The Redemptive Return

Authors’ Note

Authors’ Note

THE REDEMPTIVE RETURN begins one week after the end of The Framed Father and contains spoilers for the earlier book.

This book takes place in a time and place very much like our own. In the book’s world, however, COVID-19 doesn’t exist; hence our characters wear no masks, shake hands, hug with abandon, and gather in groups of more than 10 people.

Myerton, Maryland; Bellamy, Florida; and all the places and characters in this book are the product of the authors’ imagination and research. Any resemblance to actual places or persons is entirely coincidental.

A SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CATHOLIC READERS: This book depicts physical attraction and love between a Catholic priest and a single woman. This is not to be construed as a criticism of the Church’s discipline of priestly celibacy. As practicing Catholics, the authors respect the 800-year-old practice of the Western Church that, with exceptions allowed through the years for married ordained men entering the Catholic priesthood from the Anglican tradition, priests live in an unmarried and chaste state. This is a work of fiction. Father Tom Greer and Detective Helen Parr are fictional characters who, to the knowledge of the authors, do not represent any situation in reality. For our fellow Catholics disturbed by some of what's depicted, we urge you to please read to the end before passing judgment.

TRIGGER WARNING: The Redemptive Return presents a realistic view of human nature, including sin and evil. Thus, there is profanity (including the use of the “F” word), violence, discussion of prostitution and human trafficking, and allusions to the s****l exploitation of children.