Purgatory's Angel

Jaime Connor is a bank manager by day and a dark angel%E2%80%94a former archangel who hunts demons through dreams%E2%80%94by night. Since those who die in dreams also die in reality, she usually doesn't encounter people in both worlds, but Collin Leary, a gorgeous gallery owner, is the exception. In a recent dream, he was either a demon or an ally, and he may be the shadowy figure who has haunted her hunts since she was 15. The uncomfortable and awkward gender politics of the relationship triangle among Collin, Jaime, and Jaime's doctor Rick, particularly the revelation of the roles that Collin and Rick each played in Jaime's human and angel periods, derail what started as an intriguing premise about religion, perception and reality, and questioning one's purpose in life. Jaime's shift from complicated and individual to manipulated, damaged, and thinly characterized is disappointing to those used to more consistent portrayals. (June)