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Catherine Condie

Catherine Condie

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Born in Cambridge,UK, Catherine began her career in PR and corporatecommunications, progressing as an editor of science journals, and ascommunications advisor for a European programme. She currently works ininternet marketing and is a school literacy governor. Catherine is alsoa singer/songwriter and guitarist, and plays in a rock band.

Friends in High Places

Friends in High Places

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<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

An adventure written in the style of a children's classic, Whirl of the Wheel is an time-travelling tale with historical content and, of course, more than a touch of imagination to fire it along. Lead character Connie is based on my lovely friend Katie. I do hope you enjoy the story . . .

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<div class="comment"> <p>A review from a MobileRead reader . . </p> <p>&quot;Fantastic, a heart-warming and delightful tale, as difficult to put down as I used to find the Swallows and Amazons books by Arthur Ransome, and certainly one of the best children’s works I’ve read in years!</p> <p>As I said on the forum, I thought you developed your characters very quickly, and managing to make me care about them, especially Connie, your plot was intriguing and full of surprises, it rolled along at just the right pace, and built to a really fantastic ending.</p> <p>I hope you will make this a series, and put them in the public domain, before you become the star for one of the big publishing houses and make lots and lots of money for yourself!</p> <p>As I’m sure you realise, I very much enjoyed reading your book, and I am definitely a Fan, can’t wait to read the next one, whether it’s free or bought.&quot;<br /><br /><strong>Review by: </strong> <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/shaynep">Shayne Parkinson</a> on Jan. 11, 2010 : <img src="https://www.smashwords.com/static/img/star.png" alt="star" /><img src="https://www.smashwords.com/static/img/star.png" alt="star" /><img src="https://www.smashwords.com/static/img/star.png" alt="star" /><img src="https://www.smashwords.com/static/img/star.png" alt="star" /><img src="https://www.smashwords.com/static/img/star.png" alt="star" /><br /> This is a lovely blend of magic and realistic historical fiction. The period details feel convincing without ever being overdone, and the children are credible, with the sorts of fears and priorities that feel right for their age and situation.<br /><br /> I was reminded a little of the &quot;Green Knowe&quot; books, with the shifting in time element and with the wonderful old house that's a character in its own right. This book has the charm of those classics, while having modern details (such as the World Wide Web) that perhaps make it more accessible to readers who find the classics distancing.</p> </div>