Quinn Reaper

Book excerpt: Armed with caustic wit and "Resting Doll Face," 24-year-old Quinn grapples her way through life, selling her used underwear online to keep a near-condemned roof over her head. She escaped her past once before, but when a home intruder arrives to escort her spirit to the hereafter, running isn't an option. ****His brooding face slips into a frown as the playfulness leaves his voice, "Unfortunately for you, I'm the other one of life's certainties."Life's certainties. Taxes and...what? Something...and taxes. There's got to be a better saying than the one that comes to mind. Puppies and taxes. Or chocolate truffles and taxes, maybe. **** Scheduled for a fatal brain aneurysm in eleven minutes, Quinn strikes a desperate deal. Milo, her assigned reaper, will postpone her death by using his accrued time off for an impromptu vacation among the living. Quinn, in exchange, will replace his retired partner when her nine-day extension is up.Their contract guarantees Milo a trip to his hometown, forcing Quinn to wage war in the back seat of a Prius as they hitch a ride with Quinn's ghost-hunting ex-boyfriend, Paul, and her self-proclaimed best friend, Lexi. Counting down to her extinction through a cavalcade of haunted hotels and roadside attractions, Quinn has one goal for the dwindling remainder of her life: To torment the man who's stolen her future.