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THE LIFE THAT MATTERED BY JEWEL E. ANN

2/8/2020

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The Life That Mattered by Jewel E. Ann is a brilliant romantic thriller! Wow I loved this book hard and cannot wait for the conclusion! This is the first in the Life series duet. 
Rating: ★★★★★
​Release Date: February 6, 2020
Genre: Romantic Thriller.

Series: The Life series duet #1
Pages: 368 pages
Format: eBook. ARC. 
Are all lives worth saving?

Ronin Alexander’s heart stops beating, but paramedics bring him back to life.

A life as a ski patroller.

An opportunity to pay it forward.

A chance to meet Evelyn Taylor at a cafe in Vancouver.

He falls hard and fast for the bath shop owner. Evelyn brings him into her world—a world where her two best friends are getting married.

A world of wealth and politics.

A world of sex and lies where the lines between friendship blur.
​A world where Ronin realizes he should have stayed dead.

Are you ready to step into another dimension with this mind-bending romance, a provocative story that pushes boundaries and tests the true meaning of love?

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Release Date: February 6, 2020
Actual Rating: 5 stars

Romantic Thriller | Contemporary Romance

Well. This is one brilliant book. I can’t say I love the ending for selfish reasons though and I find myself sitting in a puddle of tears because I honestly (for the first time) have NO IDEA where the author is going to take this duet. Usually I KNOW what’s going to happen as romance books tend to sit on the happier side of things, but I honestly have no clue right now. What. A. MINDBENDER.

Jewel E. Ann is a fairly new to me author. I have a few of her books sitting on my shelves and kindle but haven’t read anything. Until now… This is truly one of the most intense romances I have EVER READ. I can’t begin to explain what this book is about because a). I’m still wrapping my head around it and b). it would spoil the book for potential readers. I will say though that it’s extremely unique , deeply romantic and utterly impressive. This book is unexpected in so many ways and going into it with preconceived notions would truly RUIN the book for you. So, read it without have ideas about it in your head. This is the first book in the duet, and of course, I’m anxiously waiting for the second one to come out. I absolutely NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS. I can only cross my fingers in hope that everything will turn out FINE!

★★★★★

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I wasn’t opposed to the occasional drunken one-night stand, but not with Evelyn. We weren’t drunk, and I wasn’t okay with an arbitrary time in the future that I may or may not see her again.  
“I’ll walk you to your door,” Evelyn said as she turned off her Jeep.  
“God …” I laughed, shaking my head. “That’s messed up. Now I feel a huge urgency to get my own vehicle. I think I’ll go tomorrow to buy one just so you don’t ever have to walk me to my door again.”  
She climbed out. “I don’t have to stop at your door. We don’t have to play by the rules of dating. I think we’re past that age. How old are you?”  
I found her hand and led her to the front door. “Thirty-five.”  
“I’m thirty-four. Have you ever been married?”  
We stopped at my door and faced each other. “No. You?”  
She shook her head. “The rules don’t apply once you’re past thirty.”  
“The rules?”  
Evelyn grinned. “The courting shit. The baseball game.”  
“The baseball game?” My head canted to the side.  
“Yeah. The sexual bases? First base is kissing. Second base is—” 
“Yes.” I fished my keys from my pocket. “I’m familiar with the bases.”  
“Well, I don’t know if you’re a fan of baseball or not, but I am.”  
I unlocked my door and motioned for her to go inside. 
She wet her lips and stepped into my condo without an ounce of hesitation. “You’re inviting me in. So you are a fan of baseball.”  
Not so much. Skiing, football (soccer), rugby, cycling, tennis … but not baseball. However, something told me Evelyn might make me a baseball fan. 
“Are you sure you’re living here?” She glanced around at the sparse furnishings of my two-bedroom condo.  
“I never stay in one place long. No need to own much. It’s just that much more to sell or move.” 
Books.  
I owned books and a place to sit and read them. My parents didn’t believe in letting Julien and I watch television while we were growing up. Julien embraced art. I embraced fiction—mysteries and sci-fi. 
“What do you consider not long?” She ran her fingers along the back of my leather recliner before dropping her bag to the floor and slipping off her jacket.  
“Three to five years is a nice stay.” I tossed my coat onto one of two barstools at my kitchen counter.  
“Okay. So our marriage will be short.” Her teeth trapped her full bottom lip.  
“Probably.”  
I’d dated enough women to know there existed a sequence of events that took place way before the M word should ever be discussed. I’d never reached the point of discussing the M word. Not even with my longest relationship, which lasted two years.  
Two years and we didn’t talk about marriage.  
I was out of my realm of experience with Evelyn. We joked about marriage, but who joked about that? Then there was a baseball discussion happening, and I didn’t even like baseball, but I waited with restless anticipation for Evelyn to make her point. Something told me it could be brilliant.  
“Kenny was a guy I dated my first year in college. He played baseball.”  
I could not have cared less about this Kenny guy, but he brought her back to the baseball talk, so I folded my arms over my chest, leaned against the counter, and gave her my full attention as she walked in slow circles around my furniture. A predator with calculated moves.  
Who was I to judge? I walked into her shop that day and basically said we needed to expedite our dating status—laid out my plans to eat dinner with her, close down bars, and sip hot chocolate. 
“He was a solid hitter. Always got on base, but he never hit a home run. I honestly think he lacked the confidence to go for it. His coaches told him to just get on base, so that’s what he did because that’s what you do when you’re young like that. You spend a lot of time on the bases.”   
Were we still talking about baseball in the literal sense?  
“I think once you hit your thirties, no one should judge if you just hit it out of the park your first time up to bat.” Her lips twisted as she stopped in front of me. “The goal is to hit it home. If you can do that, then why the hell not, right?”  
I thought I understood the metaphor. But if I was wrong, I could get thrown out of the game.  
“Can I get you a drink?”  
Evelyn shook her head.  
My eyes narrowed, studying her for a few seconds.  
“First base is fine.” She shrugged. 
Fuck me …  

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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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