Though dedicated, Jeremy is a young and inexperienced guardian angel, who also moonlights as a dance instructor in Heaven. He must divide his time between Heaven and earth. The mortal he is currently assigned to is Anastasia, a beautiful eighteen-year-old whose health has been deteriorating. Anastasia, known as Stasie, was born with multiple birth defects and a condition that defied medical science. A model patient, she is a favorite with the hospital staff, and adored by her doting parents.

Though Stasie has a wonderful attitude concerning her medical condition, there has been a change in the young woman that only Jeremy appears to notice. She has grown weary of testing, treatment, and multiple surgeries. Mentally and emotionally, she has had enough. Though her mother is hopeful about Stasie’s impending kidney transplant, Jeremy knows what is in the young woman’s heart. He knows that Stasie is tired of fighting her disease, and doesn’t want to have the life extending surgery.
What’s an angel to do? 

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Mary Lou is an experienced guardian angel, and she loves her work. But, when she is not on earth guarding the mortal she is assigned to, she can be found moonlighting at Heaven’s Studio of Ballroom Dance, where she is the head instructor. She must divide her time between Heaven and earth, as she is extremely busy with her case.

The mortal she is currently assigned to happens to be Ashley, a sweet four-year-old girl, who must suffer physical abuse at the hand of her mother’s boyfriend. Mary Lou finds the case particularly frustrating, as the mother does nothing to defend her child or to prevent the abuse from happening.

The angel still has some ideas she hopes to try in an effort to find someone who will be willing to get involved enough to help the poor child. But, all the avenues Mary Lou tries turn out to be dead ends. When the beatings begin to happen more often, and are becoming more severe…

What’s an angel to do?