Breath of Angel: 1 (Angelaeon Circle)

The strangers cloak had fallen back and with it a long white blood-stained wing. When Melaia a young priestess witnesses the gruesome murder of a stranger in the temple courtyard age-old legends recited in song suddenly come to life. She discovers wings on the stranger and the murderer takes the shape of both a hawk and a man. Angels. Shape-shifters. Myths and stories--until now. Melaia finds herself in the middle of a blood feud between two immortal brothers who destroyed the stairway to heaven stranding angels in the earthly realm. When Melaia becomes a target she finds refuge with a band of angels attempting to restore the stairway. But the restoration is impossible without settling an ancient debt--the breath of angel blood of man a payment that involves Melaias heart soul and destiny.