Falling Angel (Rita Award) [Paperback]

Anne Stuart (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1995

Devastating the tiny backwater town of Angel Falls in his determination to increase his personal wealth, Emerson Wyatt MacVey begins to see the error of his ways when he hopelessly falls in love with one of his own victims. Reprint.

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette; Reprint edition (December 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373600739
• ISBN-13: 978-0373600731
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #243,504 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If We all Could Have a 2nd Chance?, June 11, 2002

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"wildwoodldy" (Village Mills, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Falling Angel (Rita Award) (Paperback)

The book begins with Emerson Wyatt MacVey III being in Heaven for 17 months after dieing of a heart attach. He has not changed from his greedy,selfish and self centeredness he possessed while on Earth.He is sent back to Earth with an assignment to right the wrongs he was responsible for when he was alive. He goes back as Gabriel Falconi with a new appearance and new identity.

Gabriel works very hard to accomplish his assignment because he is being weighted in the balance to see if he will be allowed to return to Heaven or will he be sent to "that other place".

Gabriel's character shows both sides of the human nature.The reader is able to feel the emotions (or lack of)in MacVey's personality which is typical of many people but also the warm,loving and caring personality of Gabriel which is found in most everyone.

I enjoyed reading the book very much.It really made me stop and think about what I am doing to others while I am alive because,in reality,I do not think I will have a second chance.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A heartwarming Christmas tale, October 5, 2008

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Holly R (Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Falling Angel (Rita Award) (Paperback)

Emerson Wyatt MacVey has hurt and used a lot of people during his thirty two years on Earth. It wasn't until he died and was sent to Heaven's Waystation that he began to see the error of his ways. Now with the threat of the "other place" hanging over his head, Emerson has exactly one month to go back and right three of his wrongs. He's sent back as Gabriel Falconi, a tall, muscular carpenter who lands right in Angel Falls, Minnesota. He's taken in by Carrie Alexandra, a woman whose never met a stranger and she and the whole town embrace him wholeheartedly and welcome him to spend the holidays. Immediately, Gabriel is entranced by Carrie and the goodness she tries so desperately to represent and he finds himself tumbling head over heels in love. As luck would have it, she's one of the three wrongs he needs to right and he can hardly claim success if he loves her and leaves her. He's here on borrowed time and he tries hard to keep his distance. Being around Carrie has helped him see the error of his ways far more than the threat of hell and he tries to be honorable. But when she looks back at him with the same amount of longing, Gabriel is lost and he convinces himself that a night in her arms is worth an eternity in hell.

This was such a heartwarming Christmas story. Since it was originally written in 1993, it has a down-home, Norman Rockwell feel to it that just wouldn't be realistic in the twenty first century. Heck, it shouldn't have been realistic even then, but Anne Stuart makes it work. Angel Falls represents a time when people helped out their fellow neighbors and everyone pitched in together as a group. The fact that Gabriel's arrival is suspicious and he's a stranger makes no never mind to anyone and he's immediately enfolded into the town. He's put to work helping out the Swenson family and from there, he comes into contact with all sorts of lively characters.

Gabriel was a quintessential dream man. Tall and handsome, a good cook, good with his hands and handy around the house. He took care of Carrie with such gentle, single minded fervor that my heart just melted. Carrie was so lost and broken inside and when Gabriel began to heal her, I loved seeing her blossom again. This was such a heartwarming story and it was full of rich, warm and witty characters that I delight in revisiting time and time again. Enjoy!

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Different, but very good romance novel, March 26, 2000

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B. Kimble "blackson62" (Houma, LA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Falling Angel (Rita Award) (Paperback)

I really enjoyed this book. In the beginning, I did not think I would like it because it was about someone coming back from the dead. But how wrong I was. This book was VERY, VERY good. It really held my interest.