Envy (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Jim Heron: "The Savior" - Fallen angel; Former XOps soldier/assassin; Is six-foot-four or five, built big and lethal; Has a massive tattoo on his back featuring the Grim Reaper in a graveyard; Has dark blond hair and blue eyes
• Thomas DelVecchio: "Veck" - "Tom" - "Thomas DelVecchio Jr." - Homicide detective, mentioned in "Lover Unleashed" as José de la Cruz's new partner; Has dark cropped hair and navy blue eyes; Is built like a boxer with heavy shoulders and tight hips; Is heavily muscled with no hair on his chest and a six-pack; 29 years old; About two-hundred pounds
• Sophia Reilly: "Sophia Maria Reilly" - Internal Affairs Officer assigned to watch Veck; Is five-foot-six; Has heavy dark red hair and deep green eyes with hazel flecks; Is in her late 20's
• José de la Cruz: Veck's partner; Homicide detective; A shortish, intense-looking man with dark eyes
• Adrian Vogel: "Ad" - One of two fallen angels assigned by Nigel to help Jim on his mission to save the seven souls; Eddie's best friend and lover; Dresses in black and has various piercings on his face and body including both nipples
• Eddie Blackhawk: "Edward Lucifer Blackhawk" - One of two fallen angels assigned by Nigel to help and teach Jim how to use his power; Adrian's best friend and lover; Has long, black, thick hair worn in a braid down his back nearly to his waist; Has a square jaw, tanned skin and red eyes; Is built big with broad shoulders and large hands; Looks bad ass with his biker attire
• Nigel: Archangel; Leader of the Four Lads; Colin's lover; Jim's boss; Has odd, noncolor eyes; His true form is an iridescent, rainbowed light source that glows with every color of creation
• Colin: Archangel; Nigel's closest friend and lover; One of the Four Lads; Nigel's number two and advisor; Stubborn sometimes; Has black hair and a regal, intelligent face
• Bertie: "Albert" - Archangel; One of the Four Lads; Nigel's advisor; The compassionate one; Soulmate to Bryon
• Byron: Archangel; One of the Four Lads; Nigel's advisor; Wears rose-colored glasses; Has iridescent eyes and a pert, straight nose; Nigel say's he is an eternal optimist, he say's he is a realist
• Dog: Jim's dog.
• Tarquin: Bertie’s beloved Irish wolfhound; Has kind brown eyes and lanky limbs
• The Maker: "God" - "The Creator"
• Cecilia Barten: "Sissy" - Sacrificed by Devina; Is trapped in Hell, in Devina's wall of souls; Had straight, long blonde hair; Is very special & important to Jim; Was 19 years old; Has been missing for just over three weeks
• Susan Barten: Sissy's mother; Is in her late forties; Has a lot of blonde hair and a long, thin body
• Mrs. Reilly: Sophia's mother; Retired accountant; Now does volunteering around financial planning and she loves to cook; A tall and thin woman
• Tom Riley: "Big Tom" - Sophia's father; Was the superintendent of schools in Caldwell; Has a deep, booming voice; Is six-foot-four with shoulders set like a mountain range and tops out at around two fifty, maybe two seventy-five; Has black eyes
• Britnae: Tarty secretary at the police station; The office hottie; Has blonde hair; Has been panting after Veck since the day he came through the door.
• John Bails: Veck's long time friend from their academy days; Listed as Veck's next of kin in HR paperwork; Has short, spiky hair and dark eyes
• Thomason: Works in the lab at HQ
• Sarge: Veck & Reilly's boss; Has gray hair
• Dr. Riccard: The departmental shrink
• Ralonda: A gorgeous African-American saleswoman at Victoria's Secret; Psych student at SUNY Caldwell
• Denton Phillips: Chief of neurology at St. Francis Hospital; Is in his 60's; Is handsome in a well-preserved, snotty-white-guy kind of way
• George Strauss: Manager from the Hannaford where Sissy was last seen
• Gary Peters: Officer in charge of checking in evidence at the police station; Is almost 40 with thinning hair, very pale skin and brown eyes; Has no self confidence
• Hicks: Caldwell Police Officer
• Rodriguez: Caldwell Police Officer
• Joe: "Joey" - The veteran crime scene investigator
• Suzie Bussman: Believed to be the first victim of Thomas DelVecchio Sr.
• Stan Browne: Homicide detective
• Thomas DelVecchio Sr.: Veck's father; One of the most notorious serial killers of the late twentieth century; Currently on death row; Is smart, cunning, committed to his "craft" and utterly remorseless; He comes across as classy, handsome, compelling and affable; Has dark gray hair and deep blue eyes; Was a very successful dealer of antiquities; Has a cult following
• David Kroner: Serial killer; Is wiry and thin; Has sandy blond hair thinning at the crown
• Devina Avale: Jim's demon counterpart assigned to bring the seven souls to hell; Deceptive and evil; Can shapeshift to look like anyone; Usually assumes the body of a gorgeous brunette with black eyes who has gravity-defying breasts and an ass with more ledge than a bookshelf; In her true form she has dead, ropy flesh and curled gray claws
• Matthias the F**ker: "Martin O'Shay Thomas" - Head of XOps; Jim's old boss; Is now in Devina's well of souls for eternity

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• “The next soul. You will recognize him as both an old friend and an old foe who you have seen of late. The path could not be more obvious if it were spotlit.”

  Nigel

• “Because unlike men, who were visual creatures, women tended to go for what was between the ears. And self-possession was sexy.”

  Devina

• “Infinity resulted in insolence. But transience was the way one treasured what one had been given.”

  Nigel

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• I subscribe to the notion that it is better to apologize than ask permission.”

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• And with that, she fell into a deep, abiding sleep . . .  

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• “So you think . . . people can be saved.” “No, I know it. And once you got the faith—and I don’t care what kind it is—it transforms you. There’s no going back, and no one and nothing can take it away from you. You open the heart, and it comes in, and that’s when you know shit’s going to be all right.”

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• “I don’t believe in fate, Nigel. That’s like picking up an unloaded gun and thinking it’ll shoot something. You’ve got to put the bullets in the chamber yourself.”

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• Ennui, she believed it was called . . . and what a lovely name for such a crappy, unmotivated state.

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• “Conservatism is the cousin of cowardice.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Caldwell, New York: "Caldie"
• Monroe Motel & Suites
• Chicago, Illinois
• Heaven
• New York City: "Manhattan"
• Riverside Diner
• Hudson River
• Caldwell Police Department Headquarters: "HQ"
• Caldwell Galleria Mall
• Hannaford Supermarket
• Caldwell Marriott Hotel
• Somers, Connecticut
• Massachusetts
• St. Francis Hospital: Hospital in Caldwell
• The Iron Mask: A Goth Nightclub
• Framingham, Massachusetts
• Caldwell Bank and Trust
• Thomas Greenfield Quarry
• Cape Cod
• Northern Correctional Institution
• Hell
• Stewart's: Grocery Store
• Garrison County
• Garrison County High School
• Manse of Souls: Castle in heaven for the life-lights of those who have proven themselves of good and fine nature during their time on Earth.
• Wall of Souls
• In Between

Organizations edit see section history

• XOps: The deadliest shadow organization in the U.S. government
• The Four Lads: A group of four archangel's (Nigel, Colin, Bertie & Byron); The leader of the group is Nigel
• Caldwell Police Department: "CPD"

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Crave, and followed by Rapture.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. J. R. Ward (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• RITA Award Finalist (2012: Paranormal Romance)

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Romance
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• J. R. Ward: Author's Website

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