Purgatory's Angel (Dark Angel) (Volume 1) Paperback – May 16, 2016

Purgatory's Angel will excite your imagination; it will tempt you with both Heaven and Hell and it will allure you with a fiery romance.Jaime Connor, a dark angel, who was sent to Earth by God, fights demons in her sleep in an effort to stop them from killing other innocent dreamers, some of whom, have been found dead in their beds- adding up to some very gruesome bloody crime scenes. The only problem? There are no fingerprints, no forced entry, and no murder weapons. It's a mystery that only someone like Jaime can solve and avenge in her dreams but she's tired of all the killing and anticipates a time when she will meet her death at the hands of a demon who will send her back to Heaven.However, there is a demon she met in a dream who controls her through his alluring looks and even the scent of him is intoxicatingly seductive. Demons are only seen and conquered in her dreams but this one shows up in her world and it leaves Jaime to wonder if this might be the one to end her life on Earth and send her back to Heaven?Fighting demons is certainly not a new concept for writers but this author conjures up battles in a characters dream state. It's a twist that is interesting to think about since our dreams, and our nightmares, can bleed over into our waking hours and sometimes their impact can cause a lot of havoc in our lives. For Jaime, there seems to be no boundary between the happenings of day and night-constantly in battle and what happens with eyes open or closed is all too real. As Jaime mentions in regards to what a dark angel is in this story: "Other angels are there for comfort or to fulfill peaceful missions, clean and pure souls. Our role isn’t peaceful and there’s no comfort." Jaime carries a lot of responsibility on her shoulders and is quick to point out:“If I’m the last one? When they take the last dark angel from this earth, the world will be in the hands of Lucifer and we’ll see the beginning of the end.”Purgatory's Angel will excite your imagination; it will tempt you with both Heaven and Hell, it will allure you with a fiery romance and you'll feel like your right in the battle with Jaime- the dark angel. The author is a master at her word craft. She pulled me right into all of her exciting and dramatic scenes. I loved it!

Jamie is, what she refers to as, a Dark Angel. She volunteers to defend humans from demons, and Jamie's battlefield is our dreams. During sleep, Jamie will transport to a demon hunting in nightmares, to stop them from murdering the dreamer. The concept of Purgatory's Angel by B. Hughes-Millman is an imaginative one. Being in mortal danger, while one is so vulnerable during sleep, is a truly terrifying scenario.While in the dream realm, Jamie usually remembers every aspect of her fight. Upon waking one day, the details of the dream she was defending in are frustratingly vague. Most of what Jamie retains is her friend Sarah, and a man Jamie has never met before, are present for whatever occurred. Disturbingly, the day after this dream, Jamie meets the man, Collin, in the waking world. The significance of the scene is more than it appears. When Collin and Jamie finally address this encounter, a twist in events reveals itself that I had not connected. I enjoy when a situation surprises me.Instantly, Jamie feels a connection with Collin, although she worries he is a demon and means to harm her. Soon, she discovers the connection she feels is mutual, but the couple remains suspicious of one another. The downfall in this story is with the romance. Jamie and Collin possess fantastic chemistry. However, deception surrounds the couple. It was difficult for me to support their union, after witnessing the manipulation Jamie and Collin experience, and do to one another.Jamie speaking of pre-existence, what I assume is the realm, or time, when she fought against Lucifer, always leads to more questions than answers for me. Jamie states Dark Angels heal fast, as an explanation to why she appears younger than her ninety years of age. Demons kill Jamie's parents and grandmother, proving they are not immortal. Assuming this is her first lifetime, and the author never gives reason to believe anything different, it does not seem possible only ninety years passed since Jamie fought against Lucifer. It seems the battle would have been, well, a very long time ago. The matter of her existence before being a dream warrior causes great frustration for me. I do acknowledge that future clarification on these points is possible. Being the first novel in a series, some of the explanation I am looking for may come later.Aspects of Purgatory's Angel I enjoyed, it was unique and engaging. The relationship between Jamie and Collin, however, was a bit difficult for me to get behind, which took away from this enjoyment. It makes me question if reading the series, in its entirety, would be worth it for me.

She's a dark Angel, and every night she falls asleep, she kills demons. Nothing has changed for her sixty five years on earth. She still remembers the pre-existence, where angels fought in heaven to prevent Lucifer from taking over. She remembers her captain and how she fought along side of Michael. She never forgets. She remembers why she exists....to kill demons and prevent them from killing humans while they sleep.She manages a bank, and has an employee she can count on. One who wears too much perfume, but considers her a friend. Sarah wants her to go to an art gallery, because she has no love life. Sarah secretly wants to set her up with Collin. But Jaime hesitates. She knows what her life is like. Then she meets Rick, who is a doctor and patches her up. Rick doesn't remember that he was her captain in the war fought in heaven. Will she make him remember?? She remembers how her family died...and all of the blood.Someone hides in the shadows and attacks her as she fights. She has almost died several times now. With Collin and Rick fighting over her, she knows one of them will be hurt. But who is betraying her?? Someone, one of them, is a dark Angel for Lucifer. Is Collin who she thinks he is?? Or is Rick playing her??This was filled with twists and turns and I didn't see the ending coming at all. I couldn't get into it at first, but worked through the problems I had with this writing. I will be waiting for book two.....need to know what happens.Read on my friends.