When Life Happened Book Review

June 9, 2017 / 0 comments

When Life Happened Book ReviewWhen Life Happened by Jewel E. Ann
Published by Self-Published on June 5th 2017
Genres: Contemporary Romance
Format: ebook
Source: Purchased
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Parker Cruse despises cheaters. It might have something to do with her boyfriend sleeping with her twin sister.

After a wedding day prank involving a strong laxative, that ends the already severed relationship between the twins, Parker decides to grow up and act twenty-six.

Step One: Move out of her parents’ house.

Step Two: Find a job.

Opportunity strikes when she meets her new neighbor, Gus Westman. He’s an electrician with Iowa farm-boy values and a gift for saying her name like it’s a dirty word.

He also has a wife.

Sabrina Westman, head of a successful engineering firm, hires Parker as her personal assistant. Driven to be the best assistant ever, Parker vows to stay focused, walk the dog, go to the dry cleaners, and not kiss Gus—again.

Step Three: Don’t judge.

Step Four: Remember— when life happens, it does it in a heartbeat.

Liezel’s Thoughts:

Life literally happened and I needed a good distraction – “When Life Happened” was that perfect one for me.

When Life Happened is about this fun-loving, spontaneous and quirky heroine named Parker who two years later is still recovering from a too close for comfort jilted relationship. When you read how her failed relationship occurs you can’t help sympathize with this amazing character.

I wanted her to get her HEA desperately and that one person that could’ve given that to her was her married neighbor Gus. Oh no, I story that involves cheating! Sigh! This were my exact thoughts going in but wait until you uncover all the facts.

It isn’t as distasteful as you would expect. As a matter of fact, Jewel E. Ann tackled this sensitive matter extremely well. Some of it will definitely be a shock, but in the end, it will have you contemplating that horrible things occur for a reason.

I thought this book was terrific. It dealt with numerous serious subject matters such as acceptance, growing up, moving on, finding hope and love and most importantly forgiveness.

The Verdict:

Read Today!

Amazon US: http://amzn.to/2qNGpW8
Amazon UK: https://goo.gl/QOVQyN
Nook: https://goo.gl/HmSAEn
iBooks: https://goo.gl/6TsEdH

Excerpt:

“You … you tried to seduce me.” Anger fueled her fight, overriding how terrified she felt being feet from naked Gus.
He laughed. That fed her anger even more.
“I wasn’t seducing you. I was making a point.” He slipped on a white T-shirt.
“Bullshit. I was there.”
“Precisely. Then you should know that I wasn’t seducing you.” He grabbed her shoulders and steered her away from the entrance to his closet.
She turned, relieved to find him dressed. “I felt you.” Her eyes narrowed.
He smirked. “You did, did you?”
Heat spread up her neck and burned her cheeks. Discussing Gus’s erection in his bedroom with Sabrina out of town qualified as the most inappropriate conversation she had ever had. “You’re such an ass. Just tell me why?”
Twisting his lips to the side, he narrowed his eyes. “You’re young. You think the world is so black and white. In your fairy-tale world, love is a magic wand spreading trails of glitter and granting happily ever afters.”
Parker stepped closer, knowing the lion could pull her into his den. “I don’t believe in fairytales.”
“No?” He shrugged. “Then I guess I made my point.”
“I don’t get your stupid point!” Her fingernails dug into her hands as she clenched them.
Gus leaned forward, putting them at eye level. She held her ground, even though his proximity made her body tremble.
“Someone cheated on you. And you’re so fucking mad about it because you can’t understand it. But love is an emotion that resides in your head and your proverbial heart. It has to be nurtured to grow or it dies. But … desire … it’s instinctual. Physical. Carnal. And when it wants its way, your brain shuts down and the only heart you hear is that blood-pumping organ in your chest. A slave to your desire, readying your body to do one thing and one thing only …” He leaned into her ear and whispered, “Get. Off.”
August Westman proved he was the devil. Parker became the worst possible version of herself in his presence. He drugged her with his words, pulled her under with his confidence, and stole her innocence with a whisper.

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.



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