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Jewel E. Ann
About this listen
USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Jewel E. Ann redefines modern romance with this unforgettable enemies-to-lovers story.
Are humans meant to mate for life?
After four kids and an unfortunate but fateful end to her 22-year marriage, Elsie Smith meets the new guy in town.
Kael Hendricks is...a little younger, a lot sexy, and too confident for his own good. He also doesn’t believe in marriage and all that goes with it.
And...he’s just opened a new business that threatens the livelihood of Elsie’s family’s store—just in time for the holidays.
The problem?
There’s an undeniable attraction that leads to out of control situations, a loss of inhibitions, and a lot of small-town gossip.
As Elsie tries to redefine herself and convince her family she isn’t having a midlife crisis, she’s forced to answer the biggest question of all....
Can she love an enemy who will never surrender?
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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.
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So relevant in our times.
- By Claudia B Stinnett on 07-28-24
By: Jewel E. Ann
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Holding You
- Holding You, Book 1
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Vanessa Moyen
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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Bachelor and self-professed adrenaline junkie Quinten Cohen has no interest in hugging trees or driving hybrid cars. He's accustomed to the finer things in life, the best that money can buy. That is… until he nearly runs over Addy Brecken while she's basking in the sun in the middle of the street.
By: Jewel E. Ann
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From Air
- Wildfire
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Ada Sinclair, Nelson Hobbs
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
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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.
By: Jewel E. Ann
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Jersey Six
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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A hit-and-run accident leaves Jersey Six orphaned and homeless on the streets of Newark, shattering her dreams of school dances, pink nail polish, and a diploma.
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Pleasantly surprised!
- By Aimee Lochrico on 04-24-24
By: Jewel E. Ann
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Undeniably You
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Tracy Marks
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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Who gets paid to walk a dog and recline by the pool all day? Sydney Montgomery, aspiring museum curator and professional house-sitter, that's who. When her aunt and uncle need a house and dog sitter for 30 days in Palo Alto, Sydney can't turn down the chance to be closer to her sister in L.A. Within 24 hours of her arrival, Sydney's cleaning up runny dog poo, taking an uncooperative pooch to a handsome yet awkward vet, and being rescued from the bottom of the pool by a naked "pool guy."
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Fun Star's
- By whatcha.listening.to on 04-15-16
By: Jewel E. Ann
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From Nowhere
- Wildfire
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Length: 10 hrs
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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.
By: Jewel E. Ann
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I Thought of You
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Avie Paige, Jay Myers
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
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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.
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So relevant in our times.
- By Claudia B Stinnett on 07-28-24
By: Jewel E. Ann
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Holding You
- Holding You, Book 1
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Vanessa Moyen
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Bachelor and self-professed adrenaline junkie Quinten Cohen has no interest in hugging trees or driving hybrid cars. He's accustomed to the finer things in life, the best that money can buy. That is… until he nearly runs over Addy Brecken while she's basking in the sun in the middle of the street.
By: Jewel E. Ann
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One
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Samantha Summers, Vincent Skye
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
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Lake Jones has the perfect job, an addiction to binge-watching Netflix, and the world's ugliest cat. She's also a bit sexually frustrated. Until… Fate bestows a breath of mercy upon her in the form of Minnesota's NFL starting quarterback. But this gift is no stranger. Lake met Cage Monaghan three years earlier.
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Good but so painfully long
- By Kelly Moyer on 11-21-24
By: Jewel E. Ann
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Right Guy, Wrong Word
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Stella Bloom, Oscar Reyes
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
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Anna Black has the perfect novel choice for her book club. She also has a sexy new neighbor who jumps at the opportunity to join fellow bookworms in discussing her pick for their summer read.
By: Jewel E. Ann
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If This Is Love
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Meg Sylvan, Tim Paige
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
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Milo lives in the barn, a cowboy through and through. I live in a castle, but I'm not a princess. When the only person who loves me dies, Milo's there. As I get older, I no longer look at Milo like a big brother. I look at him like the man God made just for me. With the first glimpse of freedom from my pathetic excuse for a father, I imagine a future with Milo. I dream of the day when we won't have to hide our feelings. But Milo has a secret. He is not free. The man I love is marrying the woman I hate.
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Transcend
- The Transcend Duet, Book 1
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt, Stephen Dexter
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
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An unexpected tragedy leaves Professor Nathaniel Hunt a widower alone with a newborn baby. He hires a nanny. She’s young but well-qualified, with a simple life, a crazy name obsession, and a boyfriend she met at the grocery store.
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The intrigue just keeps coming…
- By Leanna Hancock on 11-06-24
By: Jewel E. Ann
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Perfectly Adequate
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Sienna Voss, Max Meyers
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
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Dorothy Mayhem is a nursing student, patient transporter, reckless driver, and emu owner. She knows she isn't like other girls. Neurotypical people are nothing if not predictable, though, and that's why she has made a hobby of studying their behavior through books and TV. It helps her fit in with her peers when she can emulate them. But nothing can prepare her for Dr. Elijah Hawkins. He's a single dad, a brilliant pediatric oncologist, widely agreed to be the sexiest doctor at the hospital, and entirely unpredictable.
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Perfectly Adequate 10/10
- By JC on 09-24-24
By: Jewel E. Ann
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The Holiday Games
- The One Where the Small Town Girl Flees to NYC, Falls for a Big City Hottie, and Has a Non-Denominational, Feel Good Holiday with Lots of Hot Cocoa and Kisses Under the Mistletoe
- By: Lili Valente
- Narrated by: Sebastian York, Lili Valente
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
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My name is Caroline "Candy" Cane, I own a country inn, date a man who runs a Christmas tree farm, and my mom's peppermint fudge wins first place at the Reindeer Corners' festival every year. Basically, I'm living every romance-loving girlie's small town dream. Until a last minute trip to New York City leads to catching my boyfriend banging a Rockette (in full elf costume). So, when I'm offered a chance to star in a hospitality-themed reality show, I jump at the chance to serve hot cocoa in roller skates on national television.
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Cute Holiday Story
- By Aims31 on 11-15-24
By: Lili Valente
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What Lovers Do
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Stephanie Wyles, Lance Greenfield
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
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Shep’s found the female version of himself…and he thinks she’s perfect—perfectly unavailable. Everyone loves Shep, the charismatic employee at Scottsdale’s newest pet store. He has shared custody of his two dogs with his annoying ex-wife and a smile that can disarm most women. Except Dr. Sophie Ryan. What starts out as a disastrous first meeting, involving a coffee catastrophe and mistaken flirting, turns into an unconventional friendship. Fake phone sex. Dog park dates. And eighteen holes of golf. The problem? Sophie’s taken herself out of the dating pool.
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Charming, touching, and laughter
- By GirlWhoPaints on 06-02-22
By: Jewel E. Ann
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End of Day
- Jack & Jill Series, Book 1
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Stefanie Kay
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
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Behind tinted windows a few yards from mourning family and friends, Jessica and Jude Day witness their parents’ funeral - and their own. Stripped of the only life they’ve ever known, the Days say goodbye to San Francisco forever. Six months and two new identities later, the 30-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.
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could not finish
- By Kindle Customer on 10-28-24
By: Jewel E. Ann
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Look the Part
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Troy Duran, Stephanie Rose
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
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Flint Hopkins finds the perfect tenant to rent the space above his Minneapolis-based law office. All the t's are crossed and i's dotted on Ellen's application. Her references are good. And she's easy on the eyes. Until... Flint discovers Ellen Rodgers plays music. Bongos, guitars, singing - not Beethoven administered through noise-cancelling headphones. The cut-throat attorney serves up an eviction notice to the bubbly, constantly humming redhead who's too sexy for her own good. But luck is on Ellen's side when Flint's autistic son, Harrison, takes an instant liking to her.
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Fantastic Book!
- By Wil Loves Books on 11-23-19
By: Jewel E. Ann
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Before Us
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Michael Gallagher, Charlotte North
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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I didn’t know what would happen after my client found me sleeping in my car. I’d been cleaning his house as his wife was dying. I didn’t expect them to invite me to live with them. I didn’t expect Suzie to become my lifeline—until she was gone. I didn’t expect him to ask me to marry him when he found out I needed medical insurance. I didn’t expect to fall in love with a grieving man. There are so many reasons to keep my distance from Zach. Every tender moment secreted away. When we’re not together, I miss the man I call husband.
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Pulled at every heartstrings
- By @mellovesaudiobooks - IG on 11-24-23
By: Jewel E. Ann
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Playing Hard to Get
- The Players, Book 1
- By: Monica Murphy
- Narrated by: Rock Engle, Meg Sylvan
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
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Knox Maguire is the king of our college campus, the star offensive tight end on the football team. He is the complete opposite of me in every way. I'm quiet. He's loud. I'm shy. He's definitely not. Everyone loves him. No one knows me. Fresh out of a breakup, I don't really trust him, and why should I? Knox is the ultimate player. When I become his English tutor, I tell myself we need to keep things between us strictly business. Watching my mother deal with my ex-athlete father long ago taught me to stay far away from that type of man. Yet Knox is impossible to resist.
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I love it!
- By marissamarie on 08-07-23
By: Monica Murphy
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Idle Bloom
- By: Jewel E. Ann
- Narrated by: Aubrey Vincent, Marcio Catalano
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
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Vivian Graham has an acceptance letter into Harvard, a badass tattoo, loyal friends, ties to marijuana, a penchant for Dunkin' Donuts, and her pesky V-card. Everyday she takes the Red Line to her job at The Green Pot in Boston, while her friends enter the coveted, black iron gates to higher learning. The ramifications from a tragic accident have put her life on hold while time marches on for everyone around her.
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A BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORY SET IN THE DEBRIS OF HEARTACHE & PAIN
- By CAROLYN 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 on 07-15-16
By: Jewel E. Ann
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- Carolynn Brill
- 11-20-24
Great story with interesting insights on marriage
I had enjoyed this book when I read it a few years ago. Hearing the story now, it was just as interesting and really gave a new meaning to “until death do us part”. I loved the quotes at the beginning of each chapter that spelled out the “little things” that could break a marriage.
Gosh, I could relate to some of them!
Elsee felt stuck in her marriage and when it ended tragically, she tried to keep all the plates spinning: her kids, the family business, her church group.
When a younger man opens a competitive business in their small town she unexpectedly finds an attraction to her nemesis.
The development of their relationship & her retrospection into her life as a wife & mother are really terrific. And the younger man just continues to surprise her!
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- KC2
- 09-01-24
it's jewel Ann
it's jewel Ann. her books never disappoint. this book is a relatively light read with a great ending.
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