Description
<p>FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES<br /><br />At barely nineteen, Angelica Donovan became one of the more successful winners of the T.V. show Our Next Super Model. The world assumed she was destined for a happy, fairy tale life as ‘Angel,’ the beautiful girl who was living the dream; sadly, that wasn’t to be the case. As the years passed, she flashed her million dollar smile to all her fans and fought to stay on top in a profession where you never knew who it was safe to trust while the fashion industry took big bites out of her heart and soul. And trust was a constant challenge for Angel due to the painful childhood secret she guarded as carefully as she did her heart. As a result, she never did find her true love on earth.<br /><br />When she wakes up ‘dead’ from a heart condition a month before her thirty-fifth birthday, Angel is at first relieved to find there is no death, just a change of state, like ice to water, and then she’s scared because her biggest and most important adventure is about to begin.<br /><br />Angelica is chosen to be an angel in training as a spirit guide for three souls on earth! Her assignment is to help two women to gain the courage and confidence to find, recognize and embrace the love that had eluded Angel in life. But her biggest challenge will be to save a very special little girl from the same evil experience that had poisoned Angel’s own earthly happiness and altered the course of her life.<br /><br />Will Angel be able to heal her own shattered soul in the process? And will the three souls she is guiding be able to recognize her, not as a ghostly threat, but as one of those ‘friends in high places’ we all have; the kind who often end up earning their wings.<br /><br /> </p>
Story Behind The Book
I used to wonder if the fountain of youth ever were found, how would it be marketed and would people believe in it enough to buy it. I knew I wanted the book to be a love story, but I also knew that based on my characters it would be an unconventional one, especially given the world where New Life takes place.
Reviews
Not Run of the Mill<br />
All in all a good story with the classic good vs evil without having
the run of the mill plot. The reader will be treated to phrases and
characters that will stick with them long after the last page has been
turned. <br /><br />-J. Grove<br /><br /><br />Sci-Fi and Romance--A Great Read!<br />The warmth and humanity of Maria Hooley's characters shine against the
dark, cold Dal-Worth city and the evil Lifers. I, too, am a Resister.<br /><br />Janie Lytle<br /><br /><br />What An Interesting World<br />This novel is quite different from the others I've read by Hooley. It's
darker, grittier, and starker, yet despite this harsh setting so
divided by Lifers and Resisters, there is a sense of humanity and an
exploration of what it means to be human and alive.<br /><br />Brit Erman
