Five years.
In five years, Jack's wife left him, his partner was killed, and he was all alone to take care of his daughter.
After five years, Jack Marshall had enough.
Uprooting their lives, he and his daughter head to the small town of Lavender, a scene much different from the hectic city life of Detroit. He's hired on as a Sheriff's deputy, lives in a little two-bedroom apartment, and even adopts a tabby called Ollie. He finally gets a chance to breathe.
Years following the death of his partner, though, Jack struggles to cope and it begins to affect his job. He takes it upon himself to seek help, for his and his daughter's sake. At the suggestion of a therapist, he signs up for an art class and it's there that life throws him another curveball.
That curveball's name is Kayleigh Homer, the art teacher.
***Warning
This book contains adult themes such as cursing, trauma, and mental health issues like PTSD, anxiety, and depression. It also will have sexual content.
You've been warned***
Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld.
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When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying!
[[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]]
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