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Serving His Penance: A Gargoyle Romance (Cloth & Stone) Paperback – November 9, 2020

by PJ Friel (Author), Saffron Hart (Author)

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Can their relationship survive the journey to redemption or will their penance be the end of their love?

Deep in their fight to protect the people of Cleveland from Dane Stevens' criminal empire, Cordero and Gideon are convinced their cause is just.

Until Cordero sees the human cost of their crusade—a failed bust that nearly kills the target and a young girl whose life has been thrown into chaos.

Gideon sees Cordero's change of heart as a threat, not just to their relationship, but to the chance at redemption for his own past.

As the fight against Stevens turns into an all-out war, Gideon and Cordero find themselves on opposite sides, and their fledgling love gets caught between what is right and what is just.

------------This is book 2 of a trilogy that MUST be read in order for maximum reader enjoyment.

Print length

264 pages
Language

English
Publication date

November 9, 2020
Dimensions

6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
ISBN-13

979-8678402462
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08N3M79J9
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (November 9, 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 264 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8678402462
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.02 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches

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PJ writes steamy, action-packed paranormal romance novels starring characters from both ends of the Kinsey scale and everything in between. She delves into themes like fate and overcoming the past. Her characters are strong, capable, and complex regardless of gender, and her worldbuilding is a little...intense.
When she isn’t terrorizing the highways of Ohio in her red, mid-life crisis sports car or crunching numbers in Excel spreadsheets, she’s writing or playing with her grandpuppies.
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Saffron grew up in rural Ohio, but she considers Cleveland her hometown. She lives there with her husband, daughter, and their dog.
During the 9-5 she orchestrates murder-for-hire for people who want to rid their homes of unwanted guests and other pests.
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Obsidian88

Continuation of book 1

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2020

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Gideon and Cordero start book 2 by trying to take out drug dealers of Dane's.

Hiding out in Gideon's lair,
Gideon seems to forget that Cordero has limitations on what his human body can withstand. Winter is brutal.

Soon Cordero sees that maybe the way they are fighting the drug boss is all wrong. That they are hurting innocent people by trying to take out Dane the way they are.

Gideon is angry. He feels used by Cordero. He stays away from him and spends more time with Ted from the gas station.

Cordero volunteers at the soup kitchen and is able to stay warm at the rectory. Jeanne is a visiting nun and is helping out since Cordero took off. She is not what she seems.

Soon there are reasons to suspect there is something supernatural going on in the neighborhood.

I liked this one. Of course the first one I loved more because the characters were longing for each other and it just seemed so hopeless. Now they are arguing a bit and Gideon is kind of a hot head. He doesn't listen at times. Its frustrating. Anyhow, love the series. Can't wait till we find everything out in next book!

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Christina Poteet

Holy crap on a cracker!

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2020

After being cliffhanger’d nearly to bits last time (poor me), I was super eager to discover the fate of my new favorite daring duo.

Imagine my surprise when I find them both being colossal buttnuggets. About like, everything! I swear sometimes I rolled my eyes so hard, I could feel them threaten to go tumbling out and down onto the floor.

Trying to find their balance in this one is the epitome of the saying, “The struggle is real.” Before, I wanted to leap into the pages to pummel the bad guys and now—I also want to knock some sense into the good guys (seriously, no one is acting right this time around).

I hope, for their sake and mine, that they get their crapola together and figured out (ALL of their crapola, by the way. I have so many theories roaming around in my head about their situation it’s not farkin funny).

Whatever needs to happen, I was assured it would happen in the next and final book. My fingers are crossed because otherwise I might go completely bat crap crazy.

P. S. While I’m wishing for things here, might as well add another one. It’s my hope that these two see (and understand) that everything in this life isn’t black and white, all or nothing. Sometimes...
sometimes you need the gray, the balance.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

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Tina Redz

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Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2020

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Serving His Penance is the second book in the Cloth and Stone Trilogy by authors PJ Friel and Saffron Hart. This is not a standalone title. This story picks up where book one left off. This story is told in dual POV.

Out of the two books, I have read thus far this one is not my favorite. I did like how there is more world-building that is good. Just the rest of it was not my cuppa tea.

Too much angsty almost whining from our resident gargoyle. I just felt he was in his own way in this book.

Gideon has to grow a ton in this story. He also needs to realize that not everything is about him. He came off as self-centered to me for not taking Cordero’s feelings into consideration.

I do hope the next story in this series makes these two come together in a way I can get behind. This story is happy for now ending, and I do want to see what happens next.

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KatB

Exciting and emotional

Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2020

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So much happened in this book and they’ve got me hook, line, and sinker. Cordero is so utterly normal in his feelings and reactions, and I mean that in the best way. He’s emotionally flawed, just like all of us, and didn’t magically turn in to a bada** to save the day - and that is so refreshing! I can suspend reality all day long for a book, but it’s always a treat when the characters are so relatable.

This second book had a lot of exciting twists and turns, all the feels between Cordero and Gideon, and I can’t wait to see how it all plays out in the third book. You definitely need to read book one, but believe me, that is no hardship.

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Dmauritzen

Gargoyles and romance

Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2020

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This was a super interesting gargoyle romance. I enjoy storylines about gargoyles there’s so few of them. This storyline was action filled and exciting. The characters Cordero and Gideon are interesting and intriguing. This was a great start to the series can’t wait for the next book am hoping they get there HEA.

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Elaine Young

A nice bridge to the final book (Not a standalone)

Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2020

This second book in the Cloth and Stone series finds Cordero and Gideon struggling to fight the forces of evil in Cleveland—more specifically, the drug lord Dane Stevens. Both Cordero and Gideon know the man brings misery to the city, but their efforts to stop him seem to hurt more than they help. Things come to a head when people start to get hurt and an actual monster is let loose on the city. Gideon and Cordero can’t see eye to eye on how to solve the problem and their relationship starts to suffer. Neither man understands that there is more to what is going on than they know about. When innocent people die, Gideon and Cordero each blame themselves and Cordero compromises his very soul to save the people of Cleveland. Gideon vows to move heaven and earth to save the man he loves.

I enjoyed this book, although I’ll admit that I had a hard time getting into it at first because the two MCs seemed to suffer from the rom com trope of misunderstandings driven by not actually talking to each other. That being said, the second half of the book pulled me in as a whole bunch of new surprises were revealed. The ending definitely left me wanting more and I eagerly await the final book in the series.

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