Pastry chef Andrea Stewart's younger sister Celie has
gotten into mischief again, but this time it's serious.
Celie followed her recent boyfriend to a dude ranch in
Montana, and rumour has it that it is a recruiting centre
for ISIS. Andrea opts for a professional security agency
instead of going to the FBI; her sister is not in Montana
against her wishes after all. Andrea chose Wings
International Security run by Cnut Sigurdsson. Cnut, was
punished over a thousand years ago by the Archangel
Michael for being a glutton; Cnut's penance was to become
a vampire angel to rid the world of demon vampires, and
luck -- or lack thereof -- has it that Michael has made
it
a priority for the vangels -- Cnut and his 6 brothers --
to
focus on ISIS. Cnut doesn't have much choice to help
Andrea, but the fact that she smells so deliciously of
coconut is very distracting indeed.
In the latest instalment of Sandra Hill's fabulous
Deadly Angels series, she pairs a Viking vampire
angel with a love of food, and the Food Network, with a
pastry chef: how devious is that? Scrumptiously
wonderful! I'm repeating myself, but this series only
keeps getting better, and all the books are so different
from one another, I cannot help but bow very low to the
delightfully naughty genius of Ms. Hill. THE ANGEL WORE
FANGS was not exactly what I expected, as about half of
the book takes place in 850 Norselands, Cnut's
birthplace, and not directly in the quest to find Celie.
I am not a fan of time travel, and yet this is what
definitely charmed me most about this book. Unlike what
we usually experience with this sort of trope, there is a
purpose to Ms. Hill's madness: the episode in Norselands
contributes to some wonderful character development, and
better yet the author's vast knowledge of the Viking era:
the customs, the food, the whole way of life is
spellbinding because of its authenticity. There is none
of the past-versus-now silliness that quickly becomes
annoying. Cnut is really an adorable, bumbling Viking,
but not clownish in any way, and I loved how real he was,
in spite of his paranormal state. Andrea is also very
easy to relate to: she knows what she wants, she is
scared of too many things, and yet, she rises to every
occasion bravely; Cnut and Andrea make a most lovely
couple. The romance is absolutely perfect: it progressed
organically, I loved how Cnut and Andrea behaved towards
each other, nothing was rushed; it's simply a gorgeous
romance!
As always, there is the splendid writing, the coarse
Viking humour, the spectacularly hilarity: I caught
myself giggling and snorting; actually, I would advise
not to read the first part of THE ANGEL WORE FANGS in
public, as it could lead to some embarrassment, because
it is so funny. My heart is nearly breaking as THE ANGEL
WORE FANGS is the next to last book in this series, and
the last one promises to be a doozie! I just loved THE
ANGEL WORE FANGS so much: thank you, Sandra Hill, for
this marvellous book!
New York Times bestselling author Sandra Hill
continues her sexy Deadly Angels series, as a Viking
vangel’s otherworldly mission pairs him with a beautiful
chef who whets his thousand-year-old appetite . . .
Once guilty of the deadly sin of gluttony, thousand-year-old
Viking vampire angel Cnut Sigurdsson is now a lean, mean,
vampire-devil fighting machine. His new side-job? No biggie:
just ridding the world of a threat called ISIS while keeping
the evil Lucipires (demon vampires) at bay. So when chef
Andrea Stewart hires him to rescue her sister from a cult
recruiting terrorists at a Montana dude ranch, vangel turns
cowboy. Yeehaw!
The too-tempting mortal insists on accompanying him,
surprising Cnut with her bravery at every turn. But with
terrorists stalking the ranch in demonoid form, Cnut
teletransports Andrea and himself out of danger—accidentally
into the tenth-century Norselands. Suddenly, they have to
find their way back to the future to save her family and the
world . . . and to satisfy their insatiable attraction.
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