When the Halo Falls [Mass Market Paperback]

Kathleen Kane (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 18, 2002

It was strictly against the rules for Patience Goodfellow to fall in love with Brady Shaw, saloon wonder, ex-gunfighter, and ladies' man. But Patience knew he had a heart of gold. She should. She had been his guardian angel since he was eleven years old. She still would be if she hadn't taken her halo off, accidentally been knocked unconscious, and woken up mortal, at least temporarily...

Brady Shaw meant to escort this beautiful stranger right out the saloon door. Dropping out of nowhere and insisting she was his fiancee had him hoping mad--and thoroughly perplexed. Somehow, she knew everything about him. But loving an angel might change him in ways he never expected. Now, Patience can only pray she'll get her chance for earthly happiness...and a love that could only come from paradise...

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

art farce and part inspirational romance, this fanciful fable chronicles the misadventures of Patience Goodfellow, a willful guardian angel who possesses all-too-human urges. For the first time in her 200 years of angel guardianship, Patience has fallen in love. Unfortunately, the object of her affections is her mortal charge, saloon owner and notorious ex-gunslinger Brad Shaw. When she breaks a heavenly rule and removes her halo for a short stint, making herself visible to the human eye, she's accidentally knocked unconscious and stranded on Earth. Upon waking, all of her memories of being an angel have vanished, and the one thing she's certain of is that she's engaged to Brad. Naturally, Brad comes to the conclusion that the stormy-eyed stranger claiming to be his betrothed must be mentally disturbed, but he finds it baffling that she seems to know everything about him and the other residents in Fortune, N.Mex. Although Brad tries to distance himself from his persistent "fiance," passion takes over when he and the wayward angel are stranded alone together in a remote cottage. Readers who enjoy rosy, paranormal romances will delight in this bit of fluff, but others may be put off by the novel's headstrong hero and irreverent tenor.

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Review

"Nobody can capture the essence of Americana heart and soul quite as well as Kathleen Kane."--Affaire de Coeur

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks (February 18, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312978421
• ISBN-13: 978-0312978426
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,205,445 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pestilence!, February 7, 2002

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Paula Smith (Friendship, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: When the Halo Falls (Mass Market Paperback)

Wanna waste your money? Buy a book with no plot, no chemistry and no spark. You will NEVER say that about this book, nor this author.

Kathleen Kane always comes thru for me. When I need an "ahhhh" moment in my life, I pull one of her novels down and read it again. When I need a laugh, I pick up my tattered but oh-so-loved copies of Ms. Kane's many works. When the Halo Falls is yet another keeper. I just wish I could have her cloaned so that she could write a book each month!

Patience Goodfellow will thrill you. She will touch you in places you never knew you had. Brady Shaw is the type of hero that makes you root for him and wanna shake some sense into him at the same time. What I love about this novel is that you also grow to love each person in it. Lily, the former lady of evening, grew on me and I rooted for her "lawful" love.

You won't waste good money with this author, that is for sure!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars engaging historical fantasy romance, February 3, 2002

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: When the Halo Falls (Mass Market Paperback)

Though she is his guardian angel, Patience Goodfellow loves Brady Shaw. She has loved him ever since she took over when he was eleven from three "fallen" angels who were tired of the impossible assignment. Everyone in heaven knows Patience loves Brady in spite of his being a womanizing gambler. Though her superiors do not want Patience to reveal her identity to Brady, she strongly feels this is the right time to straighten out her ward that she believes hides a heart of gold. In 1885 Fortune, New Mexico Patience sets her plan in motion, but is accidentally knocked out with her halo removed.

Patience suffers amnesia forgetting that she is a two-century-old angel. Instead she believes she is Brady's mortal fiancé. Brady laughs at her contention, but is stunned when she knows things about him that no one but he knows. As Brady falls in love with his angel, Patience regains her memory and is willing to move heaven and earth for an eternity with Brady.

WHEN THE HALO FALLS is an engaging historical fantasy romance that will leave the audience believing in angels. The story line is amusing as a bewildered and often irate Brady feels devilish when Patience leaves his shoulder for his heart. Fans of fantasy and historical romance tales will share in common the belief that Kathleen Kane is their special angel sent from up above to provide infinitely vogue novels that readers love.

Harriet Klausner

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars if you want pure fluff...., March 12, 2009

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retroredux - See all my reviews
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This review is from: When the Halo Falls (Mass Market Paperback)

then I say go for this book.

If, on the other hand, your looking for something with SOME sort of depth, more than an inane story (like other reviewer posted-heroine is a angel, who gets knocked on the head, forgets she's an angel, but not that she's going to marry the hero?), slapstick comedy, silly word usage (the heroine's cuss word? Pestilence?) and the supposed humor in head injuries then I'd suggest another book.

2 stars and that's being generous.