The Sorcerer's Promise

Charles Sutton, ghost returns. In this second book in The Sorcerer Series, Sutton comes back into the life of Katherine Elliot, California mystery writer.Sutton has been and can be anything he wants. He can harm or heal at his sole discretion; see beyond distance and form, take over a person's body without being noticed, travel anywhere on the planet within a heartbeat, and materialize his ghostly form to human proportions. He is the handsome, endearing villian that we love to forgive.Editorial Diane Donovan, MidWest Book "Charles and Kate return in the second volume of The Sorcerer series; here to engage newcomers and prior fans alike. For the Charles is a 200-year-old ghost-a sexy one at that-California mystery writer, Katherine, is his cohort. Charles has special powers for a ghost; he can time travel,take over bodies, and either harm or heal...From the Middle East and politics to lessons learned in the Afterlife about heaven and hell, Charles and Katherine's romance blossoms and reveal more lessons learned on the nature of What makes THE SORCERER'S PROMISE stand out from the crowd is the attention to romance, interpersonal interaction and a focus on healing rifts and bettering the universe-all packaged in the moving story of a ghost searching for meaning and purpose in both good and evil forces..."...a fine, riviting read recommended for fantasy and romance enthusiasts alike."The ghost was swimming with a pack of dolphins, just off the coast of Morro Bay, when he perceived her anguish. Instantly beside her, he materialized and caught her as she fell to the floor, deep sobs wracking her body. He sat on the floor, holding her and stroking her hair."Kabul, Afghanistan at winter's end, no one in their right mind would be there by choice.""And there it was, that unfathomable conundrum of the human spirit, the desire to be something other than what one is, bred no doubt from some lost memory of having been better...I was tired beyond belief of the drudgery people endure while slogging along the apparenty never-ending path to enlghtenment. What ever happended to, 'Carpe diem,' for God's sake!"Slowly and deliberately, he brought her to a heavenly state of pure bliss that she'd forgotten."The fool in the church is not the one in charge...the Master demon lives in a cavern beneath the alter.""As it turned out, the chap whose body I'd taken over had a wife.""The day Bryan came back, I was striding with great gusto down the road to perdition...Finally, I got to kill someone.""Seeing the blood on the windows, the driver went white with shock and his knees gave out. He plopped down, trembling, in the dirt beside the road.""I felt the life being sucked out of me once more. I did not resist."Sutton kept a look-out for Highway Patrol as Kate gave the Porche a work-out..."Nadia laughed softly, "You have become lost in love?"Bertie laughed, "The challenge of all challenges, letting go of attachments when they feel so damned good."Inexplicably, he loved her. If he'd had a choice, he would not love a human woman.