Covet by J.R. Ward
Love Interest: CEO
Heat Level: Hot
Covet is an older book that ended up on my radar because it featured angels. While the love interest is not an angel (don’t get your hopes up), there is an angel deuteragonist, and he features heavily throughout the story.
Following the crumbling lives and subsequent redemptions of three broken people, Covet starts off with Jim Heron: an ex-soldier who is trying to restart his life. When Jim is killed during workplace accident, he is brought back to life as a “fallen angel.”
Jim’s new job? To save the soul of his ex-boss, Vin DiPietro—a ruthless, beautiful man whose girlfriend Jim slept with.
Looking for the context clues, Jim assumes that “saving Vin” requires a romantic intervention and couples’ counselling. However, his ex-boss abruptly dumps his girlfriend and falls in love with a prostitute, Marie-Terese. When a demon starts hunting them, all bets (including Jim’s plans to play Cupid) are off.
Expertly paced, immersive, and almost tactile in how it sets up each scene, Covet manages to keep you on the edge of your seat before concluding the story on a pitch-perfect HEA.
Content Warnings: Stalking, on-page murder, flashbacks to the aftermath of a gang rape, attempted sexual assault, implied sexual assault of a male character (somewhat nebulous because its a dream sequence), mentions of domestic abuse, mentions of parental abuse, and child abduction.
Read Some Angel Paranormal Romance Books
Angels are one of the many supernatural creatures that show up in the paranormal subgenre. Really, what’s not to love, with those good looks and the feathers? That flying, too. It’s delightful to read.
While we’re on the subject: if you’re looking for more angel-focused media, check out this exclusive excerpt from Nalini Singh’s ARCHANGEL’S SUN. It’s one of the later installments in a series.
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