Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine and features upcoming releases in novels, this week Im excited for.....

The Priest's Graveyard by Ted Dekker

April 2011 by Hachette

Book Synopsis

The last thing Renee Gilmore remembers is being rescued by a pair of unknown arms after her drug-dealer boyfriend attempts to murder her. She wakes up in a beautiful glass house surrounded by doctors and the man that saved her life, Lamont Myers. Lamont offers her protection, if she abides by his rules. Among these; she must not leave the house, making her the bird in his gilded cage.

Danny Hansen is a Bosnian immigrant who came to America to escape the bloodshed of his country and the memories of his own involvement. Danny is a priest who lives by a strict moral code, one which values the loving of others above all else. It is those that pretend to abide by religious and legal law but intentionally harm others that insence Danny. And he believes it is duty to show them the error of their ways. Those few that admit and renounce their behavior are forgiven and set free, but never without a severe reminder of their wrongdoings. Those that refuse to admit to their behavior are killed. A year after Renee is rescued by Lamont he is murdered and she vows to seek revenge. At the same time, Danny has continued to carve a swath of judgement and punishment. In their individual pursuits, Danny and Renee's paths become entangled and before long it is clear that neither of them may make it out of this hunt alive...................

A Psycho priest and a girl who may have a case of Stockholm syndrome.....yikes, sounds really intense and pretty deep, but hey its a Dekker novel so Ill be there...reading it..probably sitting on the edge of my seat enjoying every minute!!