Review: Celestial Sin or Celestial Whimsy?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 3, 2011
Essie McBane is a woman living alone on her South Carolina farm.  She loves the solitude but she's also lonely and more times than not, she prays as she lies in alone her lonely bed that God will send her a man to fulfill her dreams.  When a mass of bloody feathers falls at her feet while she's in the farmyard, Essie doesn't realize her prayers have been answered...at first.  Then, the feathers unfurl to reveal the most handsome man she's ever seen...young, beautiful...and angelic.Cam-ael is part of the heavenly Host fighting the second war in heaven and he's wounded protecting his brother Michael.  Out of the battle for a moment, his response to Essie's somewhat startled and solicitious attention surprise even himself, especially since he can hear her thoughts.  Soon the celestial warrior is having thoughts of his own.  Forbidden to even think of sex, he now questions why he has the proper organs if they can't be used., especially if they enjoy being touched and react in such a pleasurable way.  Essie's shyness so at variance with her thoughts amuse him, just as his frank speech (which she corrects) shocks her.  She causes an angel to blush; he causes her to become so aroused it frightens her.The two dance around the issue for a while,  Essie enjoying the envious glances of other women.  She worries that she's too old for Cam, then realizes he's eons older than she.  They kiss, they touch, but she still pulls back when it comes to actually loving the angel because she knows he has to leave and although he declares he'll refuse to go, she doesn't want to be the cause of his downfall.  Nevertheless, Cam's persistent and eventually has his way...he experiences the full extent of physical love and as far as he's concerned, his fate's settled.  He'll stay with Essie, get a job, support his wife, and his brothers can fight the fight alone.And then Michael appears...and makes the devastating announcement:  The penalty for causing an angel to fall is death...My Jaundiced View:  This may be an erotic romance but I personally found the story of an angel who wants to learn about sex and the woman who loves him but doesn't want to cause his downfall a delightful bit of whimsy, also.  There's plenty of eroticism both in the description and in Essie's thoughts, and hovering around in Cam's mind,  with enough sexual tension going on in both camps.  Here's an angel who's been forbidden sex suddenly discovering the presence of a female human stirs longings in him he wishes to experience. It's a sensual story and a romantic one and when Camael has to make his choice, you'll be cheering him on to make the correct (for him) one.This novel was supplied by the author and no remuneration was involved in the writing of this review.