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Angel For Hire
HEAVEN SENT
Alexandra Logan was at her wits' end! She was nearly broke, her farm was failing, and the local townspeople were angry at her boarders. So she looked to the skies for help...and it miraculously arrived in the very pleasing form of Michael Justice. But Michael was like no man Alexandra had ever met
Michael had been sent to earth to help those in need, and Alexandra certainly fit that category. But in no time he was having feelings for her that had much more to do with body than soul! Yet how could he ever tell her the truth—that he was no mere mortal, but an angel in disguise?
Alexandra Logan was at her wits' end! She was nearly broke, her farm was failing, and the local townspeople were angry at her boarders. So she looked to the skies for help...and it miraculously arrived in the very pleasing form of Michael Justice. But Michael was like no man Alexandra had ever met
Michael had been sent to earth to help those in need, and Alexandra certainly fit that category. But in no time he was having feelings for her that had much more to do with body than soul! Yet how could he ever tell her the truth—that he was no mere mortal, but an angel in disguise?
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First published January 1, 1991
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About the author
Justine Davis
252 books217 followersAuthor biographies are supposed to give you all those statistics, books written, awards won, etc. and I will, I promise...but first let me tell you about this ornery little tomboy (back then, the boys had all the fun...) who was always the one to make up the stories the neighborhood kids would "play". For those who came of age in the computer game era, this is something that was done usually in the backyard, by any number of summer-bored children, with props where appropriate. (Did you know a 55 gallon drum tied to a picnic bench makes a very cool horse?) It wasn't until much later that this tomboy realized two things: A) not everyone made up stories in their heads all the time, and B) in real life, the boys that had already had all the fun now seemed to always be winning.
But I digress. I was born on a farm down in Iowa....well, not quite, but close; Boone, Iowa is in the middle of farm country, but I arrived at a hospital. In a snow storm. Make that a blizzard. My sister tells me she knew my destiny when I was very young, because when I first saw the Disney classic Old Yeller, I was apparently so upset that I promptly went home and rewrote the story. In my version, the dog lived, of course. Should have been a clue.
Possibly in response to that blizzard I was born in, I've been a West Coaster since before I was a year old, and intend to stay that way. I have a history of staying. I started my first full time job right out of school (well, there was a very brief sojourn at a place where they made, among other things, burial vaults, but I prefer not to recall that one...) and stayed for twenty-one years. I've been married to the same wonderful guy for going on two decades now. We lived in our last house for seventeen years. (I won't even mention how many dumpsters we filled moving after that long....)
Readers seem as fascinated by my first career as they are with my writing. My time in law enforcement was many things, exciting, nerve wracking, and irritating, but most importantly never, ever boring. It was fascinating enough that I didn't think about writing seriously for several years. I kept a journal, and wrote long letters, collected quotes, mentally rewrote movies, and still made up those stories in my head, but never dreamed of actually writing for publication. I was having too much fun helping to catch bad guys, and being continually amazed at the situations people get themselves into. And eventually I walked away with a wealth of background and story ideas, and knowing some truly great people who work very hard to keep all of us safe. I'm proud to have been one of them, and I'm very aware that I have had the great good fortune of having had two jobs in my life that I love. Many people don't get even one.
But now that I'm in the delicious position of being able to make a living telling those stories in my head, I promise my readers two things: A) I'm staying--I'll keep writing as long as you keep reading, and B) in my stories, the girl--tomboy or not--always wins!
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And now, the official stats:
Justine Dare Davis sold her first book in 1989, and followed that up with the sale of nineteen novels in less than two years. Her first four books were published in 1991, and she saw all reach the finals for either the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award or the Romance Writers of America prestigious RITA Award. She has since won the RITA award four times, along with several Reviewer's Choice awards and three Career Achievement awards from Romantic Times. At the 1998 national conference, Justine was inducted into the RWA Hall of Fame, making her one of a very select group of just eight writers. She also had four titles on the Romantic Times "Top 200 of All Time" list. Her sales now total more than 45, and her books have appeared regularly on best seller lists, including the USA Today list. She has been featured in several local newspapers and nationwide by Associated Press, has appeared on CN
But I digress. I was born on a farm down in Iowa....well, not quite, but close; Boone, Iowa is in the middle of farm country, but I arrived at a hospital. In a snow storm. Make that a blizzard. My sister tells me she knew my destiny when I was very young, because when I first saw the Disney classic Old Yeller, I was apparently so upset that I promptly went home and rewrote the story. In my version, the dog lived, of course. Should have been a clue.
Possibly in response to that blizzard I was born in, I've been a West Coaster since before I was a year old, and intend to stay that way. I have a history of staying. I started my first full time job right out of school (well, there was a very brief sojourn at a place where they made, among other things, burial vaults, but I prefer not to recall that one...) and stayed for twenty-one years. I've been married to the same wonderful guy for going on two decades now. We lived in our last house for seventeen years. (I won't even mention how many dumpsters we filled moving after that long....)
Readers seem as fascinated by my first career as they are with my writing. My time in law enforcement was many things, exciting, nerve wracking, and irritating, but most importantly never, ever boring. It was fascinating enough that I didn't think about writing seriously for several years. I kept a journal, and wrote long letters, collected quotes, mentally rewrote movies, and still made up those stories in my head, but never dreamed of actually writing for publication. I was having too much fun helping to catch bad guys, and being continually amazed at the situations people get themselves into. And eventually I walked away with a wealth of background and story ideas, and knowing some truly great people who work very hard to keep all of us safe. I'm proud to have been one of them, and I'm very aware that I have had the great good fortune of having had two jobs in my life that I love. Many people don't get even one.
But now that I'm in the delicious position of being able to make a living telling those stories in my head, I promise my readers two things: A) I'm staying--I'll keep writing as long as you keep reading, and B) in my stories, the girl--tomboy or not--always wins!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
And now, the official stats:
Justine Dare Davis sold her first book in 1989, and followed that up with the sale of nineteen novels in less than two years. Her first four books were published in 1991, and she saw all reach the finals for either the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award or the Romance Writers of America prestigious RITA Award. She has since won the RITA award four times, along with several Reviewer's Choice awards and three Career Achievement awards from Romantic Times. At the 1998 national conference, Justine was inducted into the RWA Hall of Fame, making her one of a very select group of just eight writers. She also had four titles on the Romantic Times "Top 200 of All Time" list. Her sales now total more than 45, and her books have appeared regularly on best seller lists, including the USA Today list. She has been featured in several local newspapers and nationwide by Associated Press, has appeared on CN
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June 20, 2012
I have always had a fondness for the different and this book fits that, it deals with an unsual setup that isn't really explained that well, the hero Michael is a helper of sort, inducted into working for people that want to do good, my understanding was Angels. The hero was human ages ago, who almost died and then got a chance to help people. He has helped people for ages and never gotten involved until Alex.
Alex was a good person, I mean truly good who had had a difficult life. She adored her older brother Andrew and was six when he went to Vietnam, she saw what happened to him when he came back, in a wheelchair, his depression, everything and tried to help him with a little girl's love and her brother got better and had a dream of opening up a refuge for people like him, who needed healing after the war and then her parents were killed and Andrew deteriorated, his zest for life gone, and he hung on for her, she at 15 became a caretaker for her brother, while trying to hang on to their farm and it was she who begged for mercy him. At 18 she was all alone only with a dream of fulfilling her brother's wishes and opened up that refuge.
Eight years later they are struggling to hang on, the repairs and finances and then there is the town people with their disapproval. Michael comes and helps with all that, the people on the farm are wary of him at the start, he is way too good-looking and their past makes them that way but he wins all of them over and even makes them integrate with the town people by showing them that they are only human and normal.
Plus he lets Alex live a little on her own for a little while, what confuses him that he falls in love with her when he was told that was something that couldn't happen. Alex falls for him as well but she isn't that confident about herself because for eight years she has been running herself ragged, trying to survive, everyone's little sister. I loved Michael's struggle with completing his mission while not getting involved with Alex. The rules made him it impossible for him to stay no matter how much he wanted to and I loved this delicious struggle and how they try to hoard time once they gave in.
Of course since it is a romance we get our HEA.
Alex was a good person, I mean truly good who had had a difficult life. She adored her older brother Andrew and was six when he went to Vietnam, she saw what happened to him when he came back, in a wheelchair, his depression, everything and tried to help him with a little girl's love and her brother got better and had a dream of opening up a refuge for people like him, who needed healing after the war and then her parents were killed and Andrew deteriorated, his zest for life gone, and he hung on for her, she at 15 became a caretaker for her brother, while trying to hang on to their farm and it was she who begged for mercy him. At 18 she was all alone only with a dream of fulfilling her brother's wishes and opened up that refuge.
Eight years later they are struggling to hang on, the repairs and finances and then there is the town people with their disapproval. Michael comes and helps with all that, the people on the farm are wary of him at the start, he is way too good-looking and their past makes them that way but he wins all of them over and even makes them integrate with the town people by showing them that they are only human and normal.
Plus he lets Alex live a little on her own for a little while, what confuses him that he falls in love with her when he was told that was something that couldn't happen. Alex falls for him as well but she isn't that confident about herself because for eight years she has been running herself ragged, trying to survive, everyone's little sister. I loved Michael's struggle with completing his mission while not getting involved with Alex. The rules made him it impossible for him to stay no matter how much he wanted to and I loved this delicious struggle and how they try to hoard time once they gave in.
Of course since it is a romance we get our HEA.
April 17, 2021
Not sure how to rate this one. It started out with me being like "so this is 100% the movie Michael, huh," and ended with me being like "wait what."
I did appreciate the vets aspect of this book, although it definitely dated it (since the war was very clearly Vietnam). But overall...eh. 2.5 rounds up to 3 stars for me.
I did appreciate the vets aspect of this book, although it definitely dated it (since the war was very clearly Vietnam). But overall...eh. 2.5 rounds up to 3 stars for me.
August 28, 2015
Angel for Hire by Justine Davis
Alexandria runs a farm and the townsfolk have some opinions about the animals she keeps on the farm.
She needs to hire another to pull her out of troubles. Michael Justice has been sent to her to help on the farm, he's an angel in disguise.
Like the story line and how the farm got started and how wounded warriors run it along with Alex.
Liked hearing of how the neighbors help one another with Michael's help. He was not to fall in love with her. steamy sex scenes.
He opens up to her as to how long he can stay...
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
Alexandria runs a farm and the townsfolk have some opinions about the animals she keeps on the farm.
She needs to hire another to pull her out of troubles. Michael Justice has been sent to her to help on the farm, he's an angel in disguise.
Like the story line and how the farm got started and how wounded warriors run it along with Alex.
Liked hearing of how the neighbors help one another with Michael's help. He was not to fall in love with her. steamy sex scenes.
He opens up to her as to how long he can stay...
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
April 9, 2021
One of my absolute favorite old school romances! A sexy angel falling in love with a sweet young woman that is just trying to make the world a little better, a little safer for vets with PTSD. I've lost count of the number of times I have reread this book over the years. Sadly that means my paperback copy is very dogeared and falling apart.
July 18, 2025
brain mush, but it did the job when that's where my attention span is at. Now I'll go back and read my "real" book
July 29, 2015
Very good.
March 30, 2017
Beautiful story
Beautiful story. Beautiful characters. Love Michael and the way he solves problems. The story is never predictable...but you knew there had to be a happy ending. Thank you for another wonderful ending.
Beautiful story. Beautiful characters. Love Michael and the way he solves problems. The story is never predictable...but you knew there had to be a happy ending. Thank you for another wonderful ending.
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