Warrior Woman Winmill: Veiled Memories ( Bonds of the Covenant #1) by Jena Baxter.

03/05/2015

Veiled Memories ( Bonds of the Covenant #1) by Jena Baxter.

Title. Veiled Memories. ( Bonds of the Covenant #1)

Author. Jena Baxter.

Genre. Romantic Urban Fantasy.

Heaven´s greatest warrior angel has fallen leaving his bonded- brother, Ilan , frustrated and confused. After finding a child Chayan placed in his care a new home, Ilan falls into a period of rebellion until his Master, Adiel, assigns him a guardian assignment to restore Lily and Bryan Erikson´s broken marriage. Having a pure heart, Lily is able to see him while other humans can´t. Vulnerable and intrigued ,Ilan falls in love with his charge. he finds Lily´s wayward husband in a vacation house with another woman , and rising to the challenge, manages to show Bryan what he lost, but now Lily won´t talk to him.When she calls Ilan , late one night, his heart screams warning, but unable to resist her he answers her call. She awaits him in a candlelit room wher Ilan watches afraid and unseen . If he accepts her invitation , he´ll be fallen in the morning. Unable to walk away, Ilan desides to make her his own until Eytan, the guardian of Lily´s unborn daughter, appears with the only argument that will stop him.

A warrior is never sent on a guardian assignment. Something terrible lies ahead and Lily and Bryan must be together to stop it. Ilan doesn´t understand why he can´t see her future, but refuses to leave Lily´s safety to another. He veils her memories and works in earnest to re-forge the bond with the husband that didn´t want her. Bryan returns home , and the child is born while Ilan and Eytan watch and wait for an unknown battle to draw near.

★★★★
This story is about the difficult time angels have trying to do their work, when the humans they are trying to help won't listen. Even the ones that can see him expect more from him than is possible for him to do.
Ilan has a bonded brother, Chayan who falls because he killed a human that was hurting a girl he was guarding. Ilan is devastated by the loss.of the person who is closer to him than any other. Then he has big problems with his next assignment. His emotions are almost human, his love for the people he looks after intense. He faces punishment for not always doing what the Ancient one has ordered. Some of his superiors have their own reasons for the assignments they give him.These will push him to his limit.
I cried a lot reading this. Ilan is really put through the emotional wringer. Our hero is more human than he should be. But he is strong and incredibly brave. Maybe in the next books poor Chayan can be redeemed. When Ilan finds out who his father and uncle are he is going to be more angry than any angel should be.
Only the pure at heart can see our hero. So next time a child is talking to an invisible friend, relax, it's a guardian angel.

Born in Ojai, and raised in the San Fernando Valley, California, Jena always loved to read and dreamed of writing a novel. Having the ability, but lacking the confidence to do so, she enrolled in the UCLA Writers Extension and soon her first novel was in process.

Jena writes YA fantasy, historical fantasy, and paranormal romance. She is also a screenwriter and reads for a screenwriting contest annually. When she isn´t writing she spends her free time with her husband, amazon parrot, and toy maltese.