Synopsis
Frannie Cavanaugh has always been a bit of a loner. She’s spent years keeping everyone at a distance, even her closest friends. That is, until Luc Cain enrolls in her school. He’s hot, sarcastic, and dangerous — and Frannie can’t seem to stay away.
What she doesn’t know is that Luc is on a mission. Because Frannie isn’t exactly ordinary. She possesses a skill so unique that the King of Hell himself has taken notice, and he’s sent Luc to claim Frannie’s soul. It should be easy: All he has to do is get her to sin, and Luc is as tempting as they come.
Unfortunately for Luc, Heaven has other plans, and he’s just started making progress when the angel Gabriel shows up. Gabe will do anything to keep Luc from getting what he came for, and his angelic charm might just be enough to keep Frannie on the right path.
It isn’t long before Luc and Gabe find themselves fighting for more than just Frannie’s soul. But if Luc fails to win her over, there will be Hell to pay . . . for all of them.
Children's Literature
Frannie (Mary Frances) Cavanaugh is a high school senior, a nice girl from a good Catholic family, who suddenly seems to have attracted the attentions of a new kid at school, Luc (short for Lucifer). He is without doubt the most attractive young man she's ever seen, and soon she is in competition with friends and enemies who are all trying to attract him. He, however, has an agenda of his own. He wants to "tag" Frannie so that when she dies she will go directly to Hell! There is another new student named Gabriel (Gabe), also very attractive, who sort of acts as Frannie's protector (savior?). As unbelievable as all this seems, there's more...Why should the reader care? Well, the picture painted here of Frannie and her friends makes this former high school student wince—it's that real...Recommended, with caveats as to maturity of the potential reader, and the ability of the reader to cope with different religious beliefs from his/her own. Reviewer: Judy Silverman