Defying Death: Dutiful Gods Series, #4

By Melissa Bell

Vanessa is the one female that Death will never take against her own free will. Can she avoid his capture and does she really want to?

Death is the Reaper of Souls, he collects the essence of the dead. To keep his compassion he must live a human life for up to a week, to know what it is like to experience death first hand. Everyone will meet him one day, nobody can outrun their own mortality.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Melissa Bell & Jordin Thiele Inc.
• Release date: Jan 31, 2015
• ISBN: 9781386578055

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