Harry the Christmas Angel, my third book, is now available through on-line bookstores such as Amazon.com, Borders, barnes&noble.com, and Waldron's. There's also a direct link to my publisher for purchases.
This is one of those wonderful, heart-warming Christmas stories just like our grandparents used to tell us when we were children. It’s loaded with warmth, humor, romance, and hilarious situations, including a happily intoxicated, and very cunning Christmas Angel named Harry. Everyone is going to love Harry!
Throughout this story, Harry is working a special assignment for the Dean of all Christmas Angels, Mr. Jericho. Now Mr. Jericho is a very proper gentleman, indeed, from the old society of Great Britain. However, Harry and Mr. Jericho get along like oil and water.
At the conclusion of their assignments each Christmas season, all Christmas Angel’s must immediately report back to Mr. Jericho. But Harry has no time for this nonsense. Whenever Harry completes an assignment, he’s off running the bars and juke joints all over the world, to the complete chagrin of Mr. Jericho. And most of the time Harry is so thoroughly blitzed he doesn’t realize where he’s at.
During a current season of Christmas, Harry is assigned a case very close to Mr. Jericho’s heart. It involves a beautiful young widow named Joyce Bannon, and her ten-year-old son, Billy. Joyce lives in Stoneham, Massachusetts and is barely surviving, financially. Living close by in the city of Woburn, Massachusetts (my home town, by the way), lives a wealthy, albeit totally embittered private detective named Jonathan Angel. Jonathan’s primary problem is… well, he just doesn’t like people! Ten years earlier, on Christmas Eve, his fiancée broke off their relationship. Since then, Jonathan just doesn't trust people, and even worse, he's lost his faith.
Harry’s assignment is to provide a situation that will bring Joyce and Jonathan together as a family, and restore Jonathan's faith. The hook: According to the rules of the Realm of Christmas Angels, all assignments must be completed - in their entirety - no later than the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve, or all is for naught. Should Harold’s assignment not be completed on time, Jonathan and Joyce’s memories of each other… and Harry’s provided situation… will disappear. And most importantly... Harry will lose his wings.
As drunk as Harry appears all the time, the one thing that always remains prevalent… he is extremely cunning. Everything Harry does, has meaning… everything. But Mr. Jericho doesn’t realize this, and they are constantly battling one another. And through it all, Harry is forever searching for either Hoboken or Weehawken. Oh! And a train station, of course. And why is this? Well, you’re just going to have to purchase the book!
Tuffy 03-06-08
