Feeling weak as a baby, Guild Hunter Elena Deveraux finally awakes from her year-long coma after Archangel Rafael turned her into a made-Angel. The change gives her power she can use to hunt vampires; unfortunately she needs to regain strength before she can tap into those powers. To do so, she must retrain in the art of battle, survive aching muscles and learn how to fly before she can be of any help to the Guild. Because she is now a made-Angel, she has everyone's attention. Those in her life before are unsure whether she is alive or dead, and those she is living with now are skeptical of what her presence means, with only a few who actually care about her. Elena's peaceful healing is cut short when the oldest and most dangerous Archangel invites her to a ball in her honor.

Rafael does not regret changing Elena to one of his kind, though he was ordered to kill her. During a fatal fight, she was broken and falling, the only thing he knew to do was give her life enhanced as an Angel. She has ended up stealing his heart instead and is now his only weakness. He must look after her until she is strong enough to protect herself from the dangers of the world, including those like him. Meanwhile, someone is endangering the innocent lives of the rare and treasured children of their kind. Rafael needs Elena's skills as a hunter to locate and stop the vampires and Angels from disrupting the peace. But will she let go of her own nightmares to be something more?

Nalini Singh's Guild series is a powerful and soul- gripping saga with characters who are completely unique and detailed to perfection. Purely a pleasure to read!

Book Summary

New York Times bestselling author of Angels' Blood

Vampire hunter Elena Deveraux wakes from a year-long coma to find that she has become an angel-and that her lover, the stunningly dangerous archangel Raphael, likes having her under his control. But almost immediately, Raphael must ready Elena for a flight to Beijing, to attend a ball thrown by the archangel Lijuan. Ancient and without conscience, Lijuan's power lies with the dead. And she has organized the most perfect and most vicious of welcomes for Elena...

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