• Age: 13 to 17
• Grade: 8 to 12

War is ravaging the Seven Heavens. Lucifer and his Commoner supporters, the lowest class of angels, are rebelling against God’s plan to exile them to the new Earth. When Lucifer departs on a desperate war mission, he leaves his daughter, Evangeline, to defend their home in First Heaven. Fiercely loyal and trained to fight, Evangeline stands ready to do her father’s bidding.

But things change when Evangeline overhears the archangel Gabriel forming a plan to destroy Lucifer—because, as he tells his son, Michael, he believes Lucifer’s plan is to find the Key to the Kingdom and claim the power of God to control all the Heavens for eternity. Refusing to believe her father capable of such treachery, Evangeline sets off to alert her father.

As she battles through the Heavens, however, Evangeline is shocked to discover that what she believed she knew about her father might not be true after all. For the first time in her life, she begins to question whether or not her father’s motives are pure. With the fate of the Heavens hanging in the balance, she must decide who she’s going to be: her father’s daughter, or her own person.

Jen Braaksma is a writer and book coach. She started her career as a journalist, then veered into the classroom as a high school English teacher for almost two decades. Now she helps other writers develop and share their stories. She lives with her husband and two teen daughters. And cats. Four of them. Evangeline's Heaven is her first published novel, though it’s not the first one she’s written. That one still lives in her drawer. She lives in Ottawa, Canada.

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“Jen takes us on an action-packed journey through several Heavens where Christian truth and tropes are turned inside out. But for all the swords and wings, this is an earthly and universal story: a daughter’s faith in herself and love for her father.”
—Richard Scrimger, author of Irresistible

“Jen Braaksma’s Evangeline is an engaging, complex protagonist who knows her worth but struggles to find her place. Torn between love and truth, Evangeline’s story will take you on the journey of a lifetime.”
—Alison Levy, author of the Daemon Collecting Series

“Fast-paced and beautifully written, Evangeline’s Heaven will make you question everything you thought you knew about angels and leave you wanting more.”
—Lenore Borja, author of The Last Huntress: Mirror Realm Series Book I

“Evangeline is a principled character who leads us on an emotionally charged journey through a heaven we recognize only in name. This story is as thought-provoking as it is rewarding. Full of unexpected twists and turns, Evangeline’s Heaven will have you racing to the finish.”
—Max Turner, author of the Night Runner trilogy