Bad Boys And Fallen Angels

With the second book in my Fallen series, HIS DARK BOND, releasing this week, I wanted to share with you my fascination (fixation) with fallen angels and bad boys.

I grew up believing I had a guardian angel watching over me. My godmother gave me a little angel pin and told me stories. That angel was all white and gold and light. She (because I was convinced I must have a girl angel, after all!) was beautiful if invisible, and, after some of the tight spots I miraculously got out of as a child, I’m not convinced guardian angels don’t exist. But that’s not the kind of angel who fascinated me today. I admit I’m drawn to the darker side of the angelic world—the Dominions. The Dominions are one of the heavenly caste, but they’re warriors and the first-line defenders of the heavenly throne. These are tough, brutal fighters—heavenly muscle.

I blame J.R. Ward for my initial fixation with the darker side of the angel world. That damn Lassiter of hers wouldn’t let go of my imagination—he’d hang with the Brotherhood of the Black Dagger and I just wanted more, more, more of him. Her Fallen Angels series simply fed my addiction. I just finished Kristina Douglas’s RAZIEL and am looking forward to starting Felicity Heaton’s series. In fact, I have a whole keeper shelf of fallen angel stories: Michale Hauf, Gena Showalter, Cynthia Eden… fortunately for me, the list keeps growing.

Why are fallen angel heroes such bad boys? They’re rule breakers, of course. The Fallen in my books, for instance, are unrepentant, determined to do what they believe is right. They’re disciplined fighters with a cause, even if that cause just might be on the wrong side of divine law. But… the terms of the Fallen’s exile certainly don’t have them living as monks. Stripped of their wings and cast down to earth, there’s one more twist to their punishment. My Fallen can’t feel, even though they have a burning hunger to do so. They’re addicts, jonesing for that emotional fix. They get it from bonding with a human—and the best way to feed the need? Is through sex.

Of course, for me, the most powerful attraction of a bad boy is the possibility of redeeming him. When the Archangel Michael exiled the Fallen from the Heavens, he held out one slim chance of redemption. If one of the Fallen found his soul mate and fell in love with her, he could be redeemed and regain his wings. Unfortunately, the Fallen have been searching for three thousand years without any luck… but that’s about to chance. In HIS DARK BOND, Zer, the leader of the Fallen, unexpectedly discovers his soul mate—right as all hell is about to break. He’ll have to wage the ultimate war of seduction to win her over and earn his wings back.

He needed her to listen to him.  Needed her to obey.

Fortunately for them both, he was very, very good at making humans do what he needed them to do.

Deliberately, he crowded her with his large body, trapping her against the expensive leather seats.  Immediately, she tried to slide away from him, but he wasn’t having that.  Inexplicably, he wanted her–he needed her–just as close as he could get her.  This close, he could taste the delicious heat and scent of her skin.  He didn’t want her to be afraid of him. No, what he wanted was to stroke his thumbs along the sweat-slicked line of her collarbone.  Follow that feminine shadow with his tongue.  His teeth.

So who is your favorite bad boy angel? How does he redeem himself by the end of his story? Leave a comment—one randomly chosen person will win a signed set of Fallen books (print copies of Bond with Me and His Dark Bond and, yes, international readers are welcome!).

Anne

http://www.herfallenangel.com

***Artemis is the winner of the signed set of Fallen Books! Congratulations!  Artemis, please email totebag@authorsoundrelations.com with your full name and mailing address.***