Saving Evangeline by Nancee Cain
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Synopsis
Evangeline is the town pariah. Everyone knows she’s crazy and was responsible for the death of her last boyfriend. Even her mother left her and moved cross-country. Lonely and desperate, Evie decides to end her life.
Rogue angel Remiel longs to return to earth, but there’s just one problem. He tends to invite trouble and hasn’t been allowed back since Woodstock. The Boss sends him to save Evangeline, but there’s a catch: he can’t reveal his angelic nature, and he must complete the task as Father Remiel Blackson.
Forced together on a cross-country trip, a forbidden romance ignites and love unfolds. A host of heavenly messengers tries to intervene, but Remiel and Evangeline are headed on a collision course to disaster. Will his love save her, or will they both be lost forever?
Excerpt
“Evangeline, wake up!”
“No,” I whimper, squeezing my eyes harder and swatting at the hand on my shoulder.. The warm hand shakes me, again.
“Come on, Crazy Girl, you need to get out of the tub. This isn’t fair. I didn’t sign on for this kind of temptation. I’m only human remember,” Remi murmurs, his voice laced with frustration.
My eyes snap open, and I struggle to sit up, covering my nakedness as best as I can with my hands and knees. The bubbles are gone. The water is cold. And my skin burns with embarrassment. A rumble of thunder and crack of lightning splits the air and we’re plunged into darkness.
“Thank God,” he mutters followed by a grunt. I figure he must’ve run into the counter. Remi swears under his breath, and wind hits the side of the house, whistling with intensity.
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Michel’s Review
*** Best Book of Summer 2015 ***
*** Buy This Book ***
Wow! Nancee Cain has made an outstanding debut with Saving Evangeline ! This book has everything that readers look for in a book. This book celebrates the human spirit. It celebrates the gift of life, the gift of choice, and the beauty of love in all forms. It is also loaded with humor and witty dialogue. I laughed my butt off and cried my heart out. I swooned with the passion and felt warm & fuzzy with each hug. This book touched me in so many ways. When a book does that I give it 6 Stars without question.
Remi ( Remiel ) is a bored guardian angel. Due to his antics and moments of defiance in heaven, he has been assigned to working the admittance lines at the Pearly Gates. There is nothing worse than working with the stodgy, stuffy, old St. Peter. He wants a new job. As the old saying goes… be careful what you wish for. The boss (God) has a new assignment for him. He has a new soul to save. This time he is forewarned that he has to toe the line and follow the rules. The boss is going to make sure that Remi stays on the right path and doesn’t screw up. One way to make sure that happens is to send him to earth as a priest. How can he get in trouble wearing the cloth and representing the church? The problem is that the boss underestimated the resourcefulness of his talented employee. He needs to send a text with specific instructions….
Your are Father Remiel Blackson
a Roman Catholic priest on sabbatical.
Save Evangeline Lourdes Salvatore.
P. S. Smoking is bad for you,
and don’t drink and drive.
Evie has suffered heartbreak, loss, bouts of mental illness, and self loathing all her life. Her life has spiraled out of control. She no longer has hope. She has lost her faith. She no longer cares if she lives or dies. She feels betrayed and alone. She has decided to take her own life. Just as she is about to jump off the bridge and end it all, a priest is there to talk her down. His unconventional reasoning, being that he can’t swim, gets her attention. She decides that she can wait another day to do herself in.
This unconventional priest has a way of keeping her attention. From the moment she climbs in the car and hears Led Zepplin’s “Stairway To Heaven” on the radio, her life is on a new path. This smoking hot priest that drinks too much beer, smokes too many cigarettes, curses like a sailor, and defies convention will change her life. He will show her that she deserves to be loved unconditionally.
On top of her suicidal tendencies, Evie receives news that her mother’s heart is failing. Even though she has been a bad daughter and put her mother through hell, she still needs to be there for her mother. Remie and Evie will embark on a road trip from Florida to Seattle. This will end up being more than a trip that gets her to her sick mother. Along the way Remi will teach Evie many life lessons. He will use creative ways to teach her the value of life, love, and happiness. Along the way Remi will stray and give into temptation. It’s a good thing The Boss is watching and sends some helping hands.
Two interfering old biddies, Mary and Martha, will teach Remi not to be such a cheap skate. Franco ( St. Francis), the convince store clerk, will give Evie and Remi a stray dog named Goner, to act as chaperone along the way. He will show Evie that she still cares. The hitch hiking cowboy, Rafe ( Raphael) will run interference when the passions begins to heat up. The bleach blonde barfly, Mary Magdelene, will buy them time and give them the precious moments they need at the end of the journey.
Evie and Remi’s journey will be more than redemption. They both will learn the value of living life to the fullest. They will learn the wonders of unconditional love. They will learn the mercy of The Boss’ love. They will both learn that love has healing powers once you surrender and open up to receive it. In the end the boss gave both of them a wondrous gift.
The ending to Saving Evangeline came as quite a surprise. It didn’t end how I hoped that it would . I was completely satisfied with the ending. In fact it is what made the story shine in all it’s beauty.
I am hoping that we will see more of our heavenly friends in the future from Nancee Cain. The cranky cowboy needs a good kick in the butt and to be thrown out off of his high horse. Our sexy barfly needs a big hug and her own happily ever after. Franco needs a day off. And St. Peter needs to lighten up and attend a Bonnaroo festival.
Nancee Cain… thank you for this wonderful book. I closed this book feeling all warm and fuzzy. My smile was more radiant than the sun!
Author Bio:Nancee Cain writes contemporary and paranormal romances with a serrated edge. In her stories she addresses some tough social issues, but always with a healthy dose of humor.
Her daytime hours are consumed by nursing in the never boring field of substance abuse. This is rather ironic since at age 22, she met her real-life hero in a bar. She swears the amount of alcohol she’d consumed had nothing to do with her boisterous proclamation she’d met her future husband. A year later, she married him.
Raised below the Mason-Dixon line, she dishes sarcasm like a Southern woman dishes blackberry cobbler, sweet and tart. She considers life too short not to laugh and too serious not to discuss. Her ultimate book hero will always be Atticus Finch.
An avid reader and admitted autographed book junkie, Nancee needs a 12-step program for her compulsive book buying. Her Devoted Hubby swears her To-Be-Read list qualifies her as a certifiable book hoarder.
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I’m blown away by this. Thank you.
Excellent review for an Excellent book.
Excellent book. Nancee ‘s debut novel is phenomenal. I laughed, I cried, I smiled a lot, and I had to read in one setting. Looking forward to the next Angel and Boss.