“Tempted” is the second book in the Angels Among Us Trilogy and it was another tear-jerker.
This is the story of Sarah who is a messenger angel who knows the rights and wrongs of what an angel is supposed to do and one of those wrongs is getting involved with a human.  An angel could lose her wings over it and become one of the Fallen Angels.  It was just recently Sarah witnessed another angel become a Fallen since she had to make sure it happened.
Sarah is about to break her main rule through all because of a former soldier who has been dealing with his insecurities and past issues from what happened during the time he was in the Army.
Jackson Bennett is alone due to almost causing harm to his family.  He has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after witnessing some of his fellow soldiers dying.  He blames it on himself, and he is still having a hard time getting over it.  He is forced now to be by himself and spy on his son go to school in the morning when his wife drops him off.
Sarah is assigned to Jackson due to Jackson being special and coming into powers.  God, himself, wants Sarah to help Jackson come over to the good side.  She cannot force him though; he has to have his own free will to come over.  Jackson is going to learn the true reason on what happened that fateful night that changes his life when he was in the Army and also finds out the truth on what he is destined to do.  In the meantime, though Jackson will have to fight his feelings for the beautiful woman, Sarah, who walks into his life and also believe her when she says she’s not from his world and she can never be a part of his world forever.

My thoughts on “Tempted” are of course another tear-jerker.  I should prepare myself ahead of time when it comes to Elise Marion and her writing style.  She knows how to make a reader’s emotions go haywire.  I am a huge fan when it comes to angels, and it seems every time I read a paranormal romance book that involves angels, the waterworks start falling.
Elise Marion made me fall in love with the characters in “Tempted” as well, just like I did in “Fallen.”  I had already read a little bit on Sarah since she debuted in “Fallen.”  She was one female character who kept to her job as an Angel although Jackson is one male character, which I still do not know how Sarah kept from jumping on the minute she saw him.
Sarah helped Jackson’s character, and Jackson did the same thing for Sarah.  They were meant to be with each other from the beginning.  Jackson with his demons inside of him needed Sarah’s love and cared to help him through, and Sarah needed Jackson for his toughness and stubbornness.
“Tempted” actually left me wondering what will happen in the next book since there were some unanswered questions at the end, especially when the truth came about with Jackson and what he was supposed to do.  Also, with what eventually happened to Sarah.
“Tempted” is a book that will make you realize how tough it is for soldiers who have PTSD.  Elise Marion did her research on it, and it touched my heart.  You only get to see what the media puts out and not from a perspective of the soldier.  Even if it is fictional in “Tempted,” you have to realize that PTSD is a severe illness that affects soldiers/sailors/marines/airmen who have gone through war.
I recommend this book to paranormal romance readers, readers who love angels and demons, and readers who enjoy an emotional ride.  You’ll feel the pain and love of both characters, and you’ll want to read the next book right away.