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Bad Angels #1
Falling
Just what exactly happens when an angel goes bad?
Stripped of his voice, his memories, and his divinity, Rion Hunter falls to Earth in a fiery blaze. After crashing into a muddy sheep pasture in Scotland, the disgraced angel finds himself face-to-face with an unlikely a sidhe-born farmer named Rex.
Rex finds himself rapidly falling for the beautiful angel, which can be risky when the object of your affection just might be psychotic. And if that isn’t enough, the men find that they’ve come to the attention of a ravenous succubus, who has developed an appetite for Scottish farmers.
Falling isn’t so bad… it’s the landing that hurts.
Stripped of his voice, his memories, and his divinity, Rion Hunter falls to Earth in a fiery blaze. After crashing into a muddy sheep pasture in Scotland, the disgraced angel finds himself face-to-face with an unlikely a sidhe-born farmer named Rex.
Rex finds himself rapidly falling for the beautiful angel, which can be risky when the object of your affection just might be psychotic. And if that isn’t enough, the men find that they’ve come to the attention of a ravenous succubus, who has developed an appetite for Scottish farmers.
Falling isn’t so bad… it’s the landing that hurts.
93 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 1, 2009
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About the author
Belinda McBride
65 books402 followersBelinda is an award-winning, top selling author of erotic romance, speculative fiction and LGBTQ romance. She lives in far Northern California with her family and a pack of Siberian Huskies.
A graduate of CSU Chico, she managed to attend the notorious party school without once getting drunk, arrested or appearing in a "Girls Gone Wild" video. Her main focus of study was classical and archival history, cultural anthropology and
theatre arts.
A graduate of CSU Chico, she managed to attend the notorious party school without once getting drunk, arrested or appearing in a "Girls Gone Wild" video. Her main focus of study was classical and archival history, cultural anthropology and
theatre arts.
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April 13, 2010
Here was the internal conversation between me and the author while I read this book...
McBride: Okay, so this is a story about an angel who falls from grace and is forced to live on Earth with no memory of his past.
Me: That sounds good! Not totally original, but I am a fan of thise concept. Tell me more about your story.
McBride: There are demons and fae in the world as well.
Me: Great. Go on.
McBride: Oh...uh...It's based in Scotland.
Me: ...Okay, settings are...good... What is the plot?
McBride: What's that?
Me: Oh, God.
McBride: Oh, I think I know what you mean. Yes, it's filled with quickie sex scenes -- Oh! And, I'll make this into a series!
Me: Oh, God. No.
McBride: Okay, so this is a story about an angel who falls from grace and is forced to live on Earth with no memory of his past.
Me: That sounds good! Not totally original, but I am a fan of thise concept. Tell me more about your story.
McBride: There are demons and fae in the world as well.
Me: Great. Go on.
McBride: Oh...uh...It's based in Scotland.
Me: ...Okay, settings are...good... What is the plot?
McBride: What's that?
Me: Oh, God.
McBride: Oh, I think I know what you mean. Yes, it's filled with quickie sex scenes -- Oh! And, I'll make this into a series!
Me: Oh, God. No.
November 19, 2010
*** 3.5 *** Although I did enjoy this book there were just a few things disconcerting but I quickly bypassed them. First was that I thought the angel(Hunter) was not supposed to be able to speak, unless I read it wrong he was definitely able to.
Here's my heads-up Warning: In the beginning there is hetero sex, but I skipped it faster than you can say the word 'shit' :snickering: The majority of the book apart from that is M/M.
All in all not a bad read.
Here's my heads-up Warning: In the beginning there is hetero sex, but I skipped it faster than you can say the word 'shit' :snickering: The majority of the book apart from that is M/M.
All in all not a bad read.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 26, 2011
read to 82% before giving up completely. just not my thing at all... you can see a spoiler in my comments of this review for why i was thinking about stopping at 46%.
I finally stopped because not only was I bored after Rex came back but then they have
I finally stopped because not only was I bored after Rex came back but then they have
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August 3, 2009I'm not usually drawn by menages stories, but I read and re-read the blurb of this novel, and was so attracted by it. A beautiful fallen Angel, Rion, new-born to the world like a baby after his fall; the farmer sidhe who takes care of him, Rex. A story sets in Scotland, a land I visited and loved... it was too tempting to not read, and I'm very happy to have surrendered to temptation.
It's true, there is some menages inside the story, and probably a female character who has a small role in this book, will take a main role in the continuous of the series, but Falling is basically a manlove book. Rex is a creature of earth, he is bonded to the land he takes care of, and while he nurtures it, he is nurturing back. It's centuries that he is living in the Lowlands, him a creature from the North, and he doesn't know why his People sent him there till the day he finds Rion, a Fallen Angel. Rex knows that he has to take care of Rion as he took care of the land the People gave him, but it's not a simple task; a Fallen Angel can gone mad, and if it happens, the sidhe who takes care of him has to kill his protege.
At first Rion is like a baby, he has no knowledge of his past and neither of the life on Earth. Everything is a discovery, but it's simple enough since they live in a secluded farm. And when Rion finds out that also Rex is a special creature, it's even simpler: Rion is no more alone in a stranger world. But Rex realizes that he is beginning to feel for the beautiful angel, and while for him it can be a choice, Rex has experience of world and different lovers, for Rion it's not. Rion has to make experience and if he will decide that he wants to spend the rest of his immortal life with Rex, then he will do it judging in full cognition of the facts.
The story is basically simple, and the legends involved are ancient, so there is nothing new, but nevertheless it's a very good story. I feel the myths, and the love for them. Rion and Rex live far from reality, but from what little hints I read here and there, I believe the time is middle-late XIX century; the strange thing is that it's not important when the story is set, since it has an immortal feeling: the same story could have been taken and moved at our time, and it would have been the same.
It's also pretty sexy and naughty, the sex scenes between Rion and Rex are always light but good, sometime even kinky, since Rion always maintain his "angel" look, complete with long white feathered wings, and Rex sometime is in his sidhe form, with little colorful wings and a tail. Despite this, the sex is nothing strange or icky, there is only the added bonus that Rex's tail is one more appendage that can be useful... Since I'm talking of the sex, maybe it's right to also spend some word on the het sex scene: as I said there are women in the story, and not only one. Both Rion than Rex, before starting their relationship, have het sex experiences with other sidhe, willingly or unwillingly; there is also a menages a trois, but it's really very short. As I said, all the het aspect of the story are so uneventful that you can really almost forget them.
There are many factors that drew me to this story, the cover (yes I liked it), the Fallen Angel (I'm a bit naught, sex with an angel...), the magic, Scotland... all of them are masterfully blend in a very nice story. So nice that I'm quite interested in reading also the second book in the story, even if it seems from the blurb that it's more an F/F story, and it's not usually my cup of tea.
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It's true, there is some menages inside the story, and probably a female character who has a small role in this book, will take a main role in the continuous of the series, but Falling is basically a manlove book. Rex is a creature of earth, he is bonded to the land he takes care of, and while he nurtures it, he is nurturing back. It's centuries that he is living in the Lowlands, him a creature from the North, and he doesn't know why his People sent him there till the day he finds Rion, a Fallen Angel. Rex knows that he has to take care of Rion as he took care of the land the People gave him, but it's not a simple task; a Fallen Angel can gone mad, and if it happens, the sidhe who takes care of him has to kill his protege.
At first Rion is like a baby, he has no knowledge of his past and neither of the life on Earth. Everything is a discovery, but it's simple enough since they live in a secluded farm. And when Rion finds out that also Rex is a special creature, it's even simpler: Rion is no more alone in a stranger world. But Rex realizes that he is beginning to feel for the beautiful angel, and while for him it can be a choice, Rex has experience of world and different lovers, for Rion it's not. Rion has to make experience and if he will decide that he wants to spend the rest of his immortal life with Rex, then he will do it judging in full cognition of the facts.
The story is basically simple, and the legends involved are ancient, so there is nothing new, but nevertheless it's a very good story. I feel the myths, and the love for them. Rion and Rex live far from reality, but from what little hints I read here and there, I believe the time is middle-late XIX century; the strange thing is that it's not important when the story is set, since it has an immortal feeling: the same story could have been taken and moved at our time, and it would have been the same.
It's also pretty sexy and naughty, the sex scenes between Rion and Rex are always light but good, sometime even kinky, since Rion always maintain his "angel" look, complete with long white feathered wings, and Rex sometime is in his sidhe form, with little colorful wings and a tail. Despite this, the sex is nothing strange or icky, there is only the added bonus that Rex's tail is one more appendage that can be useful... Since I'm talking of the sex, maybe it's right to also spend some word on the het sex scene: as I said there are women in the story, and not only one. Both Rion than Rex, before starting their relationship, have het sex experiences with other sidhe, willingly or unwillingly; there is also a menages a trois, but it's really very short. As I said, all the het aspect of the story are so uneventful that you can really almost forget them.
There are many factors that drew me to this story, the cover (yes I liked it), the Fallen Angel (I'm a bit naught, sex with an angel...), the magic, Scotland... all of them are masterfully blend in a very nice story. So nice that I'm quite interested in reading also the second book in the story, even if it seems from the blurb that it's more an F/F story, and it's not usually my cup of tea.
http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/73...
June 11, 2009
Rion Hunter has Fallen and does not recall anything from his life as an angel. He hasn’t just lost his memories; he has lost his voice, his heavenly status and position. Rex, a Sidhe farmer tending livestock and the fields in the wilds of Scotland, rescues him from his earthly birth/grave. While he recovers from this traumatic ordeal, the Sidhe is his hope and haven in a strange and frightening new world.
Rex’s growing feelings for Hunter could prove fatal because such a powerful being, if driven to insanity by dark forces, could prove deadly. He must tread carefully with his charge. Danger waits in the form of a hungry succubus intent on feeding. Rex must prepare Hunter for the trials that face them.
What a pleasurable surprise! Bad Angels 1: Falling puts the B in bodacious. I was hoping for something unique, and Ms. McBride delivered. I offer my lavish thanks.
Belinda McBride has created an exquisite gem of a story copious with folklore and mythology. Christian tradition is beautifully interspersed with Scottish/Irish paganism. Hunter and Rex wonderfully symbolize the essence of culture and religion merging together into something wonderful. I fell in love as they fell in love. Gorgeous.
The language is picturesque and enthralling; I was captivated by the graphic and lush visuals. I was also impressed by the intricate character development, the sheer intensity and details explicitly and expertly utilized to breathe life into all the characters. The historical setting is glittering framework to the author’s artistic and lyrical writing. This series is an erotically charged literary work of art, which is why I had to recommend it to readers.
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Rex’s growing feelings for Hunter could prove fatal because such a powerful being, if driven to insanity by dark forces, could prove deadly. He must tread carefully with his charge. Danger waits in the form of a hungry succubus intent on feeding. Rex must prepare Hunter for the trials that face them.
What a pleasurable surprise! Bad Angels 1: Falling puts the B in bodacious. I was hoping for something unique, and Ms. McBride delivered. I offer my lavish thanks.
Belinda McBride has created an exquisite gem of a story copious with folklore and mythology. Christian tradition is beautifully interspersed with Scottish/Irish paganism. Hunter and Rex wonderfully symbolize the essence of culture and religion merging together into something wonderful. I fell in love as they fell in love. Gorgeous.
The language is picturesque and enthralling; I was captivated by the graphic and lush visuals. I was also impressed by the intricate character development, the sheer intensity and details explicitly and expertly utilized to breathe life into all the characters. The historical setting is glittering framework to the author’s artistic and lyrical writing. This series is an erotically charged literary work of art, which is why I had to recommend it to readers.
http://www.joyfullyreviewed.com/revie...
August 30, 2015
Rion Hunter falls to earth in a fiery blaze, crashes into a muddy sheep farm and will have to lean on his unlike rescuer – a Sidhe-born farmer named Rex in this sweetly tempting paranormal romance. First, this is a serial romance with this part of the story ending when Rex and Rion realize they have caught the attention of a succubus and begin making plans. I was completely caught up in the story and I enjoyed the authors interesting twist and unique elements in her fallen angel world and I have to say that this part of the story charmed me with its sweetly innocent air and I can’t wait to find out what happens next.
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July 27, 2010
Having read and loved An Uncommon Whore by this author, I had high expectations for Falling. I was a bit disappointed. Rion, with all his innocence an naivety is very endearing and I liked the protagonist, Rex. But the story just didn’t seem to flow well and the ending felt abrupt.
June 27, 2010
Ok fantasy m/m romance about a fallen angel who's rescued by a member of the Fae, who teaches him what he needs to know to live in the world.
August 4, 2015
Belinda McBride is not the first author who has written a story about fallen angels and she certainly won't be the last. The trick to this old hat story is how one puts a new spin on it and I think Ms. McBride has done a fairly good job with Falling.
So what made this book different for me? I think it was Rex, or more likely what Rex is: a ghillie dubh. I had to Google that to find out that is a solitary male faerie. He's has wings and a tail, and he's also gay. No surprise there since this is a M/M romance but what is strange Rion isn't. He prefers women except he's gay for Rex. There is of course more to that as anyone who reads this book will discover. Filled with curious twists along the way this novella packs quite the punch as all the layers are revealed. It the building relationship between Rion and Rex that really got me. The genuine feelings they have, not to mention the hot sex (Rex you're a bad boy with that tail!) had me devouring this story fairly quickly.
Towards the end there is a mention of the succubus, and I'm not sure what her part in the story is because no sooner than she was brought up then the book ended (Huh?), rather abruptly (What?!), with a cliffhanger. (Oh no!) I wasn't paying attention that this was a series. (*Slaps head*) Things were getting so good and now I got to wait for the next book. I guess that goes to show that I got sucked in quickly and was easily lost in the story. Falling was for me a very good beginning to what looks to be interesting series. I can't wait to see where Ms. McBride takes her Bad Angels series next.
I received this book from the JeepDiva for the express purposes of an honest review. The opinions and rating of this review are solely mine and in no way was I compensated.
Stars - 4, Flames - 4.5
So what made this book different for me? I think it was Rex, or more likely what Rex is: a ghillie dubh. I had to Google that to find out that is a solitary male faerie. He's has wings and a tail, and he's also gay. No surprise there since this is a M/M romance but what is strange Rion isn't. He prefers women except he's gay for Rex. There is of course more to that as anyone who reads this book will discover. Filled with curious twists along the way this novella packs quite the punch as all the layers are revealed. It the building relationship between Rion and Rex that really got me. The genuine feelings they have, not to mention the hot sex (Rex you're a bad boy with that tail!) had me devouring this story fairly quickly.
Towards the end there is a mention of the succubus, and I'm not sure what her part in the story is because no sooner than she was brought up then the book ended (Huh?), rather abruptly (What?!), with a cliffhanger. (Oh no!) I wasn't paying attention that this was a series. (*Slaps head*) Things were getting so good and now I got to wait for the next book. I guess that goes to show that I got sucked in quickly and was easily lost in the story. Falling was for me a very good beginning to what looks to be interesting series. I can't wait to see where Ms. McBride takes her Bad Angels series next.
I received this book from the JeepDiva for the express purposes of an honest review. The opinions and rating of this review are solely mine and in no way was I compensated.
Stars - 4, Flames - 4.5
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