Ashes to Ashes

Reaping Covetous #5

by M.J. May

Ashes is dying, her ninth life almost used up. Leah McKnight’s efforts to stave off the inevitable have failed. Leah avoided having to make that life-and-death decision for her brother, Bobby. But she can’t escape the responsibility for her beloved cat.
Almost healed from his wounds, Levi’s unwanted attention is something else Leah can’t escape. Levi knows secrets about Leah’s grandmother, and he’s not above manipulating Leah to sate his warped curiosity.

Distraction is the best mental medicine for Leah, and there’s no better distraction from Ashes’s deteriorating condition than reaping Chrissie’s grams’s spirit. Chrissie thought she knew why her grams didn’t follow her reaper, but she couldn’t have been more wrong. It seems grandmothers are capable of heinous deeds—a fact Chrissie and Leah have in common. Grams let her anger overrule her sense of right and wrong. Now, she needs her granddaughter to use the witchcraft she’s reluctant to embrace to save a hexed woman.

Leah has an ulterior motive for helping reap Chrissie’s grams. Andy has been MIA since her brother’s death, and Leah is desperate to see him again. Reaping Oleana should bring Andy back into the light, but it’s not Andy who hears the spiritual call.

Since meeting Andy, Leah’s wondered what makes a reaper. She’s about to learn you should be careful what you wish for.

Trigger Warnings: Death & Dying, Domestic Abuse, Mental Illness, Murder, Pet loss/Euthanasia, Self-Harm, & Suicide Attempts.

Ashes to Ashes also contains the importance of friendship, recognizing and accepting help when offered, protecting your family—related by blood or not—the furry ones that make our houses homes, prickly reapers, humor, learning to be tenacious when needed, and romantic intrigue.

Ashes to Ashes is the 5th book in the Reaping Covetous series. The books should be read in order.

293 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 14, 2022

About the author

I've been a veterinarian for almost twenty years and have recently added published author to my resume. I've been writing for over fifteen years, most of those stories languishing on my computer. A couple of years ago my fear of never trying to publish my stories overcame my fear of failure. The result is my first book, "Sow What You Reap". It is the first in the Reaping Covetous series. The next book, "Dead Women Tell Tales" should be out by the end of October 2021.

I love supernatural, urban fantasy, paranormal, and mystery genres. I write both M/F and M/M oriented stories.

Please don't hesitate to ask me a question or two.

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy my stories. I know I love telling them.

MJ May

Reviews

[Fernanda Fatio · Rating 5 out of 5]

I cried

It’s an emotional piece and heartening to see how Leah and Ashes loved each other. Francis sensibility - despite his dislike of humans - to help her at one of the hardest moments of her life is beautiful. Her counsellor’s words on grief and how she can’t and shouldn’t control it based on what other people think is important and impactful. I’m glad to see Andy’s back even though even know there’s a catch that will bite them in the back eventually. Levi is a creepy as creepy goes and it irks me that she still hadn’t put a restraining order on him. There’s two more books in the series and I feel the next one will be as emotional is this one based on the title alone.

[Shelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my favorite book series! I literally read this book in 24 hours. I couldn't put it down. Do yourself a favor....read this

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best one so far, but I cried rivers