Angel's Roost

by Janet Spaeth

Tess Mahoney owns Angel's Roost, a shop which specializes in angelic items. When Jake Cameron, the owner of Panda's, a popular coffeehouse across town, visits Tess's shop for the first time, he buys a large angel with a rakish halo. Naming her Faith and promising to pick her up the next day, Jake plans to place the angel in his coffeehouse. The next day, though, is Thanksgiving--so Tess ends up inviting Jake to her church to help serve a community dinner. Jake responds by inviting Tess to dinner and tells her he's considering moving Panda's downtown. As a member of the mayor's commission to rejuvenate the city center, Tess is pleased by Jake's news. More than that, though, she finds she's falling for him. But Tess wonders what Jake really believes about angels--and faith in general. Can they have a future together?

176 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

In first grade, Janet Spaeth was asked to write a summary of a story about a family making maple syrup. She wrote all during class, through morning recess, lunch, and afternoon recess, and asked to stay after school. When the teacher pointed out that a summary was supposed to be shorter than the original story, Janet explained that she didn’t feel the readers knew the characters well enough, so she was expanding on what was in the first-grade reader. Thus a writer was born. She lives in the Midwest and loves to travel, but to her, the happiest word in the English language is home.

Reviews

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a story set at Christmas time about an owner of a shop selling Angel items. Tess is also a member of the commission trying to redo downtown so she is thrilled with Jake is thinking about moving his coffee shop downtown. She also is falling for Jake. It was a rather preachy book and got tiresome.