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Errant Angel
Dalton Mackay Was No Angel
Evangeline Law was - and she had never met a human she couldn't save. Dalton, with his devil-may-care swagger, would have been a challenge - if he were her mission. But Evangeline had her divine orders, and Dalton would have to fend for himself.
Evangeline Law Was No Lady...
There was something odd about Evangeline, but Dalton couldn't put his finger on it. He only knew he was crazy about her - or maybe just plain crazy. Because suddenly Dalton found himself believing in things he never had before. Impossible things - like heaven. And destiny. And love...
Spellbound: Because Love can Conquer Anything
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published March 1, 1995
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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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September 13, 2012
4 stars
Another good book, the heroine kind of works on behalf of the good people and is kind of a screw up since she tends to go off script. Her new assignment is a teenage boy but she constantly finds herself drawn to the hero who is himself wallowing in guilt and had the same upbringing as the boy . She experiences emotion when she was told by the people who saved her that she never would. I liked the romance and the book was sexy as well and there was this mind connection between the hero and heroine which I found very romantic .
Another good book, the heroine kind of works on behalf of the good people and is kind of a screw up since she tends to go off script. Her new assignment is a teenage boy but she constantly finds herself drawn to the hero who is himself wallowing in guilt and had the same upbringing as the boy . She experiences emotion when she was told by the people who saved her that she never would. I liked the romance and the book was sexy as well and there was this mind connection between the hero and heroine which I found very romantic .
February 18, 2015
I first read this book years ago when Justine Davis was one of my favourite authors – not that she isn’t still – but that was back when I was just getting back into reading romance and I hadn’t found that many authors yet. She wrote some wonderful Harlequin books and this was one of my favourites. When I was buying her Coalition Rebellion series I was checking what else she had available and I saw this one, had very fond memories and got it. Written back in 1995 (Wow! – That’s a long time ago now isn’t it?) this one has really stood the test of time quite well. The only thing I really noticed is when the heroine was trying to do some research on the hero, who was quite well known in a past life, checked looked him up in the library microfilm instead of google – but that was it.
I love listening to Coast to Coast AM before I get up in the mornings. One of their main topics is the aliens amongst us. The heroine of this book, Evangeline Law works with/for, what I think are an advanced alien race whose goal it is to help those in trouble. Because they can’t do hands on help themselves, they recruit earthlings who are just about to die, save them, give them special powers and give them assignments to help people in need. I know that sounds kind of silly, but it really works. Evangeline is sent to help a young man who has lost all his family and is staying with foster parents. He in on the edge of getting involved with a bad crowd because he is lost and rebellious. She discovers he has a bit of an idol in Dalton Mackay, the hero. He’s had terrible things happen himself in his past. He was once a very promising race car driver, but a crash that killed someone he held dear, has changed his life. He now leads a lonely and guilt ridden existence as a mechanic who fixes cars in a small town.
Angelina is working as a teacher in the school Jimmy, the boy she is to help, is one of her students. She decides to try and work with Dalton to help Jimmy. But right from the start she has these “feelings” for Dalton. In her role as helping those who need it, she has had her feelings ‘fixed’ so she doesn’t really have them. But she does for Dalton and they are very confusing. And he has them for her too. But because of events that happened in his past, he doesn’t feel he deserves her.
As I said earlier, this book held up very well and I enjoyed it very much the second time around, years later and I have no problems recommending this book.
I love listening to Coast to Coast AM before I get up in the mornings. One of their main topics is the aliens amongst us. The heroine of this book, Evangeline Law works with/for, what I think are an advanced alien race whose goal it is to help those in trouble. Because they can’t do hands on help themselves, they recruit earthlings who are just about to die, save them, give them special powers and give them assignments to help people in need. I know that sounds kind of silly, but it really works. Evangeline is sent to help a young man who has lost all his family and is staying with foster parents. He in on the edge of getting involved with a bad crowd because he is lost and rebellious. She discovers he has a bit of an idol in Dalton Mackay, the hero. He’s had terrible things happen himself in his past. He was once a very promising race car driver, but a crash that killed someone he held dear, has changed his life. He now leads a lonely and guilt ridden existence as a mechanic who fixes cars in a small town.
Angelina is working as a teacher in the school Jimmy, the boy she is to help, is one of her students. She decides to try and work with Dalton to help Jimmy. But right from the start she has these “feelings” for Dalton. In her role as helping those who need it, she has had her feelings ‘fixed’ so she doesn’t really have them. But she does for Dalton and they are very confusing. And he has them for her too. But because of events that happened in his past, he doesn’t feel he deserves her.
As I said earlier, this book held up very well and I enjoyed it very much the second time around, years later and I have no problems recommending this book.
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