Angel Be Good

by Kathy Carmichael

Short Romantic Comedy/Fantasy
Sensuality Level: Warm (sexy)
165 print pages

Miracles still happen in modern day New York when "Scrooge" (Nathaniel Danvers) meets Heaven Can Wait (Daphne), who has been sent to give him one last chance at redemption. Angel Be Good captures the essence of the classic Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and offers a touch of humor and romance. This sexy romantic comedy is the perfect holiday feel-good read.

"Angel Be Good is another heartwarming and funny tale from romance's latest and ever-so-talented romantic comedy author. Kathy Carmichael makes you laugh and makes you cry and always leaves you satisfied." ~ Trish Jensen, bestselling author of Stuck With You

"This is without a doubt one of the sweetest renditions of "A Christmas Carol" I've ever read. I thoroughly enjoyed each and every page. " ~ Kathy Boswell, Managing Editor, The Best Reviews

"...Angel Be Good is a read to fill your heart with warmth, and is filled with emotional scenes that have you laughing as well as bring tears to your eyes. Don't miss the inspirational message hidden between the lines of this romantic comedy." ~ Carol Carter, Reviewer, Romance Reviews Today

Genres: Romance, Christmas, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary, Fantasy, Holiday, Ebooks

165 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

USA Today Bestselling and award-winning author, Kathy Carmichael, writes mysteries, women's fiction and romance. Her romantic comedy, HOT FLASH, was named by the American Library Association's BOOKLIST as one of the Top 101 Romance Fiction titles of the last ten years. Her first mystery novel, DIARY OF A CONFESSIONS QUEEN, received a starred review from BOOKLIST.

She lives on Florida's west coast, along with her husband, two not-so-wee sons, 2 black cats, and a bevy of dust bunnies.

Kathy loves talking with readers and other writers. She's a popular guest lecturer at libraries, bookstores and writers' conferences.

Despite rumors to the contrary, she has never been recruited by the CIA or the other CIA (Culinary Institute of America).

Reviews

[Melyna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got this as a free book and I really had no expectations. Then I read the reviews before I started the book and was really expecting something much worse.

It is a story with a definite "A Christmas Carol" theme with a little - "It's a Wonderful Life" thrown in. It is light, sweet, fast moving relationship development (they only have one night to set "scrooge Nat" on the right path!), predictable,with the feel good about Christmas, love and helping others ending.

It is not for everyone and that's ok. It's a short, sweet, feel good romance for the holidays.

I recently read another Dickens interpretation of A Christmas Carol and I have to say this was much more pleasant.

[Dee Renee Chesnut · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is an ebook I downloaded years ago to My Digital Library from Barnes and Noble. It is one of many books that were not on my Want To Read shelf at Goodreads. I am moving them to Currently Reading 4 books at a time until My Digital Library and Goodreads Want To Read are in sync.
This book was easy to quickly skip through.

[Bette · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dicken's Christmas Carol revisited.

[Tamara · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked this book up as a Amazon freebie. Now is the time to read all the holiday feel good stuff, so I thought it would be a nice change of pace. This was a super fun, light holiday read. The story was “A Christmas Carol” revisited. Daphne dies back during Vietnam. She feels she has died to early so she bargains with an angel to be sent back. The Angel Council agrees and send her to help Nat become a better person. The trick is that he sends her to the future, ie. Present day. She ends up helping the son of the man who she saved when she died. As expected, Daphne falls in love with Nat and vice versa all the while he is changing his perception of things as they look at his past and future. These scenes come through differing electronics, like a TV, a PC monitor, a copy machine plate...the author did a good job of incorporating the “The Christmas Carol” from a modern day point of view. Nat was very damaged goods. As a child, his father ignored him and he learned better not to feel than to be hurt. As young adult, he found that the woman he proposed to didn’t really love him for him, but for his money…so from that he learned that women and men use each other, nothing more. Like the original “Scrooge”, he thought money was the most important thing. Not family, not friends and not Christmas. He yearly fired people on his staff at Christmas time, boy he was a downer before. As they looked back on different parts of his life, he started to realize that he was seeing things differently than he did previously, thus changing him. Daphne was changing him. But Daphne’s job was only temporary, she was expected to move into a new body and continue her life, with no recollection of Nat. Us readers already know what will happen, but it was nice reading it anyways. Just a nice feel good book. It was a little shorter than the books I am used to reading, but I felt that it was well paced and if felt like I got the full story. On a side note, I must say the way the author spells Nat is odd to me…I’m assuming its pronounced like Nate, sine the guys name is Nathaniel. LOL, it’s really a small thing to nitpick, but the spelling ran across my mind more than a few times.

[R · Rating 3 out of 5]

Since I got this for free, I had absolutely no expectations, and was pleasantly surprised. It was a rather cute, if very silly, Christmas romance. The pace definitely seemed a bit rushed, which was necessitated by the premise of the heroine only having one night on earth. But it worked well enough for what it was- a nice Christmas story.

I felt that the ending was a bit too abrupt. It came at 76%, so it was really quite a surprise. I had to go back and check that the last chapter had actually said epilogue, since I hadn't expected it to be the ending yet. I really would have liked to see more of what happened between the hero and heroine, as the heroine brought up some valid concerns over the course of the story that were never addressed.

[Mom · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was just getting into the book and it ended abruptly.
Nat fell in love with an angel. Before this, he was not a nice person. He never cared for anyone but himself and making more money.
He goes to his cousins and tells him he is going to help him by giving him money or a kidney. Whatever he needs. Maybe the walking up 6 flights to his apartment would help. Huh?
He turns around, runs into a lady at work and likes the curves of her body. Turns out to the the angel he had met and fell for. She entered another person's body.
They go from meeting to the epilogue where he is married, has twins, and helped Percy by giving him part of the company.
Odd ending.

[Shaunesay · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a cute story, but I have to say the couple of times when they were intimate with each other actually sort of bogged the story down for me. I think it would have been just fine as a holiday read without them having sex, it honestly seemed too rushed and out of place for it to have happened. I think the plot of an accidental angel helping a Scrooge to get back in touch with his better side and falling in love with him along the way with an everything works out in the end wrap up stands alone just fine.

[Margaret · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book really disappointed me. I am usually a sucker for sweet even sappy Christmas stories and new takes on classic stories, so I thought Angel Be Good would be a perfect fit for me. The book, which does mix elements from Heaven Can Wait and A Christmas Carol, just did not work for me. The characters were not fully developed and the relatively steamy love scenes seemed to be at odds with the sweet premise of the story. My final verdict would have to be - cute concept, but disappointing follow through and delivery.

[Gloria · Rating 3 out of 5]

another Kindle freebie :-) Miracles still happen in modern day New York when “Scrooge” (Nathaniel Danvers) meets “Heaven Can Wait” (Daphne), who has been sent to give him one last chance at redemption. ANGEL BE GOOD captures the essence of the classic Charles Dickens’ "A Christmas Carol" and offers a touch of humor and romance. A perfect holiday feel-good read. (copied from published blurb--can't do better than that)

[Kitty]

Perhaps this author just isn't for me. I just felt that the romance was unconvincing, the sex was a bit gratuitous, and the story was a bit predicable. I wasn't really enjoying it, so I gave up about half-way through. I usually enjoy sweet little holiday stories, but this just didn't work for me.

[Tanya · Rating 2 out of 5]

I got this book as a free download. It was a quick read with very straightforward story line. I wish I would have known about all the intimate scenes that would be described before I got it though...totally way to much detail for me taste.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a free kindle book and pretty much was exactly what I expected - a quick, easy, fun, Christmas read. It is Scrooge mixed with Heaven Can Wait. The only surprise was that there were sex scenes which was kind of strange given that one of the characters is a ghost in a temporary body.

[Janyne · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book was good. It was basically "It's a Wonderful Life" meets "A Christmas Carol." I could have done without some of the more romance genre inspired scenes but overall, it at least met expectations.

[Tabitha Ormiston-Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

A charming romance after the style of Dickens' Christmas Carol. Although there is some porn, it is not hard core and the amount of it is tiny, just a few pages that can easily be skipped. The book is fresh and original and the characters well drawn, with a truly heart-warming finale.

[Melindeeloo · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was pretty good if you like a little romance with your 'Scrooge' story - tick off from me because the only thing (other than not knowing modern tech) that 'dated' our angelic leading lady was her use of 60isms like "Groovy".

[Kristina Simon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Awww... what a cute, sweet romance based on Dickens's A Christmas Carol. The last page left me with a smile and a satisfied sigh. What more could you ask for for Christmas? ;o)

[Loverlypurple · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice story that has "A Christmas Carol" theme to it.

[John · Rating 1 out of 5]

I think that I will recommend the original.

[Rachel Maloney · Rating 2 out of 5]

Worth the price (free)

[Jenn · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was a free download on Amazon. I gave it a shot, but it just wasn't very good. The author tried WAY too hard, and the attempts at sass and humor felt forced.

[Paula · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick and fun Christmas story. Heaven can wait meets scrooge.

[Amy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Given the calibre of the sources from which it steals shamelessly, it's amazing that the whole becomes so much less than the sum of it's parts. Run, don't walk, away.

[V.K. Springs · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like the free books but this one is one that is worth paying for.
If you buy one Christmas story this season this is it.

[Andrea · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is...not worth to read twice. I'm thankful that this book is short. I feel that the author has no imagination.

[Kimmie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Free book. It had it's high points and low points. I could have done w/out the sexual stuff and just stuck w/ the story. The story ended a little too predictable and abrubtly.

[Starla B · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was cute, a fun adaption of an old story.

[Gina Hott · Rating 4 out of 5]

I expected to laugh but I didn't expect it to bring tears to my eyes!

[Meanne · Rating 1 out of 5]

Sad to say but this book was not as I expected it!

[Patrice · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun book to read. It was a mixture of themes along the lines of "Heaven Can Wait", "A Christmas Carol", and "It's A Wonderful Life" with a little steamy romance mixed in.

[Linda Denison · Rating 3 out of 5]

it was a delightful holiday read... a twist on the usual Scrooge story.