Angel Trap

Book excerpt: While spending long summer days at an abandoned farmhouse, six-year-old Mara Summers and her brothers attempt to fight their boredom by trapping birds under an old hackberry tree. Just as a stray bullet from a nearby hunting camp almost strikes Mara, the trap slams shut. The children celebrate, thinking they have finally caught a bird and that Mara's life has been spared. But when the box slowly opens and reveals a beautiful and mysterious child named Iliana, their lives begin to change. As the children lead Iliana home with them, they soon realize that she is an angel sent to protect Mara. When the angel reveals that she has no idea where she lives or how she got into the trap, the family has no choice but to take in the magical little girl, who is blessed with special powers. As she connects with Mara and her brothers in wonderful and exciting ways, all seems well until a fierce late summer storm brings a tragedy of monumental proportions. Angel Trap is the charming and inspirational tale of a tiny guardian angel and the family she swoops in to save, offering a simple message of faith, hope, and love.