SCARLET STONE by Jewel E. Ann-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 10, 2016

“My name is Scarlet Stone, and my biggest fear is that someday I will find what I want most in life, and it will be impossible to steal.”

What happens when life just stops? When one moment makes you question your entire existence?

Scarlet Stone is a third-generation thief who has everything: a doting fiancé, a spacious London flat, and a legitimate job offer. In a single breath, everything becomes nothing, and she finds herself on a plane to Savannah, Georgia in search of the meaning of life.

After securing a six-month lease for a beachfront house on Tybee Island, Scarlet changes the way she looks, thinks, eats—basically her entire outlook on life. She needs peace, but what she gets is a housemate who looks like Thor, acts like a warden, and smells her proximity like a Bloodhound.

Theodore Reed is a carpenter and perfectionist with a body built of steel, a black, hollow heart, and a hunger for revenge. He doesn’t like company, girly-smelling crap, and British accents.

He resents every breath she takes.
She’s fascinated by his every move.

In time, they discover their coexistence is toxic, their physical attraction is electric, the secrets they keep mean the difference between life and death, and the only truth they share is that everything is a lie.

“Over eighty-five percent of the world’s population believes in a higher power, yet, very few people believe in miracles.”

Do you believe?

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REVIEW: SCARLET STONE by Jewel E. Ann is a stand alone, slightly paranormal, dark romance story line focusing on third generation thief Scarlet ‘Ruby’ Stone, and musician/handyman Theodore ‘Theo’ Reed.

Told from dual first person points of view (Scarlet and Theo) SCARLET STONE is a story line steeped in emotional and physical anger, betrayal, revenge, falling in love and letting go. Scarlet Stone is a woman whose life is changing. With her father, Oscar Stone, serving twenty years behind bars for a crime he did not commit, British citizen Scarlet Stone heads to America where her future unfolds. On the plane, Scarlet will meet American Nolan Moore who offers her a place to stay, in Savannah Georgia, while our heroine considers her future-a future with an expiry date and no time for a relationship or love. Meeting Theodore Reed, her housemate, and soon to be lover finds our heroine falling in love with an angry, bitter and obstinate man whose plans do not include Scarlet Stone. What ensues is the push and pull; yin and yang between two people whose lives will collide when lies, betrayal, and the truth are revealed.

Jewel E Ann writes an amazing story line about an eccentric heroine; a bitter and vengeful (anti) hero; and a past that will collide with the present as Scarlet searches for the truth. SCARLET STONE is a passionate tale; a chaotic collision; a back and forth between two people whose lives are tragic; whose souls are broken. The premise is heartbreaking and intoxicating; the romance is aggressive and impassioned; the characters are dramatic and intense.

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Reviewed by Sandy

JJewel 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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