End of Day
Jewel E. Ann
Published on 8-17-15
Genres: Romantic Suspense 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.
Six 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.
End of Day is book one of three in the Jack & Jill Series
For the second day in a row, AJ stood on her front door stoop wearing a pissed-off expression that somehow excluded his eyes, which took liberty with her body in ways that both exhilarated and frightened her.
“How stupid do you really think I am?”
Jillian narrowed her eyes, lips twisted to the side. “Well, given your high military ranking I would have said average to normal intelligence, but since you decided to incessantly ring my doorbell like a five-year-old doped up on sugar, I’m now inclined to say somewhere between borderline deficiency in intelligence and feeble-mindedness.”“I have an IQ of one-twenty-two. Where’s your husband?” He stepped into the house, forcing Jillian to retreat.
She loved watching his whole body tense as his strong chest heaved with each wrathful breath.
“You tell me, Sherlock. Where is my husband?” Jillian rooted herself in place. She vowed that no man was going to intimidate her, not ever again.
AJ barged past her to the living room, then the bedrooms. Yet, somehow she knew he wasn’t looking for Jackson. A few minutes after he stomped down the stairs. She decided to follow him.“Find what you’re looking for?” she asked, stopped at the bottom step.
AJ stood with his back to her, thick muscled arms crossed over his chest. He stared at the patched wall. “You broke into my place.”
“No … more like broke through. We were exercising, sparring actually. It was Heineken’s fault.”
He turned. “I’m not talking about the wall! I’m talking about the cheap-ass fish tank full of fucking Betta fish that have killed each other and the piss-poor paint matching.”
Jillian waved him off. “I didn’t break in for that. I went through the front door, without breaking it. Someone wasn’t using their one-twenty-two IQ when they decided to hide their house key in the most original place ever—under a planter.”
Her muscles clenched in rigid defense from the speed that AJ used to close the distance between them. The extra few inches of the bottom step put them closer to eye-level.
“Jackson is your brother.” His deep voice vibrated, devoid of any question.
She felt his warm breath inches from her mouth as his icy words wrapped around her nerves “He is.” She eased a slow swallow, unwilling to show emotion.
“So are you a liar or just a real sick bitch?”
Jillian shrugged as her eyes focused on his lips. But she didn’t crave their warmth or the feel of them against hers; she craved the metallic taste that would bleed from them.
“Depends on the day.”
He grabbed her left arm and just as quickly she struck his nose, not enough to break it, just enough to give a warning and make his eyes water. She surprised herself. That survival instinct was still there and it smothered the quick flash of regret.
“Chain of command, Sergeant! You touch me without permission and there will be consequences.”
AJ released her arm and dabbed the slow drip of blood from his left nostril. A grin pulled at his lips—a grin that surprised Jillian and she let her guard slip. As if he timed her blink just right, he had her pinned facedown on the stairs, hands restrained at her back with his whole body bearing down on hers
“That’s Senior Master Sergeant to you,” he whispered in her ear as she struggled beneath him.
She gasped as he sucked and bit the back of her neck with bruising force, his erection pressed to her ass. Why did that turn her on so damn much?
“Fuck you!” She wriggled an arm free and landed a solid blow to his ribs, allowing her to break free for a split second before he had her pinned down again, chest-to-chest, face-to-face. The sash to her robe loosened in the struggle and left her robe open, her naked flesh against his clothed body. His eyes searched her face for a long moment, and the instant his expression softened, lips closing in on hers, she head-butted him.
“Goddammit!” AJ growled.
Jillian wiggled out and shoved him back onto the floor. She re-tied her robe, wild eyes holding his gaze, both of them breathless.
Luke … she couldn’t stop thinking about Luke. The stranger on her floor was Luke. He had to be Luke. Her body belonged to Luke. He was her heart. Luke was her entire world.
She closed her eyes and told her brain to stop! Luke was gone … forever. Even if her mind couldn’t accept that and move on … her body needed to. Jillian was not Jessica. Period.“Is it weird that your coveting-the-neighbor’s-wife thing turns me on?”
About Jewel E. Ann
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.
Fran
No I would not start over.
Emely Bareng Alayo
Sometimes, when it gets tough, I wish I could.
Michelle Bauer
That is a hard one…there are things I would do differently but don’t know that I necessarily want to relive those times again…
stacey dempsey
No I dont think so. Good and bad it is my life and I wouldnt change it
Michelle
Yes. I would have divorced my husband after I had my daughter.m
Dario
No, I would never start all over .
Grace Hart
Ive got to say that if given the opportunity to start over, I wouldn’t. For better or worse, my choices in life had led me to be the person I . As tempting as getting a fresh start would be, I’d rather stick with who I am!
Mary Preston
Yes, it could be exciting.
Kimberly
No I wouldn’t start over. I’ve had some hard times and made some mistakes but all of my choices have made me into the person I am today.
Esther Gerdzen
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Nikolina
Yes, actually, I would love to start all over
Liv
Yes, starting all over seems perfect at times.
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Jennifer Taylor
Yes. I would.
Cassie
NO, this world has become a crazy place ~ I don’t think I would want to start over again from any point in my life.
Sue LeBlanc
If I could go back to my late teens, yes, I would take a do over and change a lot of thing.
Jaime
In some areas of my life, yes!
Staci Pope
No, I am who I am today because of everything I’ve been through and triumphed over.
Christi
I wouldn’t start all over but would change a few things if I could.
Maria Malaveci
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No, for all I have been through, I ended up in a very good place and I’m happy.
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Beth Miller
Nope – I would not start over. The experiences I’ve been through have shaped the woman I am today and I like her.
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Yes, I would!
Carla
Thanks for the chance!
Imani
I loved End of Day and Middle of Knight. If I had a chance to start over, I don’t think I would.
Leslie pearson
No, even though id like to change some things I wouldn’t start over, I love my family and my life.
angela smith
no i wouldnt start over.i like my life and who i am
Marcy Meyer
Sometimes I think I would, but then I wouldn’t have my kids.
Rita Wray
Yes, I would.
Ruth Jeter
As tempting as this would be, I think I appreciate my life lessons and would not want to give them up.
Bobbie Ann Bohn
No I would not start over.
Stephanie
Absolutely, YES!
Jeri Entler
No, if I did, I wouldn’t have all the important people in my life that I have now. I don’t want to risk losing them just to change one small thing.
jayne
Of Course
Aline Pack
No I would not start over. I love where I am at it has been an adventure.
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Betul E.
Yes!!!
Andrea Cox
I would absolutely start over. To be young again and smarter!
Latifa Morrisette
I would start over.
Anne
If I couldn’t remember what I did, it probably wouldn’t be worth the childhood years.
Bex
No, I don’t think I would. I have an awesome husband and 2 amazing kids. I can’t imagine not having them in my life!
Heather Scully
In all honesty? If I could erase my past and/or start over…yes, I would. But…people keep telling me that my past made me who I am. And they love who I am and wouldn’t change any part of me. So… I don’t know. I don’t have a TARDIS. ?❤????
Chris Gutowski
Tough call…I’m going to say no, I wouldn’t want to go back and do over.
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angelina
sometimes, when things are getting rough
Laura Crockett
I would love to start over…with the knowledge I have now.
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not sure
cheryl hodgkins
No I wouldn’t start all over again
Ruth McDonnell
I would not start over. Each mistake is a learning experience. I would not risk changing my course from where I am now!
Tara
No way, everything that happened for a reason
Laura D.
Yes, you bet.
Lisa
Sometimes I wish I could go back and know what I know now.
Hanna Gale Borja
There are some circumstances that yes, I would love to have a do over. But everything happens for a reason and maybe the things that happened to me in the past is written in my fate. Life is funny that way. It lets you suck it up and be brave to take risks.
Barrie
No way…or I wouldn’t be me, I wouldn’t have my family…I wouldn’t change anything, including the mistakes I’ve made a long the way.
Lulu Dumonceaux
no I think everything needed to happen even if I didn’t always like it!
Kumiko Shin
Sometimes, or for some–not all–choices I made in the past.
Amber Brumbaugh
No I wouldn’t start over, even though there are days I think I want too.
MissRLovesBooks
Part of me says yes but than no because I wouldn’t change having my kids and grandchildren
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BlackAsphodel
I would start over, but only if I could keep the knowledge I’ve acquired until now.
Mary Y
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Nicole Schneider
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Claudia A
IN SOME WAYS YES
Jo Anne V
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Every day that I wake up I wish I could start over.
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I would absolutely start all over. It would be such an amazing opportunity.
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No. My live is where I like it to be. I love my husband and daughter.
Mujde
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Martina Koleva
Some days it’s a definite Yes but others I quite like my life. I don’t know!
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No. My mistakes are part of who I am.
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Kelly Scroggins
Yes!
Kristen
No I would not start all over.
Donna Reynolds
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No
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With my partner and daughter, I could do that. Another adventure.
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No I wouldn’t Start Over
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Sunni
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Katherine Riley
Sometimes I think yes, but if I had I wouldn’t have gone thru 43 years of heck to meet my soul mate because our paths would not have crossed.
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I might want to redo a few things
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Hannah
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