beginning.

When Noralie Locke vowed to find a way out of the ragged, rat-infested Hatcher’s Point, she didn’t think death would be the answer. But the Fates had different plans, and when Noralie meets her untimely demise, she suddenly gets a second chance at a better life.

The Shadow Realms offer Noralie a place of safety, comfort, and genuine companionship. As a Death Warden, she escorts the newly dead to the light and fights the Soul Hunters who want them for the dark. As a woman, she finds herself navigating the perils of love, which are just as complicated and messy in the afterlife.

But a shift in power between good and evil threatens to change everything, risking the lives of the only family Noralie has ever known. When Noralie’s charges are targeted, she suspects the hunters are after more than just their souls. Devastated and angry, she’s forced to face the man who chose the darkness over her, hoping he might know how to help. Yet, while their lost relationship still haunts her broken heart, a new Death Warden with secrets of his own will quickly change it all, and Noralie must make an impossible decision about her future.

Of Death and Souls is the first book of the Shadow Realms Duology that follows spirited heroine Noralie Locke as she navigates her new reality in the afterlife—a world that seems too good to be true. This lovers-to-enemies romantasy features strong themes of good versus evil and right versus wrong, with twists and turns that will leave readers wondering which side to root for. This book will appeal to fans of fantasy worlds and quick-witted characters such as those found in The Crimson Moth series, The Kindred Curse Saga, and Crescent City.