Heaven In Your Eyes [Paperback]

Judi McCoy (Author)

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In McCoy's clever paranormal romance, U.S. Deputy Marshal Annie McAllister has finally been assigned her first significant case, guarding Mob informant Dominic Viglioni. Unknown to both Dominic and Annie, however, Annie's deceased husband, Tom, has been assigned to find Annie's true love and make possible a happily-ever-after reality. When Viglioni is shot, Tom steps into his body and convinces Annie to flee the scene. Another wrinkle develops when Annie learns that Dominic is really Andrew Falcone, a fellow U.S. marshal working undercover to expose traitors in the organization. Neophyte Annie must work with Tom/Andrew/Dominic, each of whose personality and memories are incomplete but present, to identify and smoke-out the traitors, while at the same time protecting herself and her charge from their would-be terminators and coping with her growing attraction to and emotional involvement with a colleague. McCoy's entertaining variation on the always popular Heaven Can Wait theme is a fast-paced adventure, skillfully interspersed with moments of great humor and tenderness. Lynne Welch
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Product Details

• Paperback: 315 pages
• Publisher: Zebra; Reprint edition (May 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821774964
• ISBN-13: 978-0821774960
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,145,743 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Judi's been published for eight years. Her first romance, I Dream of You, won Waldenbooks best selling debut novel of 2001. Since then she's published five more books for Kensington, seven for Avon/Harper Collins, and her romantic suspense, A Matter of Trust, was a launch book for Crescent Moon Press. She now writes romantic mystery for NAL's Obsidian line.
All royalties earned from Hounding the Pavement, her first novel in the dog walker series, will go to Best Friends in Kanab, UT, the largest no-kill shelter in the US. Judi is an avid animal activist and will do anything she can to promote canine welfare. If you're holding a rescue event, contact her to see how she can help.
She teaches the yearly two day 'aspiring author' course at the Romantic Times convention and speaks to writing groups across the country. A retired women's gymnastic judge, she resides on Virginia's peaceful eastern shore with her husband and three pocket pooches. Rudy, the star of the dog walker series, passed away, but he lives on in her heart and in her novels. In her spare time, she raises orchids and dreams of seeing Ellie, Rudy, and the dogs they walk on television or the big screen.
Judi promises to personally answer every query. You can reach her via her website: www.judimccoy.com or e-mail her at [e-mail]

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I just can't be happy with the way it turns out., August 13, 2007

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Madd Witch (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heaven In Your Eyes (Paperback)

Anne McAllister is married to an uptight controlling jerk. They met in college, where Annie was a criminal justice major with plans of joining law enforcement. All that went out the window when she married Tom. She became his living Barbie doll. Wore her hair the way he wanted, wore the clothes he chose, ate what he ordered for her and basically lived her life to please him. Just as Anne is getting fed up and ready to shake things up Tom dies. Tom somehow manages not to go to Hell or Purgatory, but gets a chance to redeem himself by helping Annie find true love. You see, Annie was supposed to go on to law enforcement training, where she would have met her soulmate, Andrew Falcone, and had a HEA ... only that didn't happen because she met and married Tom before she ever made it that far. So Tom will have to hop into another body, a la Heaven Can Wait, and help Annie find the perfect man for her.

Fast forward six years after Tom's death and Annie's is now a U.S. Marshal and working her first Assignment with the Witness Protection Program. Her charge is one Dominic Viglioni, a mob guy turned informant, who doesn't have long to live. After putting the moves on Annie, during a one-on-one game of hoops, Viglioni is shot by rogue marshals and Tom moves in. They go on the run and soon after Annie, and Tom, figure out that Dominic Viglioni is no snitch. He's an undercover agent trying to draw out dirty marshals and his real name? Yup, you guessed it! Andrew Falcone. So now Tom, who's got pieces of Falcone's personality and memories floating around in his head, is trying to protect Annie until they catch the bad guys. Unfortunately, spending so much time together is proving a hard temptation for Tom to fight. He's finding he likes this new Annie a lot better than the one he tried to make her into. How can he find her a husband when he's falling in love with her all over again? Meanwhile, Annie's terribly attracted to Flacone and a little weirded out by some of his familiar habits. Will she find happiness with her ex in her soulmates body or will the bad guys kill them before she has a chance to find out?

I dunno, I really enjoyed Judi McCoy's Wanted books and Almost a Goddess was a fun, but I just can't like Tom enough to want to see him happy with Annie ... and I'm feeling really bad for Andrew Falcone. Yeah, he was a good guy and went to heaven when he died, but come on! Because Tom's guiding angel didn't do her job Falcone got cheated out of conecting with his soulmate, a loving marriage, kids and the many more years of life he would have lived had he been married and not taken that fatal assignment! WTH?! He deserves better. Tom? Yeah, his parents sucked. I get that. It still doesn't change the fact that he made his wife miserable for years. And so he gets what? A hot new body, many years of life after his expiration date, and a second chance at the marriage he screwed up the first time around? Hello?! Anyone else annoyed by this? And, Annie? Why the hell would she even consider hooking up with a guy that reminds her so much of a man that made her life miserable? Seriously!

The writing was there, and there were some good scenes, but I just couldn't get past my issue with the characters to really enjoy the book.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Judi McCoy book yet, August 10, 2003

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Sally Reader (Seattle Washington) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heaven In Your Eyes (Paperback)

Clever plot, witty dialogue and a thoroughly likeable hero and heroine mark this book as the best novel by this author's to date. Meddling angels help fulfill Annie McAllister's New Year's Eve wish: That her husband loves her as much as she loves him.

Six years later, a widowed Annie is fulfilling her dream of being a US Marshal on her first assignment in the WITSEC program. Meanwhile, her former husband is in heaven, making a deal with Annie's guiding angel: He can come back to earth to live out his life if he agrees to help Annie find her soulmate.

This book made me laugh and cry. Poignant yet humorous, it tell the tale of one man's redemption and a woman who finally gets what she deserves: the love of a lifetime.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A WONDERFUL COMIC ADVENTURE, May 4, 2003

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sara santiago (Washington DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heaven In Your Eyes (Paperback)

Judi McCoy has done it again, creating a fun, fast-paced and romantic novel of love and adventure. When Annie McAllister's self-absorbed husband dies, she is free to pursue her dream. She becomes a US Marshal and works her way up the ranks until she is assigned to a high-profile case in the WITSEC program guarding mobster Dominic Viglione. In the meantime, Annie's meddling guiding angel, Milton, decides it's time Annie has the man she deserves and calls her dead husband, Tom, out of storage. When Tom finds out he has two choices: go back to earth in another man's body and help his wife, or forever live in the netherworld between heaven and hell, he agrees to aid Annie in finding the perfect man. Unbeknownst to Tom, the body he's inhabiting doesn't belong to a mobster, but Drew Falcone, another US Marshal who is out to catch a snitch in the Marshal's department. Annie and Tom/Drew go ont the run and hilarious hijinks ensue. In the end, Annie find her true soul mate in Tom/Drew and he redeems himself to become the man she deserves.