Even Angels Fall
- Author: Sherry Mauro
- Publisher: Publish America, LLP
- Year: 2002
Book Description
Even Angels Fall…is the enthralling first volume in the Devour Family Saga about a house possessed by evil spirits. This tale is inspired by true events, a haunted house and is one of intriguing plots twists, dark family secrets, and supernatural undertones. It's the prequel to The_Face_Of_Heaven.
I am a demon hunter. I am an angelic warrior. I am a paranormal investigator.
Beautiful, ghost hunter, Sabrina Marie Ayers strives to keep her unbreakable feisty spirit alive though her family is despised and ridiculed by the townspeople. Then Sabrina meets the dashing, handsome Richard Tate, and soon follows him to his magnificent, grieving estate—and enters the eerie world of the Tate Mansion.
But this was no ordinary house for dark secrets lurk in the shadows and a ghostly figure stalks its grounds...
Then Sabrina finds Richard’s, dead mother’s diary in the gloomy attic, which sends her on a quest to uncover the mystery surrounding her strange death. While Sabrina struggles to unlock the past, stay sane, decent, and honorable, she discovers that the dismal mansion conceals a horrifying secret that threatens to undermine her happiness and well-being.
With her sanity in question, Sabrina becomes desperate to strip away the wicked lies and sinful deceit that will change all their lives forever! This spellbinding saga follows her incredible ordeal inspired by her indomitable will to survive…
This book is based on the infamous haunted, Winchester Mystery House.
Characters
Ayers Family
- Sabrina Marie Ayers: a spunky teenager that has great passion for life, but it is her stubborn, vain, and moody personality that keeps her from truly being happy. She feels anger or resentment when people don't believe her, or agree with her beliefs. She has a quick temper and a sharp tongue when she feels trapped or scared. Sabrina feels things differently. She sees things differently. It is something she can't quite explain or understand, like a rising darkness whenever she is in or near the Tate Mansion . She is motivated by revenge and love, (and the constant need for both) but has to learn that forgiveness is more powerful than hate. She has to learn to forgive others, but most of all, she must learn to forgive herself...
- Jack Ayers (Sabrina's father): Jack is a kind-hearted man who tends to be swept up in Sabrina’s drama, creating more tension in his already troubled marriage. As a good Christian man, he does not believe in the supernatural, his optimistic personality cannot not grasp the darker side of existence. Yet what lurks beneath that smiling façade? Does Jack like the others, have a dark past? Will he eventually gain the courage to tell his daughter the truth?
- Trisha Devour Ayers (Sabrina's mother): an incredibly beautiful yet cryptic woman…and Sabrina often wonders—is she an ally or enemy? Trisha can be sarcastic and cruel, but not to those who she believes to be on her side. She has only one agenda—respect, money, power. She’ll use anything or anyone to get them…even her own flesh and blood.
- Velma Devour: as Sabrina's aunt and Trisha's sister, Velma has a sweet, trusting nature. Yet inside she feels condemned to keep the family secrets under lock and key. But what can she say when Sabrina starts asking questions about the Devour family’s past?
Tate Family
- Richard Alan Tate: owner of the great Tate Mansion. The strong attraction Sabrina and Richard feel only fuels their lustful passion for one another…even though Sabrina knew about the many women who this superbly handsome, incredibly gifted surgeon numbered among his conquests. She knew about his affluent family…his queer obsession with his mother…his world of dazzling wealth and sophistication…his passionate dedication to his career. But she also knew—or thought she knew—Richard, her Richard, the Richard she adored and trusted.Yet for this womanizer, he finds Sabrina's willful determination a challenge. And he loves the chase...but what will happen when he finally catches her?
- Madeline Tate: Dim-witted, Madeline Tate was indeed beautiful, but under that childlike pretense, there is much more than meets the eye. Overly protective of her family—especially her brother, she can be wary of strangers. But is she really as slow as she’d have the others believe? Or is there a disturbing, jealous side to this mysterious creature?
- Catherine Tate: Beautiful and innocent, she married a man she barely knew. She received the mansion as a wedding present…but what a deadly gift it turns out to be. For soon, a strong compulsion to build and build on the house consumes her and a sinister presentiment of evil tightens around her heart, until it takes her life. Catherine lives on only in memory or does she?
Other Characters
- Anne Griffins: Sabrina's best friend, she's also a troubled soul. Orphaned and destitute after her family was killed in an accident, she is ridiculed by her classmates. As her friendship with Sabrina grows, she learns that they share a yearning for fulfillment and romance. She tries to understand what Sabrina is going through, even though she has her own secrets to hide. And in the end, is she willing to jeopardize their friendship over a lover?
- Barbie Fenton and Olivia Franklin: Sabrina's arch-enemies, and part of the popular clique at her school.
- Beautiful, innocent Catherine Tate married a man she barely knew. When the young bride arrived at the immense estate, she was inexorably drawn into the eerie world of the Tate mansion, where the other Mistresses of the house were dead but not forgotten. She received the mansion as a wedding present…but what a deadly gift it turns out to be. For soon, a strong compulsion to build and build on the house consumes her and a sinister presentiment of evil tightens around her heart, until it takes her life. Catherine lives on only in memory or does she?
