Rapture (Fallen Angels Series #4)

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The hardcover debut of the Fallen Angels series from #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Black Dagger Brotherhood.

After reporter Mels Carmichael hits a disheveled man with her car outside the local cemetery, she pays a visit to the stranger in the hospital. The only thing he remembers of his past is seeing a name written on a headstone: that of Jim Heron—a fallen angel charged with rescuing souls from the seven deadly sins. Now, as Mels struggles to help this mysterious...

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Overview

The hardcover debut of the Fallen Angels series from #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Black Dagger Brotherhood.

After reporter Mels Carmichael hits a disheveled man with her car outside the local cemetery, she pays a visit to the stranger in the hospital. The only thing he remembers of his past is seeing a name written on a headstone: that of Jim Heron—a fallen angel charged with rescuing souls from the seven deadly sins. Now, as Mels struggles to help this mysterious stranger rediscover himself, Heron himself returns to prepare for a battle between good and evil.

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What People Are Saying

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Praise for J.R. Ward and her novels of the Fallen Angels:

“Fans of the brotherhood, clear a shelf: your next series addiction has just begun.”—Publishers Weekly

“This is a great series.”—Night Owl Reviews

“It grabbed me from the very beginning.”—SmexyBooks

“A fantastic read…Go get this book!”—Fresh Fiction

“A sumptuous mix of danger and romance.”—Booklist

“[Ward’s] incredibly unique style of writing, mixed with her outrageous shocks and twists…changed the face of paranormal romance.”—Suite101.com

“Proves that J.R. Ward’s talents don’t stop at vampires.”—LoveVampires.com

“Complex…fascinating.”—Midwest Book Review

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780451238016
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 9/25/2012
  • Series: Fallen Angels Series , #4
  • Pages: 512
  • Sales rank: 88,388
  • Product dimensions: 6.40 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 1.70 (d)

Meet the Author

J. R. Ward is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels, including the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.  She lives in the South with her family.

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This was not his house.

As the taxi pulled over in front of a ranch in a modest neighborhood, Matthias knew he didn’t live under its roof. Hadn’t. Wouldn’t.

“You gettin’ out or not?”

Matthias met the driver’s eyes in the rearview. “Gimme a minute.”

“Meter’s running.”

Nodding, he got out and relied on his cane as he went up the front walk, swinging his bad leg in a wide circle so he didn’t have to bend his knee. Things were hardly Home Sweet Home: There was a branch down in the scrubby hedge that ran under the bay window. The lawn was scruffy. Weeds had sprouted in the gutters, reaching for the sun so high above.

The front door was locked, so he cupped his hands and looked into the windows on either side. Dust bunnies. Mismatched furniture. Sagging drapes.

There was a cheapo tin mailbox screwed into the bricks, and he opened the top. Circulars. A coupon book addressed to “Occupant.” No bills, credit card applications, letters. The only other piece of mail was an AARP magazine that had the same name as that of the driver’s license he’d been given.

Matthias rolled the mag up, shoved it into his wind-breaker, and headed back to the cab. Not only was this not his residence, nobody lived here. Best guess was that the person had died within, say, four to six weeks—long enough so that the family had cleaned up the accounts payable issues, but before they emptied the place out to put it on the market.

Getting into the cab, he stared straight ahead.

“Where to now?”

With a groan, Matthias shifted over and got out his wallet. Sliding Mels Carmichael’s business card free, he was struck by an overriding conviction that he shouldn’t involve the woman.

Too dangerous.

“What’ll it be, pal?”

But shit, he had to start somewhere. And his brain was like an Internet connection gone bad.

“Trade Street,” he gritted.

As they headed for the downtown area and got caught in a net of traffic, he stared into the other cars and saw people drinking coffee, talking to passengers, stopping at red lights, going on green. Totally foreign to him, he thought. The kind of life where you nine-to-five’d your way into a grave at the age of seventy-two was not how he’d lived.

So what was, he asked his dumb-ass gray matter. What the fuck was?

All he got back was a headache while he strained for an answer.

As the Caldwell Courier Journal facility came into view, he took out one of the ten twenties in the wallet. “Keep the change.”

The cabdriver seemed more than happy to get rid of him.

Taking up res on the periphery of the front doors, Matthias loitered in the sunshine, being careful not to meet any stares—and there were a lot of them: For some reason, he tended to attract attention, usually from women—then again, the Florence Nightingale stuff was something the fairer sex was known for, and he did have scars on his face.

Ooooooh, romantic.

Eventually, he took cover across the street at the bus stop, parking it on the hard plastic bench and breathing in the secondhand smoke from people impatient for their public trans to arrive. The waiting didn’t bother him. It was as if he were used to lurking, and to pass the time he played a game, memorizing the faces of the people who came and went out of the CCJ offices.

He was extremely good at it. One look was all it took, and he had the person in his database.

At least his short-term memory was working—

The double doors pushed wide, and there she was.

Matthias sat up straighter as the sunlight hit her hair and all kinds of copper showed. Mels Carmichael, associate reporter, was with a heavyset guy who had to hitch his khakis up higher around his hips before they hit the steps. The two appeared to be arguing back and forth about something in the way friends did, and when Mels smiled, it appeared as if she had won whatever debate—

Like she knew he was watching, she glanced across the street, and stopped dead. Touching her buddy on the sleeve, she said something, and then parted ways with the man, cutting through the traffic, coming over.

Matthias plugged his cane into the pavement, and tugged his rags into place as he stood. He had no idea why he wanted to look better for her, but he did—then again, hard to look worse. His clothes weren’t his, his cologne was Eau d’Hospital Soap, and he’d washed his hair with the antibacterial stuff because that was all he’d had.

Naturally, his bad eye, that ugly, ruined thing, was what she looked at first. How could she not?

“Hi,” she said.

Man, she looked great in her normal everyday clothes, those slacks and that wool jacket and the cream scarf she wore loose around her neck looking runway fine, as far as he was concerned.

Still no wedding ring.

Good, he thought for no apparent reason.

Shifting his gaze to the right, so maybe his defect wouldn’t be so obvious, he returned the “Hi.”

Well, shit, now what. “I’m not stalking you, I swear.” Liar. “And I would have called, but I’ve got no phone.”

“It’s okay. Do you need something? The police called me this morning with a follow-up, and I think they were still planning on speaking with you?”

“Yeah.” He let that one stand where it was. “Listen, I?.?.?.”

The fact that he was leaving a sentence hanging seemed very unnatural, but his brain just wasn’t producing.

“Let’s sit down,” she said, gesturing to the seat. “I can’t believe they let you out.”

At that moment, a bus showed up, rumbling to a halt and blocking the sun, its hot diesel breath making him cough. As the pair of them settled on the bench, they kept quiet while the kibitzers filed on their ride.

When the bus kept going, the sunlight reappeared, bathing her in a yellow light.

For some stupid reason, his eyes started blinking hard.

“What can I do for you?” she asked softly. “Are you in pain?”

Yes. But it wasn’t physical. And it got worse whenever he looked at her. “How do you know I need help?”

“I’m guessing your memory didn’t magically come back.”

“No, it hasn’t. But that’s not your fault.”

“Well, I hit you. So I owe you.”

He made a motion to his lower body. “I was like this before.”

“Can you remember anything? Prior to the accident, I mean.” As he shook his head, she murmured, “A lot of servicemen have come back in your condition.”

Ah...as in Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, he thought. And part of that fit. The government...yes, he’d had something to do with the Department of Defense, or national security...or…

But he wasn’t a Wounded Warrior. Because he hadn’t been a hero.

“They found my wallet,” he blurted.

“Oh, that’s great.”

For some reason he gave it to her.

As she opened the thing and looked at the driver’s license, she nodded. “That’s you.”

Focusing on the Caldwell Courier Journal emblem that hung over the door she’d walked out of, he said, “Look, all this is off the record, okay?”

“Absolutely.”

“And I wish I had another option. I wish...I don’t want to get you in trouble.”

“You haven’t asked me to do anything yet.” She stared at him. “What do you have in mind?”

“Can you find out who that is?” He pointed to the driver’s license. “Because it’s not me.”

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 5, 2012

    Really????

    I bought a Nook to say money on the cost of books. I love J.R. Ward, but not enough to spend $14.99 on an e-book. If I'm going to spend that much money, I'll spend the extra on the hard cover. I still like the feel of holding a good book in my hands. If the cost of good authors continues to rise, I may have to go back to watching TV.

    26 out of 38 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 5, 2012

    $15 for an ebook?

    JR Ward is my favorite author but there is no way in hell I am paying $15 for an ebook. Especially while it isnt even from the BDB series. Fallen series is good but def not worth that kind of money. It makes me worry about how much they will ask for the next BDB book. Ridiculous.

    22 out of 31 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2012

    No..not cool

    The hard cover is available on sale for $16. The other books in the series are $7.99. Why is this one twice the cost of the others...... this one i will make a trip to barnes and noble so that i can read it in the store. Take that b&n!

    19 out of 27 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 4, 2012

    Too expensive for an ebook

    Insane

    11 out of 21 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 2, 2012

    $$$$

    Why so much money? I will pass although I am sure I would have enjoyed it.

    9 out of 20 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted September 29, 2012

    Rapture

    Rapture is another Fallen Angel novel that follows the battle between heaven and hell for seven chosen souls. Winner take all in this battle for the domination of the inhabitants of both heaven and earth. In this book, the soul in question is that of Matthias, who appeared in the book Crave. Does he deserve another chance at salvation?
    There is Mels Carmichael who literally runs into Matthias and the adventure begins. Their interaction and the mystery of Matthias’s amnesia is the main topic in this book. We visit with the characters of the previous books as they battle for Matthias’s soul. It a book about redemption.
    I recommend this book. I suggest that you read the previous books in order to understand what is really taking place in this book. I love the Fallen Angel book series. J.R. Ward is an excellent author and I have loved every book she has written.

    9 out of 10 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 11, 2012

    Too expensive

    I agree with others and will wait for library to stock. I bought nook fo space and cost issues. Paying 15 for something that has no raw material costs is not going to happen. Boo on b and n for those of us willing to be green and charging more to do it.

    7 out of 11 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 27, 2012

    Awesome!!

    Book 4 in a series that will keep you up at night! The writing is excellent and keeps the pages turning. I finish each book and wonder how they could get any better. She has done it again!

    6 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted September 27, 2012

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    great read

    Really great book. Kept me entertained all the way.

    6 out of 9 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 5, 2013

    Is this cost serious???

    $14 for an eBook !!!! Let alone a romance book? With all due disrespect to BN and/the publishers who are trying to shaft their avid fans just because they think they can; get over yourselves!!! Even at soft porn, these books arent worth this much!!!
    People buy ebooks to save space and the environment and you try to take advantage of them!!! Its a sham!

    5 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 10, 2012

    OMG this was the best!

    I enjoyed this book the most out of the angel series. The story was well written. The action was through out the book & I could not get enough. Yes this one had romance along with the "game" of good vs. evil. I am excited for the next installment of this series; wonder who the new soul will be. I just hope we do not have to wait over a year for the next book. Thank you JR Ward for another awesome read!

    5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 11, 2012

    This book I liked

    My Fav Fav is Crave the 2nd in the Fallen Angels series. I was into the first one, loved the second, definetly meh on the third,..but I was happy this one picked it back up a notch. It was a enjoyable read. And I love JR Ward so I'm never too disappointed on anything she does.

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 8, 2012

    Always an awesome read!

    J R Ward never lets her fans down, another awesome book!

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 28, 2012

    Not worth it!

    Not worth the money!! Very dissapointed!

    3 out of 9 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 7, 2012

    Just ok

    This book was not bad but not great. I love jr ward and the black dagger brotherood but this series i have found consitently lacking.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 3, 2012

    Not romantic enough...

    I was disappointed in this book. It lacked enough romance to keep me fully interested, although the mysterious plot was engaging. I just wish JR had added in more love, romance, and hot, steamy sex!

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 5, 2013

    WHAT

    Just bought this at wal mart for 5.99 nothing wrong with an old fashioned paperback.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 3, 2013

    I agree with everyone, why pay$14.99 for an ebook? WOW, is this

    I agree with everyone, why pay$14.99 for an ebook? WOW, is this just nuts or what?

    1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 15, 2013

    Love J.R. Ward

    I love, love, love J.R. Ward. A great addition to her work.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 28, 2012

    highly recommended series

    very good book true to jr ward writing stlye cant wait to read next book in series

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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