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    Kiss An Angel

    Written by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

    Narrated by Anna Fields

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    About this audiobook

    Arranged marriages seldom happen in modern America, so Daisy Devreaux hates her father's ultimatum: marry the humorless man he has picked for her, or go to jail. It's not much of a deal for Alex Markov, the prospective groom, either. He's got no time to indulge an uptown girl.

    So Alex puts Daisy to work in his traveling circus, expecting the harsh realities will break her. Instead, he finds she's got heart enough for both of them.

    "Terrific...warm and wonderful." (Rendezvous)


    From the Cassette edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateApr 24, 2007
    ISBN9781415940709
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    Kiss An Angel
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    Susan Elizabeth Phillips

    Susan Elizabeth Phillips is a #1 New York Times bestselling author whose books have been published in over thirty languages. Guided by the motto, “Life is better with happily-ever-afters,” she loves writing about love in all its forms. Among her accomplishments, Susan created the sports romance with her novel Fancy Pants. She is best known for her Chicago Stars and Wynette, Texas series, as well as multiple stand-alone books. Visit Susan’s website at www.susanelizabethphillips.com.

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    • 4/5
      **4.5 Stars **

      I really enjoyed this book, I did knock off half a star due to the amount of times the hero referred to the heroine as ditzy, featherbrained, airheaded etc (even if it was only in his mind) it got kind of tedious. I wasn't drawn to the circus plot on the back of the book, but by now I know that most of her cover summaries don't intrigue me but the actual story does. The characters were fun and liked to see them evolve.
    • 4/5
      Really cute!
    • 5/5
      I love it, I feel like I was right there with them in the circus, the book make me feel part of their story, Miss Phillip s has an incredible capacity to Create stories that keep us in Love.I loved this Book because the great capability of this character's to impact our lives one way or another, because once you don't have nothing to lose, you are ready to Win. One more time Miss Phillips never disappoints. Once I read Susan's first book of The Chicago Stars I've become addicted to her great style. Blessings
    • 5/5
      This was a another great story by the author. FYI: Same formula as other books.
    • 4/5
      While the premise is contrived and some of the verbiage really dated (e.g., declawing of cats, pre-9/11 airport security or lack thereof), I found the relationship believable, so that says something for SEP’s writing.

      Warning: the hero is an asshole.
    • 5/5
      Another excellent book, review to be done later, thanks for the Rec. Petit xx

    • 5/5
      During the months following her mother's tragic death, Daisy Devreaux made poor decisions in her grief...most of them financial. Now she's facing jail time unless she accepts her father's deal. He will pay off her debts and keep her out of jail only if she grows up, gets a job, and marries the man he has selected for her. Desperate and having no one else to turn to, she accepts the deal and marries Alex Markoff, a man she hadn't laid eyes on until her wedding day. I have to admit, I was skeptical when I started this book. The summary sounded so unrealistic that I didn't think I could suspend my belief. I'm so glad I listened to my GR's friends on this one! Thanks, Dee! The author planted little seeds along the way to bolster her plot, starting with Daisy's conscience. She took her wedding vows very seriously. She might not know Alex, or love Alex, but a vow before God is serious business to her and she's going to try to make her marriage work. I liked Daisy. Even if she was naive and a little "ditzy" at times, she grew in confidence and ambition as the story went along. By the end of the book, I felt like I'd watched a bird spread her wings for the first time. Alex is a little more complicated. He started out as a big jerk. In fact, he stays a big jerk for a large portion of the story, but he won me over in the end. Only because there was a LOT of groveling. Which he earned in spades. It also helped that he came clean and revealed his secrets, then changed his ways. What I liked best about this book was the setting. Who doesn't love a circus? Here we have a spoiled rich girl, married to a stranger, forced to live on a budget, performing manual labor for the circus, and maintaining a home...er...trailer. The comedy is abundant, although I did enjoy the serious scenes along the way. In fact, there were many standout scenes between Daisy and the circus animals. My favorites included Sinjun the tiger and Tater the baby elephant. I could go on and on, but I won't spoil the story. Just get the book and read it...especially if you ever considered joining the circus. You'll love it! Personally, I plan to enjoy it many more times in the future.
    • 5/5
      Ooh, this book was a hard one for me to read, and not because it was a bad one but just because it makes you feel so many different things at the same time: you feel sad, angry, hot, swooney and then you just feel so freaking happy with everything that's going on with the characters. I always loved Ms. Phillips writing with her 'Chicago Stars' series, but now I almost worship her. Amazing writing, worldbuilding, plot and character development made this book one of the most emotional and special for me to read.
    • 5/5
      Love Daisy's character and what she made of herself
    • 5/5
      One of my very favorite books! I could read it again and again and again
    • 4/5
      Just as wonderful as the first time. Though the setting is unconventional the story sweeps you away. Adore Daisy and Alex, despite the first impressions of them.
    • 3/5
      After reading some of her amazing books from ‘The Chicago series’ I had a very high expectation from this book (considering the rating on GR) but this book did not meet my expectation. No doubt Susan is my favorite author and I love the way she writes and describes each of the character and the growth in them giving same importance to both main plot and sub-plot not forget some of the animals characterization too!!
      But the problem with this book was the story.. it was predictable and lame. I had expected the female protagonist to be (at least a bit) strong, but that was not the case with Daisy she was very sweet, sober and a cry baby and I did not like it.. although the connection she felt for the animals was kinda sweet. About male protagonist Alex he was way too stubborn, cold with no sense of humor. And this circus thing was too much for me.

      Anyways this book is not going to stop me from reading Susan Elizabeth Phillips’s other books!!
    • 5/5
      This book is so awesome. The hero is dark and mysterious, the heroine is perky and optimistic and so endearing and the love story is sooooo delicious. This is a must read. The dark moment was done to perfection.
    • 5/5
      If you are looking for a fun romance story this is it. I loved the story through and through and I couldn't put the book down until I was done! I highly recommend this book.
    • 4/5
      As this is a borrowed book, I just wish, not for the first time, that I could read all of SEP's work all at once..I read this in two days, I could not put it down. Hugely enjoyable, very funny, and Daisy was a very likeable character. So was Alex, but as Daisy persisted, he was a tough nut to crack emotionally. Set against a circus background, it introduced the routine of a circus life, and many characters. Even the animals became pets to Daisy
    • 5/5
      I have one shelf of books that I have worn out reading over and over and this is the first one I turn to when I want to get lost in a book. Very good lines and sub plots.
    • 5/5
      Good thing this wasn't the first book of hers I read--it starts out with an arranged marriage. In a contemporary. I was really dubious, but I trusted she'd make me buy it, and she did. Circus stuff, and just an excellent, excellent job of characterization and conveying emotions.
    • 4/5
      This was one of the few SEP books I hadn't read yet. Considering I pretty much devour anything Phillips puts out, it's amazing that I had missed this one over the years.Kiss An Angel was an interesting read for me. The back cover blurb kind of threw me off, with the talk of Alex wanting to "tame" Daisy. A part of my brain kept thinking, "bodice ripper alert!" But the other part of my brain kept saying, "But this is SEP. SEP doesn't write bodice rippers. Plus, this is a contemporary. Can contemporary romances even *be* bodice rippers?"Bodice ripper this was not. Granted, there were some aspects of the book that were definitely throwbacks to the old school bodice ripper--an arranged marriage, heart of gold heroine, alpha male heroine, domineering father, possible connection to a Russian dynasty, traveling circus...Okay, so maybe the traveling circus part kind of took this out of bodice ripper territory. But still, all the old tropes were there. I mean, what kind of father forces his daughter to either marry some stranger or go to jail, do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars? Max Petroff, that's who.See, Daisy's dad (the aforementioned Max Petroff) is just a tad bit obsessed with Russian history. And, well Alex (according to Max) is actually a Romanov and the heir, so to speak, of the Romanov throne/fortune/title. And Max thinks Daisy's fluff-brained enough to fall for the whole scheme, do as they both say and be a good little girl. The problem is that Max doesn't give his daughter enough credit and vastly underestimates her intelligence, not to mention her pluckiness.At any rate, the book opens with Alex and Daisy getting married--and Daisy can't remember Alex's name (she'd only met the guy the night before for the first time). After the ceremony, they don't even stay long enough for cake--Alex is carting her off to the airport and North Carolina, where they join up with the Quest Brothers circus, which Alex manages. Now, Daisy's led a pretty pampered, sheltered life and has never had to work, so imagine her surprise at A) living in a beat up, rusty travel trailer and B) having to, well, work. And travel with the circus. There's that, too.Daisy, though, is stubborn. And even after being framed by a teenage girl for stealing 200 bucks (and being ostracized by everyone in the circus--somehow that concept seemed really funny just now when I typed it out), she stands her ground and doesn't give up. Of course Alex begins to develop a grudging sort of admiration for her, even though he thinks she's a thief.Speaking of Alex...talk about one screwed up hero. SEP tends to write heroes with mommy issues. Alex has uncle issues, as in his uncle used to get his rocks off by beating Alex bloody every day with his whip (like, a horse whip y'all). This has made Alex a little, how can I say this gently? Well, a little bit a prick. He's cold, shuttered, an asshole. Honestly, I couldn't stand him for about the first hundred pages of this book, and I almost stopped reading it numerous times because he was just too alpha and too mean to Daisy at times. But I forged ahead because, well, this is SEP we're talking about, and I have faith. I know if anyone can redeem an overbearing asshole of an alpha hero, it's SEP. And redeem him she did.I have to say, too, that the whole circus thing really threw me off. At first I was like, "The circus? Seriously? The circus?" But the circus itself was almost like another character in a way. Yes, the fact that it was a traveling circus helped to force Daisy and Alex into close quarters on a daily--and nightly--basis, so in that way it was a different twist on a well-used romance plot device. But the politics within the circus really helped to create all kinds of conflict between Alex and Daisy (and other characters). I have to say it was a very well used plot device, and ended up being quite interesting.Most interesting, though, was the slight hint of a paranormal element in this book. See, Daisy ends up being able to communicate with the circus' tiger, an aging Siberian who's quite cranky (he has every right to be cranky, though). What's funny about this is that, well, Daisy's afraid of animals, especially little yapping dogs. So she befriends Sinjun (the tiger) and takes over the care of the menagerie, where there's also a gorilla, a llama and a camel. Honestly, though, my favorite character was probably Tater, a baby elephant who pretty much falls in love with Daisy. He's just so...adorable. He follows her around everywhere, gives her elephant hugs and kisses, bats his eyelashes at her...it's just freaking adorable.This book honestly wasn't as good as most of SEP's other novels. I'm not saying it was bad, because it was far from it, but it just wasn't as good as what I'm used to from her. Like I said, I had a hard time getting through the first 100 pages or so. It wasn't as witty as her work usually is. And there's head-hopping, which I don't usually notice from her.But the idea of a modern arranged marriage was an interesting one, and worked well, I thought. The circus element added a lot to the story, and it's hard not to like Daisy. She's just so freaking sweet.
    • 5/5
      Poor Daisy, she finds herself married to a complete stranger, due to her estranged father's manipulations. Not only is Alex a stranger, he is with the circus. He has an act and is the 'straw boss' and he expects Daisy to work, hard. As difficult as life is, she finds herself falling in love with her 'temporary' husband. However, Alex fights his feelings for Daisy and tries to pull away, even as he discovers that she is not the society Deb he thought she was. Will they ever have the same emotions at the same time? Read and see