Reviewed by Tammy
TITLE: Fallen Angel
SERIES: An Angel of 13th Street #2
AUTHOR: Eden Winters
PUBLISHER: Rocky Ridge Books
LENGTH: 239 pages
RELEASE DATE: February 27, 2017
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2nd Edition
Who can save the rescuer of lost souls?
For ten years, ex-rent boy Noah Everett has fought the good fight, offering second chances to those still in the life. Now he’s cracking under the stress. What began as a two-man mission is now going corporate, meaning rules, regulations and inexperienced volunteers needing guidance in a field Noah makes up as he goes along. Who can he turn to when his mentor’s strength is all but gone and his lover is leaving for college—possibly for good?
Four years at State with a full ride scholarship will launch Jeremy Kincaid’s future, but his present includes Noah, Doc, and the closest he’s ever had to a family. And a meth addict who’s become Jeremy’s own personal mission.
An attack sends Noah spinning out of control. Jeremy has to find the way to reach Noah before the man he knows and loves disappears forever.
First Edition published May 9th 2012 by Torquere Press
REVIEW:
Warning: You will need your tissues!!
Noah Everett repeated word is tired. He’s been the Angel of 13th Street for the last 10 years, saving the rent boys and girls who wanted to be saved. Noah started working with Doc, the man who saved his life when he himself was a rent boy and consequently almost killed when he was thrown out of a window and landed on the bonnet of a car. Noah’s boyfriend Jeremy is in his last days at high school, which means he’s studying like a fiend and still trying to save ex-rent boy Lark. Lark is only 27 years old but he looks like he’s in his late 30’s. Whilst Jeremy is trying to keep up with his school work, his job at the laundromat, his job trying to give people who want it a second chance and on top of all that keep his relationship with Noah fresh and strong.
Things start to fall apart when Chip, the young man Noah has been trying to help keeps giving him the run-around, then his boyfriend {pimp} decides to meet Noah to make sure he knows to leave Chip alone, forcefully! Then, everything falls apart, Lark tries to commit suicide, Noah begins lying to Jeremy to keep him “safe”, Doc makes a lot of new rules and regulations about their cause, which Noah has named Cook’s Cause, after Doc who started trying to give rent boys a second chance when his only son died in his arms after being beaten to death for no reason.
The stress gets that bad Noah is getting stress headaches constantly, when Noah is attacked and almost killed he becomes paranoid about keeping Jeremy safe. While Noah is falling apart Jeremy is trying to help Noah recover from his attack as well as making sure the man he loves doesn’t disappear completely. Even though Jeremy knows Noah is falling apart but he can’t do anything to help him if he won’t acknowledge that anything is wrong.
Fallen Angel is the brilliantly written conclusion to The Angel of 13th Street. Eden has once again been able to not only ensnare the reader but keep you engrossed in the unfolding story. Although I would dearly love to read one final story of what happens to Noah, Jeremy, Doc, Lark and everyone else involved with Cook’s Cause. I have no hesitation in recommending this book for you to read.
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I think the bit at the beginning about keeping a tissue handy sounds appropriate! Congratulations, Eden. =) It sounds like you have another winner here. And I really do want to sit down with you one day like we haven’t been able to do yet, and pick your mind about how we come up with these strories.