Prologue
The town of Ashwood is nestled away between a forest and a mountain just outside of nowhere. You won’t find it on any maps and the residents like it that way. The two square mile area that defines the town’s historical district is meticulously maintained to look like it did at the turn of the twentieth century.
No new construction has breached this square in over half a century and any business that hopes to open its doors within, must undergo an extensive vetting process. This before being offered the chance to sign one of the strictest leases ever put to paper. The look is done so well that many major period movies attempted to secure rights to film there – and each was denied.
Ashwood’s town limits extend well beyond the meticulously maintained historical district and the modern world is closing in quickly. Even with some of the steepest property taxes in the nation, businesses and residences alike are sprouting like weeds to threaten the pristine town center.
The march of progress defined by seedy strip clubs and destitute trailer parks, like But there was much left unseen behind the pristine appearance. Even the town’s name, Ashwood, is a lie.
In the Shadow of Angels Description:
Devin Bryant is a young accident attorney who seems to have it all: a gorgeous wife, beautiful house, fancy car, and successful career. But, like everyone else in the town of Ashwood, he also has dark secrets.
When he finds one of his dark secrets – local seductress Jezebel Anders – dead outside of his hotel room, he panics. Now he finds himself slipping into an abyss of corruption, deceit, blackmail, and murder from which there is seemingly no escape. As the spiral grows to ensnare his wife and friends, all of their freedom – their very lives – are at stake.
Their only chance is to work together. When every choice is more heinous than the last and even your allies have secrets, the only way out is to slither ever deeper. But if they sink low enough to prevail, will they find themselves trapped forever in the shadow of the angels?
