The Price to Pay

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Adeline Winters, a young rebellious teen in High School, who enjoys giving not only her teachers a hard time but her father. She wants nothing more than to leave school life behind and start her vacation with her loyal best friend James. Everything seemed normal for the both of them until she dies. Adeline is thrown into a world unknown willfully forced upon her by a man who calls himself Death. This supernatural world will test her, with only her humanity to cling to she must trust the most unlikely of people to save her from the monster she's become.

Death, a man who collects the dead and does not mingle with humans unless they are in fact dying. So when a girl as normal as she looked calls to him to save her he does exactly that. Confronted with feelings of his past that conjures old friends and creates new enemies they are set on testing him as a leader. Thinking the girl was his only problem he is faced with his reapers dying in rapid numbers. With no one to account responsible, he scrambles for answers only he doesn't realize they are right in front of him. He knows there's something coming, deep in the darkest part of his world and for some reason, this girl is at the heart of it all.

Can Adeline overcome her new found curse while resisting the charm of Death himself? Can Death control the war brewing in the dark or will Adeline crumble his walls and force him to acknowledge his past that will define his future?

There's only one way to find out.

*Highest Ranking in Fantasy #188