“My guardian angel is a drunk.”
Evelyn Casey's life is at a standstill. She's in her mid-twenties, struggling with the dating scene in San Francisco. Nothing seems to be working out, and she’s starting to think that she’ll live out her days in her crummy apartment with her overbearing roommate, Brooklyn. It's absurd, but sometimes Evey longs for a guardian angel to show up and save the day.
And then he does. Seriously. His name is Lucian and he's a guardian angel, been on the job for two thousand years. His sudden presence in her life is both good—he's brilliant, witty, and warm—and bad—he's brilliant, witty, warm, and hot as ----. But as perfect as Lucian seems, he’s got problems of his own. He’s taken up drinking and he’s brazenly inserted himself into Evey’s life, going against the greatest cosmic law ever created.
For Evey, the rules are simple: You are not allowed to hook up with your guardian angel. But sometimes fulfilling your destiny requires a leap of faith, a confrontation with God.
Yes, God as in God.
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"I would just stick around and try to collect smiles from her. I'd
put them all inside myself and try to build my own little pathetic soul
from the love she had given me."-Lucian
"You are everything to me. You're the dream, the air, the reason, the cause for my whole existence."-Lucian
"I'd die ten thousand deaths for you."-Lucian
"I’m
on the other side of life, Evey, existing where death belongs and
yearning to be with you. Yearning in brief moments to bring you here,
into the darkness. When my thoughts are so painfully selfish, I cannot
breathe you in at all. I cannot love you when I hate myself. Don’t say
my name. Don’t think about me. Don’t imagine how we can be together."-Lucian
“Evelyn,
I’ve existed for more than two millennia. In two thousand years, I have
watched over so many lives. At times, more than five souls were my
responsibility alone. I’ve watched all of them die. I’ve held many of
them while they were dying. It’s in my nature to do that, to give peace
to my souls, to look out for them when I can, to sway the good ones to
do the right thing, and to protect man and life here on Earth. I’ve
watched over stunningly beautiful and brilliant women, but I have never
felt love for any human the way I feel it for you. You are literally the
air in my lungs.”-Lucian
“Isn’t love
supposed to be easy? Isn’t love supposed to be fun? The moment you fall
in love, you become acutely aware of all the different ways the person
you love can die. It’s sickening. It’s morbid and painful and
heart-wrenching, and it’s all totally worth it.”-Lucian
“Evey,
next time, in the next life we’ll be together—that’s how this will be
corrected. This will be righted. This can’t be our forever fate. Next
time we’ll live together, we’ll die together. We’ll experience every war
together, inside ourselves and outside in the world. We won’t be out of
reach, unavailable, unattainable, just love longing to be. Let’s keep
moving fast in opposite directions. Keep praying we meet on the other
side. I’ll see you there; I know I will. I have to believe that. Watch
for me. I’ll be barreling toward you, arms wide open, and then
we’ll crash into each other with the force of two spent lives yearning
to be one.”-Lucian
Renée Carlino is a screenwriter and bestselling author of contemporary women's novels and new adult fiction. Her books have been featured in national publications, including USA TODAY, Huffington Post, Latina magazine, and Publisher's Weekly. She lives in Southern California with her husband, two sons, and their sweet dog June. When she's not at the beach with her boys or working on her next project, she likes to spend her time reading, going to concerts, and eating dark chocolate.
Learn more at www.reneecarlino.com
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