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Now she may never be allowed to leave.
Lady Gregory has followed her daughter and Lily beyond the boundaries of life itself—into Purgatory, a place ruled by silent corridors, watchful nuns, and laws that do not bend for the living. Trapped inside an orphanage on the wrong side of death, she has only one goal: find a way to escape before the realm claims them forever.
But while Lady Gregory fights to protect the girls in the afterworld, chaos erupts back on the Other Side.
The Night Brothers stalk the city streets, leaving Charles and Rose fighting for their lives as darkness tightens its grip on everything Lady Gregory has sacrificed to protect. Separated by worlds and running out of time, every choice she makes ripples across both realms—with devastating consequences.
When the fragile balance finally collapses, Lady Gregory faces an impossible decision: abandon the life she fought to build in order to save Rose and the living…or remain trapped beyond the veil to keep her daughter safe, forever surrendering the future she dreamed of.
There are no clean victories.
Only consequences.
As secrets are exposed, loyalties tested, and magic exacts its final toll, Lady Gregory must carve a new destiny for herself and the family she refuses to lose—even if the price is everything she is.
Set in the shadowed world of the 1860s, Retribution is the powerful third installment of The Red Door Diaries, delivering:
High-stakes supernatural suspense across multiple realms
Emotional sacrifice and irreversible choices
Dark magic, hidden enemies, and escalating danger
Found family bonds pushed to their breaking point
A gripping turning point that reshapes the series
Perfect for readers who love dark paranormal fantasy, gothic adventure, emotionally driven storytelling, and heroines who refuse to surrender—even when fate itself stands in their way.
The red door will demand its final price.
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About the author
Ron Vitale is a fantasy and science fiction author. Influenced by the likes of Tolkien, Margaret Atwood, C. S. Lewis, and Philip Pullman, he has a Master’s degree in English Literature from Villanova University where he studied the works of Alice Walker and Margaret Atwood. For his thesis, he interpreted Walker’s and Atwood’s novels through a psychological Jungian approach by showing how the central female protagonists use storytelling as a means to heal themselves from trauma. He lives in a small town outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and keeps himself busy by writing his blog and on learning how to be a good father to his kids all while working on his next book.
