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The Homemaker (Chain of Lakes 1) by Jewel E Ann-review tour

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The Homemaker (Chain of Lakes 1) by Jewel E Ann-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 30, 2205

I was hers, but she was never mine.

Alice Yates is the hired “homemaker” for the Morrisons, an affluent couple in Minneapolis. For Alice, it’s a dream job to dress up like a 1950s housewife and read romance novels to Mr. Morrison before his afternoon nap.

But when the Morrisons’ only daughter returns home for the summer with her fiancé, Alice comes face- to-face with her shattered past—the only threat to her perfect life.

Eight years earlier, vacation rental owner Murphy Paddon had an impeccable vinyl record collection and did the most irresistible thing before kissing Alice, earning him a five-star rating. Their fortnight love affair was life-altering and ended tragically.

Murphy doesn’t know if Alice remembers him or whether he should tell his fiancée that the hired-help living in the guesthouse is the woman who irreparably broke his heart. He needs closure, but will the lingering glances and silent yearning lead to the end or just the beginning?

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REVIEW: THE HOMEMAKER is the first instalment in Jewel E Ann’s contemporary, adult CHAIN OF LAKES romance series. This is thirty-two year old, freelance technical writer Murphy Paddon, and ‘homemaker’ Alice Yates’ story line.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Murphy and Alice) using present day, and memories from the past, THE HOMEMAKER follows struggling relationship between our story line couples. Approximately eight years earlier, Alice Yates spent two glorious weeks at a summer rental where she would meet and fall in love with her ‘landlord’ Murphy Paddon but Alice was keeping secrets, and those secrets were about to destroy both Murphy and Alice’s life, ripping apart the already fragile relationship between our story line couple. Fast forward to present day, Alice, working as a 1950s homemaker for an affluent couple, would come face to face with her past in the guise of the soon to be son-in-law of the people for whom she works. As Alice struggles to contain her anxiety and potential emotional breakdown, Murphy is determined to get the answers he never got year before.

The world is building follows dual timelines as Murphy and Alice’s relationship begins, and comes to an abrupt end, then eight years later a surprise reconnection. Alice would disappear without a trace, and Murphy struggled with what happened and why. As Alice continues to pretend for the Morrison’s, she battles between head and heart unable to pretend with the man she lost years before

The relationship between Alice and Murphy is one of second chances but Alice’s secrets are heart breaking and dark, and in this, our heroine struggles to reveal the truth to the man she once loved. Murphy is purposeful and resolute in his determination to face the past but Alice is heading for a downward spiral when the past refuses to let go. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

THE HOMEMAKER is a story of loss, grief and recovery, secrets and lies, family and friendships, relationships and love. The character driven premise is heart breaking, emotional and dramatic but slightly predictable; the romance is fated and seductive; the characters are broken, determined and charismatic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

Jewel is a free-spirited romance junkie with a quirky sense of humor.

With 10 years of flossing lectures under her belt, she took early retirement from her dental hygiene career to stay home with her three awesome boys and manage the family business.

After her best friend of nearly 30 years suggested a few books from the Contemporary Romance genre, Jewel was hooked. Devouring two and three books a week but still craving more, she decided to practice sustainable reading, AKA writing.

When she’s not donning her cape and saving the planet one tree at a time, she enjoys yoga with friends, good food with family, rock climbing with her kids, watching How I Met Your Mother reruns, and of course…heart-wrenching, tear-jerking, panty-scorching novels.

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A GOOD BOOK (Sunday Morning 3) by Jewel E Ann-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 22, 2025

Gabriella Jacobson has one goal for her freshman year of college: Get Matthew Cory to fall in love with her. Lucky for Gabby, her best friend, Ben, is attending the same college on a music scholarship. He is the perfect resource—girls love him, and he’s more experienced with relationships than her, since she’s never had a boyfriend.

When Gabby panics before her first date with Matt, she begs Ben to show her how to kiss. But Ben has a secret, one he’s been keeping from Gabby for years. He’s in love with her.

One kiss turns into two, leaving Gabby confused and scared that their friendship might not survive the unforeseen emotions. She avoids Ben until something unexpected changes his life forever, and he’s forced to drop out of school. Gabby tries to contact him, but he won’t respond. And Matthew Cory, her sister’s ex-boyfriend and handsome law student, is ready to fill the void Ben left behind.

Now that Gabby has the man she thought she wanted, can she forget about the boy who kissed her twice?

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REVIEW: A GOOD BOOK is the third (and final?) instalment in Jewel E Ann’s adult SUNDAY MORNING historical romance series. This is nineteen year olds, college students Gabrielle ‘Gabby’ Jacobson, and Benjamin ‘Ben’ Ashford’s story line. A GOOD BOOK can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty but I recommend reading the series in order for back story.

Told from dual first person perspectives ( Gabby and Ben) beginning in 1989, A GOOD BOOK focuses on the break down of a life long friendship in the face of wanting someone else. Gabrielle Jacobson is the youngest daughter of Devil’s Head Pastor Peter and Janet Jacobson, and as such, Church and God are at the forefront of her upbringing and life, but Gabby believes she has fallen in love with her sister’s ex boyfriend Matt Cory, and has followed Matt to the University of Michigan, in the hopes of beginning a romantic relationship. Meanwhile, Gabby’s lifelong best friend Ben Ashford is in his first year at UofM on a music scholarship, and to everyone’s knowledge except Gabby, Ben has been in love with Gabby all of his life but life has decided to throw Gabby and Ben a couple of proverbial curveballs, threatening their future and their friendship, a friendship that will spiral with heartbreak and loss.

The world building focuses on Gabby’s obsession with her sister Sarah’s ex boyfriend Matt. Naïve and innocent to the point of pain, having grown up in an ultra-conservative family, Gabby is completely and wholly unaware of the mechanics of $ex, boy/girl relationships, and everything that follows. Taught to honor God and the church, Gabby is determined to prove she is worthy of someone like Matt but sitting on the sidelines is her best friend Ben, a young man who is about to find himself on the outside looking in.

The relationship between Ben and Gabby is one of best friends to frenemies to lovers. Ben has been in love with Gabby for as long as he can remember but Gabby is oblivious, focusing on a man she cannot have. As Gabby struggles in her ‘love’ for Matt, Ben is about to spiral, pushing everyone he loves out of his life. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters are charismatic and energetic including the return of Matt Cory and his parents Wesley and Violet Cory, Pastor Peter and Janet Jacobson, Gabby’s fun and quirky sisters Eve and Kyle (The Apple Tree 2), and Sarah and Isaac (Sunday Morning 1), Ben’s parents Carmen and Alan, and his sister Tillie, as well as the introduction of Gabby’s roommate Olivia who is hoping for a relationship with Ben.

A GOOD BOOK is a coming of age story focusing secrets and lies, obsession and friendships, family and love. The character driven premise is heart breaking, thought-provoking and sensitive; the romance is somewhat uneasy and edgy ; the characters are broken but struggling to thrive.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Sunday Morning
The Apple Tree

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Reviewed by Sandy

Jewel is a free-spirited romance junkie with a quirky sense of humor.

With 10 years of flossing lectures under her belt, she took early retirement from her dental hygiene career to stay home with her three awesome boys and manage the family business.

After her best friend of nearly 30 years suggested a few books from the Contemporary Romance genre, Jewel was hooked. Devouring two and three books a week but still craving more, she decided to practice sustainable reading, AKA writing.

When she’s not donning her cape and saving the planet one tree at a time, she enjoys yoga with friends, good food with family, rock climbing with her kids, watching How I Met Your Mother reruns, and of course…heart-wrenching, tear-jerking, panty-scorching novels.

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FROM NO WHERE (Wildfire #2) by Jewel E Ann-review

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FROM NO WHERE (Wildfire #2) by Jewel E Ann-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 4, 2025

When Maren Bernabe stops by the office to update some paperwork, she’s not looking for love. Then sparks fly during an awkward meet-cute with a stranger in the bathroom, and suddenly anything seems possible.

A seasoned air tanker pilot, Maren battles fires across the rugged Montana wilderness. With firefighters for roommates, she’s no stranger to tough guys—or tough situations. Ozzy Laster is the helpful stranger she meets, one of Cielo Aviation’s newest aircraft mechanics who’s faced his fair share of hardship too. Two years ago, his wife and father died in a car crash. Now Ozzy and daughter Lola shun cars in favor of bikes.

Maren and Ozzy fall hard, but guilt forces them to hide their relationship from Ozzy’s disapproving in-laws. And Lola. They all want to protect her from more heartbreak. But when tragedy strikes again, Lola’s reaction will surprise them all. And Ozzy could get a second chance at love after all

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REVIEW: FROM NOWHERE is the second instalment in Jewel E Ann’s contemporary, adult WILDFIRE erotic, romance serles. This is thirty six year old single father and mechanic Ozzy Laster, and thirty-three year old pilot Maren Bernabe’s story line. FROM NOWHERE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Ozzy and Maren) FROM NOWHERE follows the building but struggling relationship between our story line couple. Approximately two years earlier, Ozzy Laster lost both his wife and his father in an automobile accident, an accident that left their eight year old daughter with both physical and emotional scars. Fast forward to present day, Ozzy finds himself attracted to one of the tanker pilots who flies in and out of raging wildfires but Ozzy is struggling in the wake of losing everything two years before. Not only has Ozzy struggled but his now ten year old daughter is unable to move on from the past. As Ozzy and Maren’s relationship begins to grow, the grief and guilt begin to eat at our hero, with a little help from the people at home.

The world building focuses on one families inability to let go. From the in-laws who place the blame on an innocent man, determined to control every aspect of his life; to a young girl so traumatized, her struggles affect not only her family but the woman with whom her father is falling in love. Maren’s job is dangerous,and the future is not always a guarantee.There is no timeline on grief or guilt and in this, family and friends struggle to accept the lingering problems.

The relationship between Ozzy and Maren begins quite humorously but quickly devolves in the face of Ozzy’s dysfunctional family dynamics; his daughter’s overwhelming fear of losing everyone she loves; and our hero’s inability to stand up for himself. While Maren falls for a man who is struggling to heal, Ozzy is impotent and powerless to move on with his life. A bit of a doormat for his mother-in-laws control, Ozzy’s failure to take control begins to affect every aspect of his life. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters include the return of Jamie and Fitz (From Air 1) , thirty-seven year old Engine Chief / firefighter Will Landry, as well as the introduction of Ozzy’s in-laws Tia and Amos, his daughter Lola, and fellow mechanic Diego.

FROM NOWHERE is a slow building story of death and suffering, grief and guilt, family and friendships, acceptance and love. The premise is emotional and heart breaking; the romance is captivating; the characters are desperate, broken and struggling to heal.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one FROM AIR

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Reviewed by Sandy

Jewel is a free-spirited romance junkie with a quirky sense of humor.

With 10 years of flossing lectures under her belt, she took early retirement from her dental hygiene career to stay home with her three awesome boys and manage the family business.

After her best friend of nearly 30 years suggested a few books from the Contemporary Romance genre, Jewel was hooked. Devouring two and three books a week but still craving more, she decided to practice sustainable reading, AKA writing.

When she’s not donning her cape and saving the planet one tree at a time, she enjoys yoga with friends, good food with family, rock climbing with her kids, watching How I Met Your Mother reruns, and of course…heart-wrenching, tear-jerking, panty-scorching novels.

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THE APPLE TREE (Sunday Morning 2) by Jewel E Ann-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 23, 2025

He’s a single dad starting over in a new town. She’s a relentless flirt with a penchant for trouble, ten years younger than him, and the babysitter. What could go wrong?

Eve has just graduated from high school, but she doesn’t know what’s next aside from working at the local motel, spying on Kyle, her neighbor, and stealing apples from his orchard. If she doesn’t figure things out soon, she’ll be stuck at home and treated like a child forever.

Kyle is a single dad and the new football coach who needs a babysitter for his adorable son. When he meets Eve, there’s an instant connection because she reminds him of someone—himself. But Eve is the preacher’s daughter, off-limits, and Kyle has already had his heart trampled by his ex.

After earning his son’s affection with her homemade apple sauce and youthful spirit, Eve asks Kyle to teach her things like driving his fishing boat and shooting his hunting bow. Despite his better judgment, he agrees, but swears Eve to secrecy so no one gets the wrong idea about them.

Their playful banter and innocent flirting crosses a line, and Kyle misses the heartbreaking secret Eve’s hidden in plain sight.

When tragedy strikes, can they find their way back to each other?

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REVIEW: THE APPLE TREE is the second instalment in Jewel E Ann’s ‘historical’ adult SUNDAY MORNING romance series. This is twenty-eight year old single father / high school teacher/ football coach Kyle Collins, and eighteen year old Eve Jacobsen’s story line. THE APPLE TREE, set in 1987, advances the series approximately two years, and can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Eve and Kyle) THE APPLE TREE follows the building but forbidden relationship between is twenty-eight year old single father / high school teacher Kyle Collins, and eighteen year old Eve Jacobsen. Eve Jacobsen is a recent high school graduate with no prospects on the horizon. Working as a motel maid, Eve finds herself at a crossroads, struggling with her own demons, when her mother suggests her babysitting services for the new neighbor next door. Enter Kyle Collins, the man with whom Eve will fall in love. Kyle Collins is a single father, who moved to Devil’s Head for a new beginning but never intended to fall for the preacher’s eighteen year old daughter. Having been burned in the past, Kyle has issues of trust, and Eve is about to push all of Kyle’s buttons.

The world building follows several paths including Eve’s personal battles and her need to break from her parent’s overzealous religious control. Her father is the local preacher, and as such, appearances can make or break the Christian following but Eve is quickly falling for a man who is battling his own attraction to a woman ten years younger, and keeping their relationship a secret is a fight they are about to lose. Each new chapter begins with a song title relating to the couple’s journey. THE APPLE TREE is not as preachy, and does not overwhelm the reader in religious ideation as book one SUNDAY MORNING but some of the doctrines and theology of Christianity are present, none-the-less including the thinly veiled ‘Adam and Eve’ undertone using the apple tree.

The relationship between Kyle and Eve is one of dual attraction but Kyle knows not to cross the invisible line, a line that Eve will continuously break. Having already loved and lost, Kyle has issues of trust, and having been seduced by the preacher’s daughter, Kyle finds himself battling between head and heart knowing the scandal will rip the family and town apart. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters include the introduction of Kyle’s sweet but energetic five year old son Josh, as well as Eve’s best friend Erin: Kyle’s best friend Adam, and Kyle’s brother Fred who is best friends with Pastor Jacobsen. We are reintroduced to Eve’s long suffering sisters Gabby and Sarah (Sunday Morning), and their parents Pastor Peter and Janet Jacobsen. Gabby’s story line is next.

THE APPLE TREE is another story of secrets and lies, family and friendships, acceptance and love. The premise is sensitive, detailed, impassioned and thought provoking; the age-gap romance is raw and emotional; the characters are spirited and edgy.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one SUNDAY MORNING

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Reviewed by Sandy

Jewel is a free-spirited romance junkie with a quirky sense of humor.

With 10 years of flossing lectures under her belt, she took early retirement from her dental hygiene career to stay home with her three awesome boys and manage the family business.

After her best friend of nearly 30 years suggested a few books from the Contemporary Romance genre, Jewel was hooked. Devouring two and three books a week but still craving more, she decided to practice sustainable reading, AKA writing.

When she’s not donning her cape and saving the planet one tree at a time, she enjoys yoga with friends, good food with family, rock climbing with her kids, watching How I Met Your Mother reruns, and of course…heart-wrenching, tear-jerking, panty-scorching novels.

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From Air (Wildfire 1) by Jewel E Ann-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 26, 2024

When Jamie Andrews moves in with a house full of firefighters, things start heating up fast. Battling the wilderness of rural Montana, these guys are always charging into danger—for a living, for duty, for the rush—and since Jamie is a psychiatric nurse, they fascinate her analytic mind. She can’t help but fixate on Calvin, a grumpy, enigmatic smoke jumper ten years her senior. She makes playfully tormenting him her pet project, trying to get him to open up. It turns out he gives as good as he gets.

When something smoldering between them sparks, they’ll have to keep it quiet, which makes Jamie start to wonder about Calvin’s secret, the one he won’t explain. She’ll learn more after life pulls them apart. But as she follows the truth like a trail of flame into the dark, will it lead her to hearth and home with Calvin…or will it all go up in a blaze?

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REVIEW:FROM AIR is the first instalment in Jewel E Ann’s contemporary, adult WILDFIRE romance series. This is thirty-five year old smoke jumper Calvin ‘Fitz’ Fitzgerald, and twenty-five year old psychiatric nurse Jaymes ‘Jamie’ Andrews’ story line.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Fitz and Jamie) FROM AIR follows psychiatric nurse Jamie Andrews as her latest contract takes her from Miami Florida to Missoula Montana where she will meet her future in the guise of smokejumper Calvin Fitzpatrick.
Jamie is a travel nurse, a position that in which she journeys from city to city , a position where her present will collide with her past, and in the ensuing spiral, break her heart in the process. Calvin ‘Fitz’ Fitzpatrick is a smoke jumper, who lost everything more than twenty years earlier, and he has spent his adult life fighting the fires that destroyed his life but Fitz never expected to fall in love, let alone meet the woman who would control his heart, a woman whose own heart will be shattered by our story line hero.

The world building follows several interlocking pathways in which the reader is up close and personal with Calvin’s past, a past he is reluctant to reveal but a past that will pull our heroine into an emotional spiral. As Jamie finds herself falling for a man who doesn’t do relationships; a man who refuses to acknowledge the past, our heroine discovers not everything and everyone are who they claim to be.

The relationship between Jamie and Fitz is a ‘grumpy-sunshine’. Fitz struggles to move on from the past, as Jamie battles to uncover the truth about her own. Two people broken by loss, and the declaration of reality, mired in heartbreak and guilt. The $ex scenes are passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of charismatic and colorful secondary and supporting characters including co-worker, friends and family. We are introduced to Calvin’s roommates tanker pilot Maren Bernabe, and thirty-seven year old Engine Chief / firefighter Will Landry; Jamie’s best friend back in Florida Melissa, as well as Jamie’s co-worker Dr. Everleigh and Betty O’Neil, and fellow firefighters Gary and Todd.

FROM AIR is a story of grief and loss, secrets and revelations, acceptance, forgiveness and love. The premise is twisted, heart breaking, emotional and dramatic; the romance is sensitive and moving; the characters are sassy, spirited and determined.

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Reviewed by Sandy

Jewel is a free-spirited romance junkie with a quirky sense of humor.

With 10 years of flossing lectures under her belt, she took early retirement from her dental hygiene career to stay home with her three awesome boys and manage the family business.

After her best friend of nearly 30 years suggested a few books from the Contemporary Romance genre, Jewel was hooked. Devouring two and three books a week but still craving more, she decided to practice sustainable reading, AKA writing.

When she’s not donning her cape and saving the planet one tree at a time, she enjoys yoga with friends, good food with family, rock climbing with her kids, watching How I Met Your Mother reruns, and of course…heart-wrenching, tear-jerking, panty-scorching novels.

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SUNDAY MORNING by Jewel E Ann-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 26, 2024

Her boyfriend’s older brother should be off-limits, but he’s a sinful temptation.

Sarah is a preacher’s daughter and a people pleaser. She’s also on the verge of graduating high school and following her dream of singing in Nashville. The only thing standing in her way is that the entire town of Devil’s Head, Missouri, thinks she will marry Matt, the son of the town’s richest rancher.

But Sarah’s not sure he’s her future husband, especially when his older brother, Isaac, returns home after serving six years in the Army. He has tattoos on his arms and bad habits that are not “father-approved.”

When he’s not working on the ranch or roping at the rodeo, Isaac hangs out in the barn, playing his guitar. He’s trouble, but Sarah’s music-loving heart gravitates toward him.
Isaac loves consuming Sarah’s mind, crawling under her skin, backing her into corners, and whispering inappropriate things in her innocent ears.

After weeks of playful banter and guitar lessons blurring the line between right and wrong, Issac makes Sarah a proposition she can’t refuse.

But when the unthinkable happens, and everything she knows is destroyed, will Sarah make the right choice?

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REVIEW: SUNDAY MORNING by Jewel E Ann is a new adult, romance story line set in 1985 focusing eighteen year old preacher’s daughter Sarah Jacoboen, and twenty-four year old, former US soldier /rancher Isaac Cory.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Sarah and Isaac) SUNDAY MORNING follows the building romance and relationship between Sarah and Isaac, and the slow spiral of a life-long friendship, secrets and lies.

Sarah Jacobson is the eldest daughter of Devil’s Head preacher Pastor Peter Cory, and as such, every aspect of her life is predicated upon the Church and God. Her future has been mapped out including her relationships and marriage to the local hero Matt Cory but it is Matt’s brother Isaac who stirs something deep within our story line heroine. Devil’s Head, a small town Peyton Place, keeps its’ secrets close to the heart but the truth will eventually destroy many lives. What ensues is the breakdown of Matt and Sarah’s relationship, and the building love between two people whose lives will implode when those who claim to be virtuous sit in judgement of their own.

The world building is flooded with Christian religious undertones from commandments to morality, purity and God. Virginity is a social construct driven by religion, and in this, our heroine will pay the price for loving Isaac Cory, a man not approved by her father or the town. Sarah grew up in an ultra-conservative, religious family and her naivety is often at the forefront of her social world.

The relationship between Isaac and Sarah is one of immediate attraction. Sarah is in a relationship with Isaac’s younger brother Matt but a relationship that is awkward, innocent, expected and forced by both families. Isaac is the local bad boy whose reputation was destroyed and perpetuated by secrets and lies; Sarah sees something in Isaac including a way to break free from the stifling world in which she grew, a man whose own heart begins to beat from the love of our story line heroine. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to Sarah’s sisters Eve and Gabby whose own secret rebellion is just starting to grow; their parents Pastor Peter and Janet Jacobson; Sarah’s best friend Heather, and Joanna; Matt and Isaac’s parents Wesley and Violet Cory.

SUNDAY MORNING is as story of secrets and lies, betrayal and infidelity, family and friendships, acceptance and love. The premise is emotional and heart breaking; the romance is impassioned; the characters are determined and charismatic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

Jewel is a free-spirited romance junkie with a quirky sense of humor.

With 10 years of flossing lectures under her belt, she took early retirement from her dental hygiene career to stay home with her three awesome boys and manage the family business.

After her best friend of nearly 30 years suggested a few books from the Contemporary Romance genre, Jewel was hooked. Devouring two and three books a week but still craving more, she decided to practice sustainable reading, AKA writing.

When she’s not donning her cape and saving the planet one tree at a time, she enjoys yoga with friends, good food with family, rock climbing with her kids, watching How I Met Your Mother reruns, and of course…heart-wrenching, tear-jerking, panty-scorching novels.

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I THOUGHT OF YOU by Jewel E Ann-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 2, 2024

I wanted to conquer the world.

She wanted to gaze at the stars.

It’s been twelve years since I last saw Scottie Rucker. A grim prognosis has upended my life, and no amount of my hard-earned money can fix it. So, after leaving a note on the nightstand, I search for my first love—I search for life.

When I find her in Austin, working at a quaint general store and living in an RV behind it, those twelve years vanish. She’s exactly how I remember her.

Scottie thinks our reunion is a small-world coincidence, and I’m not ready to tell her the truth. After we rekindle our friendship, she convinces me to work part-time at the store while she pursues her budding relationship with Koen, a welder and the grandson of a customer.

Scottie’s ability to live in the moment is exactly what I need. But how do I convince her new boyfriend that I’m not his competition? And what happens if my heart changes its mind?

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REVIEW: I THOUGHT OF YOU by Jewel E Ann is a contemporary, adult story line focusing on thirty-one year old, Scottie Rucker, thirty-four year old investment banker Price Milloy, and Koen Sikes.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Scottie and Price) , with a chapter from Amelia I THOUGHT OF YOU follows the rekindling relationship and friendship between store clerk Scottie Rucker, and investment banker Price Milloy. Twelve years earlier, Scottie Rucker and Price Milloy spent one glorious summer together, fell in love but Scottie wanted something different, and waited as Price Milloy went on with his life. Fast forward to present day, Price has left his entire world behind in an effort to understand where everything went wrong but Price may be too late as someone else is about to lay claim to our heroine’s heart. Price has a dark secret-no amount of money or intervention will be able to help, and in this, Price is hoping for a little positivity and and ‘light’ from the woman he still loves.

I THOUGH OF YOU is an emotional, heart breaking and passionate story of life and loss, love and forever. Jewel E Ann pulls the reader into a thought-provoking tale of what if and how but a story of the inevitable for all of us. The subtle undertones and messages don’t go unnoticed.

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Reviewed by Sandy

Jewel is a free-spirited romance junkie with a quirky sense of humor.

With 10 years of flossing lectures under her belt, she took early retirement from her dental hygiene career to stay home with her three awesome boys and manage the family business.

After her best friend of nearly 30 years suggested a few books from the Contemporary Romance genre, Jewel was hooked. Devouring two and three books a week but still craving more, she decided to practice sustainable reading, AKA writing.

When she’s not donning her cape and saving the planet one tree at a time, she enjoys yoga with friends, good food with family, rock climbing with her kids, watching How I Met Your Mother reruns, and of course…heart-wrenching, tear-jerking, panty-scorching novels.

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BECAUSE OF HER (Jack and Jill #5) by Jewel E Ann-review tour

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BECAUSE OF HER (Jack and Jill #5) by Jewel E Ann

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 2, 2023

“If sin weren’t pretty, it wouldn’t be so tempting.”

I was an accomplished music professor.
Happily single.
Perfectly content.

Now, I’m unemployed.
Pining for a dark, brooding guy named Jack who lives in a garage with a piano.
And I’m plotting to seduce a married man because his daughter is responsible for my nephew committing suicide.

I don’t know why teenage girls are so mean.
I don’t know why rich men cheat on their wives.
And I don’t know why Jack has serial killer vibes, even though he leaves me speechless every time he speaks.

All I know for sure is that I feel safe in a stranger’s arms and understood by someone I don’t understand.

“You should be a little scared of everyone because humans are unpredictable.”

How far will I go for revenge? More than that …
How far will he go to save me?

*This book contains material involving sexual assault and suicide. Reader discretion is advised.

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REVIEW: BECAUSE OF HER is the fifth (and final?) instalment in Jewel E Ann’s contemporary, adult JACK AND JILL erotic, romantic suspense series. This is fifty-something Jackson Knight aka Jude Day, and forty-one year old, music professor Francesca ‘Frankie’ Holter’s story line. We were first introduced to Jackson Knight as one half of the twin brother / sister duo in books 1-3 of the Jack and Jill series, as well as his return in book five Out of Love. BECAUSE OF HER can be read as a stand alone but for back story and cohesion, I recommend reading the series in order. There is quite a bit of history that is relevant to Jackson’s current state of mind.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there WIIL BE triggers for more sensitive readers. Although most of the graphic details are behind the scenes or fade to black, the triggers may be upsetting, none the less.

Told from first person perspective (Frankie) and third person (Jackson) BECAUSE OF HER follows in the aftermath of an horrific family tragedy in Boone Kansas, a tragedy that continues to spiral out of control. Francesca Holter has come to Boone to settle a number of family affairs but never expected to come face to face with her future in the guise of Jackson Knight, a man who keeps his secrets close to his heart. Frankie is determined to uncover the truth about what happened to her family but the deeper she digs, the more dangerous her life is about to become. With the unwanted assistance of Jackson Knight, Frankie finds herself falling down a rabbit hole from which there may be no return. Meanwhile, Jackson Knight’s business in Boone, Kansas is not far off from Francesca’s target. Jackson is determined to end a lifetime of tragedy but saving Frankie may be the last thing he every does. What ensues is the building relationship between Frankie and Jackson, and the fall-out when Frankie crosses a line from which she may never come back.

The world building is complex, heart breaking and emotional. As warned, the suicides are troubling and distressing but one in particular has been ripped from the headlines of hometown America. A seemingly normal family loses everything and everyone, and our heroine is left to pick up the pieces of the people she thought she knew but as Frankie continues to dig for answers, she too, will face the ultimate betrayal, a betrayal from which she struggles to heal.

The relationship between Frankie and Jackson begins acrimoniously. Jackson is a man with a particular skill set that he needs to focus on finishing the job. Vengeance is the only thing, in many years, that has mattered to our story line hero but meeting and falling for Francesca Holter meant Jackson had more to lose than he could have possibly imagined. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, powerful and charismatic secondary and supporting characters. We are introduced to Archer and Corinne Sanford, and their seventeen year old daughter Molly, as well as the return of Jackson’s daughter Livy Knight, and her husband Slade Wylder (Out of Love 5), and Jackson’s twin sister Jessica Knight (Jack and Jill 1-3).

BECAUSE OF HER is a multi-layered, impassioned and thought-provoking story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, loss and grief, determination and acceptance, forgiveness and love. The premise is dramatic, edgy, and visceral; the romance is seductive and aggressive; the characters are broken, dynamic, desperate and single-minded.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
End of Day
Middle of Knight
Dawn of Foerever
Out of Love

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

Jewel is a free-spirited romance junkie with a quirky sense of humor.

With 10 years of flossing lectures under her belt, she took early retirement from her dental hygiene career to stay home with her three awesome boys and manage the family business.

After her best friend of nearly 30 years suggested a few books from the Contemporary Romance genre, Jewel was hooked. Devouring two and three books a week but still craving more, she decided to practice sustainable reading, AKA writing.

When she’s not donning her cape and saving the planet one tree at a time, she enjoys yoga with friends, good food with family, rock climbing with her kids, watching How I Met Your Mother reruns, and of course…heart-wrenching, tear-jerking, panty-scorching novels.

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