End of Day

Jack and Jill Series – Book 1

By Jewel E. Ann

Release Date: August 17, 2015

Synopsis:

Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in the sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life.

Four caskets. Two bodies.

Jessica and Jude Day witness their funeral and that of their parents a few yards away from mourning family and friends. Stripped of the only life they’ve ever known, the Days say goodbye to San Francisco forever.

Four months later, two thirty-year-old misfits with elite self-defense skills and penchants for alcohol, sex, and trouble arrive like an earthquake to Peaceful Woods, a retirement community in Omaha, Nebraska, that thrives on rules and gossip. Welcome home, Jackson and Jillian Knight.

Jackson celebrates his new beginning by embracing his job and wiping his cavalier past clean with a temporary oath of celibacy. But Jillian’s past is branded into her soul—the deaths, the insanity, Dr. Luke Jones, and the need to make her lovers bleed. Her chance for redemption comes in the form of a next door neighbor, one Senior Master Sergeant Monaghan. He’s sexy, dangerously alluring, and riddled with emotional issues from years of service. He’s also … So. Damn. Grumpy.

Their mission is simple: Let go, start over, don’t kill anyone, and pray that nobody wakes the dead.

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Excerpt

“Have you ever killed anyone?”

Jessica’s smile slipped. “If I told you then I’d have to kill you.”

“So you’re a secret agent?”

She flipped onto her stomach, resting her chin on her crossed arms. “If I said yes then it would no longer be a secret. Come on, Jones, you’re losing your focus. Don’t let me feel smarter than you or our time together will be over and I rather like hanging out here.”

“Luke,” he corrected.

“Lucas.”

“Luke.”

“Lukey.”

“LUKE!”

“Lulu.”

“I mean it!” Luke showed another rare moment of teetering emotion.

Jessica chuckled. “What are the chances of us having sex? I’ve never done it missionary, but you could possibly counsel me through it.”

He refocused on his crossword puzzle, filling in a word in pen. “Less than zero percent.”

“So, not in my favor, eh?

“Why not missionary?”

Jessica smiled in delight that Luke continued with the topic of conversation. “I’m sure you already know, but if you want me to say I need control, then sure, I need control. But the truth is I’d control any sex position you want to put me in.” Jessica winked as Luke gave her a fleeting glance. “I just don’t want you thinking you have control, even if I know it’s not the case. Pisses me off to see the smirk on a guy’s face when he thinks he has control.”

“Tell me why you need control.” Luke continued with his crossword.

“In bed?”

“Yes.”

“Someone has to have it.”

“Why?”

“Because someone initiates it.”

“So if I initiate sex with you will I have control?”

“There’s only one way to find out.” Jessica wiggled her eyebrows at an ill-humored Luke.

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Michel’s Review

When I began reading End of Day by Jewel E. Ann, I had expectations that this was a paranormal type of book.  I was completely off base.  End of Day is a contemporary novel that may or may not be a dark thriller or it could be a dark romance.  Or it could be something else entirely.  It is in a class by itself, completely unique.

At first I had my doubts about this book.  It was a slow start but once the it got going I was completely entangled in it’s web.  It all begins when Jude and Jessica Day are witnessing their own funerals.  Tragic circumstances in their lives have led them to fake their deaths,completely walk away from their old lives, and begin new ones.  It is apparent they are in a witness protection type of program.  These quirky, driven, successful twins become Jackson and Jillian Knight.  Their new personas are completely different from who they were in their old lives.  They chose to move to Nebraska.  They chose a quiet senior citizen  community to live in.  The only thing exciting that happens within Peaceful Woods is taking the trash out on the wrong day or cutting the grass one inch too short.

Their new nosy neighbors are intrigued, enchanted, charmed, and curious about their new neighbors.  They have charmed the community with the exception of their immediate neighbor, another younger resident in the community.

Senior Master Sergeant AJ Manoghan has lived in this quiet, peaceful community for quite a few years.  He craves the nature of routine life and structured community.  His new neighbors are beyond belief.  They are brash, repulsive, noisy, immoral, and do not belong in Peaceful Woods.  Especially Jill, the blonde bombshell sexpot that exposes her assets at every opportunity.

The neighbor wars begin.  Jillian and AJ have declared war but beneath the surface they are insanely attracted to one another.  Now this should be the meaty part of the story, the sizzling hot love affair and the red hot chemistry between the two.  But no… this affair is only going to scratch the surface of this story.

AJ appears to be an uptight man with a stick up his butt.  But appearances aren’t all that they are cracked up to be. AJ has issues with PTSD.  He has a sketchy family background that indicates he may be a bit more unstable.

Jillian is an absolute contradiction.  She appears to be this wild, somewhat slutty woman that lives by her whims rather than plans and direction. Beneath the surface she is a caring and sensitive woman. She also has some serious mental issues that may or may not be dangerous.  She has a past that is questionable.  She is also mourning the loss of her former lover & psychiatrist Dr. Luke Jones.

Jackson knows all of Jillian’s secrets.  On one hand he tries to direct her in a positive manner.  On the other hand he is allowing her to create a new life.  No matter what he will stand by his twin sisters side.

Both Jackson and Jillian have a ton of secrets.  There is the reason they are in Peaceful Woods.  What happened that made them walk away from their lives?  What kind of danger is lurking?  Jillian has some serious demons that stem from something that happened in her past.  Jackson also has some serious secrets lurking.  And finally AJ rounds the secret circle out, he has his own secrets lurking around the corner.

Meanwhile they are living amongst the friendly senior citizens of Peaceful Woods.

This book ended on a major cliffhanger that has the reader screaming for more.

Jewel E. Ann is a brilliant writer and creates quirky characters living in a world only she could create.  She is a master of blending romance, suspense, and erotic moments that leave the reader breathless.  I loved how she played upon the characters identities with the Day and Knight and the Jack and Jill.  Very creative!  I can’t wait to see what happens next in Middle of Knight.

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Author Bio

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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