Nora's Soul [Paperback]

Margay Justice (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 3, 2008

In this fanciful, thrilling romance, readers are treated to a feast of emotion and spirit as they struggle along with Nora. Confronted with angels of both our better and worse nature, Nora wrestles with her own fate even as she strives to help a marvelous widowed father to heal from his own internal demons.

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When angels of light and dark collide on earth...

Once he held a favored position in the heavens. But one moment of weakness casts Dante out and now he is cursed to walk the earth, collecting the souls of vulnerable women to buy his way into hell.

All hell breaks loose...

But standing in his way is Peter, an angel of light. Peter is everything Dante is not. Pure, above reproach. And determined to prevent Dante from achieving his goals. Peter will stop at nothing to protect the souls in his charge, even if it means achieving the impossible - leading Dante back onto the right path.

And no one is safe from the fall-out.

Nora Kendall believed in angels. Once. But then she lost her brother to cancer despite all of her prayers - and she lost her faith in all things angelic. Now, she is a lost soul who wanders through life like a sleepwalker, playing it safe and leaving the risk-taking to others.

Kyle Cameron is one of those risks. Burned by a bad marriage, his only concern now is providing a stable life for his children, who are left motherless by the unexpected death of his wife. This means working overtime to grow his architectural firm into a viable business - and leaving the care of his children to the care of someone he trusts. Despite his past connection with Nora, Kyle isn't certain that she's the right person for the job. He also doesn't want to reconnect with her and repeat history.

But fate - and the machinations of two angels - has other ideas.

About the Author

Like the characters in her novels, Margay Justice has endured and prevailed over great hardship. Recognized as an outstanding writer across the genres of romance and mystery, she is equally at home writing compelling action or drawing the reader into affairs of the heart.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 220 pages
• Publisher: Second Wind Publishing LLC; 1st edition (November 3, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1935171216
• ISBN-13: 978-1935171218
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,332,432 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Genre bending and fun, April 8, 2009

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S. Deeth "Sheila Deeth" (OR, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nora's Soul (Paperback)

I've just finished reading Margay Justice's novel, Nora's Soul. The front page says "Watch for future volumes by Margay Leah Justice from Beckoning Books," and I will certainly be watching.

Nora's Soul is a fascinating, genre-bending novel. Maybe it's a romance, or is it paranormal, spiritual, mysterious? Or maybe it's just one of those stories where the whole is rather more than the sum of its parts.

Nora's heart is either broken or missing at the start of the novel. She's almost engaged, but things go radically wrong, and what might have been was never meant to be. But she has a past, as does her best friend's brother. And she has a soul.

The various pasts place barriers between Nora and her new employer, keeping their hearts at odds even as Nora grows more attached to his children. And the souls, Nora's and perhaps her employer's too, hang in the balance with the hearts.

It's never clear whether angels also have souls, but they certainly seem to have wills and a heart for good or ill. But good and evil aren't just lists of "thou shalt"s and "thou shalt not"s. And the soul isn't some separate icon but an integral part of the body (and heart and history) and its choices.

Halfway through the book I knew what the ending should be, but I couldn't see the path. The author had me willingly following a trail through past and present problems to a happy resolution. So yes, Nora's Soul is a romance. But it's fascinatingly different and surprisingly thought-provoking, and it's got a brilliant cover and first line--"Angels don't exist." Or perhaps they do.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Angels? Yes, but paranormal romance? Not really., March 19, 2009

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This review is from: Nora's Soul (Paperback)

Nora no longer believes in angels, but angels believe in her -- two angels one dark and one light will battle for Nora's soul and should Nora succumb to the gorgeous dark angel Dante, Nora's will not be the only soul lost.

I loved the cover and while the presence of angels in the story does give Nora's Soul a supernatural element, I don't know that I would really call Nora's Soul a paranormal romance, even though it is tagged as such. Even so, I enjoyed Nora's Soul. I thought that author Justice did a good job of connecting us with her damaged leads Nora and Kyle. In addition to the loss of her brother as a teen which resulted in Nora's break with her faith, Nora and Kyle's lives were both altered as the result of 'one night stands' and both still bear the scars of those encounters. Dark angel Dante remains more of a mystery and since Nora's persuit by Dante never has the same intensity as Nora's interactions with Kyle, there never is any doubt as to who Nora will choose. The only doubt is whether Nora and Kyle will overcome their individual pain and take a chance on love, even as they are unable to resist their mutual attraction. While the angels didn't really play a part in the romance, the interactions between Nora and the light angel Peter give this book an element of spiritual healing that ultimately makes this a 'feel good' read.

Nora's Soul is supposedly the first in a series of books which follow Dante and Peter, as Peter works to bring Dante back to the light.