J. Adams (2)

Talk about a sweet romance! Jewel has definitely captured me while I was reading. It was different, only because it was set in the first person form. However, that did not change that I could not put down this book!
I loved the fact how she played out the racism, and how it all worked out in the end. That is truly how it should be right? We should all be able to get along and find love regardless of color, or anything else. We should value one another, she did show that. You could wrap show more yourself up with this book while you’re in a relaxing bath, or just a book to grab while you’re on the couch. Amazing!
Raine was always a treasure to follow due to her spunky personality, as Hayden’s sexiness always came into play. Raine didn’t let Hayden make all her decisions, and she could defend herself all on her own. This book not only had me smiling, but there was parts that was really funny! show less

I offered to read this for a lovely lady on a GR group, and while I gave her feedback right after I finished I have been horribly behindhand on getting a review completed and posted.

It is the tale of Giselle, a woman blissfully married to a magnificent Scottish man (Julian) with a lovely young son, who has approximately two major wrinkles in her life: a good friend has just told her her marriage is breaking up, and Giselle is finding more and more hair in her brush and in her sink every show more day. She is in good health – but she is losing her hair. It becomes almost an obsession, the hiding of it

Julian is just about perfect. If this were a longer or less tightly focused story he might be too perfect, but as it is it's very enjoyable to read about him and about this beautiful, enviable marriage. The only problem with his perfection is the question of why Giselle is so strongly compelled to hide what's happening from him. She trusts him in every other way, but whether it is a fear of no longer being attractive to him (he does love her hair) or sheer embarrassment, this she keeps from him as long as possible. (I think I would have enjoyed it if when she finally does tell him he simply said "I know.")

There were a few small typos (how funny is it that every time I type the word "typos" I spell it wrong?), but otherwise the writing is sound as a bell. My only other criticism would be that Julian's brogue might be a little extreme. I'm no expert (though I'd like to be), but I don't think some of the letters that are dropped need to be dropped; much better critics than I have pointed out how a little dialect goes a very long way, and it's a point well taken.

I've probably always been a little smug about my hair; it used to be about three feet long, and it's always been thick – great genes from my mother's side of the family. The idea of it coming out in clumps brings a visceral horror. It doesn't matter that it's not life-threatening or even physically debilitating – it's an integral part, detaching. This has to be an invaluable comfort to anyone going through what Giselle is going through. show less

This story deals with a unique situation with the main character Gizelle suffering from Alopecia (hair loss). This affects her greatly as she is very emtional and is need of support from her family and of course has a big impact on the overall story. Her husband comes in like a knight in shining armor and is immensely caring and supportive. At first the story seemed to be all over the place but once I got my bearngs it was wonderful. I enjoyed the literary intros to each chapter and the show more author truly makes the reader share a part of the Gizelle's story with emotional commitment. show less

This is the first book that I have read by Jewel Adams and I've really enjoyed it. I really don't care for books that are in first person, but I liked Mrs. Adams' voice in this book. This is a sweet romance book.The book is about a woman named Raine, who's a sucessful model and who has gotten divorced from a selfish man. A man that didn't love her one bit. He wants to go play in the chicken pen and thinks he still deserves to have royalty as well. I'm glad that Raine realized that she show more deserved better than Jerome. She didn't really married him in the first place, because she was in love with him. Yet, while being married to him, she wanted to be the best wife she could be and treat him with respect and even love him to. She even blindly accepted him wanting to play in the chicken pen, until she woke up.She didn't need him. She moved on with her life. She moved to New Mexico and went stay with some friends of hers. Caroline and David McKade. That's where she needed to be. A new environment. Model meets farm live. There she met Hayden Mckade - David's brother. I like how they became instant friends first and grew into a lovers.Mrs. Jewel had the Raha seasoning spicing up this love story from the time they have met to the end of the story and when I say spicing up the story, I don't mean sex. There is no detailed sex in this story. I'm talking about the never ending connection between Raine and Hayden in this story. They have fallen deeply in love with each other and neither one wanted the love to die. Their love has been tested, but yet, the seasoning was strong. Although, this is an interracial story about a black woman and white man falling in love and getting their HEA - the story isn't about race. I mean, the story is about two human being that are in love. Race should never have a covering on love. In my opinion, love is colorblind and this story is one of the many stories that is a prime example of that.My book was an ebook and it was 210 pages, not the 178 pages that the original book is. Mrs. Jewel has added more to the ebook and I'm glad that she did. I hope one day to own the printed version as well. show less