Guarding Angel by S. L. Saboviec
(Fallen Redemption #1)
Publication date: May 19th 2014
Genres: Adult, Fantasy
(Fallen Redemption #1)
Publication date: May 19th 2014
Genres: Adult, Fantasy
Synopsis:
Guardian angel Enael can’t seem to keep her human Wards in check. They’re the ones who choose their paths before reincarnating—she’s just there to help make sure they stay on track. But it’s not as easy as it might look.
When she meets and falls in love with charismatic Kaspen, a fellow Guardian, Enael’s feelings about Heaven, Hell, demons, and the life she’s known are turned upside down. Worse, angel-turned-demon Yasva, Kaspen’s former love, still holds him in her clutches. Even as Yasva works toward obtaining complete control of Earth, she taunts and haunts Kaspen’s and Enael’s lives.
Now Enael is forced to face her past (which is centuries long and bursting with secrets), her present (which is terribly unfulfilling and full of questions), and her future (which becomes more uncertain as time passes). Armed with a newfound love and fear of losing it all, she must figure out how to save the world—-and the angel she loves. Which side will win? Who will Kaspen choose? Will Heaven and Earth continue to exist, or will everything go to Hell?
When she meets and falls in love with charismatic Kaspen, a fellow Guardian, Enael’s feelings about Heaven, Hell, demons, and the life she’s known are turned upside down. Worse, angel-turned-demon Yasva, Kaspen’s former love, still holds him in her clutches. Even as Yasva works toward obtaining complete control of Earth, she taunts and haunts Kaspen’s and Enael’s lives.
Now Enael is forced to face her past (which is centuries long and bursting with secrets), her present (which is terribly unfulfilling and full of questions), and her future (which becomes more uncertain as time passes). Armed with a newfound love and fear of losing it all, she must figure out how to save the world—-and the angel she loves. Which side will win? Who will Kaspen choose? Will Heaven and Earth continue to exist, or will everything go to Hell?
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10 Things I’m Glad I’ve Done
Since The
Bucket List came out, I’ve seen lots of “here’s my before-I-die list” blog
entries. I like that idea, I really do, but at the moment, I’m drowning in
to-do lists. I have my work list, which never seems to end, and my personal list,
which is so long that I’ve split it into categories. Now, instead of two, I
have about six or seven—I don’t even want to count.
But what about all the things I’ve done
with my life? Like the daily to-do list, once something happens, I tend to
discount it once it’s crossed off. But today, I’d like to pause a moment and be
grateful for all the things in the world that I’ve experienced.
Here are ten of them:
1. Gotten LASIK surgery
My big regret is doing it so young (age nineteen)
because my eyes had a tad more adjustment to do and I don’t have the perfect
vision I had when I first had the surgery done. But going from thick gas
permeable contacts to being without vision correction has been freeing in a way
only those who have glasses or contacts could understand. Thirteen years later,
I still wake up in the morning and gaze across the room in wonder that I’m able
to clearly see the details of the shirts hanging in my closer.
2. Journaled my way through college
For four solid years, I was committed to
journaling, both as a way of discovering who I was as a person and as a way to
develop my skill as a writer. Some nights I would sit in front of my computer
and spend hours chronicling the events of the past day or two. And now I have a
record of that tumultuous, exciting time in my life, one that I may or may not
ever go back and read. But having it written down is precious to me. I’m so
glad that I did it.
3. Started pursuing my writing dream at a relatively young age
After I finished college, I pursued the
sensible course of action—a stable job with a nice pension and good benefits. I
shelved my writing and didn’t look back. Yet I wasn’t fulfilled. And I kept
wondering—what was missing?
A couple years ago, I realized that for a
long time, I would think to myself, “I’ll write when I have time. Maybe when I
retire. Maybe after the next promotion. The next project. The next time I have
a long break.” Yet it never happened—until a friend helped me wake up and
realize that writing was what I
wanted to do. Never mind the career that didn’t capture my heart. So what if
writing doesn’t pay the bills? That’s not why I do it.
And so, even though I was past thirty when
I really got serious about writing, I did get serious. I’m realizing my dream,
one book, one chapter, one sentence, one word at a time. And I’m grateful that
I started, even if sometimes I want to beat myself up for starting so late.
4. Been laid off from my job of five years
This one isn’t as odd as it seems. At 27
years old, I was laid off from my job at a large bank. Due to a variety of
circumstances, I spent the next nine months struggling to find work. Yet I
count this as one of the most important things that happened to me in my life.
First, it taught me that I could overcome
just about anything. By the end, I was running up credit card debt, having
blown through all the savings I’d carefully squirreled away, never thinking
that the day would come when I’d need it. Yet I came out the other side
stronger.
And secondly, it taught me that
corporations do not care about me. And I learned it at a very young age. Since
starting my career ten years ago, I’ve seen all different demographics of
people fired or laid off—retirement age, middle age, with young children at home,
just starting their careers. And because I’ve been through it, it no longer
shocks me. I’m still appalled and saddened and angered, but I understand that
none of those emotions do me any good. I’m as loyal to my job now as I know it
is to me—which is to say, we have an understanding.
5. Been in a cutting edge guild in World of Warcraft
Yes, I have to mention this. I’m a video
gamer. In fact, it’s how I met my husband, in an online world. We played WOW
for several years before really getting into raiding, which required quite a
time and energy. Although I may never again be able to sustain the level of
commitment to a computer screen that it requires, being really, really good at something and admired by “the masses” on our
server was exciting while it lasted.
6. Fallen in love
I believe in soul mates, but I also believe
that not everyone is destined to find theirs. That my husband and I met on an
online game, another one of my loves, is both fitting and ridiculous! I’m
grateful that I found him and had the courage to have a relationship with him.
7. Moved to a city …
As a result of falling in love and another
bunch of extenuating circumstances (I seem to have a lot of those in my life),
my husband and I ended up moving to Toronto. Some days, as I trundle off the
train and get swept away by the rush hour crowd, I recall that I am a small
town girl living in the big city. I think of the excitement of going to Chicago
or New York City for the first time, the flutters in my chest at the hustle and
bustle, and I think, Boy, you sure were
an idiot.
I hate the city. The people. The smells.
The busy streets.
But I’m glad I got to live here so that I
knew what I was missing out on: not much.
Sorry, city folk.
8. … In another country
My husband is Canadian. Although Canada
isn’t quite as foreign of a country as, say, North Korea, it still has its
differences from the Midwest. Everyone is friendlier (except in the
aforementioned Toronto commute). Everyone is more accepting. Everyone is more
laid back and less concerned with everyone else’s business. Whether it’s the
country, the tapestry of different religions and beliefs, or the Greater Toronto
Area itself, I don’t know. But I do know I like the culture here, and I’m glad
I have been able to experience it.
9. Went to Africa
This is actually the one thing that sparked
the idea for this list. I loved going to Africa, and I would love to go back
someday with my husband and future children. But even if I never do, the
beauty, majesty, simplicity, and ruggedness of that continent will forever stay
with me. It’s something that I think should be on every person’s bucket list.
It was the only place that changed me by simply being.
10. Had a baby
Technically, I haven’t had a baby yet. But
sometime on or around September 3, I will become a mother.
I have a confession: I’m not a baby person.
I babysat for the money, not for the love of children. And at four months
pregnant, upon holding my friend’s newborn in my arms, I thought perhaps the
“ugh, what am I supposed to do with this thing?” feeling would be washed away
by the pregnancy hormones. It was not.
But, as they always used to tell me, when
it’s your baby, it’s different. Let me just make this clear, though: I don’t
like pregnancy, the constant need to pee, the ravenous hunger that strikes with
no regard to the clock, the aches and pains and weird stuff that you don’t even
want to know about. But when I feel my baby roll inside me or kick a painfully sensitive
spot (good golly, I wish he/she would stop doing that), some sort of oxytocin-fueled
starry-eyed-ness goes off inside me. And I’m glad. This will be an amazing
ride, I just know it. And they’re right. When it’s my baby, it’s different.
What
about you? Are there one, two, three things you’re happy, gratified, excited,
or glad to have experienced?
AUTHOR BIO
Samantha grew up in a small town in Iowa but now lives in the suburbs of Toronto with her Canadian husband and expatriate cat. In her spare time, she reads, writes, and thinks about reading and writing—along with playing the occasional video game or eight.
Author links:
www.saboviec.com
Author links:
www.saboviec.com
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