The Priest's Graveyard - The Story

Ted sets it up so you fall in love with Danny, the priest immediately. Danny Hansen has a story that will tug at your heart strings. And then there is Renee Gilmore, the thrown away junkie. She left home with the hopes of becoming an actress and ended up strung out on the streets. With a small twist of fate, she is saved, and eventually crosses paths with Danny when they learn they have a common enemy.

Danny takes Renee under his wings to help her get justice for the man that she loved. In turn, Renee teaches Danny a few things, while Renee learns for the first time in her life, learns how to be independent and that she is worthy of a life full of love.

This book was very well written and full of surprises. There are times I didn't know whether to laugh at Renee's naivete or feel sorry for the poor thing. And once again, Mr. Dekker manages to make the reader think twice about the motives of a killer (Bride Collector being the other novel I am referring to). 

Don't just take my word for it though, check out The Priest's Graveyard and see for yourself.

 

This design was inspired by a part early in the book where we first meet Renee. She is strung out and on the run from an evil man. Here we see Renee struggling to reach the light, her only hope for survival in her mind.

 

This design comes from a beautiful moment between Danny and Renee. Without going in to too much detail, Danny learns that his way of "moral reasoning" is flawed and feels he must pay for this. Renee asks him what the opposite of judging is. He answers her with "grace and love".

Remember, judge not, or you too will be judged.

The Priest's Graveyard - Mission Submissions

I started this post awhile ago, but life seemed to get in the way of completing it (I hate when that happens). I had the intent of breaking this up in to two posts on different days, but due to the delay, I will post both of them today. Now may I introduce (or re-introduce if you've had the pleasure of reading it already) to The Priest's Graveyard.

There was a lot of hype leading up to this book. Ted had a bunch of giveaways and even gave his Facebook followers little "missions"to complete. It's been so long I am sad to admit I don't remember specifics, but I do remember one of the "missions" was to create designs to promote the book. Right up my alley, right?

I wish I would have jumped on the bandwagon a bit sooner than I did. I didn't really get into the missions until the end, but I managed to make some really nice pieces. The graphic on the top is one of the designs I created. I also did several advertisements which can be seen below.

Doing the missions made me anxious for the book's release. I think I was in love with the book before I even read it. The book most definitely lived up to all of the hype, but how can you go wrong with a damsel in distress and a vigilante priest?

Want to know more about The Priest's Graveyard? Move on to the next post to see just how a junkie and a vigilante are the perfect ingredients for a compelling novel.