A Welcome Place: Guardians of the Gate City, #4

By Lisa Williamson

Mary runs a soup kitchen in the Queen city. It is a small place, a place that no questions are asked. You can come in for a cup of coffee, a bowl of soup or a hot dinner. It was a place that she could hide who and what she used to be. But when a tall stranger walks in from the rain, things change. Old enemies will return and the stranger is more than he seems. Can Mary trust him and let him know just who and what she is? Only time can tell.

 

A Guaridans of the Gate city outside story

 

This is dark fiction and has themes of predjudice and physical violence.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lisa Williamson
• Release date: Jan 6, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215181546

Lisa Williamson

Writer of fiction in the fields of fantasy, science fiction, horror, poetry and even erotica

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