He is the chosen champion of both the angels and the demons and while he seems keen to bat for the forces of good, its worth bearing in mind that the forces of evil must have seen something in him that they thought they could use – otherwise they never would have agreed to his choice. Jim Heron is a rootless building contractor and an ex-military assassin. If the angels win the Earth will be “nothing but one giant frickin’ Christmas morning.” If the demons win, they get to keep all the souls on Earth and the angels will be slaves for all eternity. Since there are to be seven souls in play there is no chance of a draw or tie-breaker.

The winning side of the game will be the one with the most number of souls. This champion must be acceptable to both sides, therefore needs to have an equal capacity to do good and bad, and it will be up to this one person to influence the fate of seven souls. Both the angels and the demons need to agree on the identity a player, or champion, for their cause. The Creator is no longer thrilled by the constant fight between good and evil for supremacy.

The premise for the Fallen Angel novels is simply set up in a brief prologue at the start of Covet. So while BDB fans should keep their eyes peeled for a tiny cameo role by Phury in this story that is as far as Covet intersects with the BDB world. As far as the characters of this book are concerned vampires don’t exist. While there is a cross over of a couple of the supporting characters from Ward’s last BDB book, Lover Avenged, the existence of vampires, or lessers, is not known to the protagonists of this story. Ward now offers readers an alternative take on heaven and hell in her new Fallen Angels series.Ĭovet is set in the Caldwell of the BDB world. Best known for her hugely popular (and highly addictive) Black Dagger Brotherhood (BDB) vampire romances, J. The ReviewĬovet: A Novel of the Fallen Angels is the first book in a new paranormal romance series by J.R. With an ancient evil ready to claim him, Vin has to work with a fallen angel not only to win his beloved over. Vin diPietro long ago gave himself up to his business - until fate intervenes in the form of a tough-talking, Harley-riding, self-professed saviour, and a woman who makes him question his destiny. But everything changes when he becomes a fallen angel and is charged with saving the souls of seven people from the seven deadly sins. Redemption isn't a word Jim Heron knows much about - his specialty is revenge and, to him, sin is all relative.

Published 2009 474 pages Summary (from the book jacket)

Covet a novel of the fallen angels