The Lion's Hero - Chosen Angels Book #1
Paranormal Angel Romance , Demons and Devils, Romantic Fantasy
Woods End Publishing,
Nov 28, 2022 Second Edition
Kindle
218
Amazon
Eight nights to fall in love.
Ari’s mission: meet the man chosen for him by God. The catch: he only has eight nights to both fall in love and have his chosen fall in love with him—the eight nights of Chanukah.
Gabriel’s test of faith: in reaching out to a young man, he finds himself confronted with the unbelievable. Believe, and the Festival of Lights may herald a miracle leading to a lifetime of love.
Reviewed by Linda Tonis
Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team
Ari is an angel created by God to be a warrior fighting demons, it is the only life he knows, and Heaven has been his home since he was created but things are about to change. God has informed Ari that it is time to claim his other half only he has eight days till the end of Chanukah, or he will return to Heaven and must wait another year before trying again.
Ari is sent to Earth in the form of a human male knowing nothing about the world around him or who his other half is. He arrives at a club with eight earrings and a T-shirt that reads Satan’s Thorn. He is quite lost until a man comes up to him asking if he needs help. Ari knows instantly that this is the man God chose for him and he has eight days to get him to fall in love with him. Gabriel is attracted to this young man he wants to help but Ari runs. The first day was not very successful.
Gabriel opened Young Heroes, an after-school hangout for youths in Atlantic City hoping to improve their lives. He can’t understand what he said or did that made Ari run but he hopes they meet again.
One day gone and Ari only has seven more to win the love of his Chosen, unfortunately, he knows nothing about the world and even with the appearance of some of his brother angels trying to help he has so much to learn.
Gabriel returns to the club and Ari is there waiting. Gabriel invites Ari for coffee, just another thing that Ari knows nothing about since he never had to eat while in Heaven. Gabriel introduces him to hot chocolate with whipped cream and it is a big hit. As Gabriel and Ari spend time together while time is running out Ari wants to reveal who he really is accepting the fact that the worse that could happen is Gabriel thinking he is crazy.
Gabriel begins referring to Ari as his little lion and as crazy as Ari’s story is Gabriel begins to believe it, well he cautiously believes it. Ari’s first kiss was like being struck by lightning and he is very anxious to learn more about sex. Gabriel realizes that Ari is a virgin, but Ari doesn’t understand because to him a virgin is a woman who hasn’t had children, you know like the Virgin Mary. He is so cute as he learns about sex, but that is just the beginning of what he must learn about. Gabriel is more than happy to teach Ari but is still unsure if he loves him.
Such a beautiful Chanukah story, and I loved every minute of it. An angel finding his other half which means him leaving Heaven and becoming human, but the love he feels for Gabriel overrides everything. There are quite a few Hebrew words some I knew and some I was happy to learn. My first Chanukah story and I loved every minute of it. Of course, demons appear so that Ari and the other angels are ready for the fight and Gabriel gets his first look at his little lion in action. How can a Chanukah story end with anything but a HEA?