The Fall

The Rapha Chronicles
This story has been told-but never like this.

No, Rapha would not strike with physical force this day. But he could not resist goading his enemy just once. Looking up, he fixed the peace of Adonai on Lucifer like a laser, held that malicious gaze for one eternal second-and smiled. A flicker of uncertainty stirred in Lucifer's eyes.

Rapha opened a single thought to Lucifer as he disappeared with the creature still cradled to his breast:
You always did hate secrets.

Rapha, a powerful angel, had seen it all in his countless years of service. at least he thought he had. Then he met Adam.

Lucifer had it all, Adonai's favor, Rapha's friendship and unrivaled power throughout creation. But he wanted more.

THE FALL is a biblical retelling of ancient times through the eyes of an angel who was once best friends with Lucifer.

If M. Night Shamalayan, Steven King, C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien collaborated on a story about our origins and the Garden of Eden, this might be the result.

Main Characters:

Rapha: A faithful angel who witnesses the cause and effect of Lucifer's fall from grace. Rapha becomes the mentor/tutor to Adam and Eve.

Lucifer: Beautiful, seductive, brilliant, ambitious, vindictive angel intent on replacing the most high God as ruler of creation.

Adam: Preteen, mischievous, daring, slightly pampered son of the Most High.

Eve/Glory: Preteen, brilliant, curious, fun-loving, betrothed to Adam.

Blame it all on prayer.

In 2004 I committed to pray every day for at least an hour. A year later I woke from a very cool dream. As the week went on, the dream expanded in my brain until I HAD to start writing or just... explode. That story? One Night With a Rock Star: the novel that transformed me into a passionate storyteller. Rock Star is, "what relationship with God looks like in the midst of sexual temptation."
Two years later, in prayer, I asked a question and God answered. I yelped in shock but had to admit the answer made so many of my faith elephants-in-the-room make sense. For the next month, every morning began with more insights. When I showed the 250 pages of notes to my hubby and an author friend, they both said, "This needs to be a novel." The journey of writing THE FALL was a pilgrimage that crushed, shaped and changed me; the way I think, the way I pray, the way I love, even the way I view current events.
Fast-forward to 2012. My family met Kemper Crabb, amazing missionary and Heavenly Servant. We laughed and cried as Kemper told many of his astounding stories of a life committed to "the salvation of souls & the alleviation of suffering." He had read The Fall and appreciated how I described the celestial realm, a realm he could see as he brought God's love to places of extreme suffering. Again God's plan led me outside the comfort zone. Again I held tight to His hand as I dove into a project that humbled and further challenged me to lay all on the line for God's plan. To the glory and honor of our Heavenly Father and His faithful servants who sacrifice(ed) all as servants of Christ's love, I present Servant of the King: Memoir of Modern Apostle Kemper Crabb.

BTW, I'm a mom of four, married to the best man alive, have a background in broadcast journalism and, many moons ago, worked as a model and actress. I love old barns, old movies, hot chocolate chip cookies and someday I'd like to sail around the world. Guess I'd better learn to sail first.