Angel of Darkness (The Fallen) [Paperback]

Cynthia Eden (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 29, 2011 | Series: The Fallen

As an angel of death, Keenan's job is to collect the souls on his list. He's carried out his duty for two thousand years and never faltered once. Until he meets Nicole St. James. When the moment of death comes, Keenan hesitates, and instead of taking Nicole, Keenan touches the vampire who's attacking her. Cast out of heaven for disobedience, Keenan plummets to earth. Six months later, he finally manages to track Nicole to a bar in Mexico. He's stunned to discover that the woman he remembers has undergone a dramatic change - she's become a vampire. And when he realises that she's the target of all manner of enemies - other vampires, demons, even shifters - he'll do whatever it takes to protect her, even if all hell breaks loose...

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Motorcycle chases, bar fights, and Keenan's discovery of lust drive this crisp, heart-pounding, smart thriller." - Publishers Weekly on ANGEL OF DARKNESS

From the Back Cover

As an angel of death, Keenan's job is to collect the souls on his list. He's carried out his duty for two thousand years and never faltered once. Until he meets Nicole St. James.  When the moment of death comes, Keenan hesitates, and instead of taking Nicole, Keenan touches the vampire who's attacking her.


Cast out of heaven for disobedience, Keenan plummets to earth. Six months later, he finally manages to track Nicole to a bar in Mexico. He's stunned to discover that the woman he remembers has undergone a dramatic change--she's become a vampire. And when he realizes that she's the target of all manner of enemies--other vampires, demons, even shifters--he'll do whatever it takes to protect her, even if all hell breaks loose...

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Brava (November 29, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0758242174
• ISBN-13: 978-0758242174
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #196,024 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Cynthia Eden is a national best-selling author of paranormal romance and romantic suspense novels. Her books have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, and her novel, DEADLY FEAR, was named a RITA® finalist for best romantic suspense.

Cynthia is a southern girl who loves horror movies, chocolate, and happy endings. She has always wanted to write (don't most authors say that?), and particularly enjoys creating stories about monsters-vampires, werewolves, and even the real-life monsters who populate her romantic suspense stories.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Angel of Darkness, not my favorite angel series, December 1, 2011

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Renee Lewis "Troubeall" (Oklahoma) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Angel of Darkness (The Fallen) (Kindle Edition)

My review may be biased because I recently read another book about lost or fallen angels which had characters by the same names as in this book and I liked it a lot better than this one. My first complaint would be that this was the most expensive book of this genre that I have purchased for my kindle, so I guess I expected more from it than from the really cheap books I've bought, but not so much. Story wise, it was very repetitive with lots of redundant parts. If I had to read one more time how the female character licked her lips I was going to puke. The entire books is them running from people, mostly being caught up to by the same people over and over and over, halfway through the book I was wishing for the main characters death, that's probably not a good sign. There was just something about the main characters that I didn't like, I thought they might grow on me, but they didn't. To me they came off as way too self- centered, nothing mattered but what they wanted, not a very endearing quality in an "angel". I guess I was expecting some sort of redemption or unselfish act to show that these were good people whose future stories I would want to read more about, but that didn't happen for me.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 4 1/2 Kisses- great start to a new Cynthia Eden series!, November 29, 2011

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Victoria "TwoLips Reviews" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Angel of Darkness (The Fallen) (Paperback)

On her way to pray, mild-mannered Nicole St. James meets with a horrible fate near the steps of a New Orleans Cathedral. Fighting for her life as a vampire is ravaging her body, she pleads with a shadowy figure to save her life. While Keenan hovers over the scene, watching for the appropriate moment to touch Nicole and take her soul to heaven, something about her tugs at his heart. Instead of taking her soul, he touches the vampire instead and faces the awful consequence of immediately losing his angel status in heaven, thrust to earth for his disobedience. Reconciling with his new life, Keenan is determined to find Nicole. When he finds her, will he be prepared for what Nicole has become?

Once again, Cynthia Eden doesn't fail to disappoint her long-time fans with another outstanding supernatural read exposing more of the Other in Angel of Darkness. I immediately felt sympathy for Nicole St. James who one day was a school teacher and the next wound up a vampire. What a gutsy lady having to live off her wits in some dire circumstances looking for her next drink to survive. Six months into her new life, Keenan locates her and he cannot believe what he sees. Gone is the meek woman he was tracking as a death angel. The `new' Nicole is a hard-nosed woman who isn't above trickery to get what she needs to survive. He admires her pluck and cannot help but be sexually aroused by her.

Knowing he's responsible for her transformation, Keenan vows to stay with her when he finds she's being targeted for termination by not only the supernatural but the human community. Can Nicole learn not only to trust but fall in love with this man who seems vaguely familiar to her?

I loved Ms. Eden's superb characterization of Keenan and Nicole as they look deep inside themselves to come to one conclusion--they are redeemable and worthy of love. Both battle their demons in Angel of Darkness and find ultimate joy in themselves. Cynthia Eden's Angel of Darkness is the perfect blend of red-hot sex and supernatural suspense driven by a rockin' plot. Pick up Ms. Eden's book today and be just like me--waiting in breathless anticipation for another story in her highly innovative Other universe.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fast-paced urban romantic fantasy, November 29, 2011

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Angel of Darkness (The Fallen) (Paperback)

Keenan the Angel of Death stalks Nicole St. James as he has for weeks waiting to collect her soul as he has done countless times over several millennia. The moment he has anticipated is at hand with a vampire attacking Nicole. She pleads with him to save her life; though he knows he cannot. Keenan kills the vampire instead of the human female he is attracted to.

For failing to complete his mission, Keenan is exiled as a Fallen. He searches for her over the next six months and finally "of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks" (Casablanca) into this dive he drinks away his depression. He remains wanting her though he knows she is now a vampiric fledgling, but Keenan is unaware that Nicole is wanted for murder. Nicole wants her savior, but is unaware that if Keenan completes the kill he regains his former angel essence. Meanwhile besides NYPD, a horde of the paranormal and hunters of the paranormal stalk the pair

The first Fallen urban romantic fantasy is a fast-paced thriller starring a beleaguered pair as seemingly everyone in the Big Apple wants to take a bite out of both them. Fascinatingly, neither of the protagonists acts with typical human morality although Nicole is a recent convert to the other species. With too many adversaries cluttering the overall exciting but dark story line, sub-genre fans still will enjoy Cynthia Eden's opening entry.

Harriet Klausner