Of Paradise Purgatory Santo Domingo Stories Book 1 eBook Stephen del Mar
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Going home can be hell, even if it's paradise.
Victor Cruz returns to the Arizona town where he grew up to bury his estranged father, and dispose of the family’s ancestral home. The plan get in and get out. A stop at Santo Domingo’s Lady of Guadalupe chapel compels him to offer up a simple prayer, “May I do what needs to be done,” and starts a landslide of events-old friends, old loves, and who is in collusion with the murderous Cumero Cartel? “Of Paradise and Purgatory” is a contemporary tale with a seasoning of faith & magical realism.
Of Paradise Purgatory Santo Domingo Stories Book 1 eBook Stephen del Mar
This was an extremely well written and gripping story about one man's battle with the ghosts of his past reconciling with the realities of the present and hopes for the future. I've read a few of Stephen's stories in the past, so I recognized many of the characters in the rich backstory of this novel. I was happily introduced to Victor and his "old friends from back home". I happen to have grown up in a nearby small town in Arizona, the story's setting, and the descriptions and day-to-day activities ring true with a subtlety that's masterful. This is a novel I will read more than once.Product details
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Of Paradise Purgatory Santo Domingo Stories Book 1 eBook Stephen del Mar Reviews
Of Paradise & Purgatory is the tale of one man’s journey home. Victor Cruz is a resident of Bennett Bay, Florida, the scene of Mr. del Mar’s Bennett Bay series. He has come home to Santo Domingo to bury his father. The only problem? He hated the man for what he did to Victor’s mother and Victor. But everyone else in town has his father on a pedestal. How is it possible that they were the same man?
Victor was met unexpectedly at the airport by his childhood best friend Anna, and when they stop at the chapel above the town, Victor, an agnostic or maybe even atheist, offers up a prayer about doing what has to be done. The old saying about being careful what you wish for is true in his case. An explosion in town and its fallout leads Victor into a mystery, which winds through this installment but doesn’t reach resolution, so we know there is more to come.
Along the way through the story, Victor hooks up with a twenty-one year old, who it turns out might be a little too close to Victor’s past. I’m usually not a fan of May/December romance, but in this case, the age difference wasn’t a huge part of the story. Instead the story was in great part about relationships between various characters. Those relationships both in the past and present were important to the overall story and there is interaction with Tino Vegas, Iggy and Johnny…all three fitting the description of the boy who got away. In addition to the mystery, there is interaction with the other townspeople, who as I said…can’t understand why Victor had an issue with his dad.
I’ll be honest and tell you I liked this story a lot…but…a couple things that I didn’t like were the slightly hurried ending and the what, to me, seemed like a wide open story line at the end of the book. I’m sure there are more Santo Domingo stories coming, so we’ll have to see where it goes from here. In my opinion, there is a lot more story to come, and I hope Mr. del Mar is bringing it to us soon! For those of you familiar with the Bennett Bay stories, trust me, the Santo Domingo stories are going to be a lot different, but certainly not in a bad way.
I’d recommend this book to anyone who likes a tale of a messed up homecoming, with some angst and characters with “issues”. It was well written and I look forward to future installments!
5*****Stars
Book Of Paradise and Purgatory
Series Santo Domingo Series Book #1
Author Stephen Del Mar
Publisher Digital
Genre Contemporary touch of Paranormal
Rated Mature M/M content
Release date August 2016
Length 388 Pages
This is a new author for me, meeting Mr. Del Mar at a local book store near home that was hosting a book signing for a local author Bellora Quinn. I had started reading Ms. Quinn’s books and was excited to meet her. Mr. Del Mar was also a visitor at the bookstore. Being a reviewer of a paranormal book guild, communicating with two authors in one setting is a treat. That said, two authors who write different types of stories with paranormal influences is even more than a treat.
Upon returning home, with book#1 from Mr. Del Mar’s Santo Domingo Series, I settled in and met Victor Cruz. Victor is forced from where he resides in Florida to return to his roots. Victor is travelling to southern Arizona to dispose of his deceased father’s estate and family home as the executor and only heir. I am immediately reminded of an old cliché, upon hearing his inner most thoughts “That you can never go back” .
Stephen Del Mar writes a tender story of our main character Victor Cruz. The story is told through Victor, now in his mid 50’s. Using flashbacks of his memories of his past life and loves, what he will now face going back. We get to see the good, the bad, the ugly and our author throws in a few surprises.
I must say as an adult over 50, I could feel the playfulness of youth, the relationships that went unanswered, as we can see this looking back into our own life experiences. I must say the book was charming, believable and so well written. Our author uses his great descriptive ability to take us down to the dessert feeling the arid ground, its nooks and crannies, and the history of the towns living there. He also brings a paranormal twist with culture ideology of with your dead are always with you….That I am truly a believer
I am now interested in reading more of his stories !!!
This was an extremely well written and gripping story about one man's battle with the ghosts of his past reconciling with the realities of the present and hopes for the future. I've read a few of Stephen's stories in the past, so I recognized many of the characters in the rich backstory of this novel. I was happily introduced to Victor and his "old friends from back home". I happen to have grown up in a nearby small town in Arizona, the story's setting, and the descriptions and day-to-day activities ring true with a subtlety that's masterful. This is a novel I will read more than once.
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